Do I Have to Buy the Next Expansion to Get The Viera Hairstyles?

There's a precedent already and based on how spaghetti the code is even from a monetary point they would probably lose more gate keeping the female Viera hairs than if they didn't.

Not only would they have to code it so no one has access to said hairs without Endwalkers they would also have to deal with bad PR and for what? Get more people to buy Endwalkers?
FFXIV is more popular than its ever been, you would have to be on Blizzard levels of special to do this.
Even if they did gate the fix the people who weren't going to buy still aren't going to buy and the people who are going to buy are still going to buy.
Gatekeeping hair fixes for Viera behind Endwalkers a highly anticipated expansions does as much good to SE as Lying to your teacher that you did your homework that was due the moment you stepped into the classroom.
There's no logical reason to do it at all.

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Originally Posted by Strongfat900

I highly doubt that, and they would try every excuse in the book to weasel their way out of their own mess they had created. The people here had every right to be pissed at them after the launch of Shadowbringers. I mean, I won't deny they've done great things, but then again, a lot of companies did great things do, but one shouldn't ignore the very nature of mega gaming corporations and their greed. Blizzard is one of those companies that I looked up to as gaming heroes, and now look at them. It's same for companies like CD Project Red, Bioware and etc.

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There's a big difference. Firstly, Blizzard doesn't exist anymore. The studio has nothing to do with the original Blizzard, it's Activision Blizzard now. They kept the Blizzard name there only to squeeze money out of the brand.
This was apparent pretty much since day 1, they never hid their monetization intentions, there's no passion behind new activision blizzard products, only greed. There's a lot of passion behind FFXIV still.
Secondly, SE is a Japanese company, while the differences are getting smaller and smaller, in Japan the customer is still treated as valuable, they know without the customers they are nothing.
In the western world companies, people are viewed only as fodder for the corporate beast, but we let them do it to us, so we deserve the treatment.

Anyway, the hairstyles won't be locked behind the expansion, that would only happen if the way of obtaining them would be locked behind EW content, like finishing a raid.
The male Viera is likely to be locked behind the expansion, every new race was, this may only be a half of the race, but it's still likely to be the same.

Why would they be?

They'd only be if you had to get them from content like raids, and even then I am pretty sure you could still buy them on the market and use them if they're sellable.

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Originally Posted by Strongfat900

Don't underestimate the greed of corporations.

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The notion that they'd even consider that people would be buying an expansion just for a hairstyle is pretty laughable.
I have a very hard time believing that ever entered their conscious at all.

the question: do i have to buy EW to get access to Viera hair?

most everyone here: probably not, given SEs track record.

you: but how can you KNOW? corpORATE GREED???? SE BIG COMPANY MAKE PAY EXTRA FOR HAIR!!

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Originally Posted by MilkieTea

the question: do i have to buy EW to get access to Viera hair?

most everyone here: probably not, given SEs track record.

you: but how can you KNOW? corpORATE GREED???? SE BIG COMPANY MAKE PAY EXTRA FOR HAIR!!

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Shhhh, don't tell the OP.
SE will make you buy Endwalker to unlock auto-attack.

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Originally Posted by Strongfat900

I highly doubt that, and they would try every excuse in the book to weasel their way out of their own mess they had created. The people here had every right to be pissed at them after the launch of Shadowbringers. I mean, I won't deny they've done great things, but then again, a lot of companies did great things do, but one shouldn't ignore the very nature of mega gaming corporations and their greed. Blizzard is one of those companies that I looked up to as gaming heroes, and now look at them. It's same for companies like CD Project Red, Bioware and etc.

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Christ you are annoying

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Originally Posted by MilkieTea

the question: do i have to buy EW to get access to Viera hair?

most everyone here: probably not, given SEs track record.

you: but how can you KNOW? corpORATE GREED???? SE BIG COMPANY MAKE PAY EXTRA FOR HAIR!!

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Nailed it.

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Originally Posted by MilkieTea

the question: do i have to buy EW to get access to Viera hair?

most everyone here: probably not, given SEs track record.

you: but how can you KNOW? corpORATE GREED???? SE BIG COMPANY MAKE PAY EXTRA FOR HAIR!!

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lol

https://media.giphy.com/media/AbPWwqSgMejM4/giphy.gif

Hair won't be lock by expansion they have never did that in history of this game I been playing since 2.0 only thing that is lock behind ew is the jobs and male viera.

No, trust me. My uncle works for Nintendo and he told me.
That's what you wanted to read, right? There you have it.

10 days to go though. The wait is killing me

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Originally Posted by SherlottaEryut

10 days to go though. The wait is killing me

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I just want the ponytail and yshtolas hair. Just those two. SE pls.

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Originally Posted by Strongfat900

I highly doubt that they would be giving the hairstyles for the female Viera that people were asking for in the past 2 years.

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https://imgur.com/FOBtSvq.png

told you so lol

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Originally Posted by Zomkei

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told you so lol

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Yeah. I was the one who is in the wrong, and I apologize to Square and to everybody here for my disgusting behavior.

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Originally Posted by Strongfat900

Yeah. I was the one who is in the wrong, and I apologize to Square and to everybody here for my disgusting behavior.

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To err is human. Not a single one of us can claim to never make mistakes. Good on you for owning up to it though. That can be hard to do at times.

As for the topic itself, this will make my sister happy. I might be switching to Bun Boy, but she was staying with Bun Girl and had been hoping for more hairstyles for a long time.

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Originally Posted by Strongfat900

Yeah. I was the one who is in the wrong, and I apologize to Square and to everybody here for my disgusting behavior.

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I was apparently wrong too, in regards to Male Viera. I assumed that they would require the purchasing of Endwalker. This appears to not be the case.

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Originally Posted by Strongfat900

Well, do I need to buy Endwalker just to get the hairstyles for my Viera characters? I mean, I understand with the male Viera to come with the expansion, but what about the female Viera hairstyles that we have been asking for well over 2 years?

Thank you.

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So you plan to stay on Shadowbringer ad aeternam?

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Originally Posted by Naoki34

So you plan to stay on Shadowbringer ad aeternam?

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I'll buy Endwalker once I get my new Viera characters that I'm going to create tomorrow to finishing all of the expansions.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

I was apparently wrong too, in regards to Male Viera. I assumed that they would require the purchasing of Endwalker. This appears to not be the case.

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I figured they'd only need ShB but didn't want to jinx it. After all, it'd be terribly uncool to have an entire gender of an already-available race locked behind a different expansion.