weak excuses about adding viera

[Kyuuen]

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To be fair, Nin was meant to launch with 2.0 but was pushed back, so I don't think that counts. Unless that was something being requested from 1.0, which I'm not sure of. Didn't spend much time on the forums back then.

But yes, fully agreed on the be patient part. It'll be interesting to see what they have in store for us when they do decide to add a new race. Be it Viera or something else. ^^

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Oh I only meant it in that there was a big demand for it, even from the dev side. I recall Yoshi P saying (on the topic of new jobs) he was most interested in Rogue or Ninja at the time, as were a lot of others. (The demand for DRK, SAM, and RDM was there too, but again, not everything we want, when we want it.)

[Welsper59]

I'd be more inclined to see Beastmen added. Maybe not the current ones, since that'd probably conflict with a number of issues regarding lore/MSQ and model animation. Thinking about it, even Au Ra were fairly meh in the long run.

Bangaa would probably be kinda cool to see, far moreso than Viera, IMO. I mean, I'm all for more cute/attractive races and all that, but I'd prefer to see a wider range of diversity between looks at this point. I guarantee the Viera face would be pretty damn close to human, akin to Miqote ones. So unless they actually made it more animal-like, I'd say let's just forgo that for now and aim for something actually different. It doesn't always have to be about potentially physically (or sexually) attractive standards.

[Khalithar]

Roll an Elezen, get bunny outfit with MGP. That's basically what Viera will be.

Not that I'm against them adding new races, quite the opposite. But we already have the tall, lanky, sexy race in the Elezen (which is the best race in the whole game anyway, it's been scientifically proven by scientists in a science facility using the scientific method, but I digress). I believe the devs once said that for a new race they would want to add something legitimately different from what we now. There was a concept art a while ago of a wolf like race:



Now THAT is what we need in my opinion, something uniquely distinct from the other races. Not that I would play ever play it, but I think you get my point.

[Mikanika]

..this reminds me of a Q&A I've seen were the audience asked about a 'butt slider' or at least some different butt options (bigger of course). Naoki Yoshida stood up and (jokingly) started to leave the stage. He didn't though and preceded to explain that every character add on would increase data going back and fourth from clients to servers, which would increase the volume of the data stream and perhaps cause slower game performance.
May be true but, other games have a ton of character options and they seem to stream just fine.
Although, it would be cool to see another race in game, I agree that time spent on the development of new races could be applied to existing character models. Don't get me wrong, our toons look awesome but.. some features/textures do appear a bit dated and, who wouldn't want some more choices when it comes to creating that perfect character...

[ErikMynhier]

being afraid of change is to invite stagnation ... stagnation leads to bordam . and the finding of new things to play .... u make it sound as if you want FFXIV to fail rather then permote accual growth in the game .... bare in mind the world of eorza is not fully charted and growing that and given the explination of the worlds in story then it stands to reason that both all jobs past used and races past seen should be either present or have a place in history both options to be used or not at their descression.

Just because someone disagrees with your opinion doesn't mean they want the game to fail. You're sounding a bit self-important there buddy. Game doesn't rise and fall to your whim mate.

[Atlaworks]

Just because someone disagrees with your opinion doesn't mean they want the game to fail. You're sounding a bit self-important there buddy. Game doesn't rise and fall to your whim mate.

Frankly, the topic and first few posts have that same air of indignation to them. Like, everything seems to be "You want the game to fail for not putting something I want in" and "the excuses you gave for not doing the thing I want are weak" and "Do you think I'm dumb for accepting your reasons".

People gotta learn what opinions are and the weight they carry, yo.

[Nestama]

Hmmm. Just realised OP's posts are making them sound like (an infamous) someone I know of back on GameFAQ's FFXIV threads... probably just a coincidence.

[Synrin]

But Viera don't have tails though.

No, they have a furrypom on their butt instead.

[Daranion]

No, they have a furrypom on their butt instead.

Only in the Au Ra concept art. No viera in the other games have tails.