[Graphical Update] Viera Nose

[BunnyBrat]

On the female Viera, the nose is several sizes smaller than the original. This looks like the largest nose on Viera and now it's pretty much as small as the others. And viera noses are pretty small already. I use a different face with the largest nose setting and I won't even recognize my character when this update takes effect. They've even made the lips smaller too. I'm going to be so depressed I won't be able to play the game any longer.

[AsuraAeon]

I agree with the OP. Male Viera's change is perfect while female Viera is mostly perfect *except* the nose! I want the females to retain their bunny nose and then their graphical update will be perfect. Please I don't want them to lose it... they will lose a lot of their identity.

[Lusarae]

Welcome to the forums bun friends.

Hopefully the texture is an option I can toggle on/off if they're removing it from the baseline faces.

[programcanaan]

The new Viera Female is more consistent with reveals and promotional art as well as previous iterations. It is glorious.

I'm more concerned about the Males looking like they were thrown down a chimney.

[sintea]

The new Viera Female is more consistent with reveals and promotional art as well as previous iterations. It is glorious.

To make a claim like this while wholly ignoring the viera who majority of people think of when you ask them to name any from the race is flabbergasting.

I'm of course talking of Fran, and in both her FFXII and FFXIV appearances, we can see that she had this feature you so much as a self-claimed super viera fan seem to be against.

Left side is of her during the Stormblood Alliance raid related cutscenes just to put a date on it.

She is obviously too who the FFXIV Viera women are based on, so it is normal for people to expect for this feature to be retained in the graphical update, if not at least made optional instead of wholly removing.

[cetraxiv]

So, to recap, the team has:

• Forced the dusty nose onto the male viera face that was previously without one, the coloring of which is far more prominent than those that currently exist in 6.5 -- it looks like a grease stain
• Completely removed the unique racial nose from the female viera altogether

Please don't ship the game like this.

[sintea]

Oh hopefully it is just a mistake they slipped through when showcasing things, if not at least a toggleable option for every face for those who somehow prefer their viera without the bun nose.

Mine is the darkest skin rava and can't imagine her without one as it also really helps bring out her features better

[aulierre]

So, to recap, the team has:

• Forced the dusty nose onto the male viera face that was previously without one, the coloring of which is far more prominent than those that currently exist in 6.5 -- it looks like a grease stain
• Completely removed the unique racial nose from the female viera altogether

Please don't ship the game like this.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that male Viera male Viera face 1, which has both a darker nose as well as an option to make the nose even darker iirc (it's toggleable)? I used to use face 1 before swapping to a different face, which has a lighter base nose (and no option to make it darker)... unless my memory is escaping me.

I agree that the harsh highlights aren't playing well with the dark nose (or dark skin!), though. Sharp white highlights can look good on dark skin when applied carefully, but that was sadly not previewed here.

[Ferret_Mom]

Not a viera player myself...but, why, SE? What was the reason to remove this really cute and distinctive feature from fem vieras? What big plan and thought process was behind it and which purpose it should serve? Changes just for changes? What about your promises about keeping the original feeling from the character despite this update then, if you're completely removing it with this confusing move?

UPD: Funny enough, I found older previews with vieras with this update, and what we can see there? You're right, the nose was ok. So what happened? Where did it go?

[KyuuTip]

I really hope they change/fix this. I was actually so upset seeing it gone, it’s my one of my favorite features of the Viera race! It’s such a charm point and I would be so sad to see it gone….