Does FFXIV *Really* Want A New Non-Viera Race?

[Moururii]

People complain about Elezen and ask for Viera forgetting that Viera in XII (and other Ivalice games) have very similar bodies, if not more elongated.
So uh... yeah, if you don't like Elezen, assuming Viera are actually true to their previous incarnations, that's what you're gonna get, awkward run and everything.

While I'm a big fan of Viera I feel like providing to different demographics is more important when having varied races so I'd much rather see something different, or y'know just expanding the current options (I'd love to see some more clan specific facial features and such). Personally if we were going to pull from Ivalice I'd be all over their Moogles but somehow I don't see that happening.

[Nestama]

To be honest, Elezen are the most ugly elf-like race I have seen in any MMO. I usually am an elf person myself but here I just can't stand them. Their proportions look off, they are lanky, the animations suck and I have yet to see an elezen in game that I find remotely pretty....

Would you play as an Elezen if they shared a similar appearance to the Viera (which are pretty much the elves of Ivalice)?

[Kikoten]

You know...

Now that I think about it, we could get half-breeds, maybe something exclusive to FFXIV. Half-Goblins, anyone? They'd have the beastly appearance mixed with humanoid stature, somewhere between the sizes of Lalafells and Midlander Hyurs. Not too beastly, but not to humanoid, and it could fetch so many moe points that people would Fantasia into them. Or something from another FF game... something beastlike, but with just the right amount of cute. Ooh! How about a

one of those? That seems to fit the bill!

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Nu mou are mostly magic users. They'd need a new design to fit with the physical jobs.

[Jadub2k]

I wouldn't mind having Viera in the game at all. So don't see as that much of a big deal at all & as a matter of fact I'm all for it, but the Real question is... Do we really NEED another race in this game? Because lets be serious, another race in this game isn't going to make much of a difference. We all ready have 6 Races in the game with 2 clans each that make ZERO difference except for lighter or darker skin tone (with Hyur's being the exception). There wont be any interesting stats, racial abilities, or anything that sets the 2 clans apart or unless your a roleplayer I guess. The only reason I see them doing this is because they'll make TONS of Phantasia sales. And it was a missed op when the concept art was revealed because reactions were huge for this. How many MMOs have you seen get coverage on gaming websites for just 1 single race? Doubt it may happen again, but life is weird like that lol

[Kikoten]

I wouldn't mind having Viera in the game at all. So don't see as that much of a big deal at all & as a matter of fact I'm all for it, but the Real question is... Do we really NEED another race in this game? Because lets be serious, another race in this game isn't going to make much of a difference. We all ready have 6 Races in the game with 2 clans each that make ZERO difference except for lighter or darker skin tone (with Hyur's being the exception). There wont be any interesting stats, racial abilities, or anything that sets the 2 clans apart or unless your a roleplayer I guess. The only reason I see them doing this is because they'll make TONS of Phantasia sales. And it was a missed op when the concept art was revealed because reactions were huge for this. How many MMOs have you seen get coverage on gaming websites for just 1 single race? Doubt it my happen again, but life is weird like that lol

Well, it could tie in to the game's future story yet-to-come in SOME way. We've got Highlanders from Ala M. From the looks of things, we might be on our way to the Highlanders' homeland soon. I think it'd be cool if we visited the homeland of every playable race. Midlanders--some of them are Domans, we could visit Doma, eventually. Au Ras, from Othard (I think). I think we might've visited the Elezen's homeland already--Coerthas--but I'm unclear on their lore, as well as Miqo'te lore. If we were to see the homeland(?) of the Sea Wolf Roegadyns, we're probably gonna need a really big boat and thick raincoats.

[Morningstar1337]

as well as Miqo'te lore.

Mi'qote came from Meracydia. Home of Bahamut, Tiamat, the Warring Triad and possible a bunch of other being Allag uprooted and experimented on

[Lexia]

We don't need a viera race, in terms of XIV they just be a miqote with fluffer tail and bigger ears

[Lisotte]

We don't need a viera race, in terms of XIV they just be a miqote with fluffer tail and bigger ears

The real question is would it just be a better idea to have a totally new race, and also viera on top of that. The new race would be the challenge to create, for viera... just longer ears and a different tail. Could actually do it as another miqote clan really.

Now that I think of it though I remember that viera lady from FFXII being tall and lanky kinda like an elezen, so why not just throw the ears and tail on an elezen and call it a day.

[Nestama]

We don't need a viera race, in terms of XIV they just be a miqote with fluffer tail and bigger ears

Technically they'd be the 'pretty Elezen' with rabbit ears. It would be easier for SE to just make them a third clan of Elezen (or redo one of the current clans), sans the rabbit ears (I said it before, but Viera are pretty much the elves of Ivalice).