Honestly - the only reason I'm slightly disappointed they aren't exactly as tall/slightly taller than their female counterparts, is I'd pre-planned a viera man quite some months back before we even got the official notice they were gonna be a Thing in EW. And as per usual I tend to pre-plan my male characters to be as tall as would make sense for their race. So he should have been pushing 7'.

But that isn't the end of the world for me, and neither is us not having slightly "older" face options (think the 2 face options - "matured" and older - male miqo'te have, I like those most). The fact they exist at all is what's important to me, and this is what personal IC choices come down to - making what you want, whether or not the in-game limitations give it to you.

People are fine to dislike the options we have and not plan to roll one/fantasia, but like... still think their height not being to some weird arbitrary standard of "tall" is a silly reason not to play them. Just crank the height to maximum and you'll still be taller than most other races aside from Roegadyn and male Au Ra.