Viera For The Win~ 27.3%

[Zantetsuken]

That 'Fox girl' is just a Miqote with a bushy tail..

Because it's far too close to what we have now, it won't happen

Burmecian is very similar to Qiqirn - So its also unlikely (though Burmecians are cool)

I think rabbit (Viera) is almost a certainty.

[Soulfire]

That 'Fox girl' is just a Miqote with a bushy tail..

Because it's far too close to what we have now, it won't happen

Makes sense, and seems like quite the shame.

"I think rabbit (Viera) is almost a certainty."

(Although why you later go on to say Viera is a certainty and go against your own logic is beyond me.)

Fox or wolf-like would've been cool. Maybe it could pass as another subdivision along with the two already there. But I never did like how any of the customizations I did with Miqo'te turned out. We could do with more options for everything. Then there's the issue with the bushy tail... It looks bad to see a Miqo'te's tail cut through a robe, and with a tail like that I can only imagine.

Maybe it could fly if it was less like a human and more like Fox and Krystal from Star Fox or some of the designs in Solatorobo. Then perhaps this mammalian demi-beastmen thing would actually be cool.

But really, if they want to go in this direction then I would much prefer for them to come up with a variety of "mammalian demi-beastmen" designs and let us take a vote upon those. I love art and seeing new and interesting things, but Viera is by far one of the worst aesthetic designs I have ever seen in my life.

[Zantetsuken]

Makes sense, and seems like quite the shame.

"I think rabbit (Viera) is almost a certainty."

(Although why you later go on to say Viera is a certainty and go against your own logic is beyond me.)

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But really, if they want to go in this direction then I would much prefer for them to come up with a variety of "mammalian demi-beastmen" designs and let us take a vote upon those. I love art and seeing new and interesting things, but Viera is by far one of the worst aesthetic designs I have ever seen in my life.

To each their own...

But my certainty is based on what I've seen the devs do up to this point with assets they've used from other FF games:

• The "Materia" system was a tentative name, but they kept it because it was evocative of FFVII.
  
• "Artifact Armor" was a tentative name, but they kept it because it was evocative of FFXI.
  
• The' Magitek Armor' design is 100% identical to the FFVI version.
  
• The 'Crystal Tower' is lifted straight out of FFIII
  
• We have Gunblades (FFVIII), Twin Moons (FFIV), Primal Garuda (FFXI), etc. etc...

When the devs 'preview' something, 99% of the time, they end up going with it -- They want to fulfill positive expectations and they also go with the safest route.

The survey told them that players were more in favor of 'Viera' (by name) than any other option. Since the race has both a history and a fanbase from it's appearance in other FF games, its an obvious addition.

So, yeah, I'm near certain that's what we will get.

**I'm still holding out hope that they are called something other than 'Viera' though...Just to keep Ivalice lore separate.