Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[Alacran]

I'm unsure of what the problem is with this discussion about "everything is a hyur with ears".

If we consider that hyur = humanoid shape, every race is obviously going to be humanoid. They aren't going to create a deformed, senseless race, and they aren't going to create a fully animal race that run on their four. Every race has to be humanoid so that adapting armour is easy. Also, because people aren't going to play things that are too deformed or monster-like (see the low Roe population as an example). The majority of people tend to play the races that look the most attractive to them.

That Viera, miqo'te, and Au Ra look humanoid doesn't mean they're hyurs or that they're unoriginal. It simply means they have a humanoid shape, which is what most of us want.

Thank you I completely and wholeheartedly agree. I understand those that want more unique races are allowed their opinions, however i feel there may be a disconnect they do not want to address about the developers and to a certain extent, many FF fans mind set. Much of the appeal of the FF series as a whole is it's beauty, not only of it's worlds, items, and music, but of it's characters. Every main FF protagonist from 1 - 15 has been unearthly beautiful, that goes for men and women.
Dissidia art

I have come to believe that this occurrence is not by chance, but instead a staple of the series as a whole and one that is very important not only to many fans, but also to the upper echelons of the company. What else explains 1.0-2.0? it is beloved and they know how important the series tenets are to their fans, FFXIV is often been called a theme park mmo, that's by design. Including aspects from previous FF titles is a win for them as they simply need to dig in to the past to bring out new content.

I am biased, i will admit it. For me the subtle changes between the races is enough. I understand that may not be enough for some, but i do not see it changing any time soon. WoW is the largest mmo, with the largest player base. It touts a race selection that is far more diverse than almost any other game out there. For their next expansion they have made sure both factions now have access to both variants of eleves in the inclusion of subraces.

Night Elf-
Male-

Female-

Nightborne-
Male-

Female-

Blood Elf-
Male-

Female-

Void Elf-
Male-

Female-

There are other races i'll not lie, however they are also merely color swaps of existing races (visually, there are stat and racial skill differences). Point being since the first expansion of the game nearly all races introduced have been those that appeal to more traditional fantasy races. Notable exception to this would be the Pandaren race.

Pandaren-

I have not done research on their popularity (I have no interest in them personally), however from my own experience I see very few of them about. In this example, the popularity of the more celebrated races was evident, the dev team at Blizzard understood that and adjusted to give the player base what they wanted. I hope SE/ FFXIV does the same. Even if the differences are subtle, even if the race selection is nothing more than "humans with stuff added" i do not see it as a bad thing really.

There is a reason i play FFXIV more than WoW, it's because of those subtle differences between races. (and the lack of shoulder pads hat look like boats on my character)

[Pomelo]

^ I find the Void Elf Men to be incredibly sexy. I'd actually start playing WOW if you didn't already need stuff to unlock those races.

[Odstarva]

Mister Yoshida! Hear our pleas!

Grant us our wish, grant us our dream!

[Lord_Zlatan]

What about the Banga'a, the Seeq, and the Nou Mu? I'd be all for the Viera also. I see the Viera as a predominantly female race (the men are basically non existent in FFXII and i seam to remember there being dialogue about them not being suitable for battle/hunting). This was also the case with the Mithra in FFXI, but was adapted to fit the lore of XIV, so none of it is out of the realm of possibility.

My personal choice would be to play as a crossbreed between Hyur and Tonberries ^^

[RichardButte]

And bigger butt.

Ugh, don't even get me started on all of the disgusting, washboard-flat butts in this game...

*shudder*

If these bunnies had BUNS, it'd be the best thing to happen to XIV since ARR...

[Balipu]

I freely admit that I am far from the minority but when I pick a playable race I usually go with the one the most removed from humans. I mean I play as a humans IRL so why bother doing that when i have more interesting choices. In WoW I either role Pandaren or Worgen. Of course I mostly do that cause those two have the best starting zones.

I fully support the inclusion of Viera because the overwhelming majority of the community want it. And I want changes that make the community happy (as long as it does not negatively affect my gaming experience. And it doesn't) and depending on how they end up I might race change into one.

However I would be very interested in seeing if SE can make more beautiful races that are more removed from Hyur. Things like: plant person or lala with animal parts. Granted Viera would be Elezen with animal parts so whatever.

[Ayer2015]

Channeling my inner Viera

[Mythrilfort]

I wont say no to viera, yet id like to see something more unique to ffxiv.
I would like a cyborg race, in away as a genetically manipulation between human and machinet tey would fit into allagan lore.
While this would be still a lesser humanoid race yet it could compromise the need for a more bestial race but also still mach the aesthetics of ffxiv.

physical build id like to see something less petite. skin tones could mach metallic colours as they appear in nature which still contain almost human alike skin tones. you could add as the aura scales, tubes, wires, what ever mechanical parts to the skin attached. as the aura race where you can choose the limbal rings, give the options of mechanical eye so people can differ them self how much they will remain human or robot. instead of scars there could be the option to add more mechanical parts like half metal mask or wires as an idea etc. perhaps this could come along with a telekinesis job?

[Alaray]

Give me the taller/elegant versions and fine.

If they're just going to more super-small cute adorable moe-things then I'm no longer interested in their addition (namely, we have plenty of that)

[Balipu]

Give me the taller/elegant versions and fine.

If they're just going to more super-small cute adorable moe-things then I'm no longer interested in their addition (namely, we have plenty of that)

Plenty? Pretty much every one is a cute moe beside Roegadyn.