Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[zeylos]

I really wouldn't want the Viera to look like Lyn. ;~ ; This is a little too much for a game like FFXIV.



Haha! All outfits in BnS are a bit weird. Fun game but it's definitely 100000% fan service.

I mean, if they look like Lyn, ehhhhhhhh, they'd have to change ALL revealing outfits, but if they look like ellin I literally quit the game out of disgust lol

[zeylos]

Could just be bandwagon downvotes due to how much the topic has been brought up, often in a semi-trollish context, to the point that even supporters may eventually tire of it on there. Overall though, I've run into more people on there for than against. I think there's just a rather vocal, nasty group of permanently disaffected individuals on there who shoot down anything they dislike. Fortunately, the block function is also quite seamless.

I think it also did not help that some of the child-like form supporters were quite vocal on there. I got quite a few downvotes stating it's not a good look for the males of the race. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Honestly, most things that don't involve sexy Y'shtolas or wiafus from FFXIV don't tend to get to far on the upvotes, so lol I'm not half surprised. Reddit is simply not valid feedback. 1 Person can make as many accounts as they want, and most ppl probs never even played, or maybe even know about XIV

[zeylos]

I really feel like male Miqo'te and female Roes were a mistake and while I just can't get behind a male Viera I am full in support of Female Hrothgar!

Well too bad for you.
Male miqote made SE so many tons of money, and femroes are the best thing on this game.
Also, it's very likely imo at least that the missing genders will be here by 6.0, and trust me, we will get either both or none

Also, guys, I was wondering if you'd rather have a full viera race or full hrotgar race at 5.0

[Senn]

Also, guys, I was wondering if you'd rather have a full viera race or full hrotgar race at 5.0

I can't really answer that right now. It depends on how limited hrothgar hair will be, which we won't really know until launch.
If hrothgar will have a variety of hair options, and new hairs will come out for hrothgar at the same frequency as other races, then I think hrothgar makes for a good addition. However, if the hrothgar fad calms down a bit after launch, and I don't see anyone playing as hrothgar anymore because of the limited hair options, then I don't think it was worth it.

Like I said, we won't know until launch, but I am hoping for the best.

[zeylos]

I can't really answer that right now. It depends on how limited hrothgar hair will be, which we won't really know until launch.
If hrothgar will have a variety of hair options, and new hairs will come out for hrothgar at the same frequency as other races, then I think hrothgar makes for a good addition. However, if the hrothgar fad calms down a bit after launch, and I don't see anyone playing as hrothgar anymore because of the limited hair options, then I don't think it was worth it.

Like I said, we won't know until launch, but I am hoping for the best.

I'd personally rather have a full viera race, since it follows the game asthetics better and is more demanded imo, but I'm fine with whicever. Anything but genderlocks for me

[Halivel]

Also, guys, I was wondering if you'd rather have a full viera race or full hrotgar race at 5.0

I would be okay with any of it.


Speaking about Lyns - they could be a good option for separate complete race. But we have Lalafells in this niche, so welp… maybe never. XD

[Senn]

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I'm not sure we'll be getting any new races after this. In the fanfest, Yoshida said it would be the last. However, maybe that's not entirely true because in more recent interviews, Yoshida has gone to speak in a way that suggests new races may still be a possibility. Although I mainly care about male viera being added, I wouldn't mind seeing other sorts of races added later down the road. I would hope male viera and female hrothgar come out first, though. I do recall seeing a moogle race thread on these forums. While I don't think moogles would be added, a small furry animal race using a lalafell base might be within the realm of reality.

[Alleo]

Also, guys, I was wondering if you'd rather have a full viera race or full hrotgar race at 5.0

As someone that wanted a bestial race for a long time (still sad that its not something like the lupins) I would have choosen Hrothgar, especially if the females are beastial like the males, if they had less limitations. Having faces and manes stuck together really is a big turn off for me, especially when I already disliked combined horns and faces for Au Ra..but at least I was able to still choose my hair. With Hrothgar its even less which I find a big shame for the first beastial race..

I do plan to go female Viera on release (which is surprising, since I was never much interested in Viera before) and if they still all had their restrictions just like right now, then I would have choosen the Viera as complete race before the Hrothgar.

(And no this is not an attack on those that will play Hrothgar..its just my opinion that they are much too restricted)

[Halivel]

I'm not sure we'll be getting any new races after this. In the fanfest, Yoshida said it would be the last. However, maybe that's not entirely true because in more recent interviews, Yoshida has gone to speak in a way that suggests new races may still be a possibility. Although I mainly care about male viera being added, I wouldn't mind seeing other sorts of races added later down the road. I would hope male viera and female hrothgar come out first, though. I do recall seeing a moogle race thread on these forums. While I don't think moogles would be added, a small furry animal race using a lalafell base might be within the realm of reality.

Didn't he say "probably" on fanfest as well..? And, well, he said it even for Au Ra back in the past.

I do doubt that we will have more races too, though. It will be too much for DevTeam most likely.

[Lauront]

Well too bad for you.
Male miqote made SE so many tons of money, and femroes are the best thing on this game.
Also, it's very likely imo at least that the missing genders will be here by 6.0, and trust me, we will get either both or none

Also, guys, I was wondering if you'd rather have a full viera race or full hrotgar race at 5.0

It depends on the effect it'd have on their overall workload. My (strong) preference is for enhanced character customisation and high res textures to come in 6.0.

I would prefer for them to work on the high res textures, character customisation and graphics enhancements in 6.0 and fit the two races around that. If that means delaying the missing genders till 7.0 (and would therefore have implied adding one full race in 5.0, and one in 7.0), I'd say do that. Obviously my preference is for Viera, but given their desire to capture "refugees" from certain other MMOs the timing may be critical, so I'd rather see them do whatever contributed better to the game's overall profitability so as to be in a position to add more features later down the line.