Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Halivel]

Even if the face/hairstyles came out, there's still the problem of people wanting a specific hairstyle, but not the face it comes with, and vice versa.

Same as with Au Ra face/horns issue... but few times worse, because hair are much important for character's fashion.

Wanna chime in and make a correction here.

As of the latest Census that I know of Hrothgar are legit tied with Male Elezen in numbers and more popular than the combined total Roes (as in males and Females). Which is no small feat given that male elezen saw an increase in players at the same time. Also there's around a 8K difference between them and Roebros.

You are correct here, but there is an issue: July statistic isn't very accurate:

1. It's the start of the expnasion so there is a bunch of Returner players, who will likely leave the game again (and so they will leave "Active Players" section);
2. Some players swapped just to look at new race, not for maining it (as it was with Au Ra);
3. Some players swapped to try it, would be disappointed and so they will return to their original races (as it was with Au Ra).

At this, point, amount of Hrothgars (same as amount of Viera) would decrease a bit later. I would say that proper statistic with players who is actually sticked with new races will show up somewhere in August, maybe even September.

Though I think Hrothgars would be more popular than Roes anyway, their proportions are better, expect hunched back.

[Lauront]

Same as with Au Ra face/horns issue... but few times worse, because hair are much important for character's fashion.



You are correct here, but there is an issue: July statistic isn't very accurate:

1. It's the start of the expnasion so there is a bunch of Returner players, who will likely leave the game again (and so they will leave "Active Players" section);
2. Some players swapped just to look at new race, not for maining it (as it was with Au Ra);
3. Some players swapped to try it, would be disappointed and so they will return to their original races (as it was with Au Ra).

At this, point, amount of Hrothgars (same as amount of Viera) would decrease a bit later. I would say that proper statistic with players who is actually sticked with new races will show up somewhere in August, maybe even September.

Though I think Hrothgars would be more popular than Roes anyway, their proportions are better, expect hunched back.

Still, from SE's POV, even if they don't stick with it, it's a lot of Fantasia revenue, so at least an initial lump of cash. The longer term focus in evaluating the investment would be on whether enough play it to justify on-going work that the race would require but I imagine the ratio for that is some way below where male Roes sit even.

[Halivel]

Still, from SE's POV, even if they don't stick with it, it's a lot of Fantasia revenue, so at least an initial lump of cash. The longer term focus in evaluating the investment would be on whether enough play it to justify on-going work that the race would require but I imagine the ratio for that is some way below where male Roes sit even.

Sure, I don't argue with is. In fact, if people don't stick with new race it has... ehm, some benefits for SE too: they will sell 2 Fantasias instead of 1 or maybe even 3 if player tried to play with both Viera and Hrothgar.

[Lauront]

Sure, I don't argue with is. In fact, if people don't stick with new race it has... ehm, some benefits for SE too: they will sell 2 Fantasias instead of 1 or maybe even 3 if player tried to play with both Viera and Hrothgar.

Agreed. The initial bumper crop of fantasia sales may even overwhelm the subs gained from the addition of the new races, who knows. I agree though that we need to wait a bit to see how the population figures settle down, once the expansion high wears off a little.

They'd see a lot of Fantasia revenue if they updated the customisation system for the older races which, at this point, are starting to look a little dated next to the newer models and environments.

And maybe more subs. I bet they're using the new races as a test case for whether it's profitable to perform more extensive upgrades to the customisation and textures.