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[Anvaire]

Not asking for Overly Masculine. Just something that doesn't look....barely 18 if even 18. Id like it more if they appeared more mature. Not like 40+ but outside of the..Im not even sure how to describe it without just calling them children.

(Everything else is not relevant to what Im talking about)

Again that would be lore breaking as viera physically stop aging around adolescence, so you would never get one that looks older than a teen really.

[LisSquid]

Again that would be lore breaking as viera physically stop aging around adolescence, so you would never get one that looks older than a teen really.

Source on that? I don't think I have seen a teen in my life that looked like Fran. I'd say mid to late 20s is when they "freeze".

[Anvaire]

Source on that? I don't think I have seen a teen in my life that looked like Fran. I'd say mid to late 20s is when they "freeze".

its from the wandering Dramaturge, on the prima vista in game.

Also I kinda wouldnt expect to see anyone looking like fran, shes an anthropomorphic Rabbit after all.

[zeylos]

its from the wandering Dramaturge, on the prima vista in game.

Tbf I wont be surprised if they just retcon the dramaturge lore on viera by saying 'Hey, not everyone is always right!' as a way to add miera into the lore.

[Amnmaat]

1. Theodoric warned us about how asking for skinny and short male Viera as it would devolve into portraying them as "boys" (teenagers)
2. Female Viera don't look like teenagers. That argument that they stop aging when they're teenagers can't be quoted anywhere. They stop aging when they hit adulthood, that's the correct quote; applies for both genders.
3. Let me remind you of this:

Addendum—On Adding Younger-Looking Playable Characters

Among some of the feedback we received were requests for playable characters that resembled young boys and girls. Unfortunately, this is one request we cannot consider for ethical reasons.

With every passing year the debate surrounding moral and ethical issues in games grows more intense, and we do not want to present children in battle or in pain—and posing such characters sexually and taking screenshots and so forth would be expressly forbidden.

In any event, regardless of what our players did or did not intend to do, the fact remains that if a review board were to evaluate such content and determine it were unacceptable, we would be forced to suspend FFXIV’s service. We ask that you keep these factors in mind as we strive to abide by the changing standards of the times.

source: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/389675

[Renik]

Again that would be lore breaking as viera physically stop aging around adolescence, so you would never get one that looks older than a teen really.

They stop aging at 20, I think it was Matsuno who stated this, also, they don't stop aging, they just do it really slow, if you ask me except for the short haired male, which would be the younger face type, they don't look like teens, they look just like the females, in their early 20s.

My guess is we are gonna get a face 4 that will be still young but a bit older than the others (mid late 20s?), just like you can make f. viera face 4 into a more mature looking face with the correct settings.

[LisSquid]

They stop aging at 20, I think it was Matsuno who stated this, also, they don't stop aging, they just do it really slow, if you ask me except for the short haired male, which would be the younger face type, they don't look like teens, they look just like the females, in their early 20s.

My guess is we are gonna get a face 4 that will be still young but a bit older than the others (mid late 20s?), just like you can make f. viera face 4 into a more mature looking face with the correct settings.

I always pegged my main viera as 25ish and my alt as early 30s. I used face 4 for that reason exactly