Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[YangLie]

gimme the male buns square, let me be the biggest gayest viera himbo im meant to be, cowards

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

I found this older Op Ed that Gahoo wrote in 2010, regarding the previous gender locks in this game. It is intriguing to look how things have evolved. It puts perspective on where we are now and it gives me some optimism that later, they can unlock Hrothgar and Viera too.

Op-Ed: Gender Locking of the Races and Clans

[Altera]

I rather support the lore that the males being reclusive and hiding away than support rewriting the lore.

[ArcaneCarbuncle]

Viera was requested by players. Viera is not exclusively original, as their race appeared in other games. If the higher ups said no, then there's not much the devs can do about it but follow orders. So I can never blame them.

So its not ok to adjust Viera Lore to allow for playable males, but it somehow IS okay to change Ronso, both Lore and appearance-wise, to restrict females - which have been shown in FFX - from being playable? Seems oddly selective.
They never needed to add 'Viera', they could have easily switched the Source and First Shard names of the race and called them Viis.
Have the Firsts Viera be the female only, no males allowed Viera from FFXII and the like and the Sources Viis are FFXIVs non-restrictive Viera derivative. There, you now we have a Situation where males are easily justifiable while still referencing the Sourcematerial. Just as they did with the Hrothgar/Ronso, except without writing themselves against a wall.

Oh, and btw, Yoshida by all means IS the Higher-Up here. Not only is he the Head of his Business Division, he's also part of the Board of Directors, and as such he is at least partially to blame for this Decision.

Personally, I feel a bit indifferent about the news, but I'm kind of glad that the team are sticking to their guns with lore.

There is no 'sticking to the Lore' here. The Lore is written after the fact to explain the absence of whatever gender they chose to omit during developement, the races are NOT locked because the Lore somehow didn't permit the opposite Gender.

(In case this comes of as harsh, I apologize, my brain is a bit foggy today which usually makes me a bit more direct than I mean to be)

[BalconyPhantom]

With male Viera, I would be able to go back to being able to recommend this game to my friends.

[Cinnamonster]

Agreed - it was extremely disappointing to see both new races genderlocked. I expected better from Square and it’s sad to see the game taking this turn.

I was excited for viera and considering making one as a new main, but now the race feels half-complete and I’m no longer interested in playing a viera (even though I was intending on making a female viera). The decision to genderlock based on lore is flimsy at best, and doesn’t explain why hrothgar/ronso were genderlocked too. It makes hrothgar feel like a poor excuse for a ‘male’ counterpart to the viera, when I feel most of the fan base would be more interested in having one complete race than two incomplete ones.

I just hope that in the future Square adds male viera and female hrothgar instead of leaving this oversight unaddressed and just creating more disappointment.

[Korihu]

Someone sat down, drew girls with bunny ears in lingerie and heels, then decided only females of these people are seen. Hmm. I wonder why. But praise the lore am I right?! So deep~~

[strawberrycake11]

I’ve never even used this forum before but I’m here now because yes, this needs to be pushed. Male viera and female hrothgar please. I pay monthly for this game because it’s frankly better than cheap or free games like Tera and Black Desert. One of the reasons it’s better is because you can play as a male or female character model from every race and use any class. Not anymore, I guess.

[Astril]

gimme the male buns square, let me be the biggest gayest viera himbo im meant to be, cowards

I'll join you and we can skip around Gridania being gay af bunneh bois.
No but really, I'd love for Square to reverse this decision.

[Jvalz]

Hi SE,

Please make male viera in 6.0. I'm looking forward to it!