Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

[HollowedDoll]

And that would be wrong of those people to do. The design choice should be respected either way. No matter what, I am grateful to the graphics team for all their hard work.

Yeah I'm sure it wasn't really influenced much by the english speaking community, but it's still sad to see that these type of people got what they wanted and are still going to be stingy about it.

[HeyMcFly]

Oh crap, I understood they would be added in 6.0 like male vieras :/

Nope- It would be at a much later time- which means they shouldn't get the short end of the stick like male hrothgar did. Hopefully female Hrothgar won't be rushed or reskinned from female roegadyns.
I want them to look how they did in FFX- a detail that was ignored was the really long tails. I love their long tails in FFX.

I'm not going to fantasia into one if they're just copied from female Roegadyn with short, stubby tails

[Yencat]

I truly hope that's the case but don't raise your expectations because we were promised exclusive hairstyles at launch and we've got none so far, so please, let it be true this time. If we can actually use older hairstyles and headgears during 7.0 I'll be really surprised and grateful for their effort.

7.0? They already showed an image of a female Viera wearing at least one unlockable Gold Saucer hairstyle, we don't know how many more and when exactly we're getting them (assuming Endwalker?) but it's happening.

[Awha]

Actually there are many factors that make races interesting.
Viera have a sort of Amazonian background. Powerful yet Feminine. Not needing of the males of their race to do things for them.

To design their males to be visually more powerful sort of diminishes that background. Height is one of those factors in story telling that use to show power/authority

So yes height adds to their story

I do not think a few inches off the top adds much to their back story.

Now if they were like 5' or shorter at max height sure that may add some flare but at it stands they are like what 5 cm?

In the end that is why I said I would not say it adds complexity because it is such a minuscule difference in my opinion. Now if they were krillins height that would add some interesting lore dynamic

[LisSquid]

Remembering back when I said they were going to be of similar height, and a few cm difference between that and the female height would be so negligible that it might as well be the same slider. Actually didn't anticipate them being smaller (though I did joke about them being lalafell size).

Validation feels good, but *ahem*, I'm more interested in that screenshot of the female viera with what looks like a modern aesthetics on.

Did they say if the new hairstyles were older unlocks or new-new styles? If this has been addressed before, I apologize, but I no longer wish to wade through height posting again.

[Juzjuzz]

Did they say if the new hairstyles were older unlocks or new-new styles? If this has been addressed before, I apologize, but I no longer wish to wade through height posting again.

They didnt say witch type of haircuts will be added or how many. So it can be both or just older unlocks.

[Vahlnir]

For anyone interested (so I'm assuming any Male Viera enthusiasts at the minimum ) the benchmark is available for download.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/

[HollowedDoll]

For anyone interested (so I'm assuming any Male Viera enthusiasts at the minimum ) the benchmark is available for download.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/

That's early but not like I'm complaining.

[LuciaMirain]

Ok, I might change from female viera to male viera they are freaking gorgeous....so much better hairstyles than the females....And FEATHERS in their hair, just like I wanted.

[Vahlnir]

Ok, I might change from female viera to male viera they are freaking gorgeous....so much better hairstyles than the females....And FEATHERS in their hair, just like I wanted.

It's not enough to sway me from Hyur and Hrothgar, but they certainly look pretty good. I can't deny that. I'd say the biggest letdown of this Benchmark CC is that they haven't shown any potentially new options for the other races. This was clearly aimed at those waiting for male Viera and very little else. That's okay though, hopefully we will get some news later on.