Viera hat compatibility is tied to hair styles

[aciidiia]

So I was initially a female Miqo'te. Then when female Viera were announced I was ecstatic. Once female Viera were introduced to the game, I switched and played as her for an entire year. Ultimately though I went back to Miqo'te even though I loved my Viera.

There were several reasons I ended up switching back to female Miqo'te.

1. Couldn't wear Majority of Hats.
2. Limited Hairstyles - couldn't use the same as everyone else (including Mog Station ones)
3. Body Type - wasn't unique to them. Seemed like it was just using female Elezen body type with a Viera head on top.
4. Viera hands and feet not being true to the FFXII aesthetic.
5. Hempen Clothes - wasn't unique to them. Was using Midlander female Hyur hempen clothes, even though every other race got something unique to them.


At least the starting outfit we got was Fran's outfit, so I was excited about that. Then immediately disappointed that we didn't get Fran's hairstyle. (We got something close but not the same, plus there is a Fran npc in the game so the model for her hair already exists in the game.)

It was a combination of these things that felt as though the race was hastily put together with not much care and professionalism that led me to switch back to female Miqo'te.

Aesthetic in my character is very important to me when I play, and I felt like I just kept being repeatedly disappointed in what female Viera could have been.

Glad to see I'm not the only person who was disappointed by them not giving us the classic Viera features (claws and bun feet) :')

[Hyperia]

SE can absolutely make hats work along with all of the hair options but that would cost a lot of money and they are rerouting money from XIV to other projects.

I am at the point where having a kickstarter style project if enough fans pay for a hair/hat package, then they could do the work and implement it asap.

Now do not get me wrong, I believe this should be done via the subscription or expansion purchase but we are at a point that if we want it bad enough, we should be able to pay for a priority project and get it done.

Fun fact, the value of our subscriptions has devalued by nearly 30% due to inflation since the price was set in 2013. If it were to be corrected for inflation, it would be 20.00 instead of 15.00

[Destati]

Glad to see I'm not the only person who was disappointed by them not giving us the classic Viera features (claws and bun feet) :')

Same with Hrothgar, I wish we could have had cool Ronso feet.

[xbahax92]

They screwed themselves when they decided to add the graphics update on top of existing Viera and Hrothgar issues. Adjusting so much equipment, textures, etc for so many races is definitely time-consuming.

As someone who works with Blender, I can definitely say it's possible to adjust hairstyles. I don’t think hairstyles are the main reason Viera can’t wear hats. It’s more about designing multiple versions of hats to accommodate different sculpts and ears. I can’t imagine how they’d handle the workload if they introduced another race.
I mean, they already reuse a lot of old gear by just changing the color palette - which screams like "too much work".

[Rueby]

SE can absolutely make hats work along with all of the hair options but that would cost a lot of money and they are rerouting money from XIV to other projects.

I am at the point where having a kickstarter style project if enough fans pay for a hair/hat package, then they could do the work and implement it asap.

Now do not get me wrong, I believe this should be done via the subscription or expansion purchase but we are at a point that if we want it bad enough, we should be able to pay for a priority project and get it done.

Fun fact, the value of our subscriptions has devalued by nearly 30% due to inflation since the price was set in 2013. If it were to be corrected for inflation, it would be 20.00 instead of 15.00

A kickstarter..? Is this some kind of joke? Why should players bear the responsibility of their laziness? They could've easily shut this down as 'it's a design choice, sorry guys' but they keep dangling the promise of something so people can continue inhaling hopium that the small indie company will keep its promise.

So yes, let's give them the message 'you can deliver a sloppy half finished product and down the line we'll happily pay extra for it'. Perhaps people should hold these multimillion dollar companies to higher standards.

[PaulusHamsteru]

I mean, they already reuse a lot of old gear by just changing the color palette - which screams like lazy devs.

Fixed that for you.

[grinkdaboy]

the real question is why don't they just contract something like this out

[Absurdity]

Glad to see I'm not the only person who was disappointed by them not giving us the classic Viera features (claws and bun feet) :')

Claws sure, but the whole thing about Viera having bun feet is questionable to begin with.
Looking at any of the concept art and ingame screenshots of FFXII Viera they always wear heels of such length that even normal human feet would look like that.

Those certainly aren't digitigrade legs/feet.
They look like plantigrade feet with only 3 toes.

[Lambdafish]

Glad to see I'm not the only person who was disappointed by them not giving us the classic Viera features (claws and bun feet) :')

I think the outrage of not being able to wear gloves and shoes outweighs your need to have classic Viera. I can't even imagine the forum threads if those races were locked out of 3 pieces of gear.

[aciidiia]

not really a need, if it wasn't obvious by the fact i play viera anyway lmao