Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[SturmChurro]

I try to make my characters their own unique things, otherwise I couldn't play as dark elves or my gray mooncat. If I made them all look like me it'd be kind of boring, they'd all have dark hair and light skin. :P

My female viera is only height 30 on the slider - which I am pretty sure is just slightly shorter than a max height midlander man. My male alt would probably be maxed out unless they do that slider some people supposedly want, and end up being like 7' feet tall. There's such a thing as too tall.. It's the reason I was satisfied by their height after the later comparisons had them at about female viera height. He'd be taller than my main viera girl no matter what really.

[Moogly900]

Btw, guys. When the benchwork is going to be released for the male viera? Sorry, but I'm new to all of this.

[Roda]

Looks like just a little over a month before the expac release
at least that was what the shb benchmark did

[Crushnight]

Yea looking around September to October time for benchmark based on previous ones.

[RikkCavalier]

I just wanted to show overwhelming gratitude to the devs for making this happen. Thank you. I cannot express how happy I am. I have already watched the trailer countless times and I cannot wait for the benchmark to make my bunny boy.

[Kobalos]

One bunny boy alt will be max the other around middle height I think

[Starshower]

I really want to make my male viera as cute as possible! I'm really happy with their looks because of that! I usually use cute glams on my hrothgar, so I'm really excited to see what I'll be able to do with my bunny boy! :3

[Halivel]

Some additional lore on male Viera from Matsuno (which was translated by Reddit Discord team by my request and you can find it in their translation and live letters channel):

https://twitter.com/YasumiMatsuno/st...75434538340354

Translation:

- The sex is determined at birth, but both Female and Male look the same so there is no way to distinguish between them
- During puberty, the changes to the bodies become more apparent and only then you're able to clearly tell their sex
- After coming of age (around 20 years old), ageing becomes extremely slow and they get older while keeping their young appearance

Some additional information from the replies, questions he answered:

Q: "There is no way to distinguish between them" so that means we can't tell their sex even if they were naked?
Y: Yes, exactly

Q: Do the same settings apply to the Viera from Ivalice (like in FF12 or FFTA)? Or is this a FF14 original setting?
A: The general settings are the same as in FF12, but I quit FF12 before we had the opportunity to publish these. So if you're asking whether this is an official FF12 setting, I'd have to say no.

Q: If we can't tell their sex by their appearance, but young Male Viera leave their village for their apprenticeship, does that mean there is another way to tell their sex?
A: There is a misunderstanding. They will only leave the village once their sex is apparent. You are probably asking this because you read "young" Viera, but because of their longevity, these "young" Viera whos sex just became apparent are seen as "young Children" by the other Viera

Q: What about their gender identity? Do they not have that on their mind while growing up?
A: They do not think about it until puberty starts
Q: So are they just accepting it after puberty? It sounds scary to me that onces they are old enough, they are suddenly being told "You're Male, you have to leave the village now"
A: For us a big influence while growing up is our environment, "As a girl/boy this is what you have to do and how you have to behave". In that sense, Viera aren't raised like that. Their approach to education and raising keeps this in mind. The surrounding enviroment is different to our present age.

Q: Are you going to play Male Viera in 6.0?
A: I am playing a Female Viera right now, but I will swap to a Male Viera in 6.0

Q: How old is Fran?
A: I can't tell you that....

[TheMightyMollusk]

Never ask a lady's age.

[Fourbestintoner]

I always knew female vieras canonically had one.