Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

[Halivel]

We will hopefully see more when the Benchmark releases.

Unlockable hairstyle usually aren't included in benchmark, so there's honestly a chance that we won't see anything new there at all and will have to wait until 6.0 release to actually check if girls got all unlockable hairstyles or not.

[Tsumdere]

I most certainly aren't going to lose any sleep over it, though it does make me raise an eyebrow that niche aesthetics are actively embraced often for male characters whereas we still haven't had any of the conventional requests for character customisation embraced and added to the game.

Namely stubble for Midlander men and the other playable races that could make it work.

People embrace niche because they often have zero options for what they want. Those who want generic customization (as in found in every game ever, not that I mean generic in a bad way) have multiple options for it already in the base vanilla game. I.e. there was no option at all for a male race that is shorter (slightly lol) than the females. There was no option for a thinner males as all FFXIV males are pretty muscular. There is multiple choices for taller males. There is a plethora of options for facial hair, even if you don't personally like those options.

So really, you just want more on top of what you already have while those who have nothing just have to conform to your ideals? Weird.

Also, a completely moot point now because they just said in the Q&A they are working on the stubble.

Double also, male Viera aren't niche. They are tall and handsome and about as niche as male K-pop stars. Which as it turns out, isn't very niche at all.

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Hopefully, if the female Viera come out with some of the unlockable hairstyles, male Viera will too. I really love the Gold Saucer adventurer haircut and the Styled for Hire! I swear though that the bench mark does have some unlockable hairstyles, as I was certain that I ran the benchmark with the Gold Saucer hair on my Elezen.

[HollowedDoll]

I.e. there was no option at all for a male race that is shorter (slightly lol) than the females.

every race barring au ra had that option, though.

[Senn]

I should have checked in on this thread instead of posting in the other one. But I really like that male viera are shorter than the females. I was kind of surprised since male characters are usually taller than their female counterparts. I've seen a few height comparisons that looked like it could have gone either way. While I wasn't invested too much about the height one way or the other, I did still slightly prefer them to be a little bit shorter, so I'm really happy with this design decision. Having a race where the male characters are shorter for a change is different and interesting to me. Male viera checks all my boxes! I'm so excited for the benchmark.

[Tsumdere]

every race barring au ra had that option, though.

*earthbound music* https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Races

Every single race has the women shorter at 50% height (except potato). Even then, the maximum height for females is still barely an inch above the minimum for males. Every race (except potato) has dimorphism where the males are taller.

This is basically another version of the "we have gold saucer bunny ears lol y do u need Viera".

[Halivel]

every race barring au ra had that option, though.

I assume Tsumdere means "shorter by default". As of now, for all options (with the exception of Viera, and technically Lalafells as they are same height range) for a male to be shorter, he has to be minimal height, and female has to be maximum height, and even then the difference is 2-3 cm (4 for elezen), which... first, isn't much to begin with and, second, the vast majority of female characters use minimal or shorter heights so it's barely achievable even though possible. With Viera we get an option where the possible difference can be from 0 to up to 18 cm depending on male's minimal height, and this will be the only race where males can be shorter for more than 5cm if we don't count Lalafells.

[HollowedDoll]

*earthbound music* https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Races

Every single race has the women shorter at 50% height (except potato). Even then, the maximum height for females is still barely an inch above the minimum for males.

This is basically another version of the "we have gold saucer bunny ears lol y do u need Viera".

male roe at min: 7'0.1" female roe at max: 7'3.7"
barely an inch
male elezen at min: 6'4.4" female elezen at max: 6'6.8"
barely an inch
male highlander at min: 6'0.2" female highlander at max: 6'1.8"
barely an inch

I could go on, but like why bother lmao

[Senn]

*earthbound music* https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Races

Every single race has the women shorter at 50% height (except potato). Even then, the maximum height for females is still barely an inch above the minimum for males.

This is basically another version of the "we have gold saucer bunny ears lol y do u need Viera".

Right, min/max height males have always been taller than min/max females (aside from lalafell).
Now we finally have a race where the males are shorter than females. It's kind of like how male rabbits tend to be smaller than female rabbits of the same species.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Now we finally have a race where the males are shorter than females. It's kind of like how male rabbits tend to be smaller than female rabbits of the same species.

Remember when mentioning that fact was a slippery slope?
But lol, not that I really had a horse in this race to begin with, I do kinda like that they embraced that irl counterpart scheme with the Viera. Cant call it 'realistic' but I guess that its loosly like reality.

Plus like ive argued on the FemHroth thread, I like diversity, and the Males being shorter then the females is a neat new thing.

[Senn]

Remember when mentioning that fact was a slippery slope?
But lol, not that I really had a horse in this race to begin with, I do kinda like that they embraced that irl counterpart scheme with the Viera. Cant call it 'realistic' but I guess that its loosly like reality.

Plus like ive argued on the FemHroth thread, I like diversity, and the Males being shorter then the females is a neat new thing.

Yeah, there were a few against it (mostly coming from the same few people), but just like you I also like how the dev team embraced the whole irl rabbit dimorphism. I feel like I got everything I wanted out of male viera. They are classically handsome bishounen, slim, and are just a touch shorter than the females. I just keep getting what I want and it feels amazing.