Gender locked race?

[Theodric]

I'm legitimately curious about this - who actually asked for or wanted the Hrothgar?

Quite a lot of people have requested a playable race along the lines of the Ronso over the years. It just so happens that whenever they were brought up the same sort of scathing commentary and rage you see in response to the gender lock was thrown their way. I would have preferred them to be a bit closer to Byakko in terms of design, though I'm very happy for those who I know wanted a 'bestial' playable race. Which isn't a small number at all.

[Thefates]

Because if you talk to the Wandering Dramaturge on the Prima Vista in Kugane, you can read Viera lore. It's already in the game beyond just Fran showing up.

Oh come on now, they literally just added that in with the newer raids. The only reason to make that decision is because they decided they didn't want the males anyways.

[Shougun]

Sooooooo that person who called people dumb for calling them Ronso, but they're literally called Ronso in the alternate shard. SE employee officially trolling us with leaks XD?

Also oof on the gender lock but I guess it was one of the plausible realities so I'm not too shocked. Shocked dancer is not healer though, that took me by more surprise.. Wonder if this Gaia hammer job will turn out to be a healer?

Would hope people who wanted the gender lock undone can stay civil (and resilient), I feel that it would be plausible that SE unlocks them later. . . unless the explicit reason they're locked is because one or both of the big devs recoiled so hard they put their foot down in which case good luck @_@.

Would certainly be awesome to see the male Viera and female Ronso.

Quite a lot of people have requested a playable race along the lines of the Ronso over the years. It just so happens that whenever they were brought up the same sort of scathing commentary and rage you see in response to the gender lock was thrown their way. I would have preferred them to be a bit closer to Byakko in terms of design, though I'm very happy for those who I know wanted a 'bestial' playable race. Which isn't a small number at all.

I had to re-read my post to make sure I didn't sound like I came in gloating.. Because I'm not happy some people are sad, but I did think it was cool they actually went through with making Ronso.

For the two clans, unlikely, but very cool if the Ronso race had a Byakko like body option (given the sliders and such- they did talk about how much advanced customization these two races will have).

[Saywihee]

Posting to also show my displeasure in this. It's such a copout on the devs end.

[Duskane]

Please link me a timestamp where they say "Hrothgar are literally an exact copy of the Ronso from Final Fantasy X". From what I saw, they share nothing except the name, and that is only in another dimension.

[Gwenorai]

Sooooooo that person who called people dumb for calling them Ronso, but they're literally called Ronso in the alternate shard. SE employee officially trolling us with leaks XD?


Also oof on the gender lock but I guess it was one of the plausible realities so I'm not too shocked. Shocked dancer is not healer though, that took me by more surprise.. Wonder if this Gaia hammer job will turn out to be a healer?

Would hope people who wanted the gender lock undone can stay civil (and resilient), I feel that it would be plausible that SE unlocks them later. . . unless the explicit reason they're locked is because one or both of the big devs recoiled so hard they put their foot down in which case good luck @_@. Would certainly be cool to see the male Viera and female Ronso.

-shakes fist at you-

It was you all along! Nah, grats though - but yeah, bad times.

[Lacan]

The room was dead silent after they announced them. :x

[CorbinDallas]

Ok, so the Hrothgar go by a different name in an alternate universe like every other race? They don't officially mention FF10s Ronso at all.

[Thefates]

Sooooooo that person who called people dumb for calling them Ronso, but they're literally called Ronso in the alternate shard. SE employee officially trolling us with leaks XD?


Also oof on the gender lock but I guess it was one of the plausible realities so I'm not too shocked. Shocked dancer is not healer though, that took me by more surprise.. Wonder if this Gaia hammer job will turn out to be a healer?

Would hope people who wanted the gender lock undone can stay civil (and resilient), I feel that it would be plausible that SE unlocks them later. . . unless the explicit reason they're locked is because one or both of the big devs recoiled so hard they put their foot down in which case good luck @_@. Would certainly be cool to see the male Viera and female Ronso.

That's my ideal solution really, getting them both at a later date, perhaps with an MSQ excuse. As it stands now this pretty heavily divides the community.

[IzabelVarosa]

girls should be allowed to present themselves as powerful, and boys should be allowed to look elegant. literally the only thing sparking my interest in continuing to play was the idea of bunny boys. 100% done now. square lives in a world where boys play with trucks and girls play with dolls, and its profoundly difficult to be anyone that doesnt fall into a painfully backwards and categorically stereotypical gender archetype.