Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

[Fukuro]

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.

kind of agree and i think the same can be said about the females. we just need to keep reminding ourselves this is ff14’s version of male viera. they will probably look different in another mainline ivalice series (if they happen to appear in the future)
nevertheless i like how 14‘s version looks, and im also going to main one and im trying to get a more traditional viera look!

[JustAName]

I'm happy for male viera happening and female hrothgar down the pipeline but with how poorly both hrothgar and viera have in terms of actual variety in just headpieces alone (won't even go into detail with the bs in terms of hrothgar having to pay actual real money just to change their hair style besides adding a braid or two with the barber.) It just feels like a repeat of viera we got with shadowbringers launch where male viera will be screwed out of like 70-80% of the headgears because they spent more time on other things then fixing the existing issues people have with viera and hrothgar as it is. I miss my hrothgar sometimes but I can't stand having to buy money on a fanta just because I decide I want a different hair style.

[Iscah]

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

And are they not fans who get a say?

Anyway, it seems like plenty of people here are happy about them as well. Pretty anime guys are a thing that people have liked for a long time.

Also I'm fairly sure we were told at the reveal that we wouldn't be seeing any male Viera villages.

[Iscah]

This tbh, and more male sets to female.. like at least try to pretend to be equal about it.

The thing with "being equal about it" is that most of the sets they are converting were unequal to begin with. The feminine set was locked to female characters but the masculine set was unisex. They can't give you what you've already got.

The only exception at this point was them unlocking the High House bustle but not the justaucorps, but maybe that was an oversight.

[HollowedDoll]

The thing with "being equal about it" is that most of the sets they are converting were unequal to begin with. The feminine set was locked to female characters but the masculine set was unisex. They can't give you what you've already got.

The only exception at this point was them unlocking the High House bustle but not the justaucorps, but maybe that was an oversight.

Simply untrue, tons of great stuff is male locked
Aymeric set is literally just waiting to be accessible ingame.

[Iscah]

Simply untrue, tons of great stuff is male locked
Aymeric set is literally just waiting to be accessible ingame.

I thought you were talking about the balance of the sets they have recently been converting to unisex.

Anyway they never seem to make the NPC outfits unisex, even the simple ones like the ARR Scions that are based on in-game equipment so the models would already exist.

[HollowedDoll]

I thought you were talking about the balance of the sets they have recently been converting to unisex.

Anyway they never seem to make the NPC outfits unisex, even the simple ones like the ARR Scions that are based on in-game equipment so the models would already exist.

Well, there's a number of regular sets that are still not unisex, and male locked.
Thing is with Aymeric's set is that the female model actually does exist according to leaks.

[Nanchi]

Well, there's a number of regular sets that are still not unisex, and male locked.
Thing is with Aymeric's set is that the female model actually does exist according to leaks.

And what sets are those. Ignore Aymeric's armor set he falls under the NPC rule where no outfit will be unisex or dyeable for that matter.

[HollowedDoll]

And what sets are those. Ignore Aymeric's armor set he falls under the NPC rule where no outfit will be unisex or dyeable for that matter.

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Category:Male_Gear
sure you can find some
btw isn't alphinaud's set unisex? and as I said the model already exists.

[SturmChurro]

And are they not fans who get a say?

Anyway, it seems like plenty of people here are happy about them as well. Pretty anime guys are a thing that people have liked for a long time.

Also I'm fairly sure we were told at the reveal that we wouldn't be seeing any male Viera villages.

I feel like they get too much of a say, or rather are catered to too much. It's how we get things like with G'raha Tia.