Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[jake200135]

I don't know if this has been posted yet but: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sq.../1100-6465810/

"I asked Yoshida if Square Enix would considering allowing more gender options for Hrothgar and Viera in the future, but it appears the studio wants to consider feedback first before making any announcements. Yoshida also said to GameSpot that, due in part to the high complexity and challenge of creating new races and balancing them, Hrothgar might be the final new race added to Final Fantasy XIV Online."

This is of course not a confirmation of male Viera in any way, shape, or form, but this indicates that they are aware of the outcry and that they are listening to us. So stay vocal about this people.

[Sjofn]

Genderlocked races are antiquated as all get out, and were never a good idea in the first place. So +1 to male viera, dang it.

[spartns]

I support male viera and female hrothgar. we need more beefy options for people who want to play tough buff women instead of the only options being femroes and highlanders. the character creator is already limited as is, why restrict it even further by genderlocking the two new (and last) races to be added to the game?

[Tovaras]

+1. Not interested in playing Male Viera but I don't see the point in excluding a gender from a new race.

[Alacran]

1091 up votes as of this post, in just around three days... That's no small feat.

[SieyaM]

I see a lot of people not sure how this move is homophobic and to be honest I dont really see it that way either, but I can try to explain why some people do. Yes your character can be gay all you want since that is entirely up to you, but the message over all is that men are men and women are women. So yeah you can be gay, but you better be manly gay, no effeminate looking men in FFXIV except maybe cat bois, but even then they look manly I guess compared to lady cats.

[Emmanellain]

So yeah you can be gay, but you better be manly gay, no effeminate looking men in FFXIV except maybe cat bois, but even then they look manly I guess compared to lady cats.

This is true, we don't have an elegant looking race yet,(unless you count the male elezen, but they have a neck problem lmao) we have bulky, and mid tier covered, and the male Viera could've been a great addition to add some physical diversity to the male races. I mean christ SE know they CAN make elegant males, but they usually turn out to be character designs by our homeboy Amano or Namae lmao.

[Robert_Ilcri]

This is true, we don't have an elegant looking race yet,(unless you count the male elezen, but they have a neck problem lmao) we have bulky, and mid tier covered, and the male Viera could've been a great addition to add some physical diversity to the male races. I mean christ SE know they CAN make elegant males, but they usually turn out to be character designs by our homeboy Amano or Namae lmao.

Thing is we may not have an 'elegant' race as you stated but in the same concept we also didn't have any true beastial races until Hrothgar were added in.

As for the male Viera concept, who knows we might get one down the line (midway into ShB I'd say at latest given the time it does take to make models) but either way with how people have been treating this so far, I don't think any form of male viera would be good enough for some people. You'd have so many people complaining if it were seen as too lanky, or if they were made too muscly (Hell would we get this reaction we're currently getting if the male viera had the male hrothgar body type I wonder).

All in all, just...sit and wait for the devs to do their thing. We already have confirmation they're looking at feedback after all.

[Orinus]

I would really like the male Viera option added. Not going to stop playing just because of this though. They made a decision and despite my personal feelings about it, I don't think being a dick about it will change anything. Never does. Hope we get it but if not then Au Ra for life I guess

[Noxendi]

I would appreciate your reconsideration of adding male Viera to the game. Thank you.