Gender locked race?

[Zumi]

I think the only thing I'd be miffed about with the helmet thing on Viera is that they actually took the effort to do it. RIP Au Ras with their horns clipping through every helmet and hood in the game.

On a more serious note... I really do hope Male Viera are a thing. More options is never bad. Let the people who want them have them, and the people who don't want them don't have to play them. Everyone wins.

I always wear a tiara or something on my paladin so my horns aren't clipped by some helmet.

[Aggomarr]

Yeah, I never wear a helmet, lmao. I can't stand how out of place the horns are just... poking out. Usually I do sunglasses, a circlet, or the curved horns I use now. Though the horns look clashing as hell in that lodestone picture... It's much less gross looking in-game, I promise. <_<;

[RoroCookies]

So someone in this thread said that the leaker was asked about his icon and I couldn't help but want to find the quote out of curiosity.

"So I asked Blu about extra info and he said to look at his profile pic, It had a Rabbit and a Lion on it. Now the Rabbit is obvious as Viera and I asked if the Lion was something like Ronso since it's the only Lion like race I could think of other than Miqo'te all his said was I was pretty close. I'm hoping its Ronso because they are natural born Blue Mage type fighters so learning BLU from them would be cool. But we will see if this is right soon"

The leaker didn't outright state Ronso, but he did outright state Viera in his posts. I can imagine the second race he could've gotten mixed up about was a different variant of Viera... 'young elezen like'. Meanwhile, the Lion-like look could be fluffy male Viera or an npc race like Lupin.
But yeah, the more I think about how things are panning out now, like someone a while go talked about how the Viera's Forest has been attacked and along with the fact that we shouldn't be able to freely walk in there without a good enough reason then things begin to add up. Also... female Ronso exists so genderlocking them would make the least amount of sense.

[KaijinRhada]

Also... female Ronso exists so genderlocking them would make the least amount of sense.

That and it also denies a choice for people that want a tough bestial female, so it presents the same problem on the other side of the spectrum.

More choices are great! Less choices are disappointing. A handful of weeks or so to go and then we'll see what turns this takes.

Please male bunbuns. ;^;

[Reinha]

That and it also denies a choice for people that want a tough bestial female, so it presents the same problem on the other side of the spectrum.

Well that ship probably has sailed if this is the last race we're getting. The only bestial option we could get is the upcoming males.

[SpiritMuse]

That and it also denies a choice for people that want a tough bestial female, so it presents the same problem on the other side of the spectrum.

More choices are great! Less choices are disappointing. A handful of weeks or so to go and then we'll see what turns this takes.

Please male bunbuns. ;^;

Exactly. It's one of the reasons the Au Ra were disappointing to me on release - tough, feral looking men, but the women were small dainty miqote-except-lizard. I would love to see the reverse sometime. Let women look tough and spiky and feral, for once.

[Umeikoai]

Exactly. It's one of the reasons the Au Ra were disappointing to me on release - tough, feral looking men, but the women were small dainty miqote-except-lizard. I would love to see the reverse sometime. Let women look tough and spiky and feral, for once.

I wouldn't mind small dainty males for once either. So a reverse seems good.

[xbahax92]

So someone in this thread said that the leaker was asked about his icon and I couldn't help but want to find the quote out of curiosity.

"So I asked Blu about extra info and he said to look at his profile pic, It had a Rabbit and a Lion on it. Now the Rabbit is obvious as Viera and I asked if the Lion was something like Ronso since it's the only Lion like race I could think of other than Miqo'te all his said was I was pretty close. I'm hoping its Ronso because they are natural born Blue Mage type fighters so learning BLU from them would be cool. But we will see if this is right soon"

The leaker didn't outright state Ronso, but he did outright state Viera in his posts.

This is the picture he used. And lets be honest, the person who asked Blu about the lion came up with Ronso because its the only race he had in mind. We dont know any other race in the FF series beside the Ronso that are lion alike to fit this animal.
Except races that are yet to be created.

[Shougun]

This is the picture he used. And lets be honest, the person who asked Blu about the lion came up with Ronso because its the only race he had in mind. We dont know any other race in the FF series beside the Ronso that are lion alike to fit this animal.
Except race that are yet to be created.

Yeah I apologize if when saying Ronso I confuse people but it's the best lion like race to refence that SE has done themselves. Rev also works (if you add more hair) but I just keep thinking "I hope not" lol.



I wouldn't gamble that SE calls it Ronso but I think something visually "like that" is possible. I say Ronso because it paints a clear final fantasy picture, not because I think Ronso verbatim will be added. It also has some relations to Viera, like those clawed feet. The lion rabbit for example could appear very Ronso ("ff lion") like and checks a lot of boxes.


It could be the person was mistaken and the lion race isn't a playable race but with the high accuracy they have had I have a hard time believing that there won't be something lion like coming into the game.

[Kupocoubo]

We dont know any other race in the FF series beside the Ronso that are lion alike to fit this animal.
Except race that are yet to be created.

Moombas from FFVIII and Revs from Ivalice are lion like, but there is no reason for them to be playable and not male vieras (same for Ronsos, no one really ask for them and there is no mention of them in the lore of FFXIV)