Gender locked race?

[Jaywalker]

This is the reason that I, when giving critique or outright criticism as I've done here, feel the need to add that I'm not a sjw. I don't want people to think I'd accuse them of horrible things just because they want hot babes in their games/movies etc. If I were to show them my female character in Blade and Soul there would be no doubt though. Lol! She's got assets if ya know what I mean. *hint hint nudge nudge*
What I dislike is when there is clear favoritism, and that goes both ways. And I don't want my creativity or personal choice to be stifled in a mmorpg.

Honestly I think that's pretty reasonable. For what it's worth, when I saw your previous posts I thought you seemed very frustrated and worried but not threatening the way things get in other fandoms. There have been maybe one or two posts on lodestone by other people that got me a little nervous but the fact that most people reacted along the lines of "what the hell" to them and then just moved on was very reassuring.

I am pretty confident SE will be fine on the male viera front given their track record and how they've been playing coy on the subject. Worst case scenario if they did the two race thing where male-only race is beastlike while female-only is sexy, I'm positive it would wind up as a repeat of the Roegadyn/Miqo'te situation after a little because there's money there for them. I hope some of this can help you feel less worried!

And as a last bit from something you mentioned earlier, I actually don't think boycotting would be very effective at influencing game direction since we fall under the "nice and also" category of customers. Celebrating fan ideas about male viera where devs can see as enthusiastically as possible might help though. It basically acts to signal that there is a fan desire for them in a positive way that might spark some inspiration at the same time. There's no obligation, no threats, just letting them know that if they choose to go in that direction it would make people happy and might be a business opportunity for them. Since FFXIV is one of the limited healthy fandoms still around, it's worth treasuring I think.

Also, a more bishie interpretation I saw of male Viera!

[Anyan]

a more bishie interpretation I saw of male Viera!

Oh, God damnit! I had just gotten redressed and back comfortably in my chair!

[Fredco191]

a more bishie interpretation I saw of male Viera!

I’m going to be upset if the males aren’t playable. All of these look so good.