Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Angelitus]

But that's not the reason. The reason is that they're barely a thing, and the few of them stay hidden.

Well then that's sexist and it's against TOS so I'm trying to let them see it's wrong and educate them into equality

[Gyrowins]

Ooh, I do love me a spooky conspiracy.

[VyelChuChu]

But that's not the reason. The reason is that they're barely a thing, and the few of them stay hidden.

But that doesn't stop people wanting to make stories about that, right!! We don't even know if they're barely a thing because many other races haven't seen them! That's so cool. Imagine roleplaying a male viera in a tribe that stays in the wood in those towering wood villages. Enchanting as hell! Or imagine having a male viera who leaves for one reason or another. How many outrageous rumors they'd encounter and have to deal with? The culture shock?

How fun all these possibilities make the idea of playing male viera!

[Kistol]

Please add male Viera (and female Hrothgar)! Genderlocking isn't cool.

[ruffbun]

But that doesn't stop people wanting to make stories about that, right!! We don't even know if they're barely a thing because many other races haven't seen them! That's so cool. Imagine roleplaying a male viera in a tribe that stays in the wood in those towering wood villages. Enchanting as hell! Or imagine having a male viera who leaves for one reason or another. How many outrageous rumors they'd encounter and have to deal with? The culture shock?

How fun all these possibilities make the idea of playing male viera!

Tbh your posts are my favorite. I’m glad you understand how many of us just wanted to have an exciting time. I’d already had a male Viera OC all planned out, and honestly being limited to a feminine body type isn’t gonna stop me from making him haha

[rizudi]

With respect, having only female Viera has been the most disappointing announcement of the game since I started playing (during ARR). I will obviously keep playing. However, I along with a huge portion of the player base has been wanting Viera for SO long. For it to be locked to a gender I, and many others don’t identify or relate to in a RPG is crushing.

[Roda]

But that doesn't stop people wanting to make stories about that, right!! We don't even know if they're barely a thing because many other races haven't seen them! That's so cool. Imagine roleplaying a male viera in a tribe that stays in the wood in those towering wood villages. Enchanting as hell! Or imagine having a male viera who leaves for one reason or another. How many outrageous rumors they'd encounter and have to deal with? The culture shock?

How fun all these possibilities make the idea of playing male viera!

Wait wait wait, hold up. One dude on a boat said he and his friends have never seen a male viera. You can't really argue with that ROCK SOLID lore now can ya.

Never mind the fact that my character or her friends never saw a leshy before stormblood despite them residing in the same forest.

[VyelChuChu]

Wait wait wait, hold up. One dude on a boat said he and his friends have never seen a male viera. You can't really argue with that ROCK SOLID lore now can ya.

Never mind the fact that my character or her friends never saw a leshy before stormblood despite them residing in the same forest.

Now I HAVE to have my male viera escaping the wood by swimming away, and being rescued by Eorzean fishers.

[HealerMagi]

One thing that bears repeating: the Ronso have plenty of women featured in FFX, the choice to genderlock them and offer the males up as a 'balance' to the lack of male Viera is insulting to every person who loved FFX and the Ronso long before XIV was even a thing.

If the devs had simply done both genders of the Ronso/Hrothgar I would have been content, or if they had done both genders of the Viera. Instead they are going to release two unfinished races in Shadowbringers, infuriating everyone including me. 6.0, even the pathces in my view would be to little to late. The Devs shouldn't launch ShB with two rushed unfinished new races, either drop one and finish the other, or put in the time and effort to finish both.

[Oruzbro]

S'yeah, it was really disappointing to not have any male Viera. I was really hoping for a shota-esque race (ala Alphinaud), because this game is FILLED with SUPER BUFF male characters (unless you wanna count Lalafell, lol), I don't think it's wrong to want a cute male race for once. But genderlocking is an outdated concept that is non-inclusive. Even Yoshi'P himself said that genderlocking is dumb and we all assumed it would never happen again. Then again, Yoshi'P contradicting himself is pretty much a constant by now.