Gender locked race?

[Crushnight]

Ignoring all your bogus arbitrary limitations, every single person that played as the theoretical new race would prove you wrong. You'd have to have zero players pick such a race to play as in order to even try to prove your point.

You're right in that player's personal aesthetic preferences don't matter, but do you know who's does? The director of the game's, who has consistently shown to be against the idea of male viera.

I mean, you have people in this thread stomping their feet and asking for yoshida to resign from his position if he doesn't give them what they personally want. Especially ironic given that since no official male viera has ever existed, they're basing their expectations of male viera on their own imaginary version of what they might look like which could be drastically different from what they actually end up looking like if they happen.

These are the same people who will be just as much up in arms if viera isn't what they personally want or expect. They say they want male viera, but they each want specific versions of male viera and will be just as upset if it's not their version than if they got something that isn't even viera.

The person i quoted and set that 'challenge' to was in favor of gender locking viera without giving a reason why they think that after being called out by people they went on to say they are sick of criers who just complain whenever they don't get what they want so i then called them out specifically why they think male viera should not be added basically why they were in favor of gender locking them.
The bogus restrictions are the common defense i have seen in every thread about this and guess what they are bad reasons as
1. Male mi'qotes are equally as rare and are fully playable so lore is moot
2. Yes personal preference should have no bearing on reasoning to me this should include the Producer himself i will never ask for his job if he lets his personal taste completely dictate sound reasoning i will however have absolutely no sympathy for him if he gets hounded at every interview about it
3. If they try to defend the devs saying its too much work HW gave more that what ShB is giving currently this could change at Tokyo not a future reader afterall, HW is also the best comparison as was last time gave a new race.

Those that wanted to play female viera will play female viera those that wanted to play male viera will play as them if male viera is forcibly locked out some may go as female viera but a lot of those that wanted to play male won't. I cannot speak for other posters but if male viera is different to what i may want i will still play like i did au ra also i would be content that they were added period the main issue i have is gender locking itself and i personally would find it a very bad direction for ffxiv to take.
Also Yoshi P specifically hated 'cute' male viera not male viera in general