Gender locked race?

[Crushnight]

you all are going to think i'm crazy but what if Yojimbo is our mysterious male race representative underneath that mask. dun dun duuuunnnnnn.

... I'll see myself to the nearest mental ward to seek help (can you tell i'm bored and itching for fan fest XD)

[WhiteArchmage]

can you tell i'm bored and itching for fan fest XD)

I'm mostly waiting to see how close this thread gets to 400 before Fan Fest.

[Anyan]

I may be in the minority here, not sure. Everyone else seems to be wanting very specific body types for male Viera. I only have two requirements. 1: Be male. 2: Have bunny ears.

I honestly couldn't care less how feminine or masculine they make them.

This is pretty much how I feel too. I'd accept anything between Judy Hopps to Byakko with bun ears, as long as we get them. If they don't tickle my fancy I'll stay as my Elly. I might come on here to voice my disappointment if they look ugly but I wouldn't be angry if you could tell that they've spent as much time and care creating them as they did with the females.

But I'm expecting the worst, unfortunately.

[BillyKaplan]

That Bunny-boy pic is exactly how I imagined they would be (well, build wise), but also exactly why Yoshi-P is uncomfortable with them (pose wise)

[Fukuro]

That Bunny-boy pic is exactly how I imagined they would be (well, build wise), but also exactly why Yoshi-P is uncomfortable with them (pose wise)

Thats why i call it the best middle-ground bodywise. You could customize them either way - more feminine, for the ones wanting them to be more androgynous - or for others more badass, like a killing machine bunbun (i'd prefer the latter) - the other question would be the animations (what personality traits would they emit)

i personally would prefer them to actually be not too beasty, overly manly, but rather elegant - even going so far to give them a "conceited" kind of personality (kind of what an elfish race would be? elezen don't give me those personality vibes im trying to describe) the female viera did give me some of these vibes, in the short trailer (except this giggling and the flirty poses)

[BillyKaplan]

elezen don't give me those personality vibes im trying to describe)

Funny, as I was reading your post and got to 'conceited' I immediately thought of Elezen. But I get your point as I think both races would be conceited in different ways. How to put it... Elezen have an air of nobility to them, stuck-up-ness that comes from their history and their political games. Viera would have none of that, or at least, much, much less. Theirs is a different kind of Xenophobia and is joined by the fact they can likely snap the neck of whomever it is they're talking to with a flick of their wrist. It's... less hollow? More dangerous, compared to Elezen, is how I see it anyway.

[AnnaRosa]

That Bunny-boy pic is exactly how I imagined they would be (well, build wise), but also exactly why Yoshi-P is uncomfortable with them (pose wise)

Interesting the way did imagine the male viera character build is totally different from the picture you mentioned would imagine them being strong, large like larger than Roegadyn, average stature, long and big beard and huge mustache like the mustache wants to run away from the face, aging wrinkles in the eyes in the cheeks and forehead, white old hair, considerably huge beer belly and lots of fur (not like man-bear-pig) small fur all over their body (but not like chewbacca) big fur on the back, chest, arms and belly, more or less middle age men appearance.

[Theodric]

I just can't take that pose in the artwork seriously no matter which gender is using it. It doesn't look like it belongs on a fierce defender of the forest. It looks like it belongs to someone who is about to let the forest get invaded because they're much too concerned with rolling around in the underbrush.

I'm inclined to brand it 'The Quicksand Pose'. It's exactly the pose I envision when I think of what lurks in Ul'dah on Balmung and Mateus.

[Fukuro]

Funny, as I was reading your post and got to 'conceited' I immediately thought of Elezen. But I get your point as I think both races would be conceited in different ways. How to put it... Elezen have an air of nobility to them, stuck-up-ness that comes from their history and their political games. Viera would have none of that, or at least, much, much less. Theirs is a different kind of Xenophobia and is joined by the fact they can likely snap the neck of whomever it is they're talking to with a flick of their wrist. It's... less hollow? More dangerous, compared to Elezen, is how I see it anyway.

Yea..... Maybe the lore tells so, but elezen just look and behave really weird to me. i think it's just their awkward design (also giraffe neck), i really like elfish races, because of their elegance and their "conceited" personality, but elezen don't give me that typical elfish vibe, because of the design choice :S it's just my personal opinion tho, other people might see them totally different. i really like their lore tho

I just can't take that pose in the artwork seriously no matter which gender is using it. It doesn't look like it belongs on a fierce defender of the forest. It looks like it belongs to someone who is about to let the forest get invaded because they're much too concerned with rolling around in the underbrush.

I'm inclined to brand it 'The Quicksand Pose'. It's exactly the pose I envision when I think of what lurks in Ul'dah on Balmung and Mateus.

Yea but it's more about the "body type" we're talking about. I don't think a viera ingame would ACTUALLY have such a pose tbh. I hope the different face options would allow people to create their vieras after their tastes. (younger/cuter, older, happy and or grumpy face options)
In the end (if male vieras really become a thing) every created viera is something special, because they all will have a different background story.

It's kind of difficult for me to explain myself(my thoughts) in english, im sorry for misunderstandings.

[Alacran]

If the reports of another actual cat race are to be believed, i can't help but be reminded of the Woren of the Breath of Fire series by Capcom.









While obviously more tiger themed than Lion, i must stress a unique aspect of a few Woren is that rarely some have the ability to go into a larger more feral form of wear Tiger.

Interestingly enough, i ca see the Pantera have many call backs to the Woren.


Including the ability to change forms to more feral bearings.


Even with this, i can truly never see FFXIV having beastmen races. Humans with add pieces maybe used as a derogatory term for some, however i see it as consistency among the player races.

I feel nearly the whole of the Mogstation is undeniable proof of this being the design philosophy of the dev team.

I know i don't want to see Argonian Maid levels of Beastly player characters in FFXIV...


gender locked or no.