Quote Originally Posted by Saix027 View Post
That is actually the point that pisses me off here the most about this subject, this "lore" is only canon due from the game they are YET, everything else we goten so far, races, content, everything literally based on every other game was fitted to fit in the lore of FFXIV, this is NOT FFIIX, they can change the lore as they want, yet due there own screwup they use this as excuse, stop kidding yourself with this. For god sake, we got a Nier Automata Raid, they can fit anything in basically, so why not male Viera?

Even makes less sense in the first shard, would any race keep hold on there believes like this if the world literally got doomed and consumed? Why we not see males in the forest there? How do they stay alive as race? Same with Hrotghar, the miners wife was the only one and sadly died so they not have to show her because no model exists. Convenient, right? I call it lazy.

Hrothgar were the literal emergency plan realizing people will be pissed and now we got two problems at once and it only grows, look at helmets here, no one even expects old helmets getting a design for them but what about new ones? You can't introduce a race like this and leave it that way, same with hairs and all, this is outdated a lot and basically old mans choices in deciding what is good for the current generations like politics.

This even reminds me of my first MMO ever, Regnum Online, you had a literal race not able to wear shoes due it had hoofs. Imagine WoW would do such with Tauren, Dranei, etc.

And yes i am aware Yoshi and his team are alone in this, Square is simply a horrible company, wanting to see money without wanting to invest so it can grow for it. Square as company needs ot go to leave Yoshi more free hand and get more moeny from there income they generate.
FYI...The Viera are from Ivalice. Yes XII (12) is set in Ivalice, but its not the only game in this setting. We also have Tactics, so the Viera Lore has existed for quite a while, and still 'currently' we have yet to see an In-Canon Male Viera Visually illustrated. Its not really an 'excuse' when its been a consistent thing through the series, and yes they can change it if they so wanted to, but IF they didn't and the Viera remain Gender-Locked, its at least consistent to their lore. And it just means they decided to keep that consistent for the brand.
Again, Im not saying they won't put in Male Viera, thats not my call, and Im not part of the dev team so I have no backing or a source of proof.

They explained why their is no Female Hrothgar model yet. They didnt have time. Call it lazy if you want, if just doesn't exist yet. If they even plan to make them.

False, Hrothgar was not some Emergency Plan, no idea where you got this idea. They wanted to make a beast race, and Im not gonna sit here and repeat common knowledge why they are; at least currently, Male Only. Nobody will disagree that it sucks they have such limited options at the moment though.

If the Tauren and Dranei didnt have visible footwear, it would at least make sense. Hooves can't wear shoes XD
And note, I dont know what they do for that, I dont play WoW. Dont have a PC that can actually run games, plus XIV is a cheaper Subscription last I looked.