Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Komarimono]

Think we can mostly agree won't be getting Male Viera anytime soon if ever though. Nothing recent posted about them other then the time needed to invest into something and the cost. People saying 6.0 are just being wishful, since nothing official has been said in that regard. So for now, this threads really just become a wish list of features wanted I feel, if they ever were to be put in game.

[Duskane]

but is it really a problem that people are optimistic about them

[Komarimono]

but is it really a problem that people are optimistic about them

It is, in a sense, especially when spreading rumors that are lies. Doesn't help really. All we can do is wait, and wish. If they feel the need to add them, we'll know then, so no point really in asking and begging.

[Mochamonarch]

so no point really in asking and begging.

You do realize that's literally how we got the male bunny suits, right? by doing exactly what we're doing now, "asking and begging". That kind of "Just give up" attitude serves no purpose. It's a thread on a forum, it ain't hurtin' nobody. Change doesn't happen by being silent; never has, never will.

If you want to hope in silence, then that's cool, you do you, but trying to demoralize people in an attempt at showing them how fruitless you perceive the efforts are isn't helping.

[Komarimono]

You do realize that's literally how we got the male bunny suits, right? by doing exactly what we're doing now, "asking and begging". That kind of "Just give up" attitude serves no purpose. It's a thread on a forum, it ain't hurtin' nobody. Change doesn't happen by being silent; never has, never will.

If you want to hope in silence, then that's cool, you do you, but trying to demoralize people in an attempt at showing them how fruitless you perceive the efforts are isn't helping.

A bunny suit is far easier to implement then an entire race. You know that, we all know that. That's simply a texture UV map and mesh re-model of a few items. Yoshi has already said adding another race, in this case two genders for two races, is quite complicated and time consuming.

Doesn't retract from the fact people are in this thread, and others, spreading lies about males coming out, which we know for a fact as of now, they are not.

[Lihtleita]

A bunny suit is far easier to implement then an entire race.

its also how we got femroes and male miqo tho

[Theodric]

The male version of the bunny suit wasn't exactly added in a satisfying manner in the eyes of many. It was just a straight up copy of the female version.

As for male viera, the current official situation is that it could go either way. They may be added to the game. Equally so, they might not. I'm not holding my breath for them to be added anytime soon.

[Mochamonarch]

The male version of the bunny suit wasn't exactly added in a satisfying manner in the eyes of many.

Speak for yourself, I (and plenty others) think it was added wonderfully. I'm living for those heels and fishnets. :P

[Komarimono]

well actually Hrothgar was the first in development because they felt a beast race was needed
so it was either Female Hrothgar or Female viera and they chose viera because of the demand

I was going based off an interview, since they had wanted to launch Viera all the way back in Heavensward, had models, concepts etc. But of course never announced it until the reveal for Shadowbringers when the race was finally being brought into the game.

I'm still eager to find a source of them considering it though, I've read their twitters, and only way one could even think of thinking them considering it is if they used google translate which does very poorly in translating japanese.

Speak for yourself, I (and plenty others) think it was added wonderfully. I'm living for those heels and fishnets. :P

For people not understanding how it works, makes them happy surely. But it's literally a two hour job at most per race. Simple rigging the mesh to the models one by one, culling model mesh for the heels, and a simply UV map tweak for clarity. Hence why some thought it lazy since the exact same mesh as the females, nothing changed just rigged to the male mesh form. Glad others got what they wanted though.

[Theodric]

Speak for yourself, I (and plenty others) think it was added wonderfully. I'm living for those heels and fishnets. :P

Yeah, I don't doubt that the players who pushed for and continue to push for more feminine aesthetics are happy with the bunny suit in its current form. Such things tend to be fairly niche though - it just so happens that those who enjoy it tend to be very vocal.