Hi guys.
First, the original post about this topic from 2011: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...emale-Roegadyn
Before you will write here anything please go there and look how calm and respectful people were in their asking for male Miqo'te and female Highlanders/Roegadyns. Act in the same way, please.
I did not find the thread from 1.0 in JP Forum but if you have a link - please share, I will add it to the post.
There is also a poll, which you can participate in, if you want to: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ra-Hrothgar%29
Next. A translation of last interview with Yoshida: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...w_with_yoship/
The question I want to bring up:
As you can see, both races are barely finished and SE is on very harsh schedule right now. At this point making female Viera and male Hrothgar for now has more sense, because in case if they pick female Hrothgar (for whom we have representing in FF10) they will be faced with male Viera then (for whom we have nothing but arts from 3.0) while they are almost late even with recent options. Notice, that Yoshida-P says nothing about lore, that's all about resources. Friendly reminder that Yoshida was against the genderlock in 2.0 so he is not our enemy.Q: When did you decide to implement the female-only Viera and male-only Hrothgar?
A: It was during Return to Ivalice, around 3 months after 4.0. Viera was confirmed then, and Hrothgar came about the same time when we were discussing plans with Matsuno-san. We were deciding whether to make a Hrothgar female or Viera female, and after selecting Viera, work began right away, because otherwise we wouldn't make it in time. As mentioned before, the face parts are special and Hrothgar has big differences between its faces, like a lion face, wolf face, leopard face. It became fixed model relatively recently. Viera was done right before Paris Fan Fest, and Hrothgar was done recently.
UPD. Here is a message about the fact that there was a mistranslation in the interview so I think I should to add it here as well in case if you do not read all messages. It does not really change a lot in its core, but better to know than not:
The thing we would like to know now is if they going to work on counterparts for both races and if yes, when it will be: 6/7.0 or later since the schedule is very harsh and they still have other important things to work on. If no, it will be up to the community to try to change their mind as it was in 2011 in calm way.
UPD. The MrHappy's interview with Yoshida-P: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...vPw4uI/preview
I ask you to NOT BRING UP topics like sexism or discrimination at least in this thread. Screaming "I'm offended" is not how you should ask for things. Also, FF14 itself is far from being sexist and discriminating and did many things in direction where people can have same-sex marriages, males have very open glamours, and females clothes are not eternal "pants armor".
For both teams I also ask to not insult each other.
Thank you.