How Would Viera Fit In XIVs lore?

[DamianFatale]

1) There are no reliable metrics to be able to claim it's most requested.

2) There are many things that players ask for that are not good ideas.

XIV had an official race poll, and Viera won. Every week or so, a new Viera thread pops up. There are giant forum posts of Viera threads. Yoshi P is constantly addressing questions about them. It is the most requested race.

[Kaedan]

1) The poll to which you are referring was for "Mammalian demi-beastman", not Viera (though Viera was an example). And it was closely followed by "Mixed race", such as half elezen, half hyur.

2) Forums are not a valid metric or evidence for any claims. They are by their very nature self-select, which is far more than enough to cause crippling sampling error just on it's own, not to even mention method of sampling.

3) Hyperbole. Yoshi-P is not "constantly addressing" question about them.

[savageink]

Every week or so, a new Viera thread pops up.

You mean the one the OP necros every couple weeks?

[Senn]

How would you like your Viera?

I think it would be cool if they were slowly introduced through the Ivalice raid. Not sure if it'd happen, but it seems interesting to me. I'd also like for two clans of viera, the short ones and the tall ones.

You mean the one the OP necros every couple weeks?

:^)

[savageink]

:^)

LOL! Speak of the devil!

[JunseiKei]

XIV had an official race poll, and Viera won. Every week or so, a new Viera thread pops up. There are giant forum posts of Viera threads. Yoshi P is constantly addressing questions about them. It is the most requested race.

The poll never asked "Do you want Viera?" The poll asked "What type of race or clan would you most like to see added in the future? Mammalian demi-beastmen (ex. a rabbit-eared race such as the Viera from FFXII, etc.)" It is not Square Enix's fault that people have no reading comprehension, nor cannot use Google well enough to dredge up the correct information and realize they are spreading misinformation. Examples are not a "do you want this?" They are a comparison for something they already have in mind.

Here, I'll even link you the thread. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/46936

EDIT:
Looking over the poll again, I also just realized this myself. The final question doesn't ask player characters, only simply asking what types of races or clans would players like to see added along with all the values in which each region felt upon the choices. We will be seeing Viera in Return to Ivalice. We have the Lupin for mammalian beastmen, the kojin for reptilian beastmen, the au ra for reptilian demi-beastmen and Hilda? (jeeze I already forgot her name) from the Heavensward MSQ for more mixed races.