Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[Nestama]

If that's what you're going to focus on, sure.

[Senn]

If that's what you're going to focus on, sure.

Well I mean, I'm not sure what else there is to focus on. You're telling me you personally want dwarves, and it's like... Ok?
I'm not a fan, but I wouldn't tell you to stop liking it or whatever.

You could make a thread for it and see if people would be interested in a stocky dwarf race. I highly doubt it, but you could try. Your post will just get buried here anyway, Mr. Bara man.

[Nestama]

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You suggested that if we were to get another short race, it should be the cute adorable childlike rabbit people. I said no, because we already have a cute, childlike race. This is why I suggested dwarves because they are not childlike in appearance.

I'm not desperate for a new race, so I won't be making a thread. I only bring up dwarves because they'd be different. More so than viera, anyway (it would also be neat to see what else SE could make, as Luca is pretty much the only dwarf they have decent art of that isn't the FFIX dwarves).


Not at all loli-like in appearance.

There's also this thread...

This scene in particular, you would have me believe could be replicated with a Seeq?

If they can get a Yagudo from FFXI to smile/show any kind of emotion (they did and it was adorable), then yes. I see the Census as a bullet to the foot rather than support for argument. If SE stick to following the Census and make races based on what is popular, we're only going to get short cute waifish waifu females (eventually to the Elin point) and whatever for males.

[Senn]

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Although there are a lot of people who liked that thread, they are divided on what the next new race should be. It isn't a unified vote. This thread is a unified "yes" for viera though.

[Senn]

...Or you could continue to play dumb/be dishonest about that data.

[Alacran]

If they can get a Yagudo from FFXI to smile/show any kind of emotion (they did and it was adorable), then yes. I see the Census as a bullet to the foot rather than support for argument. If SE stick to following the Census and make races based on what is popular, we're only going to get short cute waifish waifu females (eventually to the Elin point) and whatever for males.

I agree to a point, another short race would be detrimental since it would be regulated to the aforementioned "short cute waifish waifu females (eventually to the Elin point) and whatever for males." However this i feel only further illustrates the idea that we could use the Ivalice interpretation of Viera to balance out the sea of cat/ demon girls we have running around. Not only were they presented as a strong matriarchal society, they were a serious, stoic race that was both elegant and ferocious (that's right SE some how made bunny girls scary) they are uniquely Final Fantasy in that regard.

SE missed the opportunity with the Xaela Au Ra , they had a chance to cover this very aspect woven into their lore. The aspect of the warlike Dusk mother could have been deeply explored and rooted in the presentation of female Xaela had they be allowed to look more like proposed concept art.

Proposed Au Ra Concept art

I see Viera as a second chance at this, a way to break the monotony of tiny waifu sea far to commonly seen in Erozea, and a chance to enjoy a mature, elegant, refined and cultured option. While you may understandably see more of the same, i see a natural progression presented in the setting of and through the Final Fantasy series.

I truly feel the "Return to Ivalice" event will be nothing more than something to the effect of the recently completed "Shadows of Mhach" story line. That being said, I do hope our we see call backs to Ivalice centric themes through out. A Vieran npc would be epic, a story in which we are teased at the possibility of their integration would be even more so (highly doubtful but one can dream).

To be clear. I do not want the child like race, i feel that what was presented was just that, a child version of proposed Viera in FFXIV.


Yes to adult Viera.

No to baby bunnies. Child like races invite more trouble than they worth and open up censor issues that could, would be detrimental to FFXIV as a whole. Better to leave them as NPC's persistant in the world with limited interactions as we have currently.