Gender locked race?

[Corue]

I have a very strong feeling anyone looking forward to playable male Viera are going to be disappointed.

All I want to know is: why would they suddenly want to genderlock a fan-requested race out of nowhere? What reason would they have?

[Gwenorai]

All I want to know is: why would they suddenly want to genderlock a fan-requested race out of nowhere? What reason would they have?

There's no logic in it and even the lore can be debunked to allow them - heck even the story allows it.

I'm 100% not a fan of gender or race locked content in mmos - and while it's been a dealbreaker for me in the past with other games, if Viera are female only, well, whatever I guess. I had no intention of swapping to a male Viera myself, but I find it unfortunate for those who had intended on changing to a Male Viera (if the assumpptions are even true).

Even with the leaks aside, during the live letter on Sunday the following Q/A is more telling than anything else to me:

Q - "Fans are very excited that Viera is a new race but I think that fans are hoping that we’ll also get the male Viera as a playable character. Can you comment on that? Or even if they’re going to be NPCs if not, or if we have to wait until Tokyo Fan Fest?"

A - "That’s true we do still have the Tokyo Fan Fest ahead of us. zips mouth"

If there were playable Male Viera, he could very easily have just said, "Yeah, but you'll see them in Tokyo," or "We're still polishing them," or something.

Plus, having just watched the Au Ra reveal video - there were male and female models there. I have a very strong feeling anyone looking forward to playable male Viera are going to be disappointed.

Ronso tribe are nowhere near Ivalice - the only lion like species that is in that 'area' is Rev.

As for not telling us about the Male Viera. Why would they tell us when the big reveal would be at JP fanfest? Male Viera has never been seen before, their appearance widely speculated. You're not going to give a half-arsed 'oh yeah, they'll be playable - but you'll see them later.' No, they're going to wait for buildup and hype and then release it in the country it all started, and most likely with the creators of Viera from tactics/ff12. Male Viera would be a huge thing - not just for FF14 fanbase but for those who were major fans of FF12 and tactics.

And if they don't well, they're going to get harassed until they do hand it in. Sure preorders and all that, but people can cancel preorders. So I'm not understanding the preorder argument either.