Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

[Yencat]

The lore already feels watered down. They don't really seem like how I imagined them. The facial hair styles I've seen seem too well kempt. On top of them looking really young. The whole vibe just feels off to me.

It does, and same with female Viera I guess, but playable characters are "unique" in that sense. But that's why I'd rather they stayed away from it, I don't want them to be made adorable by having a field trip to see them run a daycare or whatever when we're explicitly supposed to be very unwelcome guests.

If they want to give more exposition they can invent a village of exiled viera or focus on viera groups living in another city, but I'd rather they didn't intrude on the 'core viera' stuff any further.

[SturmChurro]

It does, and same with female Viera I guess, but playable characters are "unique" in that sense. But that's why I'd rather they stayed away from it, I don't want them to be made adorable by having a field trip to see them run a daycare or whatever when we're explicitly supposed to be very unwelcome guests.

If they want to give more exposition they can invent a village of exiled viera or focus on viera groups living in another city, but I'd rather they didn't intrude on the 'core viera' stuff any further.

I wasn't disagreeing, I don't really want to see any of that stuff either. I also didn't read the quote you were replying to, just adding with my own reply.

Viera right now just feels like massive fan service, specifically catered to like the twitter, or reddit crowd.

[Yencat]

I wasn't disagreeing, I don't really want to see any of that stuff either. I also didn't read the quote you were replying to, just adding with my own reply.

Viera right now just feels like massive fan service, specifically catered to like the twitter, or reddit crowd.

Oh I'm not arguing, just adding additional thoughts

Playable viera was always going to be a fan service situation and that's perfectly fine, but most races/clans don't get a ton of extra exposition anyway so it's not like we'd be left out.

For me male Viera are far from what they should be, they took way too much feedback from the community and nothing from Matsuno, don't get me wrong, I still love how the ended and I'm going to switch, but they are not Ivalice canon for me, so they can do with the lore whatever they want, as long as they don't start bending the ffxiv existing lore on M viera too much.

In short, a quest for lore on them would be nice if done carefully.

Yeah I can see why you'd feel that way, I also think they can look good but they're a far cry from the boxer-type Matsuno talked about, but I never intended to play one so it's kinda whatever to me. That art is very cute but definitely heavy fan service though.

A quest could definitely be done, but tagging along with a merry band of male viera and their kids is a bit too much.