Viera Race "Confirmed" for 5.0! Are you gonna change races?

[Istaru]

<3 Fancy meeting you here!

And you're not a copy/pasted waifu knockoff, you're fabulous!

I agree with both of you!

[TruebladeNuke]

Nah. I'm not changing. I started the game as a female Miqo'te. (With the original intent of actually making a male Midlander Hyru my main, a story I've already told on here I believe) At this point, it's how everyone easily identifies me in both appearance and character name.

Might make an alt though. Just because.

[Bruh]

Should Yoshi & Co. endeavor to maintain the Viera's Amazonian roots... maybe. I'm just holding out for more diversity overall. Throwing in the Feol as well could do wonders to appease both ends of the community, too.

[Gun-Cat]

Staying Miqo because it would feel wrong to see a bunny in the cutscenes all of sudden.

Might make a new character if they actually make the women tall and fierce.

[Beckett]

Given that XIV's Ivalice has been almost 1-to-1 with XII's Ivalice, both in terms of lore and race design, I fully expect XIV's Viera to be virtually identical to XII's Viera. With the one major difference perhaps being their feet, since the devs have gone on record saying that it would be difficult to design an extra model for every piece of footwear in the game to match the Viera's unique arched feet.

[InkstainedGwyn]

Given that XIV's Ivalice has been almost 1-to-1 with XII's Ivalice, both in terms of lore and race design, I fully expect XIV's Viera to be virtually identical to XII's Viera. With the one major difference perhaps being their feet, since the devs have gone on record saying that it would be difficult to design an extra model for every piece of footwear in the game to match the Viera's unique arched feet.

Not to be salty (okay, yes, to be very salty) I will be a little more than miffed if viera have their trademark feet and get unique designs but my tail clips through everything in my closet, armoire, inventory, and glamour dresser. I'm not saying I don't want viera's feet to be acknowledged, I just want them to start taking all unique race elements back into consideration.

[Fynlar]

Given that XIV's Ivalice has been almost 1-to-1 with XII's Ivalice, both in terms of lore and race design,

Uhh, what? I don't know if you've been following the Ivalice raids or not, but even though a lot of the same names are used, the story is playing out quite a bit differently than what 12 depicted.

[Soge01]

I got mad shivers reading your post lol I thought about that as well, how are they gonna implement/explore the Viera race and the 2 types. I would love to explore more of Ivalice outside instances as well, it fits, without a doubt in my mind, very well with Eorzea.
And i agree with you about Gridania, it is indeed a place where Viera could live/hide but i dont think they will go that way either, they will probably just drop it into the game and that will be it lol (god I hope not)
But... for a second, just for a second, imagine that they actually add a piece of Ivalice to explore as we have this main story about the Vieras against whatever evil is coming our way and we have to tag along with them, journey to the Eryut Village, put aside our differences, and learn about.... the MIST :O and together with the Vieras, now fully powered due to the power of the Mist, we fight our way against the forces of Darkness!!

Cliche? yes, yes it is XD shut up!

Sorry I'm super late to reply to this. Work and stuffs~

Anyways, unfortunately I've never actually gotten the chance to complete FFXII so I didn't know that the Viera eventually master the effects of the MIST, but now I'm super excited to find out since I did buy the PS4 version awhile back!

It wouldn't surprise me though if Yoshida allowed us to explore pieces of the alliance countries under Garlean rule/occupation that Othard had contacted! Dalamsca is definitely on my number one list along with any other parts of Ivalice we get to explore!

If we really do go to the Eryut Village to ally ourselves with the Viera there in order to help push back the Garleans in Ivalice (and particularly Dalmasca) I probably gonna die and go to heaven seeing Eryut Village recreated in FFXIV!

I can also see a reasoning for us to go to the Viera's home in 5.0, too since the Garlean Empire still occupies Ivalice they probably would have tried sealing of the Viera's Forest completely from the outside world and make frequent attempts to penetrate it in order to gain whatever secrets lie hidden within it.

The Feol could easily be byproducts of what Viera that were captured/ by making an attempt to leave their forest home at one point or another for whatever reasons they had and cross breeding with the Garleans as a result, producing the diluted clan Feol that the Pure Blood Viera despise so much because of their Garlean heritage! Sorry if all my ramblings and such don't make any sense. It's late here and my brain is trying to fall asleep. XD

[Ilyrian]

The Big Kitty Migration 2019.

I won't be switching but I welcome my former Kitty to Rabbit brothers and sisters.

[Alestorm]

I might change my alt, but Oraina will stay a kitty. I like how she looks and I don't have any fantasia to change, nor the interest to buy it. (I used my 2 free ones I had to make adjustments)