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[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".

[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

[Fukuro]

some people here are reaching so hard xD viera males just look like a typical final fantasy(anime) protagonist. they follow typical asian/japanese beauty standards - beardless and handsome youngish faces. in my opinion they look like in their early 20s. they have the features most of final fantasy’s male cast would have and most japanese people would consider as „handsome“. just look at kpop idols, they kind of resemble that.

i know it‘s not everyones cup of tea, but it izzzz what it izzz and we knew they couldn‘t please everybody with that design - especially probably some western people, as they are used to this „all men have to be a huge amount of bulk and buff to be heroes“. im glad we see quite the opposite in japanese/asian culture in general.

[SturmChurro]

some people here are reaching so hard xD viera males just look like a typical final fantasy(anime) protagonist. they follow typical asian/japanese beauty standards - beardless and handsome youngish faces. in my opinion they look like in their early 20s. they have the features most of final fantasy’s male cast would have and most japanese people would consider as „handsome“. just look at kpop idols, they kind of resemble that.

i know it‘s not everyones cup of tea, but it izzzz what it izzz and we knew they couldn‘t please everybody with that design - especially probably some western people, as they are used to this „all men have to be a huge amount of bulk and buff to be heroes“. im glad we see quite the opposite in japanese/asian culture in general.

They look really young, it's a wasted opportunity really. It'd be nice if that supposed 4th face, is an older looking one, but not a hideous looking one.

Personally, I prefer to play males that aren't bearded, usually some stubble, I like them to actually look cool - good really. Most games have beards that look glued on frankly. As for bodytypes, I actually quite dislike big bulky male characters as well. I really don't like the cartoony bulky males in WoW, for example. I prefer them to be more 'normal'. A decent height (not too tall), and well built, but probably the 'aesthetic' type of build. What can I say, I prefer attractive protagonists.

[Allegor]

Face 4 will be a 60 something year old and it will be the only one with good facial hair, if at all

[LisSquid]

The fem viera look about mid 20s to me. It depends on how people customize them. The heavy makeup can make them look older. Maybe the male viera will have some options to make them look older. I am going to laugh if the WoL stubble ends up on male viera though

It would be hilarious. A small salve for the burn of not having access to hair and hats.

[Juzjuzz]

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They went HARD on the bishonen side, a bit too hard actually haha. So when you put the male besides the females on the trailer they look like the little brothers (exept the discount "emet-selch").

[Iscah]

the discount "emet-selch"

I wouldn't be surprised if they actually have recycled that custom face as a starting point.

At least three of the four male Au Ra faces seem to match custom-faced NPCs (Aymeric, Varis, Edmont) and I assume the fourth probably does too, but I just haven't been able to identify it.