Gender locked race?

[Iscah]

What about viera do you interpret as nice and gentle? Their entire gimmick is that they're superhuman guerrilla fighters and marksmen that render almost half of Dalmasca impossible to colonize because they tear apart anyone that tries to enter and doesn't respect the Green Word.

Indeed - and yet somehow their reveal trailer involved standing around in cute poses and doing flirty emotes while wearing clothing that would never ever suggest “fierce jungle warrior” to someone who hasn’t read the lore.

[Reinha]

Indeed - and yet somehow their reveal trailer involved standing around in cute poses and doing flirty emotes while wearing clothing that would never ever suggest “fierce jungle warrior” to someone who hasn’t read the lore.

Aaannd this is why I never looked forward to Viera even though it was pretty clear we were getting them eventually. For the same reason I also don't have a dire need for male Viera, unless they are made beastly.

I remember a time when there was a long thread with daily pictures of male characters in feminine attire - and those creative people showed that male Miqo'te and Midlander males can be made to look cute as a button with the right gear and angles. Having a new androgynous male would not bring the kind of variety a burly lion race would.

Obviously having both would be best but if that's not possible then I'd like to see if Hrothgar would be new and different in ways the female Viera are not.

[Wolfyboy]

Indeed - and yet somehow their reveal trailer involved standing around in cute poses and doing flirty emotes while wearing clothing that would never ever suggest “fierce jungle warrior” to someone who hasn’t read the lore.

I had to go back to the video and watch it again after this comment. I couldn't help but burst out in laughter about how true this is.