Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[Khalithar]

Just roll an elezen and get the bunny outfit. It's basically the same as what you're asking for. For any new race we get I would say that something different to what we have now would be better.

[MOthe]

Just roll an elezen and get the bunny outfit. It's basically the same as what you're asking for. For any new race we get I would say that something different to what we have now would be better.

So Aura shouldn't exists, just make a Elezen and put Succubus Horn Glamour.

[Nestama]

I believe this is not the only Viera thread in this subforum there are others lengthy enough too I think. The demand is reasonably big for this specific race

You're not wrong in that there were a lot of Viera request threads back when, but even they had the usual back and forth of "Viera plz!" and "no, something else!" arguments and usually amongst the same people (so thread size can't be used as an example of demand). Currently, I still feel the demand for Viera is reasonably low. Incredibly lower than the demand for an expansion on character customisation, anyway.

Hmmm. I wonder what a Miqo'te + Elezen hybrid would look like...

[AvenoMatt]

Just roll an elezen and get the bunny outfit. It's basically the same as what you're asking for. For any new race we get I would say that something different to what we have now would be better.

It's easy to say that to players that play female but for those of us who play male or want to that's not an available solution. Also none of the races we have currently really captures the viera's aesthetic.

[Galaktica]

This thread is been going on for such a LONG .... LONG time that it's clear that the mods/admins are still keeping an eye on it to see the demand for Viera race. And it seems to me by not giving us an answer about it we might still have a chance to see it incorporated in game in the future.

That's some amazing leap in logic. With the same amount of evidence, I could just as easily say "the mod team are ignoring this thread and only keep it open to avoid flooding the forums with a hundred similar topics. And any suggestion thread they don't respond to means they're considering it!"

I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but I feel like far too many people in this thread are grasping at straws. Just...keep your expectations in check because if they do announce a new race and it isn't Viera, methinks heads will explode.

[Alacran]

I just don't understand the Viera hate. "Just a re-skin of current races." "Tired of same old same old." To say nothing of the out right vitriol by some of those more vocal against their implementation (What did they ever do to you guys? You guys POW's of a long forgotten oppressive Viera crusade?). I feel there is a distinct reason for it, what some see as "Not unique enough." I see as consistent.

Very few times has a player race in any FF title, ever broken the mold. Nearly all are feminine (sometimes effeminate) protagonist that the series as a whole is known for.

When a more unique race is introduced it's more often a joke character.

I'm not certain what rabbits or bunny people in general may have done to some individuals to illicit such opposition, nor do i understand why their implementation would lead to the universe ending, however i feel people who claim resources are better spent elsewhere need to to remember.

Diadem was rolled out twice over, we got Lords of Verminion, and Triple Triad/ battle hall is only moderately entertaining (something i only use for lore and the occasional MGP grind)

I want more character creation options (some races need more face options, facial hair, AuRa horn options, ect...), sub races in the current roster would be great (Half Elezen, Eastern Roegadyn, other AuRA tribes), however with all that i still want Viera as it's own race more reminiscent of FFXII.

The oft used AuRa/ Viera concept art captured them perfectly. I do not see an issue with them being introduced to Hydalen. Whether from a pocket space hidden in the Twelves Wood (FFVI Espers-FFXII Viera), or from another region of Hydalen, their implementation would be most welcome by those not afflicted with combinations of Viera and night terrors.

[Nestama]

For me, it's because of the Au Ra. I expected something new and interesting (something that would have me consider changing races. So far I've just changed Roegadyn clans/genders), but then we got something that's not at all that different from what we have now. The current six races we have are boring (even Roegadyn), all being a different flavour of human (Lalafell being potato flavoured) with maybe one or two interesting things about them. Viera will be exactly the same. Human with rabbit ears and nothing else unique (aside from faces, but that's to be expected... though I expect their faces to be roughly similar to Midlander/Highlanders).

The transition from concept to in-game model will be exactly the same as it was for Au Ra. Awesome dragon/demon race in concept, edgelord males and waifu girls in game. Neat looking rabbit person with rabbit feet in concept, boring human with rabbit ears and flat human feet in game (they will not look as they do in XII).

[Ghastly]

Try this Nestama/Lambdafish


https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/

[Nestama]

WoW doesn't have controller support, nor the people I play with, so no thanks.

[Alacran]

For me, it's because of the Au Ra. I expected something new and interesting (something that would have me consider changing races. So far I've just changed Roegadyn clans/genders), but then we got something that's not at all that different from what we have now. The current six races we have are boring (even Roegadyn), all being a different flavour of human (Lalafell being potato flavoured) with maybe one or two interesting things about them. Viera will be exactly the same. Human with rabbit ears and nothing else unique (aside from faces, but that's to be expected... though I expect their faces to be roughly similar to Midlander/Highlanders).

The transition from concept to in-game model will be exactly the same as it was for Au Ra. Awesome dragon/demon race in concept, edgelord males and waifu girls in game. Neat looking rabbit person with rabbit feet in concept, boring human with rabbit ears and flat human feet in game (they will not look as they do in XII).

And what you find boring is what i see as consistent, It all fits together just like many FF titles have before it. This in turn helps immerse the player in the world as it is understood, with in the spoken races certain guide lines are clearly defined. While the Beastmen races show nearly as much sentience as our own they are (i feel) polarized to certain emotions, vices, and themes, only a few being less so and thus being slightly (ironically) more human.

In looking at games that did give me those diverse race option like Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, WildStar, having played them before, i never felt the connect nor the appeal of the options before me.


Guild Wars 2

World of Warcraft

WildStar

None of those games had the quality of narrative that FXIV has. A narrative only highlighted by facial animations, cohesive visual representation of major characters to well scripted story elements, and over all setting (particularly in references to other FF titles) that help tie together three decades of of series very near & dear to me. I know what to expect from an FF title, it's why i pay a sub for game in a genre many claim is dead, why i stuck around through 1.0, why im willing to pay and play until the servers die again. What you call boring i want more of, subtle as it may be.

It's not like i think this dev team can do no wrong (SAM should have been a Tank, you DPS enjoy your jobs and que times...), it's not that continued stupidity should be validated (seriously look at Lov, Diadem and Battlehall, for resources spent moronically), quite simply the "vocal minority" as it has been termed here is not as small as many make it out to be. This is something wanted since FFXI, Viera don't have to look exactly like the concept art or FFXII for that mater. Again i simply want what was in that oft shown concept art or as close approximation to it as possible.

I can see a Viera NPC in the Ivalice content, a guide to show us something "new" and just discovered. Possibly something bridging Hydalen and FFXII world (Ivalice?)