Gender locked race?

[Allegor]

If the heels themselves were a problem...just make them transparent on guys? The caster shoes with the heels removed would look exactly like the concept art's digitigrade feet

So....like the werewolf feet

[Rokke]

So....like the werewolf feet

exactly!
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[Iscah]

Another odd thing if they made Viera have normal "flat feet" when not in their specific shoes, is that it would mean their 'real' height and the shape of their legs would change by that much when wearing other shoes. Changing gear switches out sections of the body model, and doesn't (as far as I'm aware) adjust the overall height of the model. Legs get longer or shorter depending on the shape of the shoes, which is maybe okay with low-heeled shoes but I think it would be too noticable for Viera's super-high ones.

Side note, since we were talking about G'raha Tia potentially coming back for Shadowbringers. I looked the the key art some more, and if you look real close at the guy in the red cloak, I can sorta make out the startings of the miqote eye marks. I thought it was just part of the shadow at first, but they actually seem to jut out a bit from it.

What do you guys think (I made an arrow pointing at it):
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Whether it's G'raha or not, I think it has to be a Miqo'te character, and those are definitely the eye marks. It doesn't make sense for how a shadow would be shaped across the face there.

Fenral posted a higher-res comparison of the face marks here when we were discussing this on the Lore forum.

[AnnaRosa]

I can't wait for male viera to happen just to make everyone's all caps knee jerk reactions (because I know someone in these 200+ pages has done it) look incredibly stupid.

Agree on this way too much overreaction maybe is related with histrionic personality disorder the attention-seeking emotions and the dramatic cluster around the subject caused unnecessarily.

SE made gender locked race before and due to the requests did the second gender really doubt they wont add both genders to each race.

Adding the fact that two of the female viera faces have already ambiguous gender features.

[xbahax92]

What do you guys think (I made an arrow pointing at it):

Tbh I can see Graha's face clearly on this image.
The nose, the mouth, small head... and that mark. Guess he gets some new appearance and a few tattoos.
I like it, we get a miqo boi into the main story.

[Iscah]

Tbh I can see Graha's face clearly on this image.
The nose, the mouth, small head... and that mark. Guess he gets some new appearance and a few tattoos.
I like it, we get a miqo boi into the main story.

It looks like crystal to me. (It seems to be around his neck and maybe on his hand as well.) Weird effects of exposure to the Tower or something, perhaps?

(And out-of-story, a convenient way to cover up his Sharlayan neck tattoos, which would be a giveaway.)

[Duskane]

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[Laerune]

All hope for a male Viera went away, when we saw the interview with Yoshida where he dismissed the male Viera design for being weird, because he found it to cute, beautiful and with a female Viera only trailer. I think the leaks are correct. In 18 days we will find the truth, as for me, I am expecting to be disappointed.

Lets hope the male exclusive race looks very good.

[jameseoakes]

All hope for a male Viera went away, when we saw the interview with Yoshida where he dismissed the male Viera design for being weird, because he found it to cute, beautiful and with a female Viera only trailer. I think the leaks are correct. In 18 days we will find the truth, as for me, I am expecting to be disappointed.

Lets hope the male exclusive race looks very good.

I have said it before but if that is the case I don't get how the race got past the design stage, if they can't make males for the race it seems a really odd choice to add it to the game.

[Duskane]

interview with Yoshida where he dismissed the male Viera design for being weird

yeah this part kinda irks me
"we didnt want them to be weird"
then dont make them weird?