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[Hestzhyen]

Roe was kind of the exception (atleast in the female department). They were intended to be muscular and large, but all of the other female races are pretty much smooth skinned and look like they are between the age of 14-24. lol
We already have an idea what viera will look like so just save your griping. It's gonna look like "Fran" for better or worse.

It's not set in stone. Consider the drastic changes between the concept art and final result for the Au Ra females.

I hope everyone gets what they want- one tall and sexy clan (XII), one small and cute clan (Feol). But if only one is available then I'd rather SE err on the side of what most people want, and that seems to be Fran and her ilk from XII.

[Corue]

Then how can I be a Roegadyn (who look fantastic in anything that allows them to dress up as a beastman)?
I also know there will be a few, if not, a lot of disappointed Viera fans if the Viera turned out to be nothing like their XII counterparts.

I've said this in other thread but I honestly feel like they'll do a faithful translation of the design if the Nu Mou models are anything to go by.
Since male Viera have never been seen before, the dev team will probably have to put their own spin on it which is something I'm looking forward to seeing.

[Nestama]

Roe was kind of the exception (atleast in the female department). They were intended to be muscular and large, but all of the other female races are pretty much smooth skinned and look like they are between the age of 14-24. lol
We already have an idea what viera will look like so just save your griping. It's gonna look like "Fran" for better or worse.

I mean, it's quite obvious that I've always hated Viera (more so thanks to Au Ra who could have been a very interesting race), so telling me to "save my griping" is a lost cause.
We've not yet seen what SE has done with Viera in XIV (probably not until 4.5). They might look like their XII counterparts (sans butt), but there's also a chance SE still took the "people want cute stuff" into consideration and instead make it a moe blob with rabbit parts (and the males looking like whatever).

[Freyt]

Reminder: Concept art already exists.

[Nestama]

Due to how Au Ra turned out, anything concept art related just makes me assume the worst. The concept art for Au Ra was awesome. Males looked rad and females looked like demonic women... now the males look like something and the females Miqo'te 2.0: can be shorter edition.

[Freyt]

females Miqo'te 2.0: can be shorter edition.

And this... is... to go... even further beyond!

[kikix12]

Due to how Au Ra turned out, anything concept art related just makes me assume the worst. The concept art for Au Ra was awesome. Males looked rad and females looked like demonic women... now the males look like something and the females Miqo'te 2.0: can be shorter edition.

On the other hand, Au Ra are unique to Final Fantasy XIV while Viera have precedent. It's kind of digging their own "grave" so to speak to announce a VIERA and make it unlike a Viera. Some changes are likely, yes. However it is unlikely to be significantly different from the concept arts in this case.

Though I wholeheartedly agree with you on how horrible a choice it was to scratch those concept arts for Au Ra. I'd live to play that and if it was the case, my main character wouldn't have been a Miqo'te.

[Senn]

there's also a chance SE still took the "people want cute stuff" into consideration and instead make it a moe blob with rabbit parts

hahahaha that would be amazing

I'd be ok with that or something closer to Fran

[Senn]

I've said this in other thread but I honestly feel like they'll do a faithful translation of the design if the Nu Mou models are anything to go by.

idk man those nu mou are looking kinda cute
lol jk ik it's based off the tactics version

[Nestama]

I was surprised to see that SE went the Tactics Advance route for the Nu Mou and not XII's. FFXII Nu Mou are something special... really wish they did the same for the Seeq (they're adorable in TA2)



So maybe SE will go the TA route for Viera, which I'm... kinda okay with.