FFXIV 2nd expansion: Viera-like race still a possibility?

[Nestama]

Want to be able to glamour to the beast tribes. Want to be a Vath!

That would be the closest we'd ever get to being a non-human race (make it require max beastman reputation). Would require SE to make new or fix up current animations for them.

[Alex073088]

Really still hoping for Viera, AND a more beast like race like any of the beast tribes. ANY OF them PLUS viera would be so nice!

[Ecks007]

Eh, I dunno. We have plenty of "bunny" gear in the game already. Wouldn't it be rather redundant to also have a new rabbit-like race? I wanted to see a more reptilian styled humanoid, but we got Au'ra instead which are suppose to actually be more demonic based than reptilian, even though they still appear more human than demon or reptile.

I hope the next race we get leans more towards beastial than humanoid in appearance.

[MaeIsMean]

Add me to the crowd that would wish for something a bit less "Human with...." and more "Animal that stands upright." I'll add in a new thought for a rodent-type race. EQ2 had one, and while I personally preferred halflings in that game, I loved seeing the ratongas running around.

[Gilraen]

Devs have said in the past that they aren't going to add viera for the reason that is joked about by Magius' linked picture (though that didn't stop them with the Au Ra, so... I don't know how commited they are). I'm all for more races, but lets be serious here. How many 'hyur/elezen with one or two animal features' do we need? I'd sooner welcome mixed races than another kemonomimi.

Append - Also, this is some hella necromancy here.

[Mimilu]

I'm all for more races, but lets be serious here. How many 'hyur/elezen with one or two animal features' do we need? I'd sooner welcome mixed races than another kemonomimi.

The main issue is that the-powers-that-be don't seem to want to deviate from the same Hyur-shaped cookie cutter they have been using, due to the amount of extra work they would have to do to modify older gear. I'm sure they're still kicking themselves keeping Lalas and Male Roes in the game because of how proportionally different they are to the other races.

Personally, I think mixed races are an interesting idea and would welcome Vieras into the game as well.

[Yutsimaki]

New race goblins?

[CUTS3R]

I already said it in all the threads talking about future races but i want another race with females as tall or taller than femroes, muscular too and whatever they want to add to it that makes it being a new race.

[Kurogaea]

Still wantz. Haters and negative Nancys can suck a Heavenward.

[Laerune]

Even if they add Viera, they will change certain features like their feets. Yoshida has already said that, because of armour design + time, they want races and gender to be similiar, so the chances of having the Viera as we know and love, will not happen. At best we will get a female Hyur with bunny ears, some fur and different type of nose. Another issue is that they are going to design the genders and races after the most played current races and gender. During 2.0 this was female Miqote and Hyur, hence why the female Miqote and Au Ra look very alike.

Assuming they are going to follow the status quo and SE has shown with FFXIV that they prefer to have one working formula, we will see a :
1. A Hyur with animial parts like Miqote or Au Ra, the females will look like your typical anime highschool girl.
2. Males will look very different from the females, they will be either too tall or have different body shape, like with Au Ra and Roegadyn.
3. If they wear full body armour, unless they have extra parts like tails etc, you will hardly notice the difference during combat.
4. They will play safe and make it look similiar to the current races.

Just before Heavensward was released, SE released some of their artwork and personaly I think, if there was going to be a Viera added to the game, they will look more like this:



then this: