Gender locked race?

[Gwenorai]

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See, this is what gets me. If we go off by his history then he shouldn't be scared to go 'Oh, there's no male Viera.' If dropping disappointing news is something he's prepared to do, then why isn't he doing it?

Why would the blow be lessened in Japan Fanfest? Yoshida doesn't understand English, it'd be much easier for him to take hate when he honestly doesn't understand what the people are saying? I think it'd be a lot more of an issue to say it in your homeland where they have the same nuances, language and all that. How would saying it in Japan make it better or easier? How would disappointing your original fanbase be easier? I'm not saying all of them are going to be up in arms about this, but you get my idea?

As you've repeated, 'he's never strayed from saying it wasn't ready' - okay, then I have to ask, has he strayed from delivering bad news and just strung it along or just got it out of the way right then and there?

He could have easily have said 'It's gender locked' and someone would ask 'Oh are the males getting a new race then?' and he could just have said the very same thing. 'Wait till JapanFanfest.' and we'd still be in the same boat - just we wouldn't be on this horrid cliff hanger. Yeah people would kick up a fuss, but he'd still get the same questions come Japanfanfest. 'Why didn't you add them in. Why did you pick this race.' All that's different here is that there are a few steps out of place.

Unless it was done for really sly reasons they want the preorders and then folks can't cancel their preorders after the bad news due to the early items we get, so when the bad news does hit - we can't cancel our preorders or something silly like that; which I don't think is possible?

There is something extremely out of character to add a gender locked playable race that no one asked for. You say that adding Male Viera is a bigger gamble and I have to ask, how is adding another random race that isn't even established yet in both FF14 or FF in general? If it's not Ronso - which it isn't if the leaker is correct - then the only Race it could be is Rev. I don't believe anyone asked for Rev. So, this boils down to it being a completely new race. A completely new feline race - when we already have one in the game, instead now we're just going backwards and it's going to be a 'reverse' of the moon miqote, only now the females are disallowed.

A completely new feline gender locked race, which as of right now there are zero ties into the story. Unless they're going to randomly introduce this new race between now and Japan Fanfest. If someone can confirm if there's going to be a big new story update soon during that time I would love to know. Honestly forget if we're getting a story update or it's just Eureka patches.

Anyway, the thing is, from what I gather people like to play characters that not only look good but also the history of that race appeals to them. Usually, they establish this by having an NPC character that is tied into the game so you can see the in-game model. See how they move, see how they talk, the emotional scale and etc. Then we get the history and the lore and we think, oh, this works.

Right now Lupin has been seen more than this mysterious cat. Lupin right now has more of a connection with the userbase than this unknown Bara cat - that isn't Ronso.

No, the only thing I've seen linked into anything cat-like during this whole expansion was; Byakko Humanoid form, Fat Cat Leaks and that one dude who was obsessed over the cuteness of cats during the year of the pig celebration. Zero lions.

I just don't understand how Viera is more of a gamble than. Race nobody asked for + Gender lock. Rather than, Viera isn't gender locked but some people don't like how the male looks. The first one is a double whammy. While some may like the new race; it's not only going to irritate those who hate the gender lock, those who hate the fact there's no male Viera - and the fact adding ANOTHER feline race is just going to crap on Miqo'te. If their logic is 'male miqo'te is most popular so add another cat' then why on earth didn't they just add more customisation into the CC?
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Can someone refresh my mind on how Aura was introduced? Or rather, when did they establish the fact this 'race' existed before we actually rolled into the expansion.

Edit; Sorry for the huge block of text, and again this isn't supposed to come across as aggressive, just thought I'd be clear on that.