Gender locked race?

[Shougun]

I welcome your support even if you are straight! You can't help that you are straight and I would never judge you for that. We'll need all the people badgering Yoshi-p that we can get.

It's too late for you, you've already created the evil mastermind - I've placed Sephiroth's nude portrait on my wall, my wife is confused and terrified, and I will be seeing you at the war table shortly!

DOWN WITH THE MALE VIERA!! (until I flip, please look forward to it)

Also I'm just having fun lol. Like I assume you were. Were not actually excluding anyone, just playing up/having fun with the stereotype of who would likely want to play the gender/race - I'd gamble that would be correct as well (generally at least, but that's literally what a stereotype is so.. yeah lol). My dark humor saw that and was like "I must poke it" "HOW DARE YEEE" haha.

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[Brightmore]

Well, I don't think they will ever lock the gender for the races. Release two races, good attractive. Lock? Unless Yoshi-p nickname is Lahabrea and he plans to bring Calamity upon us all!
And 'bout le leaks...
I shall ponder doubt on it. Much more about Market move than anything.
Hear, feel... Think!!!
Remember those pictures of celebrities privacy "leaked" for the sole purpose of put their names on the News?
Those leaks for me are much more teases to keep everyone occupied til the new content arrives.
(Hell, other companies Always follow up the other, do you think that one would contract anyone who leaks info?)

[Lacan]

It's too late for you, you've already created the evil mastermind - I've placed Sephiroth's nude portrait on my wall, my wife is confused and terrified, and I will be seeing you at the war table shortly!

DOWN WITH THE MALE VIERA!! (until I flip, please look forward to it)

Also I'm just having fun lol. Like I assume you were. Were not actually excluding anyone, just playing up/having fun with the stereotype of who would likely want to play the gender/race - I'd gamble that would be correct as well (generally at least, but that's literally what a stereotype is so.. yeah lol). My dark humor saw that and was like "I must poke it" "HOW DARE YEEE" haha.

lol, yes, all in good fun! You can't take this stuff very seriously. You make good points though!

[Lacan]

Side note, since we were talking about G'raha Tia potentially coming back for Shadowbringers. I looked the the key art some more, and if you look real close at the guy in the red cloak, I can sorta make out the startings of the miqote eye marks. I thought it was just part of the shadow at first, but they actually seem to jut out a bit from it.

What do you guys think (I made an arrow pointing at it):

[Ayer2015]

I personally given up on hoping for male Vieras.
It is a huge mistake by SE.
They decided to abandon what fans wanted for so long and instead bring something no one asked for.
The leaks were proven true by 99% and I have no reason to doubt them.
Still a big mistake by SE here.

I have no doubt, they didn't know what to do with the male Viera feet and refused to give them heels, so they made a different race.

[Lacan]

I have no doubt, they didn't know what to do with the male Viera feet and refused to give them heels, so they made a different race.

The thing is, I think they might have actually given the female viera normal feet to begin with. We can't really tell until someone can actually make one and change their footgear, but their RSE might just be really tall high heels and their feet look normal in any other gear. Fran's feet in XIV look way different than they did in XII at least.

[Ayer2015]

The thing is, I think they might have actually given the female viera normal feet to begin with. We can't really tell until someone can actually make one and change their footgear, but their RSE might just be really tall high heels and their feet look normal in any other gear. Fran's feet in XIV look way different than they did in XII at least.

Comments around the amount of work required to account for the feet would not have been made if it was just the one pair of shoes.

[Lacan]

Comments around the amount of work required to account for the feet would not have been made if it was just the one pair of shoes.

I guess it would make them look silly if they went with regular feet after making such a big deal about the amount of work going into making the feet work. But still, to think they'd just give up on the male viera because they couldn't bear to give them heels. Sounds like taking the easy way out to just scrap them altogether on account of that.

[Ayer2015]

I guess it would make them look silly if they went with regular feet after making such a big deal about the amount of work going into making the feet work. But still, to think they'd just give up on the male viera because they couldn't bear to give them heels. Sounds like taking the easy way out to just scrap them altogether on account of that.

Keep in mind this is the same studio that assigned the male bunny suit to a female dev because it made the male devs uncomfortable to work on.

That said, male Viera may still happen... I know as much as the rest of you.

[Rokke]

disappointing as the last bunny debacle was, the is also the team that went out of their way to add high heels to nearly all of the sets based on the casting contest design winner when the original art had gender neutral shoes.

original concept art
vs.

in game tank & caster shoes on a lizard man.

If the heels themselves were a problem...just make them transparent on guys? The caster shoes with the heels removed would look exactly like the concept art's digitigrade feet