male miqo'te - How would you like it to look?

[Nabiri]

The males stay at home.

I stopped reading here just because you're talking about the wrong game! D: That was FFXI. :x

Male Miqo'te do not = Male Mithra.
Apologies for saying so, but you don't know much about Miqo'te lore.
Male Miqo'te just aren't as social as the females. They tend to keep to themselves more.

[Illy]

The thing that bugs me with this whole debate is that the concept art SE showed worked. Those Male Miqo'te looked like Miqo'te. Those who are saying they want something more manly like Rei from Breath of Fire or something along those lines have to understand that if the male Miqo'te looked like that they would not even look like they are the same race.

It would be as if they were both different cat races. They still need to look like the same species and having them so drastically different makes it look odd and out of place. As a few have mentioned cats by nature are more feminine them not. Even male cats act like female cats it's part of being a cat and that logic should stay true for Male Miqo'te. It's not like there isn't enough bigger manly type characters in the game already and with 2.0 the options on making those characters will increase.

[faris]

Maybe SE should release a Miq-ear headband for the dudes that want their cats manly. Pop it on a generic Highlander; bam. Exactly the look they seem to want.

[Runkman]

Cat men aren't manly? What about this?

http://good-wallpapers.com/pictures/...-Ronso-880.jpg

Not a cat say you? Then how do you explain the horn?

[Zion_Cross]

The thing that bugs me with this whole debate is that the concept art SE showed worked. Those Male Miqo'te looked like Miqo'te. Those who are saying they want something more manly like Rei from Breath of Fire or something along those lines have to understand that if the male Miqo'te looked like that they would not even look like they are the same race.

It would be as if they were both different cat races. They still need to look like the same species and having them so drastically different makes it look odd and out of place. As a few have mentioned cats by nature are more feminine them not. Even male cats act like female cats it's part of being a cat and that logic should stay true for Male Miqo'te. It's not like there isn't enough bigger manly type characters in the game already and with 2.0 the options on making those characters will increase.

When I mentioned it to look like Rei for example, I don't mean it to look literally like him. I mean the tone of muscle. Not big build. In the concept I put up, I should have noted to ignore the arms, and pay attention to just the core. I got carried away with it. Anyway, I get what you're trying to get at with the build of the and similarities both male and female should have.

I completely agree that there should be a meeting point between the male and female in looks, where they both relate in certain aspect. I'm not asking for an over the top huge lion. Rather the personification of bad ass(this is just preference), and a toned core, to show his agility. Similar like someone mentioned in the thread, like Liono from the new thunder cats. Not huge but shows he's ready for battle. Putting a note on the way male cats can also be feminine, then let me use thunder cats as an example. You dont see liono being girly, yet he's a male cat. They're just like humes - male and female - they're both neutral. It's not suggestive in any way, however it does represent what a male character is.

That's also keeping in mind, Thunder Cats it's just another fantasy story. So is Final Fantasy, so why say - hey male cats are girly too in REAL LIFE. Again, it's a fantasy. It's completely open to anything, may it be as some have suggested - girly or manly. We can't really rely too much on what is real life, if what we are being handed is a fantasy with either an endless note of possibilities or a strict notion behind what is a male miqote.

I wouldn't mind them being lean, and like I mentioned in an earlier post, the mannerism and animations will determine how we will really look at them in the end. Not just the way they look physically.

[Answa]

Wants male Miq'ote to be slender and effeminate. Cater to us, for a change. lol

[Zion_Cross]

It makes perfect sense, it was just worded poorly and you misunderstood. Say I like the colours of the moon cats better... and I want to make a male moon miqo'te.. but SE went and made them all muscular, well then I wouldn't be able to pick my favourite and would have to either play a sun miqo'te which I don't like the colours of as much, or not play a male miqo'te at all.

So if SE is going to put different body types in, they should make CHOICES available for all clans and races (without making it unrealistic or breaking lore.. Highlander hyurs will always be a little buffer than some other races), so you can make the character you like. (Ex. The option to choose a lean or muscular male miqo'te REGARDLESS of clan.)

"all your way or no way at all." Haha... laughable.. When I'm saying the exact opposite: "CHOICES FOR EVERYONE." I say one thing, you read another. *shrugs*

Also ^ this.

[wer]

I say all power to SE for adding a little variety. As a SE game, it's bound to have "pretty boys", so let them have them. I think it's good that they're catering not only to the male gamers who either want the manliest men possible or buxom bosoms in their face. Cater to those who appreciate a little femininity, I think it's perfect for that race anyway, not to mention I've been wanting to play a male member of one of the female-playable-only races from these games ever since FFXI first came out. Also to add in, I also love the concept art for the female Roges... so strong and beautiful looking. It's nice to stray from the "beefy male/supermodel female" norm.

Although I'm not completely thrilled with the one bit of concept art where the male Miq looks straight out of Loveless (a 'boy's love'/yaoi series for those not aware), the other concept art looked nicer, not to mention having the option of facial hair is great! I hope the developers continue down this path and DON'T make another big burly buff thing, not that there's anything wrong with them, but there's enough in the other races already.

And if you don't like the male Miq being too feminine? Just don't play them. Easy as that. You have plenty more races to choose from, that's why they're there.

[Coldbrand]

Male mi'qote go WAY past "a little" femininity. They basically exist only to serve the sexual appetite of certain female gamers. Kind of like Vaan or the entire male cast of XIII besides the black guy.

[HiirNoivl]

http://www.comicvine.com/tygrus/29-7...2/105-1486216/

I don't know if I want Tygrus running around FFXIV.