Gender locked race?

[Melichoir]

I will support people to want male viera if that happens but lets say it was literally ronso . . I'd be so hyped XD. H Y P E ! Now with our given information they're probably not literally Ronso, but lion-like and "sort of Ronso like". Besides if the other race was locked (if it's a thing, seems likely but we don't have a 100%er) then I bet a female version of that would be pretty great to have.

I think it would be best if SE gets a negative reaction about no male viera, if that's a thing, and I assume they would get some amount, that they then should very quickly give a coy "Viera's story isn't over, please look forward to it ". And be sure to work male viera into 6.0.

I'm not saying people who want male viera would be like "YES, SE THATS IT!" lol, clearly releasing them at the same time is what someone who wanted male Viera wants, but I imagine you would take a huge momentum hit out of the hate train that might happen from no male viera.

Not saying there wont be male viera, just to be clear to anyone thinking I'm saying that - just suggesting SE has the ability (I think) to cause a significant cut out of any rage if they quickly played into the hate like "Ah ah ah.. We're not done~!" lol.

I think theyd still end up with damage control if the did this. Even if were talking Hrothgar = Ronso (and an important note here: Theyve already given us Viera as a name direct, why change Ronso to Hrothgar?), it still suffers many of the same issues. No information regarding them in game or otu of game, no build up, no hints beyond bugs, etc. But that isnt the case with viera and a plausible player expectation of their being male viera. Not saying there wont be hype for a Ronso race, but SE would still take a hit from doing that bait and switch, and shoving male viera (or female Ronso) off to a later date will be met with criticisms and disbelief. Theres a lot of momentum behind the male viera thing, so again, pulling a switch at the very last fan festival with nothing in game to even hint at another race, or out of game to do so, would hurt more than help. People would see it and ask "Cool, but where the hell did this come from? Did they even listen to what we wanted?" Even players who have less invested interest or are unaware of Viera lore will start asking "So wait, were gonna be gender locking 2 different races all of a sudden?" I dont see how that would be a wise move, or how much counter hype releasing Ronso would provide considering that while some people requested it, it wasnt anywhere near the numbers of Viera.

In the end, if theres gonna be no male Viera, at this point its better for SE to be upfront with it and not ambiguous. Itll damage the hype train, but not as badly if they build expectations up until Fanfest and then drop that news there. Now would be best too because theres a small lull in the hype, so if people become outraged, that outrage has better chances of being diffused a bit before Fanfest and allow for speculation of what will come in Male Viera's place. Thatll start off a new hype train for more momentum.