Quote Originally Posted by Chained_Icarus View Post
I meant the person I initially replied to, not you (at least I'm pretty sure it wasn't you).

So if you're willing to suspend belief there's only 1 Warrior of Light (one), and the classes there should be only one of (Dark Knight, White Mage, Scholar, Azure Dragoon, etc), why can't you extend that to the Veira? If I am the Warrior of Light in my game, I agree to believe you are not one (though you are in your game). Why can you not believe the Veira are still extremely rare despite players playing them?

We couldn't ALL meet Fray, take up an oath with Sidgurdu and become a Dark Knight, yet there are hundreds of us. We couldn't all go recreate the legendary weapon Excalibur. We can't all canonically have Midgardsormr as our buddy pet/mount. But these things are overlooked. I'm trying to figure out what makes these things exceptions but not a race, which there would be more of than these things.
I mean..there literally only is 1 WoL in XIV, at least with how the Narration goes. The Main player of their playthrough is the 1 WoL. And yes, by how the games narration goes, you as the main player are the WoL, and everyone else you fight with is an Adventure. There are even Dialogue moments when they say "Gather your fellow adventures and prepare for this fight" you are referred to as the WoL, nobody else, in YOUR playthrough as the Main character.
And If we are going by Job stones, you dont need to be a WoL to have one. These are Crystals that house memories of a Person that mastered said art. (If Im remembering that lore correctly)
Actually yeah, we could all recreate the Weapons. Its just get materials and meet this drunk and skilled Smith.

I understand where you are coming from and the argument your making. I can't argue against it, nobody can. At the same time, comparing a Races lore that has been established, against why every individual player can have an item or do a side quest is still abit ridiculous. My playthrough of a game doesn't effect your world in your playthrough of a game.
The Viera, a race in the FF mythos directly effects everyone, because, once again, going off of lore...the Males are never seen. There has to be a lore reason to support why they would make themselves known. The Lore would need to Evolve and be added to, to allow Male Viera to exist outside of their bubble. You can't just say make them exist because they should, or because I want them to, or compare them to other items or to other races and use external instances as a reason.

But hey, this is just my viewpoint.
I can't actually explain or excuse any design choice in anything, just give my opinion on it.