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Incorrect FFXIV Quotes [14/??]

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this bitch got xiv for pc, and now we’re rocking something cute af

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details - samuel cirnasck.

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Renzo visits The Doman Enclave ♥

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Do ladies love stupid men or do they just love men who don’t exhaust every opportunity to feel smart

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yoshi-p confirmed in an interview it was due to asset strain as to why neither of the two have their full genders. I wish they would've done this at the announcement of Hrothgar, but it tl;dr confirms that they're coming eventually. He also confirmed that (apparently) to access the shard, it requires the echo. Once again, makes me a smidge nervous since.. a lot of characters don't have the echo, unless it turns out to be a thing that's just.. there. They said we'll find out during patch!

I was coincidentally about to go post this link.

[Tokyo Fan Fest] Day 1 Media Interview with Yoshi-P

The two questions of interest are:

Q: Why were you so insistent on adding a beast-like race, the Hrothgar

A: The great thing about MMORPGs is that people from around the world with different values and tastes can all come together and play. FF games have good-looking men and women, but FFX is an example of a stronger look. Guin Saga may be a better example, but at any rate, since we’re creating a fantasy, I want to shine a spotlight on that aspect as well. Even if we added another handsome race, it felt like the only real difference would be the ear shape. Back when we showed off a basic sketch of a wolfman, a lot of players around the world voiced their desire for a wolf race in 4.0. At our current patch rate, with that much equipment data being released, and adding a new race multiplying the amount of work required, we could probably only add one more race with our current workflow. We agonized over which race to add, and ended up with what you see now, and the lion T-shirt I’m wearing now *laughs*

Q: When did you decide to implement the female-only Viera and male-only Hrothgar?

A: It was during Return to Ivalice, around 3 months after 4.0. Viera was confirmed then, and Hrothgar came about at the same time when we were discussing plans with Matsuno-san. We were deciding whether to make a Hrothgar female or a Viera female, and after selecting Viera, work began right away, because otherwise we wouldn’t make it in time. As mentioned before, the face parts are special and Hrothgar has big differences between its faces, like a lion face, wolf face, leopard face. It became a fixed model relatively recently. Viera was done right before Paris Fan Fest, and Hrothgar was done recently.

This sounds like they were torn between two highly requested races and didn’t have enough time to do both so they gave us the classic Viera everyone already knows and a Hrothgar dude.  While that sucks for a lot of folks who were excited for Viera males, this does leave open the possibility that if folks request hard enough, they will create Viera males and Hrothgar females once they are no longer balls-deep in Expansion Crunch Time.Hopefully this helps folks feel a little better. There’s been a lot of tension and high emotions over this.  Just continue to POLITELY and RESPECTFULLY request what you want on the appropriate channels without being a harassing dingus to the devs.

As for Echo being a requirement to get to the First Shard - just find other who also would like to RP the same thing you do and go for it.  

Recall that just a few months ago, the RP Community almost shat itself over a fucking tomestone phone. People are always going to find reasons to hate on each other. You can’t appease all of them, so the best thing to do is find your crew that wants the same thing and RP it anyway.  

Whether that means making a First Shard AU Character or bullshitting up some dimension-hole-puncher that lets you RP over in the First Shard anyway.  RP is for fun, so you should go pursue that fun as you wish.  Besides, those new zones look fucking hot. 😎

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YOSHI-P SAID THAT THEY RUB!!!!  

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liana finck

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kha-merc-ffxiv replied to your post “hi. I’m back”

Yay!!!

*jump cheer*

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this hair is really cute!!

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So they just said that its in lore for Au ra’s to rub their horns together to show affection. 

Part of me is like: Aww thats so cute!

The other part is like: Wont they just hear SCREECHSREECHSKRATCHSCRATCHS-

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hyuna in RETRO FUTURE (2018)

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Do you have a friend who planned on healing on Dancer on their new male Viera? Give them a call. Remind them you love them. They need it right now.

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