Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[jake200135]

You don't think even one male Viera would end up with the same curiosity? No offense intended, but it's a little goofy to think male Viera are all rank and file and not even one of them will question the way things are and leave. Most especially considering they spend their childhood years alongside female Viera before they're whisked away, meaning they enjoy some modicum of comfort before they begin life as a Wood Warder and are forced into survival mode.

YES! This too! Most male Viera didn't get a choice about their life. Its not a stretch of reason to assume some want out of their situation.

[killstein]

this morning this thread had less than 550 likes, now we're over 1k! so glad to see it, tho, have my +1.

[Sarahx3]

If anything, most of the support posts here have been nothing but respectful (albeit I admit there's a handful of morons who can't articulate properly). Also, you can't argue that we have female Highlanders because "those were the races when the game started" since the lore stated Highlanders were exclusively male. They only added the extra genders on said races BECAUSE we voiced how sexist it was to genderlock stuff (and still is, things considering). Genderlocking stuff based on "lore" (specially lore you design and own and which you changed once since it's for a game) is absurd.

Do you have proof where highlanders were exclusively male? There has been NO OTHER FF that has had male viera designs... they would have to create one from scratch. That is a ton of resource and time to release that.

[MrKimper]

Do you have proof where highlanders were exclusively male? There has been NO OTHER FF that has had male viera designs... they would have to create one from scratch. That is a ton of resource and time to release that.

They could delay the 5.0 eureka and not a single person would be unhappy with that.

[Az-man]

Do you have proof where highlanders were exclusively male? There has been NO OTHER FF that has had male viera designs... they would have to create one from scratch. That is a ton of resource and time to release that.

The proof is the hundreds of people who played 1.0 and know from experience that highlander was male only. obviously.

[Renik]

Showing my support, after reading the little lore they gave us in the return to ivalice side quest and seeing the concept art, I want to play a male viera.

I think SE created this need in the playerbase by themselves, and not following their previous policy of no genderlocked races was a mistake, this was obviously going to happen when they decided to genderlock 2 new races, and in any case the development of the 2 missing genders should be done by increasing the budget for the game instead of taking it from other content, this is the correct way in a successful game like this one build arround player feedback and support.

[Ibaraki]

Definitely yes! I didn't expect myself to be so disappointed upon hearing the full confirmation, but I was, so I'd really like the option to be a male viera if there's even a sliver of possibility.

[AlexiosCalisthenes]

I believe in inclusiveness for all.

Hope you'll grant us this wish Yoshi and development team of SE/FFXIV!

edit: In response to Mr Happy's interview with Yoshi, in that "lore was taken into account, and Hrothgar was offered because Viera was female-only". My issue with that is three-fold. Viera isn't female-ONLY. Males do exist. They're just guarding their homeland from the trees. Secondly, lore hasn't always been taken into account with FFXIV - smartphones anyone? Car with 4 seating capacity but a huge whale seats 2? Third, Hrothgar's designs look very premature and thrown out as an afterthought.

On top of alllll that, they did offer their artistic impressions of male Viera. They could make them more ripped so their musculature is different from Hyur/Miqote/Elezen, but more lean, so they're not a watered-down Roegardyn.

We respect YOUR development team's artistic impressions, Yoshi. We are DISAPPOINTED at the lack of inclusiveness.

[AryanMattson]

I was really pumped to play male viera, but I guess I'll have to go female for a while :/ also mr happy made a video that even though with the lore of the males being loners in the wood it would still have made sense to been able to play as them. But FFXIV is still one of my favorite games and will always be since that story is on point boi.

[Sarahx3]

The proof is the hundreds of people who played 1.0 and know from experience that highlander was male only. obviously.

Highlanders might have been only playable as male for a short while, but there was female highlanders in the game. There is no proof that, "theres no female highlanders" There is proof that there are only FEMALE vieras though. Example FF12.... Males don't exist, theres no sprite outside of fanart anywhere that there has been a male Viera.