Gender locked race?

[Pixiehawk]

If the Blufever leaker holds true, and he's been right so far, it's going to be male only Ronso. Odds of that being what is revealed in Tokyo over male Viera is much more likely imo.

I never saw the leaks themselves, just write ups on them. But I thought he said 2 races, not 2 gender locked races.

[AnnaRosa]

Saving this. There is absolutely no logical reason for them to delay the announcement of male Viera, so the "best" case scenario is that they're just woefully incompetent.

What if they have details yet to decide and do not want to anticipate those decisions to not let the players become hysterical (on the positive side of the word) and if they have to change something later avoid the players to do the usual forum rage like is happening now.

Would be a bad financial decision to the company imo if they did not add the Viera males attending the forum requests from the other players.

Please SE include the whatever bunny on steroids they asking, as long it isn't a Kangaroo no offense meant to the real Kangaroos cause this subject is giving me nausea and is tiredsome.

[Fawkes]

I think NA or EU would have been the place to show male Viera and get big cheers. JP is the place to say 'sorry it's female only have some ronso instead please understand' and have the fans understand and not boo.

[Nedkel]

Perhaps the dev team couldn't get funding for both genders of a new race, and Yoshi P was hoping that the backlash and demand would be enough to convince those holding onto the purse strings to fund the rest of the development.

They are probably still working on the males and had nothing to show.
Well im not surprised, because female models are really nice, and has soul in them.

[PangTong]

What if they have details yet to decide and do not want to anticipate those decisions to not let the players become hysterical (on the positive side of the word) and if they have to change something later avoid the players to do the usual forum rage, like is happening now.

If they really do have male Viera waiting in the wings for a later reveal, this is all they had to do:
- Viera trailer finishes playing
- Koji: "Wait, but there were only female Viera in that trailer, what about the males?"
- Yoshida pretends not to hear and then moves on with the presentation.
That's all we needed, we would get the message. "Male Viera are coming, we'll show them later". They didn't need concept art or anything. By completely avoiding any mention of the males it gives rise to the strong possibility that there are no male Viera at all and they're dodging the question.

[Beckett]

What if they have details yet to decide and do not want to anticipate those decisions to not let the players become hysterical (on the positive side of the word) and if they have to change something later avoid the players to do the usual forum rage, like is happening now.

Then they should have said something. Anything. If they were planning on adding male Viera, then they have absolutely nothing to gain from hiding their existence. If they had said, "We can't show you male Viera right now, but they will be available." we wouldn't be seeing the "forum rage" that we're seeing right now. There'd be a bit of disappointment, but no one would really be upset (just like how no one was really upset over all the other things they openly told us they didn't have ready and would show at Tokyo).

[Ayer2015]

Tokyo Fan Fest will have Male Viera info

Now can we put the pitchforks down until After Tokyo fan fest?

Not really. All this states is that we will find out in 2 months if Viera are gender locked. The question asked was not a difficult one to answer, and their refusal to confirm one way or the other will generate animosity rather than hype.

[ChaseNetwork]

Art Panel revealed nothing new other than bang options (I thought we already had a couple hairstyles that only had bang presence as a difference, though).

Oh, and folded ears.

I've seen nothing from Yoshi's team about subrace options or males for the Viera yet.

That being said, considering the Viera are a literal transplant race from another game... revealing how the end product for how male Viera look would be a big deal not just for FFXIV, but also for FFXII, wouldn't it? This isn't an original race that they can handle on their own, but they also have to coordinate across other internal studios.

So, if we are getting male Viera, I feel like waiting to announce it can be justified.

If it's the other theory, that we're going to get another race that's male only... Can it be anything other than Garlean? Which that wouldn't make sense, because Garleans are pretty well established to have a healthy balance in gender distribution. But Garleans are the only other race that we have any context given to us in FFXIV. I mean... I think of our reality for cases of massive male to female disparity... I suppose there are those wolf people under Doma... No please.

Ants? An Ant race? I'm not sure if Worker Ants can be female or not, but there's a clear difference between a Worker and a Queen ant. Similar to this Viera and Mi'qote setup, the queen is kept in safety for breeding, pretty much.

[PangTong]

Perhaps the dev team couldn't get funding for both genders of a new race, and Yoshi P was hoping that the backlash and demand would be enough to convince those holding onto the purse strings to fund the rest of the development.

Unlikely, the expansion is only 5 months away. Most content in this game, even stuff like gear, starts its development a year before it's made available in game, 6 months at least. If Male Viera are happening then they already exist. Maybe their 3D models are not in a state where they can be shown, but at the very least they would have finalized concept art.

[Senliten]

Not really. All this states is that we will find out in 2 months if Viera are gender locked. The question asked was not a difficult one to answer, and their refusal to confirm one way or the other will generate animosity rather than hype.

Well remember the last few interviews, such as with housing iirc, or some info during hw, back when Yoshi-P had some guy behind him in a suit letting him know what can and cannot be currently stated, during interviews, and how they even joked during some of the live letters that mr. 'soandso' is looking a bit head shaking in regards to certain info. What if in all honesty this is just the same thing, but this time due to Yoshi-P's new position, he has to do that sort of self checking on his own.

Literally, this is not the first time SE has held info back, and it won't be the last. They have been fairly secretive and only letting info out when it was good and right. Him not answering brings those times from the past up. Something is obviously hinted at, but to go all fear mongering and popping blood vessels is no real way to go about this cause 'we can't have the info now, so lets just throw baseless ragesumptions out there to cause mass negativity and panic'.