Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

[LittleArrow]

For what it's worth, it was actually brought up in Meoni's interview with YoshiP and they are working on it along with the hairstyles for both. No concrete information on when but it hasn't been forgotten.

Link with timestamp in case you hadn't seen it yet: https://youtu.be/86QBb22z86c?t=2296

Thank you so much for this encouraging bit of info. When I listened to it, I think I just mainly heard them talk about the Hrothgar hair / heads. It is nice to know that they are working on it - readjusting the viera head models.

It is still very disappointing this doesn't seem to be taking more priority than it is though, considering the other comments made during their media tour (no expenses spared, looking forward to another 10yrs, all of the incredible success the game has received, etc). Not to mention, having come from 1.x and seeing the determination Yoshi had with making right these exact corner-cutting decisions the original game took is pretty disheartening to someone waiting for this particular final fantasy race for so long. I know Yoshi and the team work so incredible hard, I'm just pointing out, it is a VERY slippery slope that I truly hope they don't accidentally go down.

Like I said, overall, Shadowbringers has been probably the best RPG / Game / Final Fantasy I've played in years. I'm totally supporting this game and I appreciate their overwhelming hardwork. Still, it is such a smudge on my gameplay when I play Viera, and until it is taken more seriously than a simple sentence of "we're working on it" after 2+ years, I have very little comfort in them actually fixing this before ANOTHER 2+ years...

And just to add more what it could it be like...

[Starshower]

While I'm very excited for more hairstyle options for the new races and I'm glad they're coming, I wonder if the next thing the team will want to tackle for them is hat support! I think when yoshi-p was talking about hairstyles in the interviews he mentioned giving them more hats as well? I hope this is one of the things that changed with this new "specification" that they changed for the new races, hopefully from now on it'll be easier to enable hats for them. The reaper hat being visible makes me think this might happen... before yoshi-p said hats for the other races wouldn't be possible, only accessories or hats that worked more like masks, only covering the face and leaving the rest of the head open. The reaper hat covers the head, let the ears show and some parts of the face so I'm really looking forwards to what they'll do!

[Kolsykol]

I just wish you could hide things in general.
Miqo'Te and Au'Ra for example have their tails clip in A LOT of gear it's one of the reasons I keep switching away from them whenever I play them.
I wish you could just turn the tail off in that case.

With Viera it'd probably be harder to push those gigantic ears in but I mean...
So what.
It's a video game not real life and if people really want an explanation for it then you could explain it how you'd explain revealing gear too.
Glamour Prisms.
Your Viera might be wearing a helmet with giant rabbit ears molded into them but has used Glam Prisms to make it look like the same helmet everyone else wears end of story.
The existence of Glamour Prisms in the narrative alone just opens up all kinds of possibilities with this.

Edit: Or just make the ears poke out I don't see the issue with that but I do think it'd cause big clipping issues in some cases too.
So just let us turn them off.
There's just something about it that feels funny to me tho, like with revealing gear it's just whatever it's clearly not meant to be '' realistic '' or whatever.
But if your character is actually wearing a helmet that is clearly meant to protect then all I can start thinking of is how easily those ears would be sliced off.
Glam Prisms too I guess xD.

[WhiteArchmage]

6.0 will have new hairstyles for FEMALE Viera, while Hrothgar won't get more until 6.1 Male Viera, however, were "designed differently" so they won't have the same limitations on hairstyles. Hoping Female Hrothgar will also be "designed differently", too and they'll also release with unlocked hairstyles. Seems like SE learned from the rough release of both races.

[LisSquid]

REJOICE, VIERA!!! Hair is on the way!

[SweetPete]

REJOICE, VIERA!!! Hair is on the way!

Hopefully they get great lengths hairstyle too. I may change to Viera if they do.

[lalin]

they added not 1 or 2 but 6 new hairstyles !!
(although i am a bit jealouse of male viera for not having to go through all of this)
i guess it's time to fanta back to veira

[LuciaMirain]

Did they say only 6 hairstyles for females? That is not enough. And why those?

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Seems like SE learned from the rough release of both races.

I think this is less about them "Learning" anything, and just simply having more time to do it.
Cause remember, they just barley had enough time to finish the Male Hrothgar and the Female Viera in time for ShB, so its not farfetched to say they took shortcuts to get them finished.

[Arazehl]

6.0 will have new hairstyles for FEMALE Viera, while Hrothgar won't get more until 6.1 Male Viera, however, were "designed differently" so they won't have the same limitations on hairstyles. Hoping Female Hrothgar will also be "designed differently", too and they'll also release with unlocked hairstyles. Seems like SE learned from the rough release of both races.

Remember the only reason you're playing Viera is because SE heard it's player base and responded. Viera might not have existed in FFXIV if it were otherwise. They took into consideration the feedback and desire for the race and the players love for Fran. I'm sure the two races were an after thought and pushed through for us.