Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Sei_Konsetsu]

For the record, ff11 still had the gender icons for both galka and mithra, so this really dosent show much in ways of guarantees.

[Duskane]

Lucky this is ff14

[LilySkye]

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Like this post if you want male viera as a playable character

Please add male viera with Omega M's body type or the body type shown in these concept arts

I made an edit to the concept art

I made the shoulders less broad, the neck a tad bit shorter, and removed the fur.

I think this is a good body type for male viera

As long as the male viera are slim, and just a little bit shorter than the female viera, I think that would be cool. The female viera are pretty tall in general, so even if the males are a little shorter, they'd still look cool. In my opinion, I think omega m body type is a good in-between for people who want a more buff viera, and for the people who want smaller viera.

Another option would be to allow a max height male viera to be taller than a max height female viera, and have a minimum height male viera be shorter than a minimum height female viera. Or, the height differences for the subraces can be different.

art by @hug_ff14 on twitter


art by @FrischeNq on twitter

Check out this male viera and female hrothgar poll

If you guys have any male viera fanart you'd like to post in this thread, feel free to do so. Sharing art is a great way to show your support in a positive way.
I'm not a roleplayer, but if you guys created a character backstory about a male viera, you're welcome to post that, too.

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no thanks.

[Duskane]

no thanks.

[Quipsy]

Apparently Matsuno's been on fire with the IDEAS. That they have bodies close to those that belong to boxers, being survivalists and such, which is pretty much what people have been speculating. Slim, but athletic.

This has me listening to that awful "Mooo!" song again and making free throw motions like an idiot, but it's all good.

Hopefully, being survivalists, they also are capable of having Extremely Tired Face. Since that tends to happen... you know. Whenever you encounter A Wilderness.

[Sei_Konsetsu]

Lucky this is ff14

This may be ff14, but it is still a ff mmo run by SE. Thus some one would be rather ignorant to just ignore it and say "this is ff14, not ff11"without weighting the possibility that SE could do it all over again. I get that the directors are diffrent, and that does toss an idea that it can be diffrent, but again, its run by SE and in the end, they have the final say so on the subject and i still stick with if it happened once despite people asking for a change, it can happen again.

Out of curiosity, how have the jp crowd taken it? I dont speak or read Japanese so I'm pretty curious if they have been as rampant about demanding as NA has. The way i look at ff is that this is jps rollercoaster and their crowd dictates the nuts and bolts and the track, and the we are just passengers on this ride who can say how much we want to add a loop-de-loop, but its generally up to jp fans on how much of a priority we will get it or not.

[NeonTenebrae]

!!!!!!

He essentially says they'd have a lean, low bodyfat muscular build like a boxer or other martial artist due to their survivalist background. Knowing that Matsuno has such a concrete idea of what they'd look like gives me a small glimmer of hope.

[NeonTenebrae]

Out of curiosity, how have the jp crowd taken it? I dont speak or read Japanese so I'm pretty curious if they have been as rampant about demanding as NA has. The way i look at ff is that this is jps rollercoaster and their crowd dictates the nuts and bolts and the track, and the we are just passengers on this ride who can say how much we want to add a loop-de-loop, but its generally up to jp fans on how much of a priority we will get it or not.

I remember when the news first came out that the Japanese forums were almost just as alight with the debate and criticism, if that counts. I'm unsure of if it's still as active as the NA and EU community, however. I'd wager there's still a decent number of JP players being vocal about it, but maybe not as many as here.

[WhiteArchmage]

Well, Yoshi-P has an idea on how they'd look like, and now Matsuno seems to have a similar-ish idea, so hopefully they can start working on them as soon as budget allows

[Gwenorai]

Squealed at this. Not going to get my hopes up but knowing they're at least going to have some muscle and not look like twigs is +1 to me. Now, all that matters now is the height, but I can't see them making them au'ra female tiny.