Viera Should Of Happened

[JunseiKei]

It was the most polled, there are hundreds of threads on it, and if not thousands of feedback on it from the fan base.

It was an example used on a poll, not for the race themself. This was even stated by other players that it was an example only. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/46936 and http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...XIV-2.0./page2 respectively.

Not only that, but it was also teased heavily in the Stone & Steel Artbook.

Page 284 and page 285- if you read the text above the images, it says "Au Ra Concepts The Viera." For all intents and purposes, the "Viera" would have been named the Au Ra. They could have just as easily used the example of "Miqo'te Concepts The Ronso" before the race was ever made. The name Viera just attaches familiarity to the presentation since it was an existing race from FFXII.

...And that could have been a reason for straying away from the Viera despite it being "the most requested race in FFXIV." Rose tinted nostalgia glasses are a dangerous thing, and so are the expectations that come attached to those kinds of subject matters.