Gender locked race?

[Lauront]

They used lore as an excuse to not include playable male Viera, but the real reason is because they didn't want to, and they shaped the lore in a way to explain that. Female Hrothgar (a.k.a Ronso) exist, so why would they make Hrothgar male only?

Hopefully fans will be able to convince them to eventually create playable male Viera and playable female Hrothgar. There's no need to genderlock them.

Indeed, that's the only thing left at this point with regards to the new races...

[BiddyBatnana]

I thought Hrothgar would have more human facial features if the leak were true, so I was really surprise that they went with what they did.

I don't hate it, but I am on the fence. I like their body proportions, but I am curious about how emotive their faces will be. They don't seem too have too much facial movements in the preview, so hopefully they're working on that.

The Vieras and Hrothgar are, I hope, not finished yet. Cause both look quite limited with facial expressions..

[Kraster]

Really disappointed in this decision. Would rather have preferred one race with two gender options than two races with one gender each. I sincerely hope 6.0 (or earlier) fixes this.

[Insainbutterfly]

Genderlocking races is really unfortunate. I was so looking forward to male viera. Female Hrothgar should be added as well.

[Lacan]

... do you think the hrothgar ever like... kiss each other?

[Lauront]

He didn't say they were. He's saying that other people wanted that and he knows it's developer preference stopping it.

I think their way of handling it is utterly silly, but in the end, they design the game, and then bring it to market. As a work of art, the producers of it will have their preferences on what they put in it and how to present it. They are perfectly entitled to do that, and of course people are perfectly free to reject the product. I don't quite see there being huge demand for Hrothgar in the way they've been added, and monitoring the active figures a few months in will probably be highly revealing.

[CorbinDallas]

... do you think the hrothgar ever like... kiss each other?

/sweat

Stop it, you're making me blush.

[Lauront]

... do you think the hrothgar ever like... kiss each other?

Their current design leads me not to even care.

[Daitana]

I'm back. I prepared this in advance, and posting it as they are clapping for these ridiculous cat race. Let me first say this: I hate Hrothgar because they came at the cost of male Viera and I'm not going to forget this ever.

Well it seems that they’ve gender-locked Viera and Hrothgar after all.
How disgusting, sexist, and homophobic - still uncomfortable designing male bunnies huh? You know I’ve really come to see this all as an attack on my identity especially after several of my posts in this thread were reported and I was banned because apparently someone is upset that I was very vocal about why I want male Viera and the fanart I was posting? I’m not sorry about what I said back then and this attempt at silencing me failed.
You know what would have been nice? Not being so secretive and being up front with us from the start, but no, they just had to cash in on everyone’s preorders before throwing this in our faces. This is why you cannot trust preorders these days at all. Thank god I had the foresight to not buy Shadowbringers. I can’t imagine that they would have refunded me. After all that I’ve seen I’ve come to the conclusion that this was a predatory tactic that took advantage of people’s trust, and they will go out of their way to silence anyone who speaks out against them. They are being anti-consumer and anti-player with the way they are behaving.
So in the end, they lost the money I was about to spend on the expansion, my recurring subscription which I have canceled, and any other Mog Station related purchases I would have made for fantasias/outfits/mounts. I refuse to be taken advantage of and I refuse to blindly follow this game into the abyss it’s going to sink into at this rate.
Good riddance and goodbye.

I see that this game has shifted sides and is now against who I am and what I stand for so in response I see no other option but to abandon FFXIV. Since they’re using the lore to justify this, then so will I. If the lore states that male Viera aren’t playable, then I guess that means my character will just have to disappear.
Goodbye.

Gender-locking is a mistake, period. Their decision to take the path they have is a mistake. But just because they didn't pander to your SJW needs, doesn't mean it's an attack, or form of bigotry. Stop creating a false-narrative to feed your personal agenda. It's toxic and hypocritical.

[ForctyusGold]

its just horrible decision , its like making limited jobs / and what about that lore , its just joke lol . im so mad now / even rhothgar looks awesome ...