Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[kidalutz]

totally down for viera

[Senn]

So like how some people already mentioned before, we could just have viera use anklets or something instead of full blown shoes.



However, I still would like viera to have proper foot gear too, so perhaps the dev team can give the anklet treatment to level 49 gear and below. The devs can focus on making the level 50+ gear that already exists fit viera.

This way the devs won't have to redesign EVERY single footwear for viera, just the shoes level 50 and over. (Maybe with the exception of a couple of level 1 shoes, like lady's clogs or moonfire sandals, often used for glamour.) Moving forward, they can design shoes to fit viera.

Because we have a lot of new gear that's coming out, it seems like the devs will have a lot of work on their hands. I'm sure they are aware that if more footwear is introduced into the game, the more they'll have to work to redesign all of it to fit viera's digitigrade feet as well.

It almost feels like a race against time at this point, which makes me wonder; could the devs be lowkey designing foot gear for digitigrade feet each time they release new armor? If adding viera to the game is still on the table, could they have a folder of foot gear meshes for viera set aside? It's a bit of a conspiracy, but it's an interesting thought.

[Mature]

The idea of Viera came from Fran , a tall race not a child like.

[Enla]

The idea of Viera came from Fran , a tall race not a child like.

They actually came from Tactics Advance which was released in 2003. Final Fantasy 12 was released in 2006. However both games share the same world as far as I remember.

Tactics Advance:


FF14's proposed 'child' variant:



Personally speaking I prefer the FF12 rendition, but I wouldn't be upset if they added both and made them like Midlanders and Highlanders.

[Laerune]

They actually came from Tactics Advance which was released in 2003. Final Fantasy 12 was released in 2006. However both games share the same world as far as I remember.

Tactics Advance:


FF14's proposed 'child' variant:



Personally speaking I prefer the FF12 rendition, but I wouldn't be upset if they added both and made them like Midlanders and Highlanders.

This is the best option. SE does not want to add new faces, so let them make two different clans for 5.0. Creating both adult and teen Viera will be a WIN/WIN. I realy hope this is what is going happen.

[jameseoakes]

This is the best option. SE does not want to add new faces, so let them make two different clans for 5.0. Creating both adult and teen Viera will be a WIN/WIN. I realy hope this is what is going happen.

The main issue I see if this is that at that point they're basically adding two completely different but thematically similar races as they would need completely different emotes etc.

[Leloa]

The main issue I see if this is that at that point they're basically adding two completely different but thematically similar races as they would need completely different emotes etc.

So? Midlanders and Highlandeers are totes different so they have done it before. Since they skipped a race with this expansion I hope for the next expansion they will work a bit harder and release both Viera looks. They left that out with Auras.

[DracotheDragon]

They actually came from Tactics Advance which was released in 2003. Final Fantasy 12 was released in 2006. However both games share the same world as far as I remember.

Tactics Advance:


FF14's proposed 'child' variant:



Personally speaking I prefer the FF12 rendition, but I wouldn't be upset if they added both and made them like Midlanders and Highlanders.

i'd be quite ok with the tactic version of the viera, i mainly want something a bit more beastial rather then just human with animal parts glued on.

the lupin would be a brilliant addition but the more beastial looking veria or 'hummingway' (what the childlike race was called when they showed it) i would be ok with

[Youkulm]

The idea of Viera came from Fran , a tall race not a child like.

Viera were around before ff12... so.. no...

[DeaconMoore]

Bunny folk eh? Well it's not like they don't exist in the ff universe already, I suppose they could fit in... *looks at the ffxiv "child" version* ahhh but I mean really we do have those ears in the golden saucer, do we really need actual bunnies? The cat people would just hunt and kill them, then we'd be constantly tripping and stepping on or over dead bunny people body parts. Plus its really disturbing when they take off their skullcap and start eating the brains.