Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[Valaska]

Do we really want just another elezen with different ears tacked onto it though...? Why not something interesting, like Burmecians or Banga, or anything other than another human with ears or horns.

Honestly it would be a lot better for them to simply retro-fit and update all existing races with more polygons and better navmeshes. Make Lalafell not infant 6 year olds and make them actually look interesting, give Au'ra some uniqueness, fix up Elezens proportions. And yes there is a reason they can't do this and the Viera at the same time. Viera would mean the 3D Art department, specifically character art, would be tied up making just another hyur with some fancy ears stuck on them and a slightly different face.

Do we want them to really work on Viera and just implement them in the current low-poly and aging out standards... Or get all the races they have now done so that any new races they add will be to the same new high poly standards? And again, do we really want nothing but a human wearing wears? We can do that now, heck you can have fox people even.

[Zeonsilt]

From recent interview with Dualshockers:

G: You probably knew that this question was coming sooner or later: with Return to Ivalice creating a bridge between Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XII, and with Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age selling over a million copies, has the chance of seeing Viera implemented as a playable race improved?

Yoshida: We shall see… conversations on new races and jobs in FFXIV is super-top secret! I would be risking my life if I were to talk about it. Let us say that only the Mother Crystal knows.
Tongue smile was in source material @ DS

Well, people speculated about Red Mage and Samurai 3-5 months before announcement.
I guess the next race is Viera, which will be introduced in Ivalice Part 3: Final by the end of Stormblood, as i suggested earlier.

[jameseoakes]

Take away their rabbit feet and you're taking away the only unique thing about them (and technically not asking for Viera at that point).

I don't think we should have a race from another game, what gets added should be appropriate to 14 and not something shoehorned in from another game.

[Theodric]

If the developers are struggling to implement gear in a fair and timely manner for both genders then I don't see the benefit in adding yet another playable race that is only going to lead to even more work each time a new set has to be designed to fit everybody.

[Alacran]

Do we really want just another elezen with different ears tacked onto it though...? Why not something interesting, like Burmecians or Banga, or anything other than another human with ears or horns.

Honestly it would be a lot better for them to simply retro-fit and update all existing races with more polygons and better navmeshes. Make Lalafell not infant 6 year olds and make them actually look interesting, give Au'ra some uniqueness, fix up Elezens proportions. And yes there is a reason they can't do this and the Viera at the same time. Viera would mean the 3D Art department, specifically character art, would be tied up making just another hyur with some fancy ears stuck on them and a slightly different face.

Do we want them to really work on Viera and just implement them in the current low-poly and aging out standards... Or get all the races they have now done so that any new races they add will be to the same new high poly standards? And again, do we really want nothing but a human wearing wears? We can do that now, heck you can have fox people even.

Just look at what gear is placed in the mog station. The devs have no desire to make"something interesting, like Burmecians or Banga, or anything other than another human with ears or horns."
They don't even bother to allow paid for gear to be dye-able, good luck putting a Bangaa in this.


At least Viera would only need to have a partial rework to the gear.

[Leloa]

Yeah, a little while ago I suggested viera shoes level 1-49 could just be simple anklets (with the exception of some popular level 1 shoes used for glamour). The dev team can focus on making proper footwear that would fit digitigrade feet for level 50-70 shoes. I think this will cut down a bit on development time and would be less work. I wonder if other people would settle for having simple anklets for their viera until level 50. I know I'd be ok with it as long as some of those level 1 shoes often used for glamour were also redesigned to fit digitigrade feet.

I woulnd't mind if vieras never even get shoes. Or just some kind of leg armor. Since Yoshida sees it a super big issue to redesign shoes for their feet they should stick to anklets that are very simple to design.

[Senn]

...

His response seems very playful. I wonder if he's up to something.
Although nothing is certain atm, I feel like there's a good chance viera will be added to the game as a playable race.
Do you have a link to this interview?

[Senn]

Nevermind, found the link in another thread.
https://www.dualshockers.com/final-f...naoki-yoshida/

[dotsforlife]

I don't think we should have a race from another game, what gets added should be appropriate to 14 and not something shoehorned in from another game.

Return to Ivalice says hi.

[Skivvy]

Return to Ivalice says hi.

Also, this game was sort of built on ripping races from another game (hello to XI!). Not to mention a massive portion of the mobs are identical, and not just the usual FF franchise staples. Borrowing is what they do best.