Racial distribution, July 2021 (Luckybancho)

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Originally Posted by Jotaku

i think, after they realease female hrothgar, is time to update character creation and make the actual races more appealing, like Elezens proportions, and better animations, if they improve that, with a overall graphic update, the game can prolonge to 5 o 7 years more

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I don't think they should alter proportions - people play their chosen race for a reason. But adding new faces and customization options, definitely.

Also, I just went bunboy for a few weeks for fun, but like many will not stick with it. New races are always a fun novelty.

The ffxiv census website just got updated for January 2022.

https://ffxivcensus.com/

Male Viera ended up becoming more popular than female Viera.

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Originally Posted by Allegor

Interestingly enough, and I know this is likely a marginal difference in the bigger picture, I've been seeing a LOT more femroes lately. Don't know why, but it actually makes me kinda happy lol

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Former orcs, yup.

Unlike catgirls, catboys seems to have taken a huge hit and it's always astounding to see the big difference in popularity between Seekers and Keepers.

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Originally Posted by Hunky

The ffxiv census website just got updated for January 2022.

https://ffxivcensus.com/

Male Viera ended up becoming more popular than female Viera.

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It's hard to say how long it will last though. If they were both released together the picture probably would've been different.
I suppose we will see the real picture in a month or two once a portion of players go back to their main race (which always happens after intial release)

Tbh now that I look at FFXIV Census, I would probably go with metric for December (for now). A lot of people still didn't complete 6.0 due to queues, and there's a very huge difference on racial distribution among the two even on Viera alone.

December distribution (that looks for 5.3 rewards):

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...76/unknown.png

Male Miqo'te: 79 795
Male Viera: 76 188


Which, I feel, is closer to reality, because in practice I still see more Miqo'te than Viera while playing (and that's what it likely will settle as in a couple of months, with amount of Viera probably descreasing a bit more due to helmets/hairs situation along with normal "I had enough of this new toy and gotta go back to my main toy").

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Originally Posted by Hunky

The ffxiv census website just got updated for January 2022.

https://ffxivcensus.com/

Male Viera ended up becoming more popular than female Viera.

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Male Viera have a prettier face than female, and the whole "body+face" package of male Viera feel more rightly match

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Originally Posted by Kolsykol

If they were more traditional elves they'd be among the most popular I think.
The necks are just too hard for people to get past :P.

I honestly don't notice it unless my character is naked basically or has short hair and wears something that is basically bare around the neck and shoulders area.
Personally I find the broad shoulders more distracting and annoying in certain gear altho again it's not always noticeable either.

I do think that my options are a bit more limited if I want to avoid the wonky aspects of Elezen being too noticeable, but it also isn't much of a problem because the gear I like tends to not draw attention to it.
Elezen are the prettiest imo if you can hide that, but if you don't then it can stand out too much.

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Guess it doesn't bother me because I have no neck irl. Like, anything with a collar gets smooshed under my head. I can't even fully zip my winter jacket collar

Imora being able to wear high collars is fabulous.

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Originally Posted by seida

I don't think they should alter proportions - people play their chosen race for a reason. But adding new faces and customization options, definitely.

Also, I just went bunboy for a few weeks for fun, but like many will not stick with it. New races are always a fun novelty.

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Proportions are fine. The run animation tho... Fix my foot clipping pl0x.

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Originally Posted by Jotaku

i think, after they realease female hrothgar, is time to update character creation and make the actual races more appealing, like Elezens proportions, and better animations, if they improve that, with a overall graphic update, the game can prolonge to 5 o 7 years more

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Part of me wants them to make the neck smaller and shoulders less ultra broad on Elezen.
On the other hand it'd also make them more generic.

Even tho I don't like these two aspects I can at least appreciate that it makes them more unique.

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Originally Posted by Kolsykol

If they were more traditional elves they'd be among the most popular I think.
The necks are just too hard for people to get past :P.

I honestly don't notice it unless my character is naked basically or has short hair and wears something that is basically bare around the neck and shoulders area.
Personally I find the broad shoulders more distracting and annoying in certain gear altho again it's not always noticeable either.

I do think that my options are a bit more limited if I want to avoid the wonky aspects of Elezen being too noticeable, but it also isn't much of a problem because the gear I like tends to not draw attention to it.
Elezen are the prettiest imo if you can hide that, but if you don't then it can stand out too much.

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I agree, there are far fewer glamour options that Elezen can "get away with" due to their unique bodies. But the things that do look good on Elezen look AMAZING. They're easily the most beautiful and elegant race in the entire game when done right (and yours is gorgeous btw). If they added anything besides additional options (my ears are maxed and I STILL want them longer), I would be very disappointed. Although their default pose and walk/run animation are a little awkward.

Luckybancho has also updated the statistics. :)

https://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/wsurvey_en.htm


Cheers

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Originally Posted by Larirawiel

Luckybancho has also updated the statistics. :)

https://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/wsurvey_en.htm


Cheers

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109 787 Male Viera
107 559 Male Miqo'te (upd. Iteresting to note that their number didn't suffer as much is we thought it would. July's active playerbase by luckybancho was 1 207 441 players, while December is 1 032 426, which is fairly close. Meanwhile the number of active male Miqo'te dropped by 20k which is... significant, I suppose, but isn't all that much honestly. It means that majority of male Viera drifted from other races).

102 540 Female Viera (this number being lower than males' is, most likely, due to males being a fresh addition, while females are here for two years by now so they already have their solid playerbase)

Seems to be far closer to the truth than weird 30k Female Viera next to 50k Male Viera on FFXIV Census. Will be interesting to see how picture will shift closer to 6.1 and onwards.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

I'm pleased to see that Hyur and Au Ra are doing so well where male characters are concerned. I think they're the best looking options available at the moment. I'm not at all surprised that Hrothgar are about as niche as Roegadyn. Hopefully we see more focus on additional customisation options for what we have already.

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I'm surprised that male Hrothgar alone are beating out female Roe, male Roe, and female Elezen individually. Makes you wonder how much the numbers would change when female Hrothgar are added into things.

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Originally Posted by Larirawiel

Luckybancho has also updated the statistics. :)

https://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/wsurvey_en.htm


Cheers

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go bnuuy go :D

I was somewhat tempted to change, but I'd miss the goofy expressions Male Miqo make too much.

Some friends actually made and lost a bet, because of that.

Curious how long people will stay as male viera. I‘d wager to say it‘s a rather successful race in terms of their current popularity! Does anybody know how high the females were initially when released compared to other races? And how far they dropped after a few months?

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Originally Posted by Fukuro

Curious how long people will stay as male viera. I‘d wager to say it‘s a rather successful race in terms of their current popularity! Does anybody know how high the females were initially when released compared to other races? And how far they dropped after a few months?

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On Primal - Hyperion I remember seeing every other person being a Viera on ShB's release. I am not sure on the overall numbers, but I saw a lot more of them than male viera on launch. Then they petered off as the novelty of something new wore off and the weight of cosmetic limitations set in.

If I may go by what I observed in ShB: If the next new hairstyle cannot be worn by Viera then there will be a huge fanta event. That's when I saw the population of bunnies implode.