A letter to the Devs, Producers, and whoever else has a say

[Gula]

I sincerely hope someone from SE sees this thread. I'm tired of being restricted to hypermasculine races for men. Please, please reconsider giving us male viera.

Oh yeah I hope they see it too. Go "Nanda kore wa?" Proceed to check the JP reactions and opinions and then ignore said thread.

[Neoyoshi]

Where was this passion for the male/female counter-parts for these races years ago?

Why not just make this a suggesting instead of demanding the Development team to drop everything they are doing and pour resources into every whim and desire.

Stop thinking like a consumer for a moment and put yourselves in the shoes of a developer/character concept artist for a large triple-a game studio; the compromise for the Viera seemed very realistic to me.

And who is to say that they aren't working on male/female versions? Maybe this is something tucked away for the future of the game and this is a short-term solution?

[Pixelburst]

Why are you disregarding what Yoshi-P said about male viera in the keynote.

Male viera do NOT come out of the forest. Making males playable would go against the Viera lore.

[Pixelburst]

I just don't get why they couldn't make male viera. Lore? The 'lore' was the same for Miqo'te. They added them anyway. Also, the lore is not some set in stone thing either. THEY WRITE THE LORE.

Viera are FF12 lore. Miqote are FF14 lore. There’s a difference.

[craybest]

Why are you disregarding what Yoshi-P said about male viera in the keynote.

Male viera do NOT come out of the forest. Making males playable would go against the Viera lore.

lore is not a valid enough reason, the same could be said for male miqo'te and here they are.
lore is made by them and can be changed by them as they want. gameplay should never be limited by lore.
it's obvious the reason is they're unconfortable making mae bunnies, and decided for a beast manly race instead, that no one asked for.

[Stanelis]

Why are you disregarding what Yoshi-P said about male viera in the keynote.

Male viera do NOT come out of the forest. Making males playable would go against the Viera lore.

I have 2005 flashback here when they said the exact same thing about male mithras (miqotes) in FFXI, after community backlash (especially in the west).

[Gula]

I have 2005 flashback here when they said the exact same thing about male mithras (miqotes) in FFXI, after community backlash (especially in the west).

Last I checked FFXI was a different game. And XIV isn't XI.

[craybest]

Last I checked FFXI was a different game. And XIV isn't XI.

it's literally the continuation of that game, made by the same company and with the same community playing it, wanting the same things.

[Stanelis]

Last I checked FFXI was a different game. And XIV isn't XI.

Last time I checked, mithras and miqote lore was one and the same at the beginning of FFXIV 1.0.

[Rosalynd]

Everyone's obsessed with male viera and i'm just sitting here like... why is no one trying to get female Hrothgar?

Y'all are racist.