Gender locked race?

[Riardon]

Someone pointed out that all the female faces shown were basically from the same preset over on tumblr, and on closer inspection they very much do look like the same face but with slight changes.

So either we have another Female Elezen situation, in which case I will CRY, or they potentially aren't done fully implementing the race and just wanted something to show for fanfest. Which could mean that the males weren't revealed for similar reasons. It's a thin stretch at best but it is slightly more palatable even if it boggles the mind that the new race isn't done just five months out. We'll have to wait till Tokyo fanfest to see however.

On closer inspection looks like it's the same face with different hair and makeup.

[Fredco191]

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Another thing..



What's up with this one? Are they adding more face paint options?

[Enla]

Another thing..



What's up with this one? Are they adding more face paint options?

It looks like a race specific tattoo. A couple of the races have face presets that come with tattoos, like Highlanders.

[UsagiAndCrepes]

Yes, that's the punchline of the joke.

[Canadane]

I’d be fine with female only.
When I made my character, Miqo’te did not have males as an option.

[YatoShishi]

I already see whats gonna happen when they show male viera (same we had with fem viera) -> "meh, just looks like miqote / hyur with bunny ears, devs are sooooo lazy".

[GenericMagus]

Even with SE owned property, there's still copyright as well they have to go through in order to implement certain content, especially with a pre-established race without any pre-existing shown males.

Backhanding the community, especially if its for Yoshi-Ps own bias (he confirmed to dislike Male Viera during development, I forget which source but he disliked them for being "too cute". If that's the reason why we get the Lion race instead of it being the OK sign then Yoshi is unable to be the bigger developer for his community.

[AnnaRosa]

Even with SE owned property, there's still copyright as well they have to go through in order to implement certain content, especially with a pre-established race without any pre-existing shown males.

Backhanding the community, especially if its for Yoshi-Ps own bias (he confirmed to dislike Male Viera during development, I forget which source but he disliked them for being "too cute". If that's the reason why we get the Lion race instead of it being the OK sign then Yoshi is unable to be the bigger developer for his community.

That does not make any sense at all you are stating that one worker no matter the hierarchy would put his personal preference over the company best interest and profit?
That isn´t the attitude of the referred person his attitude shows pretty much the otherwise so far, that is a lie probably and a disgusting one.

[Shougun]

The tweet does confirm it, but frankly, Yoshida hasn't revealed anything new there. We all knew that there is a Fanfest left, we all knew that they haven't said anything about genderlock, and we all knew that male Vieras were designed back in the HW days. There was no reason whatsoever to firmly believe that males weren't going to exist. I'm baffled at all this collective panic o_o

Except a confirmation of existence would be a yes we have males playable. The tweet does not say that, it merely says there is another fanfest- I'm sure people have seen this before from other places, friends, family, games, movies, etc "wait for more info" != confirmation of desire (it can but it doesn't necessitate). It requires an assumption to know they will have males or not. It could be a safe one but it is still an assumption. Imo it would be wise not to lock them, but due to an outside info source I'm less certain than I would be otherwise that it's not locked / does not have very large dimorphic properties. To add if that was the case then the the hush hush about Male would make more sense than "trolling", imo, if it was because it's going to be a whole other race reveal or at least be quite a bit different looking. If they looked relatively similar like the concept art we have seen in the past then the seperation between fanfests just sounds like stressing the community for little gain.

There is no reason to abandon hope right now but there is not a confirmation of Male viera as playable (they're in lore at least lol).

Besides that he's stated he wasn't a huge fan of the idea, which doesn't mean it can't happen since he has changed his mind (but he's also not), consider if they add Male viera that the tactics universe now has heavy pressure to have Male viera. SE may be reluctant to push ffxiv onto other ff games, perhaps even a designer of the tactics version even pushing back saying they dont want to add them in their own games. It might be bigger than just FFXIV to add Male viera as a visual to the game.

[Dualblade]

There are two good reasons why male Vieras haven't been announced yet.

1.) They probably aren't ready to be shown. All the female Viera shown had the exact same face type so even the females aren't complete yet. By the next fanfest atleast one male type should be ready to be shown, possible even to show off the second clan.

2.) Another incentive to watch/be present for the last Fanfest. While the last fanfest is already certain to have quite a lot of content to show (the second and (possible but doubtful) third job, new skills for all jobs, the 8-man raid, etc.) the possibility (more probably) of male Viera being shown is also now added to it.