Information on why the devs didn't include Viera Male/Hrothgar Female

[ScarboroughFairy]

Source: https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/doc...w/1176157.html
https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201903240006/

Q: When did you decide to implement the female-only Viera and male-only Hrothgar?

A: It was during Return to Ivalice, around 3 months after 4.0. Viera was confirmed then, and Hrothgar came about at the same time when we were discussing plans with Matsuno-san. We were deciding whether to make a Hrothgar female or a Viera female, and after selecting Viera, work began right away, because otherwise we wouldn't make it in time. As mentioned before, the face parts are special and Hrothgar has big differences between its faces, like a lion face, wolf face, leopard face. It became a fixed model relatively recently. Viera was done right before Paris Fan Fest, and Hrothgar was done recently.

Points to the inference that they were in a time/cost crunch when developing the races.

People freaking the hell out about the lack of counterparts, you can unclench your intestines now.

[Gwenorai]

Honestly, this is much better than 'lore says nah'' - it means most likely the counterparts will be released in the future. Hopefully. I'm not going to jump the gun and get my hopes up, however.

[BillyKaplan]

People freaking the hell out about the lack of counterparts, you can unclench your intestines now.

I won't because the irony of it all is that making a Hrothgar female would've spared us this genderlocked nonsense. Knowing we could've had a full race only makes it more bitter, in a way.

[Awha]

People are still going to be upset or claim these are just excuses. Personally I am glad they went this route.

[grinkdaboy]

why didn't they just say "due to time constraints male viera and female hrothgar will be released at a later date"? why?

[ScarboroughFairy]

I won't because the irony of it all is that making a Hrothgar female would've spared us this genderlocked nonsense. Knowing we could've had a full race only makes it more bitter, in a way.

If that happened, then the shitstorm you'd see in the forums would've been absolutely biblical compared to what's happening now.

[NellMoshroca]

Source: https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/doc...w/1176157.html
https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201903240006/

Q: When did you decide to implement the female-only Viera and male-only Hrothgar?

A: It was during Return to Ivalice, around 3 months after 4.0. Viera was confirmed then, and Hrothgar came about at the same time when we were discussing plans with Matsuno-san. We were deciding whether to make a Hrothgar female or a Viera female, and after selecting Viera, work began right away, because otherwise we wouldn't make it in time. As mentioned before, the face parts are special and Hrothgar has big differences between its faces, like a lion face, wolf face, leopard face. It became a fixed model relatively recently. Viera was done right before Paris Fan Fest, and Hrothgar was done recently.

Points to the inference that they were in a time/cost crunch when developing the races.

People freaking the hell out about the lack of counterparts, you can unclench your intestines now.

Well if that is the case than it would sure be nice for them to just confirm that they'll be coming eventually rather than coming up with some awful excuse about lore reasons less than 24 hours before confirming the date we can all get our regalia.

[Kidria]

why didn't they just say "due to time constraints male viera and female hrothgar will be released at a later date"? why?

My guess is that they don't want to promise something and be expected to held to it. Better to just leave it open so there's no further time constraints, because if you say "a later date" then all you'll get is a hounding WHEN WHEN WHEN. It's probably less stress on both sides to just say it is what it is now and leave it be. People can hope or not hope, but without a definitive date/answer like that, they can't blame SE later if said counterparts still end up clipped.

[ScarboroughFairy]

why didn't they just say "due to time constraints male viera and female hrothgar will be released at a later date"? why?

It's Square, dawg. Were you really expecting a straight answer?

[Remedi]

As mentioned before, the face parts are special and Hrothgar has big differences between its faces, like a lion face, wolf face, leopard face. .

mmmh wolf? interesting