Quote Originally Posted by J-Reyno View Post
What's funny to me is that I'm not at all convinced that Hrothgar would be a more popular choice than Viera male.

They did the same thing with Miqo'te back in 1.0, genderlocking the race and instead giving us male-only Highlanders and Roegadyn. Now look at the playerbase, with Miqomales played far more than males of both previously male-only races.

If I were a betting man I'd throw my coin in with Viera male being the more popular pick every time.
I mean obviously they wouldn't be, but it's plain that this was meant to give people a new option for a beastial race that we've never really had before, while at the same time kind of appeasing people that persistently asked for viera.