Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Alleo]

Well it'd also be a pretty selective line of argument, intended to produce a specific result. Since I could also start nitpicking with the "big" races, since there's a pretty wide gulf between Au Ra and Highlanders on the one hand and Roegadyn and Hrothgar on the other.

I honestly don't expect them to be any bigger than male Au Ra, and probably somewhere between an Elezen and an Au Ra, maybe leaning more to one or the other - by the sounds of it, Elezen.

Of course and everyone has a different defintion anyways but I would dare to say that anyone that would not see Highlanders and the other three as muscular men would have a very specific taste. While one could at least still argue a bit more about the other three races. So in the end we have four muscular races and only three that could count as slim. So thats why I do wonder why some go around and say that a slim Viera (no matter the height) would be something that we have enough in the game.

Au Ra are ruined for some by the odd shape of their hips, which makes them look odd in quite a lot of glamour. Highlander men are plagued by a lack of eyebrows, which is off-putting to a lot of people. In addition, they suffer a real case of 'same face' since there's only really two specific faces that you see used. Roegadyn are too muscular and are built like refrigerators. Which is the exact same case with the Hrothgar - though they, at least, have the benefit of being the first 'bestial' playable race to compensate.

Muscular men are also quite popular. Adding a muscle slider serves as an excellent compromise, though from a realism perspective Viera men are going to be at least somewhat well-built by virtue of spending so much time jumping and running through their forest.

The thing is these are all your tastes. Heck they could introduce another muscular race and it still would not be for you. But that does not change the fact that just by looking at it for muscles alone, you will have more options in the game than those that want truly slim characters.

And yes muscular men might be popular but half of the existing races fall into the category right now with Hrothgar. Slim or jp popstar figures are also quite popular, and at least those dont have that many choices.

Of course a great muscle slider would be the best but I doubt that they would introduce one that would go from slim to quite muscular especially since the character itself would still need to look fine.

Also its somehow fine that female Hrothgar are in the minority and depending on how they reproduce might need to be constant pregnant because its a fantasy race yet somehow Viera men have to be buff because they are running and jumping through the forest? Why does the argument that they are a fantasy race not count there? Especially when the fierce warrior female Vieras who protect their homes are sexy waifus..(also the JP lore hints at the males just being nomadic)

@Lauront: But again that is personal taste. I would also say that Elezen have too long necks to be attractive or that midlanders are too bland. In the end those that want something with muscle can choose from at least four greatly muscled races and at least one more if you count Elezen with their slight muscle too.