Viera males should be smaller like Au Ra females

[JunseiKei]

Female au ra are at odds with female au ra lore. Didn't stop them from making them dainty anime girls. In a world where toddlers are running around killing gods I don't think being ripped is a prerequisite to being able to survive in the forest.

Could you quote me what lore you're referring to? The only thing I can find speaking of the prowess of au ra, male or female, are the Xaela are stronger than the other races due to their constant warring between the tribes and we saw males and females taking part in the Naadam.

I agree that it is a possibility that male Viera could exist in this manner, however, considering that the females seem to take on a provider/protector role, it could be the case that the males simply did not need to develop in such a manner. A role reversal of our human ancestors. Naturally this may have required the males to take on a role that would include tending to their young and such, leaving it as a less likely, although not impossible possibility (since I'm not sure how long Viera live and how often they have kids).

The Wandering Dramaturge explicitly says the male viera take up a position called "Wood warder" and it is a role of protecting their lands from "evil" - however the viera define evil.

[Johaandr]

Are people rlly eager to erp?
Also while were at it i want alphinaud height for elezens only
Viera can be the new large cuse meh.

[Emmanellain]

This sounds at odds with the lore around male viera. Something as small and dainty as a female au ra, but it supposed to be survival-hardened specialists that are just as tough, or tougher, as their taller statured females? At least the Lalafell are known to be cunning and have a knack for the arcane. Push comes to shove, I don't think in the reality of the world in the game, a lalafell would not have the same physical prowess as some of the larger races on their own.

If you look at real humans that live in the jungle, they are rarely muscly but relatively slender. Now this is not real life lmao, but i can imagine having a slender body with legs that indicate speed wouldn't be world breaking. I can see the opinion of both camps though, if we just GOT a male viera my urge to see a mystery would bascially be stilled tbh, been wanting to see one since 2006..

[JunseiKei]

If you look at real humans that live in the jungle, they are rarely muscly but relatively slender. Now this is not real life lmao, but i can imagine having a slender body with legs that indicate speed wouldn't be world breaking. I can see the opinion of both camps though, if we just GOT a male viera my urge to see a mystery would bascially be stilled tbh, been wanting to see one since 2006..

Eh, then you need to start comparing diets and stuff that lend to builds. Muscle requires meat, as you need large protein to repair ripped muscles that happen to gain mass to begin with. There's simply not enough meat for that kind of a body without impacting the ecosystems in places like that. I'd even argue having actual muscle definitions is a relatively modern thing as meat was, for a very long time, considered a wealthy person's luxury (as well as other options for protein in general). However, I was not speaking of just physical prowess. Their lore does state that males and females clash when together, so be it physical or arcane, both sexes can hold their own against the other. While they certainly could be smaller in stature, it would put them at a disadvantage.

[username1234]

And finally, the dimorphism for the Viera isn't as vast as one would think. The tall male Viera was paired with the tall female Viera. The small female with the small male. The small type looks like children; the idea that the small version 'breeds' with the tall version is extremely uncomfortable to me. It's bad enough with Au'ra having such a silly height scale, I don't wish it on another race.

Yeah, au ra height is too much and I don't think people really expect them to go with the child concept art.

With the hrothgar now added, every race shares its body with another except for the lalafell so it doesn’t seem likely they’ll change it up now. It’s more likely that if/when male viera are added,
It’ll be on a re-proportioned elezen body like the female viera are. If not that, the closest they’ll get to what is being asked for in this thread is a hyur/miqo body.

Elezen/highlander/whatever with bunny ears glued on would be worse than the roes with animal heads stuck on. At that point don't even bother there's already 7 variations of tall muscular male people can wear bunny ears on. Clearly they're capable of making slim body types since alphinaud exists. Midlander height would be fine as long as we got slender bodies and pretty faces.

[Jaywalker]

I meant cute in a way that is simply "note overly muscular or masculine".

Ah I get you! And think I agree with your points. Tbh having male hrothgar present imo should leave more wiggle room for male viera down the line (heard that the limitation is a budget/time constraint issue* so any shred of doubt I might have had about gender unlocking is put to rest) given hrothgar present such a traditionally masculine option. Mentioned past post I suspect facial hair options will be a thing in an attempt to open male viera to players who would otherwise be weirded out by playing a pretty/cute bunny man, which I suspect will be a thing regardless of the rest. Might end up wrong but I suspect facial features particularly without facial hair will be cute since there's a clear desire for that. The big question imo is whether male viera are tall or short and how muscular they are. I am very much with you on preferring a break from muscle men haha, we have a lot already!


*While some people fuss because "how could a big company suffer budget constraints" it does matter when you have to support every employee and keep things running for the future by more than the skin of your teeth.

[Dasya]

I think at this point if we get Viera males, we should be happy with whatever Yoshi-P decides to give us.

[Jaywalker]

While I would like for male Viera to be cute, I agree with everyone's points, yours included, and think that it is entirely hopeless. Especially after seeing what was done with Hrothgar.

For what it's worth, I think you can take SE's "last two races" comment with a grain of salt. Imo that speaks overwhelmingly to "don't expect and ask for more anytime in the near future", but who knows? They were joking around about shooting us to the moon in 7.0, maybe they'll surprise us. I don't think short is likely for male Viera, but maybe a short/cute male race could happen one day. I'll keep my fingers crossed that whatever comes out will be something you can enjoy too.

Eh, then you need to start comparing diets and stuff that lend to builds. Muscle requires meat, as you need large protein to repair ripped muscles that happen to gain mass to begin with. There's simply not enough meat for that kind of a body without impacting the ecosystems in places like that.

Lol to be entirely fair these are rabbits, with rabbits generally being herbivores and all. As wild as it would be to see a bunny hunting for prey I'd be very surprised if they're not vegetarian.

[craybest]

we already have more than 1 cute race. miqo'te and lalas. we already have more than 1 strong looking race, highlanders and roe. but we only have 1 tall slender race, elezen. i expected viera to be like this.

[Rastaban]

viera like the concept art not childish or small