The people currently blackmailing Devs over cosmetics are a disgrace

[MsQi]

Relax people, genderlock is just cosmetic. You are threatening to leave a game, its gameplay, its scenario, its community, over some lack of cosmetics...

Some people are disappointed by the fanfest. I am disappointed by how childish a part of this community is. Such an outcry for such a trivial thing...

I'm disappointed with how ignorant you are. I don't agree with it but what they are doing is boycotting, not blackmailing. Visuals and imagined visuals are an integral part of fantasy fiction and the RPG genre.

[Efrye]

Calling the basic appearance of the player character "just cosmetic" is such a misguided way to think about games.

[Kalise]

Well... Glamour is the real end-game content.

EU Fan Fest was focused around Cosmetics because apparently, that's what the region regards highly.

Also as far as "Blackmailing" goes...

As consumers, the primary way of providing feedback about dissatisfaction is voting with your wallet.

That has the loudest voice, when devs see income drop they tend to take notice (Because their bosses who only look at profits notice)

[Shinku_Tachi]

Relax people, genderlock is just cosmetic. You are threatening to leave a game, its gameplay, its scenario, its community, over some lack of cosmetics...

Some people are disappointed by the fanfest. I am disappointed by how childish a part of this community is. Such an outcry for such a trivial thing...

I wouldn't worry so much about all the noise being made and just keep enjoying the game and having fun with your friends. Those kinda threads have been a staple here since the beta back in 2013. The storm over this will soon pass as well.

[KittenMittens]

When a game builds itself on cosmetics and cracks jokes about cosmetics being the true end game, who are you to say these people have no reason to voice their disapproval on the very place the developers tell you to voice your concerns?

[ToniRomo]

I've been playing MMos since the 90s. The people that threaten to quit on message boards over stuff like this never actually quit.

[Duroy]

Its not blackmail strictly speaking, but its still exerting pressure in order to get something. Most people currently complaining won't actually cancel their subs, they are throwing a tantrum to get something, in that way, it is blackmail-ish

[redcurrant18]

yo, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the ones sowing mass-discord and anger in the community ain't the devs.

Yo, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this drama would never have happened if they had stuck with their original plan of releasing a full Viera race that already had concept art and then releasing Hrothgar later-or sacrificing something like Eureka or limited jobs to make them happen at the same time. There were many ways for this to happen, but instead they chose the laziest and most misguided way of doing things. This starts and ends with their bad decision making.

[Alleo]

So as a consumer if I am not fine with how a paid product is done and say that I am not going to pay them anymore is blackmailing? Lol..

They are not our friends. They are a business and we are their customers and thus can voice our opinion about it, and if its too much even just go away. Thats it.

I mean if you are going to a restaurant and liked it there in the past but they changed things and those new ones are not your taste and the old things also dont taste that great anymore...why would you not leave it? And if you leave it and give them feedback then they will at least know why you left.

[LycheeLamb]

The community pays monthly just for the ability to enter this game and play it. If any group of gamers should have a say on what they feel strongly about, surely it's MMO players? The costs of being active in an MMO add up, and it's a symbiotic relationship between the players and the devs to keep the balance of money-for-worthwhile-content going. It's hugely important to keep the lines of communication open, instead of having people hush up and leave en masse without notifying the reasoning for this to the devs at all. Yet, this is what would occur if people couldn't protest, and couldn't criticize MMO devs' decisions.