Viera can be different from Miqo'te.

[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).