weak excuses about adding viera

[Enur]

I would not consider new races worth the effort.

Firstmost, they dont add anything to the gameplay of existing players. They only add a paid option.

Second, they require way too much work with refitting gear. It takes a long time refitting gear and having to do it with every single piece from a pile that only grows bigger makes the creating of a new race take longer.

World of Warcraft can add new races as they please with as big variations as they like because gear in WoW is just a texture on a naked model aside from shoulders, helmet and belt buckles. Blizzard does not care half as much about clipping on those models as SE does. This shortens the creation time significantly.

[Synrin]

At least personally I feel the game has a signifcant surplus of cute, soft, perfection, and or cuddly and needs more mean, dark, rough, less pristine pop star looks (most of the "tough" we see now is still pretty soft). Although I would note I've seen a lot of requests for Viera :P

I agree. It gets tiresome. We need goblins.

[Maero]

I would not consider new races worth the effort.

Firstmost, they dont add anything to the gameplay of existing players. They only add a paid option.

Second, they require way too much work with refitting gear. It takes a long time refitting gear and having to do it with every single piece from a pile that only grows bigger makes the creating of a new race take longer.

World of Warcraft can add new races as they please with as big variations as they like because gear in WoW is just a texture on a naked model aside from shoulders, helmet and belt buckles. Blizzard does not care half as much about clipping on those models as SE does. This shortens the creation time significantly.

SE clearly does not look at clipping either, well over 70% of gear has issues, lol
But i do agree with your points

[JunseiKei]

SE clearly does not look at clipping either, well over 70% of gear has issues, lol

Every MMO that is 3D has this. It's not unique to FFXIV.

[Fuma]

Oh cool, another new viera post. No need to just comment on the other 50 threads about viera because this one will be SOOO much different than the others.

[SenorPatty]

Well obviously if you want a viera race, those "excuses" are going to look weak. That's like me asking for bangaa but putting my hands on my ears when given reasons as to why SE can't/won't.

[Kyuuen]

Agree completely
If the competition starts to outshine you, you'll have to find a way to match what they're doing.

Yoshi is being too comfortable, but the moment another game does things better they'll have to consider it adding top requests to the game (mid content, new race, more customization).

FFXIV is doing great and I'm happy, but things never stay the same. If they don't plan for the future they might be blindsided.

Using WoW as an example for adding new race/s is a poor choice.

World of Warcraft: 2004 - Launches with 8 races divided by 2 warring factions.
Burning Crusade: 2007 - Launches with 2 additional races (3years)
Wrath of the Lich King: 2008 - No new races
Cataclysm: 2010 - 2 additional races (3 years)
Mist of Pandaria: 2012 - 1 new race (2 years)
Warlord of Draenor: 2014 - No new race
Legion: 2016 - No new race
(next race...?)

So about every 3 or 4 years a new race is added to WoW. Only exception being between Cata and MoP. They add a race when it makes sense to do so. Not because players are asking for it.

Another reason using WoW as a comparison is bad is due to the games age. It's been out for 13 years. Naturally it's going to have more than a game that's only 4 years old going by (ARR) or 7 years old going by (XIV).

[SorceressVal]

alot of of topic things .... this isnt to mean game beefing or about any other option is about the present stated reason as to why they didddnt that aside the reason was stated and dev posted not player posted as the dev team put it not as players put it .

that aside i know some who diddnt care either way wont care or probbly even notice that the excuse given was tandamount to a 5yr old saying i dont know for something they did .

you might not be offended they could think so low of you to just pass off a half baked reason but i do . i dont like being snowed and i tend to assume everyone els doesnt either .

from new race to new mechanics - if their let to pass with any old half thought excuse then they can and will do the same for anything they choose to just say no to rather then be honest

[Stormfur]

I think the developers tried to meet the players in the middle by offering the bunny outfits on the Gold Saucer, and even working on developing them for men. So you have a way to...sort of get your Viera "fix" that way. I think that is as far as they will go, unfortunately for all the Viera-lovers.

Maybe we will see them in that new alliance?

Personally, I'd love a wolf/dog /fox type race

[Canadane]

Firstmost, they dont add anything to the gameplay of existing players. They only add a paid option.
Second, they require way too much work with refitting gear. It takes a long time refitting gear and having to do it with every single piece from a pile that only grows bigger makes the creating of a new race take longer.

Woah hold up a moment. I lost a good degree of hips, buttocks, and tail armour when we went from 1.0 to 2.0 in order to allow them,to streamline gear. Other than minor aesthetic changes, the gear isn't remodelled for each race. It's the same mesh just scaled up to each races proportions.