Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

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I've seen little to indicate such an option is popular to the point that it comes second after Viera. Ultimately, the % of active, played characters Hrothgar end up comprising will speak volumes more about this. The devs are taking a slight gamble with it and it may or may not pay off. I still predict, if they add male Viera, they'll prove to be a popular pick like catmen.

You can believe the devs (who would know this type of thing) or not, I'm not gonna go find the tons of threads I've seen asking for Ronso or Lupin for you. I truely can't think of any race I've seen more requested than Viera and beast like races like the Lupin or Ronso.

As for anything "paying off" ... a race addition isn't going to be profitable. A new JOB pays off because it's content that can be played and keep people coming back to this pay to play game for more, it gives people something new to do. A few new dances or a fat cat mount on the mogstation are VERY profitable because they're not hard to make and sell to most of the fanbase regardless. In game events are profitable because they're content that get people coming back to the game and afterwards go to the Mog station. Adding a new race to the game likely will not result in the investment paying off in any meaningful financial way when you factor in the time and money and resources to not only design the race but also support it through all future gear and emotes and such. It's mainly to allow the player base to express themselves with a more rounded out visual line up. It's why they say this is likely all we're getting.

That being said I really don't think people who play males already would be as interested in "an other tall pretty male but with bunny ears" as you think. But that's beside the point really.