Gender locked race?

[cicatriz313]

That's literally just Miqo'te, though. Albeit with bunny ears rather than cat ears.

And yet, when people bring up anything about a "bara cat" people say "but we already have Miqote!" Kind of funny.

[Bright-Flower]

In all honesty there isn't much difference between Viera and Miqo'te, Veria are mostly just just a little bigger and look bit more mature.

Well none of the races stray that far from human but I am glad that viera are tall and more mature looking to set them apart from miqo'te and au ra. I like female miqos and au ra but more variety is good. IMO they strike a good balance between miqo/au ra females and roes/elezen who imo are hard to make look decent. They're both 'humans with animal features' but the height and tone are different enough to stand out IMO.

[Lauront]

In all honesty there isn't much difference between Viera and Miqo'te, Veria are mostly just just a little bigger and look bit more mature.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy - design the males that way and that's how they'll end up. I was pretty satisfied with the 2015 concept art they cooked up.

I agree. It kinda looks like, but also proves another point. Maybe we dont want a new race, we just want more face options, more variety on current races. And ofcourse some rework of the proportions (Giraffe neck). And maybe movement animations as well (stiff Hyur).

Agreed on that. I still would love for a muscle size (not just tone) slider, within parameters that make sense for each race, as much as I know it will never happen given where things are.

[Crushnight]

There is a difference between a joke character and a character with some comedic moments or comedic attributes.
Yes Gosetsu have some comedic moments, but so do Tataru, Magnai, and even Thancred (the whole naked thing). I assume you don't think of them as joke characters?

Difference between all those characters they weren't introduced as joke characters while Gosetsu was he literally got off a boat in a big booming voice said "Is this Eorzea" had stomach pains tried to walk and collapsed face first to the ground i'm glad they changed this he is better after seeing his more dedicated side but first impressions were he was a big buffoon a writing problem that thankfully got fixed i am fine with characters having comedic moments but if the introduction of the character makes them look like a buffoon that is how i would percieve them till proven otherwise.

I do not think male roes are inherently comic relief but the way the writing is with regards to them does not help i'd love to see a male roe become a permanent main stay that i can take seriously i loved Gosetsu in SB and wish for more of him.

Edit: Another thing my 1st impression of Nashu (Hildabrand's assistant) was vastly different from the start of the quest to the end, you can't always judge a book by the cover but 1st impressions are a thing

[NessaWyvern]

I would like a race more fierce looking and acts more animalistic. Miqote and au ra are too cutesy. (not that I don't like cutesy, I just think a fierce animal like race would be a refreshing change.) If Viera ends up with fiercer animations and nicer voices, then I would roll it.

[Fland]

I agree. It kinda looks like, but also proves another point. Maybe we dont want a new race, we just want more face options, more variety on current races. And ofcourse some rework of the proportions (Giraffe neck). And maybe movement animations as well (stiff Hyur).
I still like that fanart though.

TBH if I'd have to choose, I'd rather have more customization options for current races before they add new ones, especially if the new ones will be gender-locked.

Perhaps SE should consider to alternate between new hairstyles and other customization options for every major patch instead of just hairstyles every time.

I do not think male roes are inherently comic relief but the way the writing is with regards to them does not help i'd love to see a male roe become a permanent main stay that i can take seriously i loved Gosetsu in SB and wish for more of him.

Well i do share the hope that we'll see Gosetsu come back at some point. At least in similiar capacity to Estinien, aiding the WOL as necessary.
And of course, another male roe NPC with significant role will be most appreciated.

I do wonder if we'll see more of Rammbroes, since the leak suggest we'll get more of the crystal tower storyline.

[Skivvy]

I would like a race more fierce looking and acts more animalistic. Miqote and au ra are too cutesy. (not that I don't like cutesy, I just think a fierce animal like race would be a refreshing change.) If Viera ends up with fiercer animations and nicer voices, then I would roll it.

The video makes their emotes look rather soft/delicate IMO. I do hope I'm wrong. D:

[CoolDad]

I just want a fair counterpart to the female Viera we know are coming and have actually seen.

The females already aren't very different from the other races, but that's what we have. If they hold males to a different standard, where they MUST look the part of fierce forest protectors (which the females are also supposed to be and the trailer has shown they didn't really capture that aesthetic), we get another Au Ra situation. The constant "soft cutesy female/big fierce male" dimorphism is something I've been thoroughly saddened by since I played my very first 3D MMO on a dumpster fire of a computer in 2008. Genderlocking so our options are "soft sexy bunnygirl/big beefy cat men" does exactly this as well. The concept art we saw was absolutely fine.

(That MMO was Perfect World International by the way god help me I did not play it long)

[Theodric]

It would actually make a lot of sense for the men to be more intimidating than the women, though. They live in solitude and are described as being far more territorial than their female counterparts. They've also - as of yet - been spotted leaving the forest and entering cities. Which suggests to me that they're a lot less civilised in the first place.

As long as they're fairly muscular and handsome, I'll be content. I just don't want them to be small and cute just to balance out the aesthetics embraced for Raen and Xaela. It's already awkward enough playing a Midlander and finding my character to be the tallest in an eight man group on a fairly frequent basis.

[cicatriz313]

I just want a fair counterpart to the female Viera we know are coming and have actually seen.

The females already aren't very different from the other races, but that's what we have. If they hold males to a different standard, where they MUST look the part of fierce forest protectors (which the females are also supposed to be and the trailer has shown they didn't really capture that aesthetic), we get another Au Ra situation. The constant "soft cutesy female/big fierce male" dimorphism is something I've been thoroughly saddened by since I played my very first 3D MMO on a dumpster fire of a computer in 2008. Genderlocking so our options are "soft sexy bunnygirl/big beefy cat men" does exactly this as well. The concept art we saw was absolutely fine.

I mean, the concept art men looked pretty fierce and big too, though. Not sure what you're wanting, from the start of your post it sounds like you wanted softer men instead of the usual. Unless you mean you wanted the little boy viera concept art. Which nah no thanks, already playing a lala lol.