Quote Originally Posted by Haprimac View Post
I did some minor tweaks on my viera (different ear type, added similar makeup to my roe's, changed lip colour etc.). Uuuuuurgh, I'm so conflicted. On one hand, I've wanted to play viera ever since FFTA, but on the other I'm so attached to my roegadyn and especially her seawolf name that I've started to use as my virtual name everywhere else. I'm one of those twerps who has to have lore-friendly names and RP backgrounds. @_@ I already have a XII-styled viera name in mind (a blather of soft consonants), but it doesn't feel like me.











I get that feeling too, since I did so much of the story as my Au Ra with this specific face. Sure, I didn't start as it (I didn't have heavensward, started as highlander), but when I got it I fantasia'd to an Au Ra first! I did the story, and my cutscenes as it. Before Stormblood I was a Miqo'te and I switched to Au Ra during the story. I still remember, as my Au Ra doing the Kojin beast tribe quests and they mentioned my horns (if I am remembering right), and I thought just that little mention was so cool! With how personal, and emotional the story is in this game, it is natural to become attached to the character you play. If you really feel that way, and are story oriented I can tell you, as a fantasia addict, you will probably switch back sooner, or later. When I came back from a year long Hiatus I had previously switched to Miqo'te again. I immediately switched to Au Ra, then when I caught up after awhile I switched to the Miqo'te I was for the past couple months. I was that cat for about 5 months, but I had taken another break, I only really played it for a couple months (the redhead I used to post here as). I did a bit more catch up in the story after the next hiatus mid Jan-late April/May, and it just didn't feel right doing the story as it. It felt like I wasn't playing my character.

Even with how excited I am to become Viera, I don't know if I will stay. I want to, I think they are prettier than my little Au Ra, but I can honestly say I don't know if I won't just switch it right back. I do have an alt, that WILL be a Viera, no doubt. I hardly play it though, it's more of a fluke than anything else. Like having it just to have it, it doesn't feel the same. If you really feel that way, maybe you shouldn't switch - at least for the story of ShadowBringers - but then again if you really want to play Viera over your main race, what better way to grow attached to it? At the very least, she would make a great alt (if you are into having alts)! Of course, if you don't mind spending hundreds of dollars on fantasias you can be like me!