Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[zeylos]

About the fur patch, it’s one of those traits I’d hope to be optional and maybe bundled in with an existing feature slider, like the facial feature one... even if it isn’t one strictly speaking.

I think that they'll add it to their racial gear, like how male hrotgar have got claws in their racial gear

[Gwenorai]

You sound like me. I switched to Elezen for like a week or two in December-Jan. I really like elezen actually, but it's just way too difficult to make an outfit, or just run around without looking weird. You have to hide their proportions which really limits everything. Well you don't have to, but it looks better if you do.

My alt was also an elezen (duskwight) for the majority of the time I played her, but I changed her into a miqo'te with the free fantasias from the story eventually. Probably going to switch her to a viera too, cause I can't help it. I really should level her.. and finish the story.

I know right! I tried to make some cute looking glamour with the new adventure hoodie and whatnot, can't do it. If it exposes the neck then it just looks horrible. And that's really upsetting. The neck being that long isn't beautiful like I know they were going for. People would play Elezen if they just toned down the neck and perhaps touched up their animations a little.

Honestly, if they had a body like Midlander but taller and perhaps a little more 'toned' I'd be all over that. I love their proportions.

Note; this is the glam I was going for on my alt boy.
Imagine wearing this on an elezen! Don't mind the crappy bow, he's just a baby.

[Theodric]

I'm just going Garlean.

[zeylos]

I'm just going Garlean.

I wonder whats the difference between garleans and non garleans :/ plz explain to a lore ignorant like me

[Gwenorai]

I wonder whats the difference between garleans and non garleans :/ plz explain to a lore ignorant like me

They have a 'third eye' - that jewel/stone you see in their forehead. They also have higher constitutions and supposedly higher physical strength? And of course the big one, they can't control magicka - or rather most of them can't. It's very rare to find one that can. Also, unlike Midlander/Highlander - their body types have a huge range. From having a Highlander type body to Midlander, to one that's tall like an Elezen.

[zeylos]

They have a 'third eye' - that jewel/stone you see in their forehead. They also have higher constitutions and supposedly higher physical strength? And of course the big one, they can't control magicka - or rather most of them can't. It's very rare to find one that can. Also, unlike Midlander/Highlander - their body types have a huge range. From having a Highlander type body to Midlander, to one that's tall like an Elezen.

Oh cool sounds to me like thye typical humans and theyd be normal hyur if this game had racelocked classes and actual body customization

[Lauront]

They have a 'third eye' - that jewel/stone you see in their forehead. They also have higher constitutions and supposedly higher physical strength? And of course the big one, they can't control magicka - or rather most of them can't. It's very rare to find one that can. Also, unlike Midlander/Highlander - their body types have a huge range. From having a Highlander type body to Midlander, to one that's tall like an Elezen.

All that and superior spatial reasoning ability, theorised to be aided by the third eye. The Emperor's aesthetic is pretty unique. Reminds me of the Aen Elle from Witcher 3.

[Vulkiel]

Although you couldn't pay me to play as one, i support this, for fairness if nothing else.

[SturmChurro]

I know right! I tried to make some cute looking glamour with the new adventure hoodie and whatnot, can't do it. If it exposes the neck then it just looks horrible. And that's really upsetting. The neck being that long isn't beautiful like I know they were going for. People would play Elezen if they just toned down the neck and perhaps touched up their animations a little.

Honestly, if they had a body like Midlander but taller and perhaps a little more 'toned' I'd be all over that. I love their proportions.

Note; this is the glam I was going for on my alt boy.
Imagine wearing this on an elezen! Don't mind the crappy bow, he's just a baby.

Oh yeah, you pretty much have to have collared outfits, turtle necks, or something that covers it up otherwise it just looks really weird. Heads are also very tiny, and can look very odd with certain outfits, but I don't know how to really describe what outfits make the head look smaller; stand out. You just know it when you see it. Viera on the other hand have proper proportions. Yeah, if Elezen didn't end up looking so jarringly weird at times I think they could be a lot more popular. I think they probably are one of the races that need an overhaul the most, but by overhaul I just mean new faces and potentially new animations. Their run animation is way too stiff. Their proportions are a design choice, so those will never change.

I want that top so bad, but I waste my gil on trash like dye constantly. I'm just gonna hold out for the event coming up and make a nice monk outfit so I can level it. I already have my pieces in mind.

[Nynuwe]

Actually, Yoshi P described male viera as slim in an interview. Matsuno also described them being fit. So male viera would probably be slim and fit.

"If we did create a male design for the Viera, he would be quite elegant, handsome, and slim. He would look more like the Elezen race, but with bunny ears."
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/fin...r-trust-system

So my idea of how they would look like and my reasoning hit the mark then! Like Elezen, but likely with more defined musculature.

Rather than Rambo or The Mountain, given their harsh, survivalist lifestyle, male Viera bodies would be more akin to that of Olympian gymnasts, if anything. Very tall gymnasts.

As a note, I doubt they would be given the exact same Elezen neck proportions.