Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Theodric]

You will be disappointed.

Maybe. We'll see.

[SturmChurro]

I'm on the fence, personally. If male viera looked great and were to my tastes then I'd likely change into one. Though at the same time, that requires quite a few things to line up:

- They'd need to be fairly well-built.
- They'd need to be tall.
- They'd need a base face that is conventionally attractive.
- They'd need the ability to wear headgear.
- They'd need to have decent animations.
- They'd need to have a plausible explanation for coming out of the forest that is interesting.

My concern is that even if they're added to the game, we won't really see them to any significant degree out in the game world. Even now, I can count the number of male Raen NPC's of note on one hand and they've been in the game since HW.

I'd expect a one-liner as the reason some have left the forest. Only headgear would be circlets, glasses, face masks. "Well-built" probably depends on your definition of it, I expect a toned hyur midlander body. I do actually expect at least one attractive masculine male face - hopefully the male variant hairs are really great. Animations, would probably be debateable - that could be hit or miss au ra were the last added and they stomp around weirdly...

I'm guessing you'll be disappointed just as I was in females.

[official_coconut]

I think if/when male Viera are announced I would level a character to 50 and save that fantasia in advance for the release of the race. Male viera wouldn't fit the two characters I've already started on though.

[Gwenorai]

I'd expect a one-liner as the reason some have left the forest. Only headgear would be circlets, glasses, face masks. "Well-built" probably depends on your definition of it, I expect a toned hyur midlander body. I do actually expect at least one attractive masculine male face - hopefully the male variant hairs are really great. Animations, would probably be debateable - that could be hit or miss au ra were the last added and they stomp around weirdly...

I'm guessing you'll be disappointed just as I was in females.

It's the fact I know they'll have glorious long hair that makes me sort of happy, like they can't mess that up. I will finally have a male who can have dreads/long hair - without it looking weird on them.

[SturmChurro]

It's the fact I know they'll have glorious long hair that makes me sort of happy, like they can't mess that up. I will finally have a male who can have dreads/long hair - without it looking weird on them.

Maybe, maybe not. I give it a 50/50 that the hairs will look great - for sure probably one or two options. One thing about viera, at least for females, is they can look good no matter the skin tone, dark or light, in my opinion. We will have faces that work great in both. Males I'm hoping would get some attractive masculine faces, with high quality facial hair options, and animations that aren't too ridiculous. Their emotes would probably be decent, rather they would look like they have an attitude, but I think that is super fitting. I think someone suggested a muscle slider and stuff a few pages back, but I don't expect that at all, what body we get is the body they will have.

[Gwenorai]

Maybe, maybe not. I give it a 50/50 that the hairs will look great - for sure probably one or two options. One thing about viera, at least for females, is they can look good no matter the skin tone, dark or light, in my opinion. We will have faces that work great in both. Males I'm hoping would get some attractive masculine faces, with high quality facial hair options, and animations that aren't too ridiculous. Their emotes would probably be decent, rather they would look like they have an attitude, but I think that is super fitting. I think someone suggested a muscle slider and stuff a few pages back, but I don't expect that at all, what body we get is the body they will have.

Aye, I'm really hoping they have 'resting b*tch face' and their animations are pretty aggressive.

[Lauront]

The muscle tone slider would be desirable indeed. I don't even think it's something that should only be optional for some races.

[SturmChurro]

The muscle tone slider would be desirable indeed. I don't even think it's something that should only be optional for some races.

Most definitly. In a perfect world all races would have a muscle slider, and it would be more significant. It would even work with female au ra, specifically Xaela (I don't play those though ). Then that page long argument from yesterday would have never happened, because people could potentially make a more toned viera than we have, or a less toned, based on their tastes. Unfortunately, it isn't a perfect world (or game) so we just gotta take what we get.

Muscle slider on male viera will just be replaced with ear length or whatever.

Actually a muscle slider might be a bit weird on lalafell, but lalafell kind of creep me out. They are actually really big already.

[Lauront]

Yes, they're the one race where a muscle tone slider would be... pointless.

[WhiteArchmage]

Yes, they're the one race where a muscle tone slider would be... pointless.

I mean, it doesn't stop female lalas from having a bust size slider that...does nothing (thank the gods)