Gender locked race?

[Duskane]

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.

they do though
even made Khimari and Fran to showcase there character creator

[CoolDad]

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.

[RikkCavalier]

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.

I say fight for what you believe in! Don't give up. Log on every day and post in this thread.

[Iscah]

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

Not quite - they did cheer, but it was a bit delayed. Could be genuine excitement, could be "oh yeah, we should probably cheer now or it'll be awkward".

(I'm thinking of after the video though, can't remember what the reaction was when they showed the first picture.)

[Tharne]

That is what you call an easter egg, an homage. Not "This is them, they are Ronso!", that's also why they choose to call them Hrothgar in our shard because they are not the Ronso we know as opposed to the Viera.

[decoratibo]

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 must have missed this then, but I can understand why people would want a bestial race. However, they've effectively dumped around half of that population by gender-locking it to men only. I can also imagine they lost another chunk of that population just by virtue of how ugly they are...I'm getting more Cats the Musical as played by Roegadyn vibes rather than actual bestial qualities lol. I feel like not very many people saw the reveal and went "Oh, finally!!!! This is exactly what I wanted!" but that's just me.

[CorbinDallas]

they do though
even made Khimari and Fran to showcase there character creator

You're all missing my point completely. Nowhere at all did they say "we have introduced the Ronso from FF10", this means the "wah no females" is completely irrelevant, because 14s Hrothgar are not Ronso. Lore wise, we know absolutely nothing about them other than the fact they look like Ronso and happen to share the name in an alternate shard. For all we know, female Hrothgar just don't exist in the world of 14.

Of course they would allow you to make Khimari/Fran lookalikes, this is fanservice fantasy after all. To expect anything different wpuld be idiotic.

[Lacan]

Not quite - they did cheer, but it was a bit delayed. Could be genuine excitement, could be "oh yeah, we should probably cheer now or it'll be awkward".

(I'm thinking of after the video though, can't remember what the reaction was when they showed the first picture.)

Some people who are there mentioned there being audible disappointment from people, but its hard to say.

[faris_minamino]

I hope they add a future patch to fix this, gender lock it's always been a really bad idea. I want delicate boys and strong women, I want to choose what to be. I'm a girl that plays as a handsome miqo'te. Let me choose!!! D:

[Theodric]

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).

Yeah, I'm going to reserve my full judgement for when we get to play around with customisation options and see how they look in-game in cutscenes and such. At the end of the day, if I don't like them there are multiple playable races that I do like the look and feel of.

I hope they add a future patch to fix this, gender lock it's always been a really bad idea. I want delicate boys and strong women, I want to choose what to be. I'm a girl that plays as a handsome miqo'te. Let me choose!!! D:

You're not starved for those aesthetics. You can already customise characters to look exactly that way if you wish.

Personally I'm glad that we're getting something genuinely unique in the form of a proper 'bestial' race.