Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Melichoir]

I am...slightly disappointed again?

My take on what Yoshi was saying was "We have no plans of doing this, but that doesnt mean it wont happen in the far flung future."

Considering the limitations theyre referencing, the likely hood of it happening appears to be nil unless they outsource (which they likely wont due to costs/security). I know its a debbie downer position, but if they were serious about addressing the off sexes, they would say something more akin to "We are looking at avenues t oaddress that in the future." All we get currently is "Hey, maybe youll see them in an NPC capacity someday." This doesnt strike me as theyll add it.

[Lauront]

I am...slightly disappointed again?

My take on what Yoshi was saying was "We have no plans of doing this, but that doesnt mean it wont happen in the far flung future."

Considering the limitations theyre referencing, the likely hood of it happening appears to be nil unless they outsource (which they likely wont due to costs/security). I know its a debbie downer position, but if they were serious about addressing the off sexes, they would say something more akin to "We are looking at avenues t oaddress that in the future." All we get currently is "Hey, maybe youll see them in an NPC capacity someday." This doesnt strike me as theyll add it.

True - when speaking of enhanced character customisation or asset conversion, they speak in those bolded terms. This is more tentative. All we can really do though is keep voicing our demand for them and hope they have an actual intention of adding them eventually. As things stand, whilst I'm pleased for those who will enjoy the new races, neither addition appeals to me, so I shan't be playing either.. and if they're not going to do much to improve existing race customisation and the graphics engine for 6.0 either, it will ultimately dampen my enthusiasm for the game.

[Melichoir]

True - when speaking of enhanced character customisation or asset conversion, they speak in those bolded terms. This is more tentative. All we can really do though is keep voicing our demand for them and hope they have an actual intention of adding them eventually. As things stand, whilst I'm pleased for those who will enjoy the new races, neither addition appeals to me, so I shan't be playing either.. and if they're not going to do much to improve existing race customisation and the graphics engine for 6.0 either, it will ultimately dampen my enthusiasm for the game.

Maybe at this time its better to petition SE to upgrade the character customization. That might yeild better results. But it's worth noting in that regards, itll probably be strictly facial and hair, as body shapes and changes would run into the same issues as the off sexes. Im not going to hold my breath, but maybe we'll get lucky come 7.0 and see the off sexes or a more robust character creation engine.

[zeylos]

I'm honestly more and more positive we will get them on 6.0 every time I read read the letter. I think that we should never forget it's Yoshi we are talking about, and he loves to leave hidden messages and troll, so this could very well be his way of saying they are coming without stealing the thunder from 6.0, and being able to then say that they made it and it was a huge effort and they didn't expect to make them but they did it because of the request of the community

[Gwenorai]

At least now folks can unite and move away from the idea of using a child model or to have a character that looks anything like a child. I think right now it's best to unite and support the idea of what Yoshi put forward; the more we support his idea of 'Elegant, handsome and slim' - the more likely he's going to push for it. With that being said, the child image that's in the front page - in my opinion - should be removed, since there is no chance we will be getting something that looks like that.

I wonder if the team was working on more than just the glasses in secret? Hmmm~

[Kelryth]

At least now folks can unite and move away from the idea of using a child model or to have a character that looks anything like a child. I think right now it's best to unite and support the idea of what Yoshi put forward; the more we support his idea of 'Elegant, handsome and slim' - the more likely he's going to push for it.

Elegant. handsom and slim can be youthful without being a child.

[SoloWingMetatron]

I think their problem is that they create too much content for a niche playerbase. If you have this patch structure then maybe it would be better to have longliving content that most players would want to play. Look at Eureka..such a huge amount of content over the whole expansion and only a minority of it finished it. Of course then people will cry out and say that they have nothing much to do thus we need more patches. In the end FF14 is one of their cash cows and one of bigger MMOs on the market..yet seemingly they dont get enough budget. If they have more ressources then maybe they could also give us more without having to take away from other things. And then those niche contents can also exist too.

Yep, and it's making me wonder where the funds are going - what are they spending these resources on? There is an awful lot of content that sees precious little use. Certainly, far less than the missing genders for each race or updated graphics/customisation options would see.

Whilst as a PVE-focused MMO it needs the lure of high end raids, there is an awful lot of content that does not add similar value yet which sees extremely low uptake (e.g. PVP modes, Gold Saucer content, even Eureka) and yet act as resource hogs on the game. So why continue spending on these ... rabbit holes, given how tight the budget is for whatever reason SE sees fit? Even with Eureka, I think the majority of the weapons were just average. I don't mean to sound ungrateful but as I pay a sub for the game, and have spent on Mogstation besides, I do have to question where the money is going.

Exactly!

I feel the devs spread themselves far to thinly in an attempt to make FF14 be a game that appeals to everybody and appeases all demographics equally....This in theory is commendable. But in reality just means the game never really excels in any area, becoming a jack of all trades, master of none.

It also seems to me like they are cutting corners when it comes to new content in an attempt to keep up with the patch schedule...Eureka is one example of this. It was hailed as a nod to FF11 and the unique gameplay mechanics on paper were very appealing...but once you got in there it was a glorified Fate train where the core gamplay was literally just a rehash of Diadem.....a gameplay model which failed twice already!...

I honestly feel Eureka was rushed and became wasted potential.... which is a trend that to me is becoming more noticeable in many areas of the game including these new races....Yoshi makes a point in saying these are likely the last races we'll see so they wanted to appeal to the fans whilst being different....really change it up design wise and go for more, hence the genderlock...okay cool...

If that's the case why have the Viera lost most of their racial traits apart from the ears?! Same for the Hrothgar (Ronso) who have lost most of their beastial traits and reduced to nothing more than a Roe with a cat face....sure marketing and PR can carry the dead weight...but them basic cookie cutter body models do not lie....parts of Yoshi's statement however are questionable....

However I must stress I DO NOT think the devs are lazy by any means....they work incredibly hard!

However I personally feel they are making life harder for themselves by insisting on sticking to this patch release schedule.....a patch every 3 months is just unrealistic and seldom seen as a common thing for other games for good reason!

They are working themselves to the bone to keep up with a patch schedule that will inevitably end up failing because there will come a point where the game has simply just grown too much to keep up with a 3 month release window for each patch.

I feel the writing is very much on the wall with this, especially when you look at the decline in patch content since 2.0 till now. Coupled with the fact that half patches are now guaranteed for each patch....yet back in 2.0 and most of HW these were quite rare.

This suggests the devs are doing all they can in an attempt to maintain a patch schedule which is simply not sustainable....I personally wish they would scrap it and allow themselves more time to develop each patch, so their ideas can be realized to their full potential!

[Gwenorai]

Elegant. handsom and slim can be youthful without being a child.

Yes, they can. I'm not arguing against a youthful face. I'm arguing about those who literally wanted to have the child model. Every race has a youthful face - so, it'd be silly for me to argue against that.

[Krotoan]

Respectfully, Its not your place to manage other peoples expectations. And they will do the "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THIS THING YOU 'PROMISED'!?!?!?" threads anyways reguardless. They already do it when they say that Mr. Yoshida stated near the 2.0 launch that there would be no more gender locked races ever again in ffxiv yet no one can produce any evidence of this statement actually existing. I've been looking for it since the Tokyo fanfest.

and it's your place to be policing my trying to say something?

[Fei-yen]

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Trolling what? Yoshi P said months ago during FFest Viera male won't happen, they also said why, they said it again in the last live letter and explained in more details why, you keep saying the other way around. Who's trolling who?