Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[SturmChurro]

I haven't gotten super far in the story, but why exactly would they need to mention male viera at all in the expansion? It's a different world where the races have literally been scattered to a select few holdouts from the flood of light.. Not to mention anything said would be about a completely different race technically. I just don't think it's that important at all.

The male viera are probably all sin eaters now!

[Gwenorai]

I haven't gotten super far in the story, but why exactly would they need to mention male viera at all in the expansion? It's a different world where the races have literally been scattered to a select few holdouts from the flood of light.. Not to mention anything said would be about a completely different race technically. I just don't think it's that important at all.

The male viera are probably all sin eaters now!

10/chars bleh bleh

I was thinking this as well, especially if there are no children around. Since Viera live for 300+ years, it could be that the Viera around right now are those who survived the Flood. The males died fighting or are so rare now that they're hidden away to the point not even Viera females will even hint at them being around/alive just in case they're killed off - thus resulting in their race going 'byebye'. In any case... unless the Viera can breed some other way, the Vii race might be heading towards extinction. Which is a lot different compared to the Viera on the source as we know the males are still there.

Might be a cool plot if it turns out that jumping from the first and the source can be done with ease - so Viera males from the source can move to the first to stop such an 'extinction' crisis - if the males are all dead and the Vii need males for cute little tiny buns.

[Lauront]

On the subject...

It may come down to their habitation ... habits. I'd find it odd if they precisely mirrored the Viera in their lifestyles, but perhaps the males live in separate villages in their case, some of which were wiped out by the sin eaters... total eradication would be a salient point for an NPC to bring up, but it was not, leading me to think it's not the case. They don't refer to themselves as doomed, so there must be something else going on. Either way, I really enjoyed the foray to their village.

Also agreed on Urianger's build being good. Iron out all the kinks in Elezen, give a muscle tone slider, and you have a decent basis for male Viera.