The Men FFXIV Needs

[Stirlingite22]

I'll put in my 2 cents and support, at the very least, Muscle Tone sliders for every race. Hyurs shouldn't get to be the only ones who get to decide if they work out or not. lol

[VelKallor]

I guess he plays some encounter here and there and thats NOT playing like a customer.

And youd be wrong,.

Except he stated he has played all of Endwalker, start to end, and he plays as we do every day.

[HeyMcFly]

Id love more Short Hair for Females.
Not even a Masculine thing, I just like Shorter Hairstyles. Maybe even short Braids.
I guess its mostly a functional thing that ties into my ideal Warrior/Fighter designs and aesthetics

Here's an already established thread for hairstyles and facial hair that could use more input

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...es-Facial-Hair

[Allegor]

Probably an extremely unpopular opinion, specially for Viera players, but I just want more hairstyles that are combed backwards or have exposed foreheads. I guess most of those are considered "masculine" for whatever reason....tho I'm just tired of bangs so I may be biased lol

More on topic: Lost Ark has my ideal "in between Roe and Highlander" male bodytype. My character's aesthetics were pretty much the only reason I played that game as long as I did

One of their latest summer skin sets:

[myahele]

Probably an extremely unpopular opinion, specially for Viera players, but I just want more hairstyles that are combed backwards or have exposed foreheads. I guess most of those are considered "masculine" for whatever reason....tho I'm tired of bangs lol

More on topic: Lost Ark has my ideal "in between Roe and Highlander" male bodytype. My character's aesthetics were pretty much the only reason I played that game as long as I did

Same, I am tired of hairstyles with bangs that cover half the face.

[Theodric]

I like Lost Ark's character models, though it's a shame there's no body hair. WoW and TESO both have male models with body hair which is nice. I wish more development teams accounted for the fact that not only do many men have body hair, they neither have it in excess or are inclined to shave it all off...

[Lauront]

Probably an extremely unpopular opinion, specially for Viera players, but I just want more hairstyles that are combed backwards or have exposed foreheads. I guess most of those are considered "masculine" for whatever reason....tho I'm just tired of bangs so I may be biased lol

More on topic: Lost Ark has my ideal "in between Roe and Highlander" male bodytype. My character's aesthetics were pretty much the only reason I played that game as long as I did

One of their latest summer skin sets:

Agreed, it's the kind of body type I wish they'd used for auri males. Looks really good.

[aveyond-dreams]

Agreed, it's the kind of body type I wish they'd used for auri males. Looks really good.

Given the alleged "10 year plan" for FFXIV it would be unthinkable for it to follow through with it without implementing either an overhaul to character creation that allows for such body types or by adding them via new races altogether. Given Yoship's stated fondness for a Lizardman type beast race, I think it's important for him to wake up and realize that adding in something as limited as that would anger more people than please them. We do not need a repetition of Hrothgar, who are already more than enough to deal with.

Of the various races they could implement instead of that particular whim, two of them include:



Ilsabardian Hyurs – modify the male highlander base and, just like with male Viera, come up with some sort of lore to justify their inclusion and ability to wield aether. Doesn’t need to get more complicated than that. Make the Garlean eye a toggleable option if needs be. I really don’t care at this point.



Aegyl – an Ivalician race whose most prominent member is Feolthanos. They could act as the FFXIV equivalent of WoW’s Dracthyr, which has an inherent flight ability adapted from Guild Wars 2’s system. Implement it as an ability or a mount and let people fly once they finish the MSQ of a zone and collect all the aether currents. No need to overthink things here.

I only hope that should they choose to ever implement new races that they use logical and efficient methods, such as reusing already existing head shapes and designing new faces for those heads rather than creating entirely new models to then have to retroactively fit over 100 hairs to each.

[SturmChurro]

Agreed, it's the kind of body type I wish they'd used for auri males. Looks really good.

The current au ra male bodytype completely ruins them. Well, their little run animation too.

Lost Ark warrior male bodytype is a bit too big for my tastes, but it's definitely nice for the people who like that. I haven't played Lost Ark - aside from logging in - for months, but, I think, at least in one version of the game, they have actually adjusted the bodytype of that class. I don't know if that screenshot is after adjustments or before.

[Kazhar]

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If a lizardman is off-limits, there's absolutely no chance for a winged human. The game can barely handle emotes with the fashion wings already and gearing would be a complete nightmare.
I agree they should give us more masculine options but it can be done with the current races. Add more faces, more varied hairstyles and muscle tone sliders.