Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

[VirusOnline]

The male Viera seem more complete than the female Viera & now I'm sad
I didn't feel the same level of 'Oooohh ahhhh' from my female Viera as I have with my Male Viera- the male viera just seem more put together; I prefer the level of detail on their ears & their tattoo's are really awesome.
Female Viera in FFXIV lacked the same magic from the start- they couldn't compete with Fran & her sisters from FFXII IMO & are upstaged by male Viera now-
but still, I do love my bunny girls (only when they actually look good though)

It makes me wonder if the other races will get an update

I'm greatly biased, so it's hard for me to compare as I'm naturally inclined towards male characters, but as I said when female viera first came out is that they are too supermodely and strayed a bit from the aethestic of FFXII viera.
Perhaps because SE were allowed to interpret male viera as they see fit that it seems more complete rather than working from a template ? The feeling they give off is far different than the feeling male viera give off.
I personally don't think male viera are upstaging. I think they are equals in terms of gorgeousness at the end of the day.

Not really into the pretty boy scene myself but this face is gorgeous, and like I said the tattoos are so cool compared to females. Hairstyles with the braids, accs all look nice as well

I agree! Face 4 is a popular one. If ever they decide, they should imo give unisex styles to each gender.

[Yencat]

They're quite a bit wider and have more muscular arms than people made them out to be originally, I guess the racial armor obscured the shape a bit.

I saw a lot of comments saying their bodies were slimmer and "softer"-looking than female Viera, but other than a slightly more nipped waist it looks like they're very close to male Midlander's body and proportions.

[Evergrey]

The male Viera seem more complete than the female Viera & now I'm sad
I didn't feel the same level of 'Oooohh ahhhh' from my female Viera as I have with my Male Viera- the male viera just seem more put together; I prefer the level of detail on their ears & their tattoo's are really awesome.
Female Viera in FFXIV lacked the same magic from the start- they couldn't compete with Fran & her sisters from FFXII IMO & are upstaged by male Viera now-
but still, I do love my bunny girls (only when they actually look good though)

It makes me wonder if the other races will get an update

I think that part of this is because the Females already had previous incarnations and standards to live up to.
Where the males is brand new in FF and didn't really have anything to compare with so it's easier to go "wow" since we don't have the "But the Males from FFxx looked better" approach.
You even mentioned what I am refering to when you brought up Fran and the sister.

[Allegor]

Ohhh I'm going to have so much fun calling male Viera 'just taller Miqo/reskinned Middie' for all the times Hroths were called 'just Roes with lion heads'

Just kidding, I'm not that petty

[BrokentoothMarch]

Ohhh I'm going to have so much fun calling male Viera 'just taller Miqo/reskinned Middie' for all the times Hroths were called 'just Roes with lion heads'

Just kidding, I'm not that petty

Do Hroth's use the Roe model? I never actually noticed, though I don't see Roe's often. Both their bodies look very distinct to my blind eyes.

[Juzjuzz]

Ohhh I'm going to have so much fun calling male Viera 'just taller Miqo/reskinned Middie' for all the times Hroths were called 'just Roes with lion heads'

Just kidding, I'm not that petty

[ZedxKayn]

Do Hroth's use the Roe model? I never actually noticed, though I don't see Roe's often. Both their bodies look very distinct to my blind eyes.

As far as I'm aware, they do. You can group body models like so: [Midlander, Miqo, Au Ra, Elezen, Viera(?)] [Roe, Hroth] [Highlander] [Lalafell], applies to both males and females. I'm pretty sure vieras use the midlander body base, but not 100% sure. Also not sure where femroes stand.

[Yencat]

I'm pretty sure vieras use the midlander body base, but not 100% sure.

We do, as evidenced by the shared Hempen set.

[HollowedDoll]

As far as I'm aware, they do. You can group body models like so: [Midlander, Miqo, Au Ra, Elezen, Viera(?)] [Roe, Hroth] [Highlander] [Lalafell], applies to both males and females. I'm pretty sure vieras use the midlander body base, but not 100% sure. Also not sure where femroes stand.

All female models sans lalafell share the same base model.

[Iscah]

Do Hroth's use the Roe model? I never actually noticed, though I don't see Roe's often.

They do – you can see they have the same hempen set and share a lot of their emotes.

All female models sans lalafell share the same base model.

That's true to an extent, but Viera are specifically derived from Midlander – again sharing that model's hempen set and emotes where the other races each have something unique.