Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[Altena]

Viera's already a playable race. You just need to spend the 20k in the GC for the bunny ears. Though currently it's Gender locked isn't it?

Honestly even though I likely wouldn't play as one - I would rather they go for a more creative race that isn't just another human with animal ears/horns. (Says the generic miqo'te, I know...)

[Vexander]

Honestly even though I likely wouldn't play as one - I would rather they go for a more creative race that isn't just another human with animal ears/horns. (Says the generic miqo'te, I know...)

People need to accept the likelihood of that happening is more or less zero. When people say, "More unique," or, "More creative," in terms of a race, they're thinking of games like WoW or GW2 where you have races like Worgen, Tauren, Draenei, Charr, Sylvari, etc... races radically different in every regard from, 'Human.' What these players also forget, is that such races have a place in the setting of FFXIV. As Beast Tribes. Which are our enemies, not our allies. Ergo, they will be unplayable, at least until some future FF MMO that takes place a century or two from now (or even a calamity or two), in which everyone is friends cause of our efforts.

FFXIV is likely to keep getting, "Humans with <animal> ears and tails," for races. I don't think there is anything wrong with that either. Its the setting we have.

I'm not against Best Tribe glamours for those who want them though. I'd love to see a glamour system like that in general. Yoshi made mention of making Blue Mage into a Job/Class that isn't really for dungeons/groups. While I want Blue Mage to be an actual Job/Class like that, I'd be fine with an addition of Jobs/Classes which -can- be used for fun side content like gathering glamours from NPCs/Beast Tribes, or unlocking additional info about the setting.

[RosaLunaCelestia]

Agree with this.



Then if this is the case why did they name the raid "Return to Ivalice"? I cant return to an Ivalice that I don't know. That seems pretty unnecessarily confusing.

I saw in a article about its a member of ff xii team will do the raid ( story + monsters) with a ff xii temple . After idk if its true, there is nothing official at this moment. Maybe wait EU fan fest ?

[xJimmehx]

I saw in a article about its a member of ff xii team will do the raid ( story + monsters) with a ff xii temple . After idk if its true, there is nothing official at this moment. Maybe wait EU fan fest ?

Already paid for and waiting on the next Fan Fest.
(That abes uniform, though \o/)
Last Fan Fest said that a XII member(I think the XII producer) is doing the story and raid design I believe and theres a famous monster designer (dont remember what he made) going to work on the monster designs for the Return To Ivalice.

I cant wait.

[RosaLunaCelestia]

Already paid for and waiting on the next Fan Fest.
(That abes uniform, though \o/)
Last Fan Fest said that a XII member(I think the XII producer) is doing the story and raid design I believe and theres a famous monster designer (dont remember what he made) going to work on the monster designs for the Return To Ivalice.

I cant wait.

Ah ok x3 EU fan fest should be the 1st i will pay :P

[Altena]

...thinking of games like WoW or GW2 where you have races like Worgen, Tauren, Draenei, Charr, Sylvari, etc... races radically different in every regard from, 'Human.' What these players also forget, is that such races have a place in the setting of FFXIV.

Well not as beastly as those guys in GW2 (forget the race name) and not as wild as the WoW universe either..

I consider Lalafells and Roegadyns quite "unique" and "creative".. Hell, even Elezens are as their body proportions make them a bit err, different.

I guess my point is the Viera in the concept art basically look like Hyurs with bunny ears, which we practically already have the option for if you wish to spend 20k in the gold saucer.

As Beast Tribes. Which are our enemies, not our allies. Ergo, they will be unplayable, at least until some future FF MMO that takes place a century or two from now (or even a calamity or two), in which everyone is friends cause of our efforts.

You misunderstand beast tribes pretty extensively. Not all of them are natively our enemies. Sylphs for example aren't, it's only the tempered ones.

FFXIV is likely to keep getting, "Humans with <animal> ears and tails," for races. I don't think there is anything wrong with that either. Its the setting we have.

Honestly I don't think FFXIV will get any new races for a very long time. I also don't really care if they do or not as I am content..

[xJimmehx]

Viera's already a playable race...

The bunny ears do not make a viera a playable race. You cant have bunny ears with another piece of headgear. Also the viera have slightly rabbit-like body..The bunny ears don't affect the body. Bunny ears also don't have hair like the cat ears do. They also do not hide the other races ears when worn.

If they did make other races look like this^ My wife would already be rocking a viera. xD

EDIT: Might be more accurate to say viera have more beast-like (hair line and nails for example)than to say they have a rabbit-like body.

[Vexander]

You misunderstand beast tribes pretty extensively. Not all of them are natively our enemies. Sylphs for example aren't, it's only the tempered ones.

Probably not the best example since the Sylphs tend to use their Glamour Magic to -appear like us- when outside of Little Solace, to interact with us. I imagine you could RP a Sylph like that if you wanted to. Moogles are another friendly Beast Tribe race, but they prefer to remain invisible and otherwise avoid direct interaction when possible as well. So, even when Beast Tribes aren't the enemy, they still don't want to interact with us, and go to lengths to either avoid doing so, or doing so in a way that we don't even realize it.

[Shougun]

People need to accept the likelihood of that happening is more or less zero. When people say, "More unique," or, "More creative," in terms of a race, they're thinking of games like WoW or GW2 where you have races like Worgen, Tauren, Draenei, Charr, Sylvari, etc... races radically different in every regard from, 'Human.' What these players also forget, is that such races have a place in the setting of FFXIV. As Beast Tribes. Which are our enemies, not our allies. Ergo, they will be unplayable, at least until some future FF MMO that takes place a century or two from now (or even a calamity or two), in which everyone is friends cause of our efforts.

FFXIV is likely to keep getting, "Humans with <animal> ears and tails," for races. I don't think there is anything wrong with that either. Its the setting we have.

I'm not against Best Tribe glamours for those who want them though. I'd love to see a glamour system like that in general. Yoshi made mention of making Blue Mage into a Job/Class that isn't really for dungeons/groups. While I want Blue Mage to be an actual Job/Class like that, I'd be fine with an addition of Jobs/Classes which -can- be used for fun side content like gathering glamours from NPCs/Beast Tribes, or unlocking additional info about the setting.

While beast tribes do have a bad rap, I would have to say that A. you just made SE look bad in terms of "unique options" lol, I feel this is a good argument to Yoshida since he is a big supporter of looking at what others have done well. Of course that doesn't mean it will change, like the egi argument "can't be slightly bigger and grandiose cause MMORPG" meanwhile I can list off one MMO with quintuple the subscribers that does, and four other side MMOs but alas they didn't change it still (yet?). But B. I can recall building relationships with beast tribes to the point that I've set up networks and communications to other civilizations in a mutually beneficial way, so while there is some negativity it isn't permanently negative or unable to be changed.

So.. Yes beast tribes generally start out with "you're scum no one wants you" but so far they've all also earned their rights, the Vath are not slave people #VathRights. :P

Although the shape of the vath would make the changes in gear models incredibly different lol, I'm still thinking a new races part of a new region. Race of beings trapped in crystals, stasis, more void people, another plane like the void.. w.e, we can explain why they're new and can also add reason why they're accepted sooner like refugees or something. Sort of what happened with Au Ra except they went from different to "human plus fancy surgery".

[Clethoria]

Nop.

Not unless we got our giant amazonian bunny goddesses and manlets. The fem AuRa were already a mistake by making them look dead inside, submissive tiny waifus. Not again Square. pls.