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

[Laerune]

There is a lot of Lalafells on Leviathan too, I think they even have like 2 Lala social linkshells. Au Ra, and Miqo'tes are close behind though.

During ARR the rank of most played race in FFXIV was:

NA/EU
1. Miqote
2. Hyur
3. Lalafell

JP
1. Lalafell
2. Miqote
3. Hyur

Since Au Ra females look very alike to the miqotes and hyur, I am going to guess that they are either in the top 3 of most played races or the number 4. Census, polls and avatars on forum and ingame have shown me that female Au Ra is either in the top 3 or number 4 of most played female races. It would not suprise me if the NA/EU rank is right now:

NA/EU
1. Miqote
2. Hyur
3. Au Ra

I think Japan still favours the Lalafell the most, at most they are tied with Miqote.

[AlwaysGuilty]

During ARR the rank of most played race in FFXIV was:

NA/EU
1. Miqote
2. Hyur
3. Lalafell

JP
1. Lalafell
2. Miqote
3. Hyur

Since Au Ra females look very alike to the miqotes and hyur, I am going to guess that they are either in the top 3 of most played races or the number 4. Census, polls and avatars on forum and ingame have shown me that female Au Ra is either in the top 3 or number 4 of most played female races. It would not suprise me if the NA/EU rank is right now:

NA/EU
1. Miqote
2. Hyur
3. Au Ra

I think Japan still favours the Lalafell the most, at most they are tied with Miqote.

Lalafell popular in Japan? Doesn't surprise me.

EDIT: Don't take this comment seriously.

[Iromi]

I thought hyur was most common?

[Laerune]

I thought hyur was most common?

That is what I thought aswell, but someone made a very valid point that alot of hyurs are male hyurs bots.

[Iromi]

That is what I thought aswell, but someone made a very valid point that alot of hyurs are male hyurs bots.

ya >< they all pick the standard male hyur lol although I do see quite a lot of hyur..its hard to tell.

[Reinha]

I thought hyur was most common?

That census is from the lodestone and measures every character ever created including dead and buried accounts, bots and inactive alts. It is not an accurate representation of the races of active players (as you can probably guess by the portion of Au Ra in the image). There is a better census made by players, which filters the lodestone data based on the character's progress in the MSQ and the changes in stats over time. This is from 7 months ago:



https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ta_and_charts/

A newer player-made census if you know Japanese:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...dated_jan_9th/
http://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/archives/46515415.html

[Rysir]

Good lord I hope not. I want to get a new race that has cool lore, brings something new and not brought in by nerd lust. Thats not to say that if Viera would get added they would be without decent lore but come on you know its nerd lust that is the primary reason.

[Nestama]

I don't understand the demand for Viera. lol
If SE does release Viera as a playable race, you can safely bet that day 1 there will be a dozen threads complaining it's "Just Miqo'te with bunny ears and bunny tails", like how there were complaints that "Au Ra is just Hyur with horns/scales".

Viera actually don't have bunny tails, so it would just be bunny ears clipping through headgear.

[Iromi]

That census is from the lodestone and measures every character ever created including dead and buried accounts, bots and inactive alts. It is not an accurate representation of the races of active players (as you can probably guess by the portion of Au Ra in the image). There is a better census made by players, which filters the lodestone data based on the character's progress in the MSQ and the changes in stats over time. This is from 7 months ago:



https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ta_and_charts/

A newer player-made census if you know Japanese:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...dated_jan_9th/
http://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/archives/46515415.html

oh ya I remember this...lol good lord, too many miqote hah

[Zumi]

That census is from the lodestone and measures every character ever created including dead and buried accounts, bots and inactive alts. It is not an accurate representation of the races of active players (as you can probably guess by the portion of Au Ra in the image). There is a better census made by players, which filters the lodestone data based on the character's progress in the MSQ and the changes in stats over time. This is from 7 months ago:



https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ta_and_charts/

A newer player-made census if you know Japanese:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...dated_jan_9th/
http://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/archives/46515415.html

This is pretty much right, see so many cat and dragon girls around.