Gender locked race?

[Theodric]

No matter what excuse they come up with to gender-lock Viera, it's gonna sound forced from story standpoint (or at least the direction it's moving).
How exactly are they gonna make the WoL and their friends heading to the woods where Viera resides but never encounter any male Viera NPC?

And if they actually made male viera NPC in game but not playable by the players (while the female is) then it's even more ridiculous IMO.

It likely wouldn't be any different than how it played out in FFXII. Furthermore, the Warrior of Light only explores a small portion of each in-game region. The men could simply reside in the depths of the forest - far beyond where the WoL dares to tread.

[BillyKaplan]

Furthermore, the Warrior of Light only explores a small portion of each in-game region.

As an omnigatherer I resent that :P Plus it is canon that we're well traveled, oftentime on MSQ duties. So if anyone will have reason to go where male Viera will be, it's us. We already did it when we hit Orbonne with Fran confirming we're being watched.

The men could simply reside in the depths of the forest - far beyond where the WoL dares to tread.

To add to my earlier point, they'd be pretty crummy guardians of the forest if they holed up in a certain area deep inside. No, they're probably all over, just excellent at hiding themselves and blending into the environment.
But we're still the WoL - which means we're either the best ally they'll ever have, or the biggest threat the forest ever faced. Either way, plenty of reasons for them to hang out around us... and we're Echo users. If we'll go through ShB onwards without a single Echo vision containing male Viera that'd be such awkward, lazy writing.

[cicatriz313]

Six hours left guys, 49 pages left to go.

[Crushnight]

Six hours left guys, 49 pages left to go.

getting to 400 pages be impossible dream before fan fest but after fan fest i expect it XD

[Senn]

what time does the livestream start?

[Shougun]

what time does the livestream start?

Event starts in:

https://fanfest.finalfantasyxiv.com/2018-19/jp/

But the Yoshi-P info dump is an hour after that.

[BillyKaplan]

So what you're telling me is I might start drinking first thing in the morning depending on what I find in this thread when I wake up

[Shougun]

So what you're telling me is I might start drinking first thing in the morning depending on what I find in this thread when I wake up

100 bottles of realm reborn on the wall, take one down pass it around - 500 pages on the forums!

[Fland]

It likely wouldn't be any different than how it played out in FFXII. Furthermore, the Warrior of Light only explores a small portion of each in-game region. The men could simply reside in the depths of the forest - far beyond where the WoL dares to tread.

Well the forest is burning in the trailer. If it is indeed the forest where Viera is, then how SE's gonna keep the male hidden in this case is still beyond me.

[linay]

Well the forest is burning in the trailer. If it is indeed the forest where Viera is, then how SE's gonna keep the male hidden in this case is still beyond me.

Maybe all the males were burnt in the fire.