Gender locked race?

[Wilford111]

Once again, stop implying nobody in Japan cares about misogyny and move on.

Feminism can be a good thing when it's needed. Radical feminism is not. That doesn't seem to be happening in Japan though, so I'm all for it.

Stop implying that I don't care about women.

[Thefates]

So, out of curiosity...how many of those upset over this intend to take their leave of the game and at what point do they intend to do so?

I wouldn't take my leave from the game yet, I only wanted female Viera in the first place, but I'm still really disappointed to see this sort of creative decision come out. Genderlocking just shouldn't have been entertained.

[Keeric]

Two factions have been screaming for races: Viera and people who wanted bestial. I think they chose to go with this because they had time to program one or one gender of each, so they took the middle ground and pissed off gender divides rather than style divides.

They were probably trying to be kinda smart, by pissing off the smallest segments of each clamoring section for a race.
Cause it would be like 1% Female buffcat and probably more male Viera, but like the same miqo ratio.
I'd be willing to wager on introducing the opposite genders next expac and this is why they made this decision. Keep screaming though, I'm sure they weren't already aware this would make people scream harder or something.

[Chilliwack]

So, out of curiosity...how many of those upset over this intend to take their leave of the game and at what point do they intend to do so?

I'm not certain I'd go that far, since I've been deeply invested in the story up to this point.

But after today, I am VERY sorely tempted to just walk away.

A male Viera is a character I absolutely would have made an alt for. But I have no interest in playing as a large Roegadyn with bad posture.

Every time I see one of these races in Shadowbringers, I'll probably just roll my eyes, reminded of SE's poor decision. They will forever be "the badly designed race" in my eyes, no matter how much gravitas the game tries to place upon them.

[Thefates]

Two factions have been screaming for races: Viera and people who wanted bestial. I think they chose to go with this because they had time to program one or one gender of each, so they took the middle ground and pissed of gender divides rather than style divides.

They were probably trying to be kinda smart, by pissing off the smallest segments of each clamoring section for a race.
Cause it would be like 1% Female buffcat and probably more male Viera, but like the same miqo ratio.
I'd be willing to wager on introducing the opposite genders next expac and this is why they made this decision. Keep screaming though, I'm sure they weren't already aware this would make people scream harder or something.

If they honestly said they wanted to introduce the other genders later that would be another thing but right now it feels like the only real reason for them to do so would be the community backlash. If people weren't vocally upset they'd have no reason to go through the effort.

[Kazran]

Limiting to the whole "Big Brute 'ugly' Muscle " Male and the "Pretty, cute, object" Female with with gender locked races just feels so old fashioned and gross!

The Ronso look super rough tho and well the Viera are Viera cute tall ladies. I like player choice and this really limits player choice in their Avatar. Some people dont really care about how their avatar look ((and that's 100% fair) but for others "glamour is the true endgame"

Its just disappointing to see it turn out this way.

[Endeleon]

So, out of curiosity...how many of those upset over this intend to take their leave of the game and at what point do they intend to do so?

I'm attempting to cancel my pre-order right this minute, actually. It's just I already claimed the earrings and minion so I am unsure if I will get banned for cancelling? I can't find info.... but yeah I'm not planning on continuing or playing at SHB launch either.

[Nezerius]

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

With that logic, Hyurans are actually Humes from Vanadiel, because they're totally being called that in The First!

Sarcasm aside, they were just showing that you can recreate characters from other FF games, doesn't make them officially Ronso (because they're Hrothgar). Besides, Fran was already in the game, unless you completely missed her in the Ivalice raids (and technically, she isn't even the same Fran as the FFXII one, despite having the exact same looks).

[Thefates]

Limiting to the whole "Big Brute 'ugly' Muscle " Male and the "Pretty, cute, object" Female with with gender locked races just feels so old fashioned and gross!

The Ronso look super rough tho and well the Viera are Viera cute tall ladies. I like player choice and this really limits player choice in their Avatar. Some people dont really care about how their avatar look ((and that's 100% fair) but for others "glamour is the true endgame"

Its just disappointing to see it turn out this way.

Seriously, just give us some masculine females and some feminine males. This is literally the perfect opportunity to do so now.

[Theodric]

Limiting to the whole "Big Brute 'ugly' Muscle " Male and the "Pretty, cute, object" Female with with gender locked races just feels so old fashioned and gross!

Seriously, just give us some masculine females and some feminine males. This is literally the perfect opportunity to do so now.

You can already design rough looking women in-game if you wish as well as more delicate looking men. It's not as if either aesthetic is neglected when it comes to the character customisation system.