"I don't think this is about playing it safe, it's about knowing your audience, if that's a problem for you, then I doubt you'll ever find satisfaction because entertainment companies that do not follow the rule of knowing your audience end up failing."

But it's just seasonal event posters. Changing things up by putting a female Roe and male Miqo'te on a poster isn't going to suddenly make FFXIV fail. Now before you throw my use of "it's just..." back at me, I want to see something that isn't a female Miqo'te again.