Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[RuleofThree]

Play an elf, put on bunny ears. Boom, your Veira. Enjoy. Now, back to making real content.

adding race = adding content

Did you forget Stormblood already? A new race means lore (content) for that race and potentially quests (content) involving them. It also adds more variety to the world, thus enhancing content all around. Au Ra were behind a paywall; you had to buy the expansion. Don't be a part of the problem by suggesting more stuff for MogStation.

lol, 'variety.' That's funny:

"Hey guys! I'm wearing the crafted i380 Gear. I can't believe....what? You have it too? Oh. Well...I at least I will be unique by getting the savage gear that is so hard to ob- wait...everyone is doing that too? Hmm. Well fine! I will put materia in my gear, making me uniqu-Oh c'mon...everyone materia's the same way too? God damnit..."

Don't use 'variety' in this game, you silly person. There is no such thing.

[MoroMurasaki]

Play an elf, put on bunny ears. Boom, your Veira. Enjoy. Now, back to making real content.

A delightful combination of salt and incorrectness.

Does an Elezen in bunny ears have the same proportions as Viera? Facial features? Emotes and expressions? How about things like racial lore?

[RuleofThree]

A delightful combination of salt and incorrectness.

Does an Elezen in bunny ears have the same proportions as Viera? Facial features? Emotes and expressions? How about things like racial lore?

Use the power of imagination. Make up your own lore as to why the bunny folk are here. The sky's the limit.

[JamiaHaab]

I can't wait to shun the nonbelievers when Viera is announced.

[Lumivyory]

Use the power of imagination. Make up your own lore as to why the bunny folk are here. The sky's the limit.

Lore is only one thing out of the list.
If I want to be a Viera then I want to be a Viera, not an Elezen with bunny ears on top. I want unique features, emotes, animations. No imagination is going to help you when the race you're playing is obviously not what you want.

[DamianFatale]

My Viera wishlist:

- Male, and female Viera are the same. No dimorphism like male and female Au Ra.

- Each clan is different like Highlander, and Midlander. One is tall, and the other is the cuter one we’ve been accustomed to in Tactics, and Revanant Wings. That way the cute loving east, and the more serious natured west can be happy. Plus we are overdue for a small race.

- Tall would be called Wood Viera.

- Short would be called Feol Viera.

[Clover_Blake]

I'm concerned they might add two new races (viera and a more "masculine" race) and genderlock them both to female and male respectively. It would save them on modelling but man I really want to play a male viera. :/

Ugh, that'd be bad. If it's of any comfort and hope, they did design male Viera in the past, back when they considered the race for HW.

[Lumivyory]

- Tall would be called Wood Viera.
- Short would be called Feol Viera.

This is exactly what I'm hoping for, this way everyone will get what they wanted.
I would probably swap to a Feol in a blink :')

[Yomizawa]

If they add Viera I don't know what I'll do >_>; I love my Au Ra soooo much but if they end up making Viera look good in the game my indecisiveness is going to end me

[TouchandFeel]

My Viera wishlist:

- Male, and female Viera are the same. No dimorphism like male and female Au Ra.

- Each clan is different like Highlander, and Midlander. One is tall, and the other is the cuter one we’ve been accustomed to in Tactics, and Revanant Wings. That way the cute loving east, and the more serious natured west can be happy. Plus we are overdue for a small race.

- Tall would be called Wood Viera.

- Short would be called Feol Viera.

I agree that having two different clans for Viera that cover the two different directions that they could go, smaller and cuter or taller and fiercer, would be the way to go.
Another potential for Viera subraces/clans are the Veena and Rava; with the Veena being taller (Highlander/Elezen height), with lighter hair and lighter skin (Fran from XII) and the Rava being smaller (Midlander size or a smidge taller) with darker hair and skin.

As for dimorphism, eh no thanks. I would be fine with some slight height difference between male and female, they could even make the female Veena a smidge taller than the male and the male Rava a smidge taller than the female, so you cover both potentials but overall I want the height of the sexes to be very close to basically the same.

Lorewise they could even justify the differences in physicality by saying that the Veena stayed true to the old ways of the Viera, living as protectors of the woods and wilds while the Rava left the old ways behind to move to the cities and integrate with the other races.

More than anything, if they add Viera to the game which I admittedly have warmed to and would now like to see, I want an incarnation that is tall, lean and mean like Fran, she was a fierce badass. The two very different clans would provide the best of both worlds.