Gender locked race?

[Gwenorai]

I have accepted that all the male Viera are actually in Eureka right now, getting slaughtered in fates and not understanding that chests are worth more than carrots.

[cicatriz313]

I have accepted that all the male Viera are actually in Eureka right now, getting slaughtered in fates and not understanding that chests are worth more than carrots.

And there's your lore as to why they won't be playable. We've done it everybody!

[Lacan]

I'm pretty confident that for whatever reason (yoshi thinks male rabbits are weird) Viera will be gender locked. Let's just accept that that is how the start of shb is gonna be. But I'm also confident that, if people keep asking, male viera and female hrothgar will be added. Yoshi said they added female viera just because it kept being asked for, so if he doesn't want to keep hearing "when are you going to add viera?" he'll give y'all the man buns.

I'm holding out till fanfest before I give up hope, but I'm not going to be surprised if they are genderlocked either. And I'm sure Yoshi is never going to hear the end of it if so. He'll have to cave eventually!

[JamiaHaab]

Why you got to spite the male viera/lady hrothgar hopefuls?

[redcurrant18]

#Genderequalitynow

[cicatriz313]

Why you got to spite the male viera/lady hrothgar hopefuls?

If you mean me, I was making a joke because of earlier comments in this thread talking about lore showing whether they would be playable or not. Honestly if this thread becomes a lady Hrothgar thread after so many people dismissed the idea of Hrothgar in the first place I'll just be mind-blown lol.

[Lacan]

If you mean me, I was making a joke because of earlier comments in this thread talking about lore showing whether they would be playable or not. Honestly if this thread becomes a lady Hrothgar thread after so many people dismissed the idea of Hrothgar in the first place I'll just be mind-blown lol.

I would welcome female Hrothgar too! It's only fair. :v Nogenderlock'19

[Theodric]

If they aren't playable I won't buy it

That's fine. Though the Mog Station is updated monthly with new items and they sell like fresh doughnuts each and every time. In turn, that covers the losses that occur when people unsubscribe in response to game development decisions.

[cicatriz313]

If Yoshi comes out on stage in Tokyo and announces two new races that have both male and female I think everyone would go insane. But... not putting any bets on that.

[Lauront]

I'm gonna put my tinfoil hat on for a moment: the "home of the viera" in Shadowbringers is in the foothills of a mountain range, and being solitary guards, the males would likely be higher up in the mountains where it's colder so that they can watch for incoming threats from most of Othard. Viera already borrow aspects of Norse and Icelandic culture in their accents, naming, etc. I suspect that the Hrothgar are male Viera, but there's enough dimorphism that they've been classed as their own race, both by the matriarchs and by any outsiders that see them - bulky, to contrast with the females being wiry, thick fur that covers their neck and part of their face, shorter ears that are protected by the fur of their manes instead of exposed to the cold wind, and so on.

That's a pretty interesting prospect, IMO.

I wouldn't rule out the possibility of the whole "leak" being a trial balloon, to see what fan reaction is. Slightly cruel but it provides an insight in the form of conversations taking place on the matter, particularly given how little information we have on these Hrothgar, including whether it's even an actual race and not just a false lead.