So you know how Ivalice is coming to town...?

[MOZZYSTAR]

Well, not too long ago, Yoshi-P said that the only hold back on Viera was their feet. we can all see how different they are.

as for design: they need to be in the Fem-Roe height for Females. if not slightly taller. Viera females are insanely tall, as are Males (even though these guys go and hide in the woods to raise kids and fight it out over stuff).

Yeah, I don't get why they can't accommodate their feet. Blade & Souls have the Lyn race, and their legs/feet are way more animalistic than Viera. Aeon also has their ladies with clawed heels. Aaand not to mention the fact that Viera came out in FFXII over ten years ago. They can do it I have faith in you, FF team!.

(P.S. FF: the Viera feet are so amazing that I'm willing to bet most people will forgive their lack of shoes.~ ;D Can look like the emperor's boots until a certain ilvl/level is reached or something.)

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Omgd, did you actually draw that? XD That comic is amazing true. :| FFXIV would be so much better with more diverse races, like Lilty instead of Lala, etc.

[Ametrine]

The feet deal is more that it would require either replacing ALL boot designs to deal with the clawed feet or to remove the claws. One is a hell of a lot of work, the other is cutting a major characteristic of the race out.

I was under the impression the reason a Viera inspired race never happened was from the dev team wanting to install a race unique to FFXIV before adding another that's just a modified version of an old one. Currently, every other race but Au Ra are, just edited tradeovers of FFXI's races, so it wasn't a bad move.

It was never a matter of "no fanservice." Lord no. Even the critique that Viera are just Elezen with rabbit ears and thus too samey is borked when you accept that Auri girls have very similar builds to Miqo'te girls.

It seems damn near cemented that Viera exist in Hydaelyn with the confirmation of Bangaa. We knew the Ivalice raid was heavily inspired by FFXII and Tactics, but not Tactics ADVANCED, where the beloved races of Ivalice originate.

[JunseiKei]

Omg not again.

/10characters

[Theodric]

Didn't Yoshida say no more fanservice races? Because we DO already have Miqote...

He also said in a recent interview that Au Ra women are his favourite. Given that their concept art is completely different to how they look in-game...I'm not convinced he won't just add appease the vocal portion of the community that fawn over Viera even though we seriously need the existing playable races to have enhanced customisation.

[WhiteArchmage]

I was under the impression the reason a Viera inspired race never happened was from the dev team wanting to install a race unique to FFXIV before adding another that's just a modified version of an old one. Currently, every other race but Au Ra are, just edited tradeovers of FFXI's races, so it wasn't a bad move.

It seems damn near cemented that Viera exist in Hydaelyn with the confirmation of Bangaa. We knew the Ivalice raid was heavily inspired by FFXII and Tactics, but not Tactics ADVANCED, where the beloved races of Ivalice originate.

I forget which interview in particular but I remember Yoshi-P saying they discarded the Viera because he wanted a more "bestial" race for 3.0...but then you compare the original concept art for the Au Ra males and they cannibalized the male Viera designs to make them more hyur-like (broad shoulders, tiny waist and DEM HIPS, the ladies arguably got it worse, going from draconic succubi to mi'qote with horns); agree about the feet, thing, btw.

Also, yes, having Seeq and Bangaa show up in Ivalice gives me a lot of hope that they can introduce Viera later.

[JunseiKei]

Yeah, I don't get why they can't accommodate their feet. Blade & Souls have the Lyn race, and their legs/feet are way more animalistic than Viera. Aeon also has their ladies with clawed heels. Aaand not to mention the fact that Viera came out in FFXII over ten years ago. They can do it I have faith in you, FF team!.

(P.S. FF: the Viera feet are so amazing that I'm willing to bet most people will forgive their lack of shoes.~ ;D Can look like the emperor's boots until a certain ilvl/level is reached or something.)

People don't realize that means going back and changing every single foot slot to accommodate unique feet. Do you not fathom how utterly time consuming that would be? If they don't do this and just leave them bare foot, people would absolutely complain because that would entail they could not glamour foot options.

If they did put in Viera, it absolutely would be just another reskin of Au Ra/ Miqo'te/ Elezen. They made it very clear they do not want to have to deal with unique models of races (IE: animal feet, faces, etc).

[sorawild34]

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This is the problem with pretty much every Japanese/Korean MMO ever. They feel the need to make every single race appealing to the eye and make it look like you could uhhhh....."Procreate" with it.

[Bacent]

Just let the Viera stuff die off already.

[Zhamkyong]

At this point i am about to suggest to someone to open a thread with this tittle: [Please Yoshi-P, give us Lupin Race] for two reasons.

1. I am tired of Viera threads
2. I want my wolfman.

[DeaconMoore]

At this point i am about to suggest to someone to open a thread with this tittle: [Please Yoshi-P, give us Lupin Race] for two reasons.

1. I am tired of Viera threads
2. I want my wolfman.

All dem fleas though...