"Return to Ivalice" Stormblood's 24 Man Raid

[JunseiKei]

Waiting for when we see NPC Viera running around and people crying about them being right there, but not a play-able race.

The 24 man raids have seemingly just been paying homage to older Final Fantasy games so far.
Crystal Tower - FF3 with references to FF1, FF10, FF13
Void Ark - A few references from FF6, FF8, FF11 and FF9.

I expect to see a lot from FF12 and Tactics in the Stormblood raid.

[Kikoten]

Maybe we'll get to see Gafgarion.

[Iromi]

I hope we get to hear some FFT music in the raid how we heard Tactics Ogre music in potd.

[Chocolys]

I never did like FFXII, to me Ivalice is synonymous with Final Fantasy Tactics and the War of the Lions. If we get a "Return" to Ivalice I'd be more interested in fighting the Lucavi and Altima.

The only thing I did not like in FF XII was there was no real "summon/GF" like in FF VII or FF VIII" but I did enjoy the game overaly and the characters, my favorite ones being Fran & Balthier.

What did you not like about FFXII?

[Kurogaea]

Waiting for when we see NPC Viera running around and people crying about them being right there, but not a play-able race.

The 24 man raids have seemingly just been paying homage to older Final Fantasy games so far.
Crystal Tower - FF3 with references to FF1, FF10, FF13
Void Ark - A few references from FF6, FF8, FF11 and FF9.

I expect to see a lot from FF12 and Tactics in the Stormblood raid.

If they appeared as an npc, mature players would ask for them as a playable race. Children who happen to get the game for their birthday will whine about not being able to have them. -_-

[loreleidiangelo]

If they appeared as an npc, mature players would ask for them as a playable race. Children who happen to get the game for their birthday will whine about not being able to have them. -_-

I mean, realistically, if they appear as NPCs, there's not a whole lot of reasons left as to why they couldn't be a playable race other than SE flat-out saying "we dun wanna". The model work would be largely done, and seeing as how tons of NPCs are actually able to be re-created in the character creator without issue I don't think it's a huge logical leap to assume that Viera models might be designed to be the same.

It's mostly going to come down to how strict SE is on their "we dun wanna", though. The cynical side of me says we might see them if Stormblood falters, in an attempt to bolster flagging revenue via 5.0 sales or Fantasia sales.

[Zojha]

If they appeared as an npc, mature players would ask for them as a playable race. Children who happen to get the game for their birthday will whine about not being able to have them. -_-

With both being essentially the same thing.

There is a thing, people express their desire to have that thing. English natives will do so in english, chinese natives in chinese. Children will do it in their childish ways, sophisticated in their sophisticated ways. Substantially, there is no difference. What draws the line between crying/whining and a simple request is not the phrasing, but accepting "No" as an answer. Children frequently don't do that, hence the association with maturity. But it's evident that people of higher sophistication and age are far from immune to that. Otherwise people would have just gone:"Aww, shame." when SE said "We don't wanna do that." the first time around.

[DamianFatale]

Waiting for when we see NPC Viera running around and people crying about them being right there, but not a play-able race.

The 24 man raids have seemingly just been paying homage to older Final Fantasy games so far.
Crystal Tower - FF3 with references to FF1, FF10, FF13
Void Ark - A few references from FF6, FF8, FF11 and FF9.

I expect to see a lot from FF12 and Tactics in the Stormblood raid.

Nobody is crying, just because we want something that someone else may not want. You're exaggerating.

[Nestama]

Waiting for when we see NPC Viera running around and people crying about them being right there, but not a play-able race.

I'd be slightly annoyed if they only had Viera appearing in the raids storyline. After all, there's more than just Hume and Viera in Ivalice. Nu Mou, Bangaa, I.Moogle, Seeq, Gria (even though they're pretty much Au Ra with wings), Garif, Rev, etc.

[Lambdafish]

I mean, realistically, if they appear as NPCs, there's not a whole lot of reasons left as to why they couldn't be a playable race

Other than gear scaling, animations, unique gear for feet, character customisation etc. Are you saying that because we have Goblins as an NPC race, that there is no reason that they can't make it a playable race other than "we don't wanna"?