Female Viera are what Au Ra should've been...

[White_Wolf_X]

i‘ve posted it somewhere else, i post it here too

To this day i'm still sad they didn't stay true to that design.

[Allegor]

What I think is a waste was how they backed down on the scales. Concept art Au Ras, both male and female, had their whole forearm/neck covered in scales, but final product Au Ras only have patchy "tattoos" around their bodies and it just feels....redundant, for lack of a better word.

[SherlottaEryut]

I wish Viera didn't have weird noses and long arms.

Actually, I wouldn't mind if the viera had longer arms and legs like how they did in 12.

[Fukuro]

Actually, I wouldn't mind if the viera had longer arms and legs like how they did in 12.

yeah and i feel they also always had a rather intimidating, angry look to them. i feel their eyebrows kind of were different also.

[Jandor]

I wish Viera didn't have weird noses and long arms.

You don't have to have a weird nose, I don't think my nose is weird.

[Luluna]

I love my Au Ra being the height she is. I am petite in RL so I can not get used to be tall in game. They should have had more options I agree.

The horns need to be able to be changed for whatever face. Viera just look like Elezen to me.

I do not like Highlander female, Female Roe either but they are there for people who want a taller harder looking race.

I am hoping that female Hrothgar are feminine and small

[Yencat]

You don't have to have a weird nose, I don't think my nose is weird.

I agree

The noses are completely human, there's just some shading and highlighting that's more noticeable on some than others.

[Recon1o6]

In a way I agree, female Au ra should be at least as tall as female viera and have less cutesy animations. The concept art promised a badass scary/beautiful dragon lady, not an anime lizard. Sure i can do a good job making her intimidating given the right options, but all that is out the window the moment an emote is used.

I'm not against some cute options, but they at least could have given us some variety. 2 options cute 2 fierce for example

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

The concept art promised a badass scary/beautiful dragon lady

Concept art is not a Promise of anything. If it was, then Male Viera and the Viera as a whole should have come in at Heavensward, along with the Lupin or whatever they might have called them back then.

[Yencat]

Yeah I don't think concept art is a promise of anything either, and didn't they show it after Au Ra had been fully revealed already as well?

That said though, the Xaela clan especially could have benefited from a taller / more mature model, while I think the current iteration suits Raen better.