Quote Originally Posted by Kazran View Post
Why does every member of a race conform strictly to everything in their culture without question? Seems more unbelievable then the males just never leaving for reasons.
This! I feel like when it comes to male Viera, the fact that they barely appear in lore is very interesting and leaves room for a lot of amazing possibilities. How did a male Viera end up being the Warrior of Light and a fabled hero? There are many interesting stories that could be spun here.
If a male Miqo'te or a Xaela from the Steppe can find themself as a adventurer in Eorzea, why shouldn't a Viera man be capable of it? Lore and it's traditions have never really applied to the protag of this game - and I mean this in a positive way. It's empowering to see anyone can be the hero. And it's empowering to let players choose how they look. Not to mention it makes for a whole lot of fun while playing.

It always seemed to me like FFXIV was very much about the hero we play and their journey and I personally am very captured by the attention that has been put into writing this very personal story.
One of the games biggest strengths is this imo. The player is allowed to play through all of this and look and express themself as wanted - while being of any gender and race and background. Genderlocking Viera and Hrothgar takes away from this and is very limiting. A lot of players have been looking forward to playing as a male Viera and I am sure just as many are disappointed to not be able to be a female Hrothgar.

I do enjoy both new races and think they are fantastic but incomplete in their current design. Adding another gender would take considerable effort but it would be a great improvement. I really hope they will consider doing this, even if it would take until 5.x or even 6.0.
Personally I was looking forward to playing as a male Viera myself and I didn't even know I would have loved to play as a female Hrothgar until the last Fanfest - but not I reeeaaally want to play as both of them!