Would you rather have had Male Viera or Hrothgar?

[zeylos]

They weren't even going to do Viera at all, as stated in a number of interviews, it was only late into development and after they settled on Hrothgar that they decided to do female Viera.

I'd rather have had female Hrothgar over female Viera.

I want to play as male viera, but I think they should have gone full hrotgar. I'd rather have a full race that adds lots to the game than two unfinished races that you can't even choose their genders from to begin with. I hope we will see female hrotgar and male viera added in the future ^^

[Bright-Flower]

I would have personally preferred one full race. I wouldn't have cared much if it was viera or hrothgar, either way fine with me.

Another thought, what if they had just made male viera beastly. They never appeared they could do w/e with them, they already have male viera living in isolation them being more beastly could factor into that isolation.

[Jandor]

Another thought, what if they had just made male viera beastly. They never appeared they could do w/e with them, they already have male viera living in isolation them being more beastly could factor into that isolation.

I'd have been fine with Hrothgar having a set of bunny ears stuck on and Yoshi saying "this what male Viera look like in FFXIV."

The incompleteness of the new races bugs me, 'Au ra 2: bunny boogaloo' would have been fine by me.

Also it would have gone someway to making the beastliness of Hrothgar men gel better with the whole early game beastmen prejudice thing I think.

[Skivvy]

I'm down with the Hrothgar now that the decision has been made.

As much as I've wanted the Viera, and despite the fact I will still fantasia to one, the models they've been showing have looked a wee bit bland to me (especially that PLD). This could just be a styling prefernce (I DID really like that Dancer Viera..), so we'll see when the benchmark comes out

The Hrothgar are bringing something completely new to the game as far as race design goes, and I think that's pretty spiffy :X.

[Brynne]

Count me down as someone who thinks they should've implemented both male and female hrothgar rather than viera, even though viera is my preferred aesthetic and I'll likely never switch to a hrothgar even on an alt. The hrothgar bring a completely new aesthetic to the table - but the way they've done it, you can only go beastly if you want to play a dude.

I'm hoping part of the reason for the decision was because introducing one full race would've meant closing the door on the other, and this way they get both of them in the game and leave a foothold for adding the other genders if time/resources/finances allow - whereas if they'd chosen just one it might've been next to impossible to get the other later.

[SoulEchelon]

Count me down as someone who thinks they should've implemented both male and female hrothgar rather than viera, even though viera is my preferred aesthetic and I'll likely never switch to a hrothgar even on an alt. The hrothgar bring a completely new aesthetic to the table - but the way they've done it, you can only go beastly if you want to play a dude.

I'm hoping part of the reason for the decision was because introducing one full race would've meant closing the door on the other, and this way they get both of them in the game and leave a foothold for adding the other genders if time/resources/finances allow - whereas if they'd chosen just one it might've been next to impossible to get the other later.

Pretty positive this is the exact reason why they did it this way. Yoshi-P sounded like he really wanted to add both races with both genders, but is extremely wary/worried about doing so due to the reasons he stated in that letter - all very valid reasons. Hopefully the next two years or so will give him the resources and make him more confident, but at the end of the day I do fully accept the reasoning behind it all.

That said, would love to see female Hrothgar. I'll be switching to Viera for now, but if female Hrothgar do come, I'll happily fantasia right on over.

Also it's quite interesting how the two switch first place all the time. To me this seems like both are more or less equally wanted, although more players might say male viera because they feel bitter of the genderlocks

I'm kinda sick of hearing this "competition" going on (not targeted toward you). Fact is - if Male Viera do come, then you best believe Female Hrothgar will too and vice versa. They aren't going to randomly go on the NA forums, look at a poll and say "Oh, a very small portion of the NA population has voted in favor of THIS race. Well then guess we'll just do that one!"

[zeylos]

Pretty positive this is the exact reason why they did it this way. Yoshi-P sounded like he really wanted to add both races with both genders, but is extremely wary/worried about doing so due to the reasons he stated in that letter - all very valid reasons. Hopefully the next two years or so will give him the resources and make him more confident, but at the end of the day I do fully accept the reasoning behind it all.

That said, would love to see female Hrothgar. I'll be switching to Viera for now, but if female Hrothgar do come, I'll happily fantasia right on over.



I'm kinda sick of hearing this "competition" going on (not targeted toward you). Fact is - if Male Viera do come, then you best believe Female Hrothgar will too and vice versa. They aren't going to randomly go on the NA forums, look at a poll and say "Oh, a very small portion of the NA population has voted in favor of THIS race. Well then guess we'll just do that one!"

I don't have any intentions on playing female hrotgar, but if they only make male viera I will be very mad

[Haxaan]

I'm going to say both, but if it came down to only picking one full race I'd have to say Hrothgar (even though I love Viera). Hrothgar is so much different than any other current race and is going to add something new instead of more of the same. I feel like we will get the other halves of both races in due time and am glad for what we are getting. Male Viera would be cool because "yay more pretty boys" but Hrothgar fills a space in the races that we haven't seen yet and I'm very excited it is coming. I do wish the bodies were more similar to the Ronso from X and less Conan the Barbarian, but it is what it is.

[Yllania]

I picked lioness out of personal preference, not because I believe its what the game "needs". I would have been fine with either with both genders than one gender 2 races if Im going for what I thought what would be better for everyone.

[zeylos]

Also it's quite interesting how the two switch first place all the time. To me this seems like both are more or less equally wanted, although more players might say male viera because they feel bitter of the genderlocks