Viera can be different from Miqo'te.

[Ghastly]

Being part of the human race is a sin. I also learned today that viera are now roegadyn as well.

[Tilgung]

...Fem Roe and Fem Viera would look nothing alike. Do your eyes function?

[Samcaesar]

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I'm still sad that Roes don't have the big Galka tail and massive arms (And sad that girl Roes aren't giant thick huggable folks as well, just tall ;_; ).

Anyways, the "X looks like X" arguments are based upon body proportions, if you looked at the concept art of the ff14 Viera, they look incredibly similar to the Elezen proportion wise (And lmao, story wise). Saying "Roegadyn are just giant Lalafell" is just being ridiculous, you can't just upscale a Lalafell and make it look like a Roegadyn without loosing the Lalafell's body shape. Also Viera still have weird feet and claws which returns to the armor issue problem that folks love to bring up when talking about a playable beastmen.

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Well.. Boy Roes definitely do. Girl Roes look too similar to highlander girls imho.

[Ghastly]

And then he says male viera will be like male miqote when he says that they'll be taller than female viera (how does that make male viera at all similar to male miqote?). Maybe he thinks male roegadyns look like male highlanders (hm maybe they do!).

I'm still sad that Roes don't have the big Galka tail and massive arms (And sad that girl Roes aren't giant thick huggable folks as well, just tall ;_; ).

Anyways, the "X looks like X" arguments are based upon body proportions, if you looked at the concept art of the ff14 Viera, they look incredibly similar to the Elezen proportion wise (And lmao, story wise). Saying "Roegadyn are just giant Lalafell" is just being ridiculous, you can't just upscale a Lalafell and make it look like a Roegadyn without loosing the Lalafell's body shape. Also Viera still have weird feet and claws which returns to the armor issue problem that folks love to bring up when talking about a playable beastmen.

Elezen and viera are nothing alike lore wise

What I like about Viera is that they're a proud race. Not like Elezen that are only proud in their wealth and believe in god/the church.

Viera is proud of the jungle, of being clean of corruption, and being quiet/they're not there to judge others. While Elezen will tell you you're a bad lala or a bad Hyur. Viera will not judge and will speak with actions.

There's no race like them. While Miqo'tes are wild they're not people of nature like Viera are. Miqo'te are a migratory/free race that settles in all the corners of Eorzea and adapts to all the city states. Personality wise they're night and day...Miqo'te are a happy race, Viera is stoic/reflexive race (it acts based on instincts).

Let's not forget that FFXIV steals a lot from FFXII, just like it stole a lot from FFXI (including the cat race).

[Norna]

[...] why I'm against the Viera. The female Viera will probably share a similar silhouette with the female Roegadyn, while the males will probably be a taller Miqo'te male silhouette.. Only difference being rabbit ears -and the lack of a tail). Roegadyn and Lalafells are currently the only races in XIV that look nothing like the others.

Wait, what?

...Viera don't have the wide shoulders of either Roegadyn and Elezen. Nor the dense muscle-build that thickens the arms and legs. Viera have wider hips and longer limbs than Roes, and don't have the "small head, giraffe neck"-thing that Elezen have, while having the large, slender hands and feet that neither Roe nor Elezen have. If we go from the front, they are more gymnastic-athletic than Roe's heavy-worker muscular build (and if we are going to *winknudge* like Yoshi-p did about "tasteful" breast physics, then Viera boobs do not look like either Roegadame nor Ladyzen boobs either).

If the male Viera will match the female Viera, then they will be more lithe, slender, athletic and with long limbs, while being graceful (without Elezen lankiness). Since the high-heels are an evolutionary necessity, their feet, calves and thighs will probably be somewhat different as well.

The ears add a very big distinguishing point to the silhouette, and compared to the difference between Midlander, Miqo'te and female Au Ra, even without the ears, the silhouette would be a lot more unique (heck, probably at least if not more of a difference than between male Au Ra and Elezen).

[Freyyy]

Yeah, you big meanie. You Hyur reject, fake japanese looking, weird dancing, promotional money grabbing, non-existent backstory driven, miqote ripoff, Yoshi P...-ing, emo dragon lady. X(

You're just a Hyur with kitty stuff attached to it you know

[Nestama]

...Fem Roe and Fem Viera would look nothing alike. Do your eyes function?

Mostly the face, the rest could be compared to a Highlander, I guess (so my argument still stands).

[Ghastly]

Post #2 in this page says otherwise. If it's not the legs, it's the arms, if not the arms, it's the face. Every time we prove you wrong you'll find something. Next time you'll say they borrowed the feet from roegadyn

[Kurogaea]

You're just a Hyur with kitty stuff attached to it you know

..........Touche, but I'm sexier. Mwahaanyann X3

[Tilgung]

Mostly the face, the rest could be compared to a Highlander, I guess (so my argument still stands).

Your argument is about as stable as a scaffold of rusted nails and rotting wood... And also on fire.

Highlander and Roe females have much more angular/broader heads. Viera's body type is far too slender to be remotely similar to either of them as well. Particularly in the shoulder department, which completely destroys the silhouette comparison.

This doesn't even address the the facial features and arms/legs.