Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[Khaoticsuccubus]

this is true, but again with the way people acted with the au ra i would like to see something more original then what people hope from FF12 and ivalice, if the viera were to be in the game i wouldnt mind them as a more humanoid beast race we interact with rather then a playable race, it would bring something new to the table,

also nice to see some peeps with a sence of humour on the fourms :P

You have to remember, the Au'ra WAS their attempt at creating something original lol. Keep in mind the community is greatly divided when it comes to what they want in game, obviously as evidenced by this thread.

During Au'ra's development we saw their concept art as a more beastly, edgy race. Some liked this, other's didn't, they listened to the others and later revealed what we have now.

Obviously this just flips which sides complaining and which isn't. But, personally I think the majority of the outcry at the time was caused from the extreme sexual dimorphism of the new race...

I mean... look at them... she comes up to his waist lol. (one of my personal pet peeves on current Au'ra are the lack of black sclera on females... was really looking forward to that)

I hope to never see them as a beast tribe though. Already kills me that Lamia are a beast tribe... now we'll NEVER get them /cry TT^TT

[Nestama]

During Au'ra's development we saw their concept art as a more beastly, edgy race. Some liked this, other's didn't, they listened to the others and later revealed what we have now.

Did we? I'm pretty sure no one had seen the Au Ra (and Viera) concept art until the second HW Fan Fest, which was when they revealed the final design for the Au Ra. Heck, I'm pretty sure they had the final design planned the moment they put Yugiri into the game (despite technically using a Miqo'te skeleton).

[Khaoticsuccubus]

Did we? I'm pretty sure no one had seen the Au Ra (and Viera) concept art until the second HW Fan Fest, which was when they revealed the final design for the Au Ra. Heck, I'm pretty sure they had the final design planned the moment they put Yugiri into the game (despite technically using a Miqo'te skeleton).

Hmmm, you know you might be right there. Could swear I've heard something about their concept art design not being popular so it was changed to what it is now.

As for Yugiri, that girl was covered head to toe, even her horns were covered and were slightly bouncy to boot lol (lead some to speculate viera ;P) only thing we could see was her tail. With the way gear works they could've done just about anything with her model bar make her male Au'ra size.

[syunikiss]

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Personally I liked the old au'ra concept art more than the current ones in the game.
Anyways, if the devs ever plan of introducing the Viera race then I hope they remain faithful to the original design of the Viera(FFXII).

[Senn]

If they do added them at some point, can we please get the tree city too..... I would die.

I'd be excited to see what kind of city these ffxiv viera would reside in. A tree city sounds nice. Someone else also suggested an underground city which I thought would be cool.
I would kinda like to see a city inspired by Venice. Sort of like some parts in Windurst.

Since we're getting swimming, it'd be awesome if we could be able to swim in cities.

[DamianTenbe]

I support it. 100%

[Schwarzwind]

I surely am disappointed that we won't get any new race in Stormblood or at least enhanced character creation options to already existing races. Still, I would love to get Viera over any other race! Since FF12 I always wanted to play Viera in a online MMO. So saaaad >_<

[DamianTenbe]

I surely am disappointed that we won't get any new race in Stormblood or at least enhanced character creation options to already existing races. Still, I would love to get Viera over any other race! Since FF12 I always wanted to play Viera in a online MMO. So saaaad >_<

Nothing lost yet. From what I see its still possible for them to add new race in next patch after st release. We just need to continue to support the idea. I'm also disappointed they didn't add anything.

[Nestama]

I highly doubt they'd add a new race during a patch cycle. They didn't add a new Job during the 3.X series due to not having the time (adjusting current Jobs) and that will most likely be the excuse they'd use if asked about a new race. Heck, it apparently takes them 6 months or so to make new clothing :I

[Lambdafish]

Nothing lost yet. From what I see its still possible for them to add new race in next patch after st release. We just need to continue to support the idea. I'm also disappointed they didn't add anything.

The devs actively said they aren't doing that. No new jobs, no new races. If we were getting anything like that in 4.0, we would know it by now.