Quote Originally Posted by BunniEclair View Post
--You act as if XIV has ever just dropped a new race and said “idk they’re just here now”.
--How much more lore do you think they’d get in a non-MMO that they are incapable of getting in XIV?
--Viera isn't a new race, it comes from Ivalice which has had its own series of games under the Final Fantasy Name. Hrothgar and Au-Ra are new original races.
--There is a whole thing that could be explored and just a straight up explanation to the culture of the Viera that explains the male side. We know the Females, we know next to nothing about the males and why they seclude themselves from the outside world and the Females.

Quote Originally Posted by Bright-Flower View Post
Lore is not the reason we don't have male viera, and lore is not the reason SE isn't likely to add them in the future.
Wasn't remotely part of the argument just FYI

Quote Originally Posted by Fukuro View Post
the only thing important to me is that matsuno is the main writer and somewhat has a say in the design of male vieras. i think he would be more than thrilled to introduce the males in xiv and to be working on xiv once again.

even though i would love to see male vieras introduced first in a new main ivalice series, i don‘t think that is ever going to happen.

that‘s why i think ff14 - a game that combines many elements of past ff titles - would be the perfect place to introduce them.
Ive said many times in the past (I dont expect people I haven't talked to before to know this beforehand) that even though Im personally against Male Viera being put into XIV....Ill be on board if its done right, and there is a lore explanation, especially one that expands on the Viera. If Matsuno himself wrote them and/or co-writes and had a hand in Male Viera Development, I would be excited, because the creator himself would have more care put into it.
Not saying YoshiP or his team Couldnt do it, but Id like it more if it came from the original author.