Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[Soge01]

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That would actually be really cute to have. Would love it if the Viera put in game and the dev teams went with this design for the ears. ^^

[Lambdafish]

I disagree with that.

Then I don't think you are asking for Viera. You are asking for a unique eorzean race that somewhat shares charactaristics of Viera. You want an amazonian race (perhaps with smaller males) that have rabbit ears, which is not all that Viera is. Under your logic you would be fine with Viera having a different aestheric to ivalice viera (like the difference between ivalice moogles and regular moogles), a different name, and a completely different background within the world (they could be technologically advanced with their own city in 5.0, or allagan creations with a sci-fi theme). However, considering your title is "Viera as the next new race", I don't think that is what you are implying, and if they did make Viera as something completely different, people would complain (not me though, you are asking for what I want, which is an original race).

[Senn]

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I would like a race that looks like this



and/or this



I don't really care what this race would be called. I would be interested in what kind of lore this new race would have in ffxiv. I call them viera because it's just easier referring to them that way.

[Lambdafish]

I would like a race that looks like this

Fair enough, but those two images doesn't represent the entirety of what makes up a race. The final product, while it will resemble those images, will have lore, regional aesthetic, and in engine modifications. The process from concept to finish is lengthy and a lot changes in the process. My fear is that you are pitching this as "wanting Viera" and the final product will be nothing like Viera, and thus people complain that it isn't "their Viera". As it is, that is a concept for what is now Au ra.

[Mature]

I would like a race that looks like this



I don't really care what this race would be called. I would be interested in what kind of lore this new race would have in ffxiv. I call them viera because it's just easier referring to them that way.

The design looks ace!

Viera yes please

[Nestama]

Just remember that concept art doesn't mean a whole lot. Take Au Ra concept art for example. Started off looking pretty cool and then they were reduced to bland humanoids... but with horns and tails, oooooh.

[Senn]

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This is a valid for concern for any new race that might be implemented in ffxiv. Hopefully they make viera similar to the concept art they drew.

[Ghastly]

Just remember that concept art doesn't mean a whole lot. Take Au Ra concept art for example. Started off looking pretty cool and then they were reduced to bland humanoids... but with horns and tails, oooooh.

Elezen
Roegadyn
Hyur
Lalafel
and Miqo'te art turned out almost the same

The only exception is au ra. Remember that just like Lalafel/Roegadyn the viera have a previous version that they just copy/make more human. So the transition is more like galka/roegadyn than au ra art to game.

I just completely ruled out the "viera art" won't be like how it is in game.


I'll never leave roegadyn (they're the cutest race) but I'd love to make a viera alt!

[Nestama]

Probably because most of them are humans with slight adjustments here and there (remove the ears from the Miqo'te and you have a Midlander. The Elezen neck also appears to be shorter in that art, or I'm being thrown off by the gear he's wearing). The concept art for Viera that we've seen shows them with feet that no other race has, which means SE will either have to chop those feet off and replace them with normal human feet, or redesign every piece of foot gear (which would annoy Roegadyn, Miqo'te and Au Ra. Most gear on Roegadyn is stretched and looks bad. Miqo'te and Au Ra tails clip through everything. Au Ra horns clip through head gear). The same may have to apply to their hands in some way as well.

Then there's the whole issue with their ears.

[Ghastly]

We've lived with those issues with au ra/miqo'te. Those won't change just because they add viera. It's an issue we have to accept. The only thing that won't be like the viera art are the feet and that's ok. Galka didn't make it with tails to FFXIV. Missing 1 thing isn't going to cause a calamity.