Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[zeylos]

Yes but given their physical prowess those needs are probably military in nature. Part of the problem is the diffuse meanings "matriarchal" has. For example, Viera society is matriarchal simply because the adult males don't stick around the villages, as they're protecting the forests, so the women run the villages by default - the men don't bother with it because it does not really concern them, as their duties take them elsewhere. Hrothgar are called "matriarchal" simply because they currently have a Queen. Neither, however, is matriarchal in the sense that women, in general, have some position of power over the males or, for that matter, in the less loaded meaning, that they would generally be the heads of households. In Viera's case, simply because they're not organised along those lines and in Hrothgar's case because it's never stated anywhere.

I am pretty sure if the Queen dies and a King takes her place, it will revolve around him. Unless, of course, she's immortal or something.

My point is I wouldn't take matriarchal to mean the women enjoy superior political power to the males by default. The Green Word is ultimately what governs the Viera in truth, not so much one sex or the other.

Perhaps that is another way to look at it. The point I meant to do is, female hrotgar, at the time our character is living, seems to be the rulers

[Lauront]

Just one - the Queen. Note that The Lost lore indicates it's a question of who the reigning monarch is. There's nothing to suggest it must be female.

[zeylos]

Just one - the Queen. Note that The Lost lore indicates it's a question of who the reigning monarch is. There's nothing to suggest it must be female.

Well, that's one way to look at it I guess I personally like the hrotgar lore to be matriarchal

[Sathona]

Another issue is while other companies can do the gear transitions on new races etc automatically,SE is one of those that cant.
Imo if they could code the armors/glams automatically and not manually it would save them a huge amount of time~

[niteypants]

Another issue is while other companies can do the gear transitions on new races etc automatically,SE is one of those that cant.
Imo if they could code the armors/glams automatically and not manually it would save them a huge amount of time~

It's not quite automatic but the skeletons and meshes are designed together in such a manner that morphing is not near as labor intensive as Yoshi-p makes it. I'm not sure why it is for FFXIV -- neither the armor or the animations are very complex and frankly a lot of the armor is iterative.

[Omegakiyohime]

It's not quite automatic but the skeletons and meshes are designed together in such a manner that morphing is not near as labor intensive as Yoshi-p makes it. I'm not sure why it is for FFXIV -- neither the armor or the animations are very complex and frankly a lot of the armor is iterative.

Honestly, the sooner they develop a way to automate the process (w/ QA review of course), the quicker everyone else who doesn't want male Viera/female Hrothgar can get muscle sliders/butt sliders/Chunky Cats. As it stands now, there seems to be no room for any other body type than the 1 each race/gender has.

[MrKimper]

It's not quite automatic but the skeletons and meshes are designed together in such a manner that morphing is not near as labor intensive as Yoshi-p makes it. I'm not sure why it is for FFXIV -- neither the armor or the animations are very complex and frankly a lot of the armor is iterative.

It probably has more to do with QA testing.

[Alleo]

It probably has more to do with QA testing.

Which then would mean that more employees in that department would make it go faster. Which kinda means that his words that no budget or work number can change it, is kinda bad.

[MrKimper]

Which then would mean that more employees in that department would make it go faster. Which kinda means that his words that no budget or work number can change it, is kinda bad.

Yeah no I totally agree, I think right now square enix as a company just has really really poor issues with moving staff. Look at the developments of XV and KH3 as examples. One was an unfinished mess and the other feels like it takes more steps back then forward. My only hope is that the VII remake is a major success and can let them pump more money back into other sectors.

[Fourbestintoner]

There are no missing genders, give us the fatqo'tes, I'd even trade female vieras and male horthgars for them.