Viera Should Of Happened

[Zojha]

My theory? There's not just one all-encompassing answer, but I think a big reason, if not the big reason, is that at the end of the day, a lot of this playerbase has a preference for "hot girls with animal ears." I'm not trying to put anyone down or anything of the sort. It just is what it is. The vast majority of the active player characters are miqo'te and au ra. That's not a coincidence.

Be fair here - those races are incidentally also the most bestial ones there are, so they're the "only" choice for people who'd rather have something more animalistic/special.
Looking at the GW2 race distribution, 15/14% are Charr, 15/18% Asura, 15/18% Sylvari, 20/14% Norn and 35/32% human. It's obvious human and pretty wins, but that's a significant portion of players that doesn't get their preference if that's all there is. WoW racial distribution paints a similar picture: While around 14% are human and blood elf each, the next thing, night elves, only get 10% and are closely followed by undead with about 8%, the Orcs, Tauren and Worgen with about 7% each and Trolls and Draenai with around 6% each. The rest scores under 4%. Again, the most human races are roughly twice as popular as the odd ones and again, the people who prefer the less human ones make up a significant portion of the playerbase regardless.

Even though still miles from the ideal, the closest thing to what those people want are Miqo'te and Au Ra in this game.

[Rhodkr]

Be fair here - those races are incidentally also the most bestial ones there are, so they're the "only" choice for people who'd rather have something more animalistic/special.

Even though still miles from the ideal, the closest thing to what those people want are Miqo'te and Au Ra in this game.

The thing is, there are much more beastly races then the Veira. Take the Ronso for example, or the Bangaa' or that other pig-like Ivalice race. In thier incarnation, Veira are thin, tall, amazonesque, rabbit women. The race is 100% female and f I'm not misremembering, the debs said something about how they had troubles designing a male equivalent because it kept looking off.

[Senn]

The race is 100% female and f I'm not misremembering

There are male viera in Ivalice as well.

[dragonseth07]

There are male viera in Ivalice as well.

You'd almost think Miqo'te were all female if NPC's didn't exist. :P

I like cute girls as much as the next person, but all I ever see in-game already are female Miqo'te in bikinis. Viera would not bring diversity unless you count differently shaped ears.

Edit: Damn autocorrect.

[Senn]

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Do you think a good portion of the player population would play as a viera if the race were to come out?

[Kaitoo]

Do you think a good portion of the player population would play as a viera if the race were to come out?

Well the topic suggest Viera should be added because a good portion of the player base "demands" it

if this is not the case, why even bother?

[Senn]

Well the topic suggest Viera should be added because a good portion of the player base "demands" it

if this is not the case, why even bother?

My point is if a good portion of the player population is requesting viera, and intend on playing as this race if it is ever added, then it is worth considering.

[ErdrickLoto]

There are male viera in Ivalice as well.

Could have fooled me. Most - if not all - of the notable and/or playable viera shown are women.

[Senn]

Could have fooled me. Most - if not all - of the notable and/or playable viera shown are women.

Yeah, the viera that are shown in FFXII are female. However, males exist.