Gender locked race?

[DevilsDontFly]

We can consider also the possibility that male Viera aren't yet ready to show and require small detail adjustments.
For what was spoken and how it was spoken you can perceive they are full of work, honestly he seemed tired and if he really is tired you can imagine the teams having to adapt all emotes, all gear past and the news to come, cut-scenes and so on we can only be patient and wait.
Highly doubt that males won't be add to Viera.

Yeah I am trying to be optimistic. It's just a little frustrating because even without the actual confirmation, if you wanted to play a female Viera you pretty much had a huge yes, but if you wanted to play a male you had a huge maybe. Even if what you said is what's happening, and I'm hoping it is, it wouldn't hurt to just say: "We apologize for no footage but rest assured that male Viera is in the works!". There, you have your validation, you don't have to keep wondering all of the "what ifs" and you also don't have to be constantly telling yourself not to get too hyped in case it ends up not being added. But that's obviously just me. I'm a huge Viera fan, but in a situation like this I'd rather get a blunt yes or no to male Viera being added than a huge maybe that lingers for months.

[Transient_Shadow]

If Viera are gender locked.... I will be besides myself... I've always liked having somewhat of a feminine male character and I was ecstatic for Viera... I'm so tired of gender locks with gear. SE treats Female characters like dolls and gives nothing to the males. And if this is the case for Viera I will legitimately be absolutely furious.

There would be no words to express the betrayal I would feel if this is the case....

[SamsaraLotusx]

so this new gender locked race and blue mage show the new directions the devs take. the easy corner curing way. give half the work for the same price. shame.

[AnnaRosa]

Okay so then why not at least confirm they exist??
Like a simple "Hey, we have male Viera, we're working on them but they're not quite ready to show off yet." would've been enough.
Hell, if male Viera were in the works there'd be concept art for them right! That would've been a great thing to show off at the art panel! Oh wait they didn't.

All signs currently point to male Viera not being a thing.

Lets wait for tomorrow Q&A time that question will be the million dollar question worry not tomorrow you will take your doubt.
Honestly they have so much consideration for the players opinions and many have expressed they want to play Viera male, seriously no joke I doubt that won't be male gender for Viera.

[Miyha]

If male Viera are not a thing, I will be pissed. There aren't any words to describe my extreme disappointment if SE decides to make this a gender locked race. Gender locked races and classes are usually a deciding factor when it comes to me electing to not play a game.

As hyped as I am for Viera as a whole... well, it doesn't really seem like "a whole" if you opt to gender lock. :'/

I'm still holding out hope though. I would MUCH rather have male and female Viera than two different "tribes" like the other races. If it comes down to that, please make the right decision, SE.

[RukiaFae]

I'm thinking they are going to pull a wait until the final fanfest to say they aren't going to do make Vieras like they did with the jobs during Stormblood's release. They knew people were going to be disappointed about two dps jobs so they waited until the end to explain.
They see the forums and know what players are looking for. They didn't mention males for a reason. We can only wait to see what that reason is.

[Skos]

Lets wait for tomorrow Q&A time that question will be the million dollar question worry not tomorrow you will take your doubt.
Honestly they have so much consideration for the players opinions and many have expressed they want to play Viera male, seriously no joke I doubt that won't be male gender for Viera.

I understand this sentiment, and I definitely value this opinion.
But if there's one thing that I've learned about watching Fanfest Keynotes and live letters the past 4 years or so is that Square always manages to disappoint.

I don't know, they just seem so evasive about this whole issue. They didn't mention it one single time. The official art for the Viera has no males, they had no concept art to show during the art panel.
It's looking grim.

[Kupocoubo]

I really hope they won't do female only Vieras and male only Ronsos, please Square Enix don't do this

[KaidenShepard]

When they teased Viera as a playable race for Shadowbringers I told myself I'd buy the new expansion if the males looked good because I hated how male AuRa turned out. If it's gender locked then well, guess I won't be buying it then.

[Zumi]

Personally I don't mind single gender races. I played a Mithra in FFXI and Miqote in FFXIV 1.0. It feel like it adds some uniqueness to the race and lore. For example it can be fun to play as the female only race where you have a group of female warriors. The FF12 lore where Viera is directly taken from says that the males are rare and go into hiding.

It is possible for them to have a male only counterpart later that isn't announced yet as well.