Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[VirusOnline]

Luckily that actually is the only answer we actually need. They don't ever have the resources to do anything. So male viera is a no.

Except for m'booty. Good thing ffxivbootybackup was still in the githubs amirite.

On that note, some of you all aren't able to connect the dots with the current discriminate choices SE is making these days. Whether we're here for male viera or not that at least should be basic knowledge.

[reivaxe]

Hrothgar do share the Roegadyn body only difference is just textures and the pose
they look better because Hrothgar don't have textures from 10 years ago

Nope, they have different proportions.

To put it in perspective, there are 3 body types in this game.
You got the tots, the midlanders and the roe.
That's it. Every-other-race is a modified version of 1 of them that looks different because of proportions.

Elezen? Catz? Highlanders? Dragos? Modified Mid body. Viera? Modified Mid body made to mirror the settings for elezen in some respect which again, is a modified mid bod.
So really it doesn't matter if they were built on the backs of the roe base, their proportions and general body shape are so much more appealing and improved that it boggles my mind how anyone could care when that's legit how every new race is made.

[Theodric]

Hrothgar would have likely appealed to me much more if they were based off of Highlander proportions instead of Roegadyn proportions. At least that way they'd resemble Kimahri much more - who is supposedly the inspiration behind them in the first place...

The development team can't please everybody, of course, but they still chose to prioritise a niche where male characters are concerned whilst adding yet another 'waifu fantasy' for those who play female characters. Even that didn't really play out as intended since both ended up rather limited in some ways.

[Halivel]

Hrothgar would have likely appealed to me much more if they were based off of Highlander proportions instead of Roegadyn proportions. At least that way they'd resemble Kimahri much more - who is supposedly the inspiration behind them in the first place...

tbh the only thing that really sets the gap between Hrothgars and Kimahri is their hunched back and maybe their poses a bit. Aside this their proportions are quite good - and I don't even like the race, so it's barely a bias.

[DynnDiablos]

Hrothgar do share the Roegadyn body only difference is just textures and the pose
they look better because Hrothgar don't have textures from 10 years ago

Not true at all. The Hrothgar torso is much more narrow than Roe.

[heynowjose]

the fact tat the new event helm doesnt work with Viera shows how rushed and unfinished the new races really are. Kinda sad

[TheMightyMollusk]

Most of the headgear that was included in the Shadowbringers launch content isn't compatible with Viera and Hrothgar, but this is the breaking point? I don't get it.

[Theodric]

Most of the headgear that was included in the Shadowbringers launch content isn't compatible with Viera and Hrothgar, but this is the breaking point? I don't get it.

It's not a good sign. Whether it's the breaking point for any given player, well...chances are it isn't going to be the only thing related to the gender lock that they're frustrated with.

Viera and Hrothgar were added in 5.0 - we're now roughly a month and a half away from 5.2. I imagine a lot of people were willing to be patient in regards to the backlog of headgear from older content - but when new headgear is also suffering from the same problem then that has some pretty unfortunate implications. For starters, it means that the development team are struggling with that much they're unlikely to get around to adding the missing genders anytime soon. It also means that potential work on updating/expanding the existing character customisation would also be put on the back-burner if it were even planned in the first place.

Add to that the simple fact that the game's biggest rival is updating its character models/customisation options for a second time and...well...

It's not all that unreasonable for people to be frustrated when it comes to FFXIV.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Add to that the simple fact that the game's biggest rival is updating its character models/customisation options for a second time and...well...

It's not all that unreasonable for people to be frustrated when it comes to FFXIV.

While I'm not going to argue most of your post (I share most of the frustrations about the incomplete races, I'm just less vocally upset about it), I do feel compelled to point out that WoW has been out for 15 years, while ARR has been out for about six and a half. Saying that they've updated models twice without also mentioning that it's been around more than twice as long is disingenuous.

[Duskane]

Not true at all. The Hrothgar torso is much more narrow than Roe.

it is true
even though Elezen have terrible proportions they still share the "mid lander" body
Hrothgar gear is catagorize with the Roes
youll even notice when you wear some stuff Hrothgar will get bigger for some reason