Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Tabbs]

You didn't answer my Second question!!! which is unknowable really.

It's sort of an irrelevant question. It's content that players want, does it matter if they only play because of the races?

[Kewitt]

It's sort of an irrelevant question. It's content that players want, does it matter if they only play because of the races?

a race isn't content!

[AxelBranford]

a race isn't content!

Darling, everything is.
Anything that sells, can count as.

[Fukuro]

a race isn't content!

opinions differ on this matter. it isn‘t content for you, that doesn‘t automatically mean it isn‘t for others - people need to understand and respect that.
customizability is a big selling point for devs, otherwise they would‘t use much of their sweat and blood for it. it is rather difficult for them to implement new races, but it seems to rather sell well as „content“.
tl;dr: new races/customizability seem to be a big selling point for expansions..

[Theodric]

Playable races are absolutely a form of 'content'. They're even advertised pretty heavily as a new feature in an expansion whenever they're added to a game.

[WhiteArchmage]

If one wants to get technical, races are the longest lasting content in the game: raids, trials, and dungeons get phased out in (pre-covid times) a matter of 3 months. Even relics, some of the longest-lasting content, only get to their final stages in x.5 patches, and then they're only relevant until the next expansion.

Races, on the other hand, can be played with for all the game's life-cycle. "Glamour is the true endgame" is a meme for a reason.

[Theodric]

They're also a pretty great way to renew interest in a game that is ongoing. World of Warcraft is still adding new playable races and expanding character customisation and that game has been around for...sixteen years. It's why I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll see both the missing genders and additional customisation options added in the future. It's just something that has a very successful track record.

[Fukuro]

Why... is this a thing? Please just stop making these threads.

I find it rather funny, asking people to stop making threads like „these“ - especially when threads like „these“ made it possible for you in the first place to play the race you are currently playing.
„why... is this a thing?“ because it made it possible for you to play a female viera in the first place

[Veis_Alveare]

I find it rather funny, asking people to stop making threads like „these“ - especially when threads like „these“ made it possible for you in the first place to play the race you are currently playing.
„why... is this a thing?“ because it made it possible for you to play a female viera in the first place

Given the fact that the lvl70 24man raids and now the 5.x relic weapons are all tied to Ivalice in one manner or another I doubt it was threads on the OF that made Viera playable. They're one of the most popular and iconic FF races, especially when it comes to humanoids.

[Tabbs]

I find it rather funny, asking people to stop making threads like „these“

Especially when you get one or two threads a week by a Hrothgar or Viera player asking for hats/hair rather than having 1 thread for it like we do. Wasn't until this thread got deleted that we got a few others popping up.

They're also a pretty great way to renew interest in a game that is ongoing. World of Warcraft is still adding new playable races and expanding character customisation and that game has been around for...sixteen years. It's why I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll see both the missing genders and additional customisation options added in the future. It's just something that has a very successful track record.

Absolutely. I got into WoW for the first time earlier this year because of Vulpera; didn't like any of the character creation options prior to that. Now I resub every so often just for a change of pace. Races are definitely content.