Viera didn't blow up as big as we all thought.

[Alucard135]

Hmm? Did I miss a math class? Cause by my math even the least played thing in the game isn't out numbered by Viera 100 to 1. If you're talking about Hrothgar then Viera are 3.5 times more played.
I really wish Viera Male fans would stop being butt hurt over something that's over and done. Oh look, a beastly race of big dudes is as popular as male elezen and more played than female elezen and the combined genders of the only other big race in the game ... a successful new addition to the race line up. And look, only male race to see a decrease in numbers are the roebros by 2k meaning that many of the people adding to the increase in males are prob new players. But w/e, we shoulda gotten bunny eared elezen because reasons.

It is as if they think that we don't already have a plethora of races that look similar to male Viera and that adding them will attract new players that never played the game because they couldn't find a race to play with.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

Considering that "other" race is outnumbered by bunnies 100 to 1, I'm going to go out on a limb and say maybe Square shouldn't have even bothered with that male only race and just made male bunnies.

Honestly, it makes me happier that they didn't make male viera every time I see one of these posts.

[Kaitoo]

Considering that "other" race is outnumbered by bunnies 100 to 1, I'm going to go out on a limb and say maybe Square shouldn't have even bothered with that male only race and just made male bunnies.

I can taste the salt

[Sandoria]

I love the buns and I'm so glad they gave them to us. I see tons of beautiful bunnies everywhere and I'm living for it. The truly unexpected thing is that I also see a good deal of Hrothgar also running around. Everyone predicted that race would be a flop and instead, its thriving.

[Jijifli]

Au ra did blow because everyone had a free fantasia, and this time only the one who did buy the fantasia did change.

HW did not come with a free fantasia. Collectors edition comes with a fantasia.

So while that is a factor, I wouldn't call it free. Nor an "everyone" case either since not everyone got collectors.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

HW did not come with a free fantasia. Collectors edition comes with a fantasia.

So while that is a factor, I wouldn't call it free. Nor an "everyone" case either since not everyone got collectors.

I think most seemed to have forgotten it only came with the collectors edition.

[Jijifli]

I think most seemed to have forgotten it only came with the collectors edition.

I also realize I'm 31 pages late on mentioning it and someone else probably did in that.

I'ma just waddle away. Lali-Ho!

[Naoki34]

Pretty much the title. Quite a lot of people stayed au ra and miqo'te.

There has been a lot of times in dgn and trial I was the only bunny. Odd but viera didn't blow up as big as au ra did where almost everybody was one.

Au ra manga for life o/
No need big bunny !

[reivaxe]

It is as if they think that we don't already have a plethora of races that look similar to male Viera and that adding them will attract new players that never played the game because they couldn't find a race to play with.

I keep looking at the numbers and it's an interesting example of need vs want. Yoshi was right, something like Hrothgar is what the game needed for a healthy future. If you're gonna jump through the hoops to make a new race it should be something that strikes an otherwise untapped group that could bring in people who are otherwise not serviced by the choices at hand. Kinda reflected in the numbers ...

Like, with the current data we can't tell how many Viera are just converts from the other races. Seeing as all females took a decrease in play you'd think you could just add those numbers up right? But the game's still bringing in new people in that time ... so even if like 10% of cat girls converted there could be enough new cat girls to only see a 3% drop in numbers, we don't know rn. Same is true for Hrothgar but in reverse. The only males to see a drop were Roebros by 2K which would clearly be caused by Hrothgar, other wise every male saw an increase ... so even if some number of cat boys converted there would be enough new cat boys to only see an increase reflected in the numbers. Can't tell how many are new vs current.

If I had to guess I'd say it's just as Yoshi made it sound like, the Viera were picked over Female Hrothgar for the fans (like myself) who pretty much brow beat them into including them. Explains why even with all the new players every female race took a numbers hit for the Viera population to reach it's size, it was for current fans and not something that brings new players to the game. Hrothgar numbers and the net increase to all males sans Roebros show that they have successfully struck a demo that wasn't serviced by the other race options that may have kept people out.

It's why I openly wish for Female Hrothgar to be included but don't care 1 bit about male Viera, one brings something new to the game and the other makes a 3rd option for tall pretty boi.
But that's just me, I don't think either is being added in the future.

[Kacho_Nacho]

I got the most creepy whispers and emotes at me when I'd afk in town as a cat girl actually.

Really? That's interesting to me. I minored in Deviant Sociology.

I wonder if the motivation is because female Miqo'tes are seen as more likely to provide sexual gratification or because cats are common pets and seen as less threatening?

My characters just get petted. Lalafell thing.

Except Viera won't leave you with a 10-15% chance of explosive diarrhea.

*snerk*