Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[DeaconMoore]

Unlikely to ever have playable beastmen due to laws of Ul'dah.

I wouldn't use that as a reason they won't happen. A simple text edit and that goes bye bye. And if you want a lore reason, well, it's Ul'dah, profit.

[Shirolumi]

I support this.

[UsagiAndCrepes]

It's pretty disingenuous to tell ppl to just use obviously fake bunny ears and complain when you have some pretty decent fox/wolf ears and even a tail costume. Also trying to politicize viera feet as some kind of political tool to bolster support for monstrous races seems like a bad idea. Final Fantasy is a continually self-referential series after all and viera makes sense, some monsters as warriors of light does not make much sense as a reference point to the series. You have more chance to see a bangaa or moogle I think than orcs and goblins and werewolves and nagas and kobolds.


Here are some unique viera features I found in the other games since ppl say they don't have any, asterisk on possible real rabbit features to import unique to FFXIV.
- Ears (straight, *flopped, multiple earrings, *animated in emotes)
- Tails (plumed, *ball, *tucked, armored tail for paladin/warrior/dragoon/dark knight)
- Nose (short, colored tip/nostrils, *animal style, *whiskers)
- Eyes (large, *black sclera, *red sclera)
- Mouth (big/full lips, *bunny teeth when talking, toggle veil)
- Face (different base features/look from current races)
- Body (Pear shape, low SHR, high LBR, lithe build and lanky legs)
- tattoo (full body on arms, legs and collar bone)
- Hands (beastly, long nails)
- Feet (long, beast shaped, toggle stilettos)
- Unique Hair Styles (long, down to their ankles)
- Animations (*hopping run/surprise/cheet/etc, *sleep while standing, *laying/crouching /sit cpose)
- Subraces (known race names: veena, rava, feol. Make #1 dark skin, white ears, and highlander tall female but midlander male. Make #2 fair skinned, hair/skin color shaded ears, both male and female Au Ra female height equally)

There is a lot of stuff they have to draw on for art direction and not being a copy of another race. There are actually probably too many unique features for viera to fit it all into a single FFXIV race.

Hats can use holes like miqotes or flop out the side/back like viera onion knight for helmets.



The helmet has white feathers on top, the hair is white, the ears are brown flopping out the back of the helmet.

[Alacran]

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I have said it before, but glad to know others see how easy the redesign/ or lack thereof for Viera ears can be done. Rabbits do it all the time in nature, why a sentient race of warriors couldn't makes for weak argument.

[Nestama]

It's pretty disingenuous to tell ppl to just use obviously fake bunny ears and complain when you have some pretty decent fox/wolf ears and even a tail costume. Also trying to politicize viera feet as some kind of political tool to bolster support for monstrous races seems like a bad idea. Final Fantasy is a continually self-referential series after all and viera makes sense, some monsters as warriors of light does not make much sense as a reference point to the series. You have more chance to see a bangaa or moogle I think than orcs and goblins and werewolves and nagas and kobolds.

And yet in FFV, there is a wolfman (Kelger) who was a Warrior of Dawn (defeated Exdeath). Besides, compared to other Beastmen in XIV, Lupin aren't really all that monstrous.
Also like I said in my previous post, the tail should be attached to the legs (again, literally called Werewolf Tail) and not the hideous body.

[Keridwyn]

It's pretty disingenuous to tell ppl to just use obviously fake bunny ears and complain when you have some pretty decent fox/wolf ears and even a tail costume. Also trying to politicize viera feet as some kind of political tool to bolster support for monstrous races seems like a bad idea.

Oh so you mean I cannot support Viera and hope that they do the feet so that we might also see Burmecian and possibly further unique races? It's not political at all, it's stating a fact I think a lot of people overlook in their 'don't want bunny people' argument. If they do the work on the skeleton rig now then it becomes possible for them to use it in the future for other things. If they redesign the foot ware now it means that they have the option when considering future races. Am I saying it so that people will support the Viera, no, but it deserves to be pointed out.

[KeyboardFacerollname]

B-but Viera are already in game!

[Cakekizyy]

B-but Viera are already in game!

What feet are those?

[KeyboardFacerollname]

What feet are those?

Werewolf Legs from the most recent Halloween event.

[Alacran]

What feet are those?

2017 Halloween event reward, Female variant. Set includes Ears, hands, body, legs, and feet equipment.