Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[zeylos]

But they do show male characters showing skin - they simply do it where it would be acceptable for them to wear little. For example in Dalmasca/Ivalice - it's extremely hot - they live in a desert, so the male protags tend to wear loose fitting clothes which expose the skin. Like Vaan for example who has his abdomen exposed. In FF14 a lot of male Highlanders have their upper chest exposed due to the weather of Ala Mhigo - this is the same in Little Ala Mhigo as well. This behaviour of loose-fitting clothing is mirrored in ul'dah to some extent. However, in the cities they're more likely to be covered for cultural standards as the clothing they wear in Ul'dah signifies their wealth.

So, in a humid environment, the Viera are more likely to wear clothes that are minimal. This is very likely for the males as well. We've seen that the Viera's armour is actually rather Aztec/Mayan in style - so be prepared for the males to wear something loose fitting. Made of leathers, bone and sinew.

This has nothing to do with them being scared to do so. You're just not going to have a random half naked protag/race for no reason.

Honestly, I'd rather them give actual armor to the females as well. IMO they just went the laziest route ever and copy pasted fran's armor on to them, when they should have gotten their own armor. We got a bunch of naked characters (female) so the minimum they should do is give us males too. Also, I hope that at least they don't give the males bones or stuff like that, and they give them black metal, just the exact same style the females have

[Gwenorai]

Honestly, I'd rather them give actual armor to the females as well. IMO they just went the laziest route ever and copy pasted fran's armor on to them, when they should have gotten their own armor. We got a bunch of naked characters (female) so the minimum they should do is give us males too. Also, I hope that at least they don't give the males bones or stuff like that, and they give them black metal, just the exact same style the females have

How would they be able to mould and make black metal that needs to be constantly repaired? They more than likely do not have forges, unless they're carrying around miniature blacksmith and goldsmith equipment... Seems more likely they'd have bones rather than metal.

Not going to lie, I do hope they have very different racial gear due to the differences in their lifestyles. The first race where the racial gear is far from the other.