Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Anvaire]

For me i think they should be lithe and elegant with an range of faces to give a variety of looks. I actually think after they have added the Male Viera and Female Hrothgar, they should then start to look at the older races and improve the variety of options. Maybe separate the horns from the aura face, and add some more options.

I think given that the gear is the issue, adding a variety of faces should be relatively easy, as long as they do not change the dimensions of said heads.... that said i am not a programmer so have no idea how these things work. I assume there is a frame which has textures assigned. So changing said textures shouldn't be overly difficult...

[zeylos]

Which is a strange guess to make given how they have been described by Yoshi-P and Matsuno both in terms of general commentary and within the lore itself.

Well, In all honesty as long as they arent like male higlander or male au ra with their animations I'm fine. What worries me most is their running which imo should be similar to the female one since that one is great imo. Also I hope they dont make them too manly or aggressive, since pretty much everything (other than male elezen male lala and some would say miqote to some extent) are kinda like that.

Hit post limit. I actually confunded elegant wiht femenine, and lookng at it, female viera are not that femenine at all. I hope they're elegant then

[Theodric]

They should definitely have an option for a feminine and/or androgynous looking base face. Pretty much every male race outside of Hrothgar and Roegadyn allows for that at present. Yet I contest the idea that they should be feminine across the board. Luckily the development team have a vision that seemingly aligns with masculine, conventionally attractive aesthetics. I will give them my support in such an endeavor and hope that I can play a tall, handsome bunny man with a boxer's physique in the future. I even have the /box emote ready on my hotbar!

[Lauront]

Well, In all honesty as long as they arent like male higlander or male au ra with their animations I'm fine. What worries me most is their running which imo should be similar to the female one since that one is great imo. Also I hope they dont make them too manly or aggressive, since pretty much everything (other than male elezen male lala and some would say miqote to some extent) are kinda like that

I think the issue here is that you're conflating elegant with feminine. I absolutely agree that they should be elegant. That is not, however, the same as being feminine.

Regarding how aggressive or masculine they are... going by Matsuno's tweets, and their lore, if their attitude is reflected in their animations, I suspect it will be closer to Miqo'te's predatory poses, more than anything. Which is good, since Miqo'te males have very fluid animation, so adapting something like that for mViera would work well.

Whilst I'm a fan of how Au Ra males animate, I realise they're pretty butch and are not exactly the most elegant creatures out there, but that's fine since it fits their lore well. Their animations, as such, wouldn't be a good base for Viera, because they're all about being boisterous, whereas Viera males intend to keep a lower profile.

[Anvaire]

Whilst I'm a fan of how Au Ra males animate, I realise they're pretty butch and are not exactly the most elegant creatures out there, but that's fine since it fits their lore well. Their animations, as such, wouldn't be a good base for Viera, because they're all about being boisterous, whereas Viera males intend to keep a lower profile.

I love Male Auri Animations as they are super awkward... over the years i've grown to love that goofy run including the limp arm jump thing.

[Gwenorai]

My favorite part of that little loredump was he did it under a cute piece of art featuring a variety of Viera girls (from a tiny one all the way up to an adorable chubby girl) after saying "where's the phantom bros" (paraphrased, of course).

It's almost like he's excited about the prospect which is weirdly adorable. Maybe all the new interest in the mysterious manrabbits got him hyped up, IDK, but lore's always great.

I demand this image of the bunny girls O:

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I can imagine there stance being very aggressive honestly. They may be elegant but they're cold-blooded killers. If anything the stance may be like the natural stance most Assassin creed protags have. Honestly, male Viera are total ice kings bros and the strongest of the strong considering their lore. There's no reason for a male Viera to look 'weak' with zero muscle development; not when the weak are purged. The stance should reflect that.

[Quipsy]

I demand this image of the bunny girls O:

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I can imagine there stance being very aggressive honestly. They may be elegant but they're cold-blooded killers. If anything the stance may be like the natural stance most Assassin creed protags have. Honestly, male Viera are total ice kings bros and the strongest of the strong considering their lore. There's no reason for a male Viera to look 'weak' with zero muscle development; not when the weak are purged. The stance should reflect that.

Here you go! (Just scroll up, it's focused on Matsuno's comment because I'm idiot)

Also I'm out here wondering if they'll slav squat like Miqo'te also because I'm idiot

[Crushnight]

so where do you guys wish the males to be between?, personally i'd like them between min Viera female and min male Elezen

[Theodric]

I want them to be tall, handsome and with a boxer's physique! So I'd put them as just slightly taller than their female counterparts, perhaps even around the same height as elezen men.

[Lauront]

Don't care too much about the minimum but around Elezen male max height for the mViera max.