Gender locked race?

[MrKimper]

This is my biggest issue with this whole thing. They made a point in the Paris keynote about how difficult it was to alter the existing headgear to accommodate for Viera ears. Why would they drop all of that and start making a different concept completely out of the left field? I understand that some people wanted a bestial race, but how many of those people wanted specifically a lion-based bestial race? And one that was male-only at that? It makes no sense, especially given how rushed the Hrothgar looked. I understand that developing races is difficult, but I refuse to believe that it would not have just been easier to create male Viera.

Dev team no like male bunny's, didn't they have the female devs working on the male bunny suit?

[KaijinRhada]

Dev team no like male bunny's, didn't they have the female devs working on the male bunny suit?

It is a bit... ehhhhh.... That whole debacle was potentially unnecessary, given if just the headgear was unlocked, it probably would have smoothed over quite a bit. Nice for the outfit as a whole to have no locks, but as far as I have seen, people got upset because such an innocuous headpiece had a genderlock on it.

[NahuNa]

So basically

[Tsumdere]

It's not only that it's gender locked, but the Hrothgar just look so... goofy. They don't look right at all. As someone who wanted beastmen as much as male Viera, I'm very disappointed in how Hrothgar look.

Probably will just fall back to the one character sub because I have no use for these characters I was saving for Viera. Just to make a point, I'm not even going to fantasia to female Viera temporarily either.

[Theodric]

Plenty of people wanted Hrothgar. You can see many people explicitly requesting something along the lines of Ronso within this very thread before the reveal. Let's not be deceptive in our discussion points.

[decoratibo]

Dev team no like male bunny's, didn't they have the female devs working on the male bunny suit?

I always assumed that comment was made in jest, but given this whole debacle I can't help but wonder if it was actually the case lol.

[wylantar]

Stolen from Arkeband on Reddit, sums up my feelings exactly:

S-E: "Here's concept art of male Viera, wouldn't this be cool?"

Fans: yes we have always wanted this

S-E: "ta-da! female viera where's the males guess we'll have to find out next time"

Fans: yes we have always wanted this, show us canon male viera

S-E: "sorry we decided not to make them, but here's lions that are also pseudo-Ronso"

Fans: why

S-E: "btw they're gender locked too"

Fans: why

[Sentaryuu]

I too am in the boat of disappointment. I wanted Male Viera as well. I wanted another Male Race I could change into for a little while, but looks like that is dead. I just can't change Celi into most of the Male races other than lala.

These Hrothgar are just not what I am looking for in a new race. I have never been a fan of bestial races or buff ones like they are. Them being gender locked and the Viera being female only doesnt sit well with me. I don't like gender locked races in any game. Hopefully it never comes to gender locked jobs. Just let me play what I want. They may grow on me, we shall see, but still won't be able to play one.

For now, Miqo'te for life!

[Thefates]

Plenty of people wanted Hrothgar. You can see many people explicitly requesting something along the lines of Ronso within this very thread before the reveal. Let's not be deceptive in our discussion points.

Agreed, Hrothgar obviously had a fanbase following the leaks. That being said, the gender lock was still something nobody "wanted" for either race.

[BillyKaplan]

Plenty of people wanted Hrothgar. You can see many people explicitly requesting something along the lines of Ronso within this very thread before the reveal. Let's not be deceptive in our discussion points.

Plenty of people also wanted female Hrothgars. By introducing Hrothgar, they also created themselves another audience they will not be able to satisfy with this.