MrHappy interview with yoshida from tokyo

[Shougun]

I agree with this too, Hrothgar do fill a niche that none of the other races (or male viera) do. I just think deciding to genderlock it and release it alongside viera was a mistake just because viera is such a fan favorite race to begin with. They had to know people were going to want males and females of it, so people are going to feel slighted even if that wasn't the intent. It was pretty much a repeat of the miqote situation all over, since people from FF 11 were already fans of mithra to begin with and wanted a male counterpart.

I get that to be honest, Viera is huge... and finally seeing a mystery race is probably very exciting for those who were wondering what they'd look like (and hoping to try them out). I actually imagine the debate inside the dev team was pretty heated and likely it came down to "do we want to start the work now on two races trying to create a diverse cast (especially the beast), or complete one fully that'll be popular at least and never make another one because everyone in here is screaming at the top of their lungs when I say "new race"?" lol. Thousands of gears needing to be adjusted, I bet you can see the knowing in their eyes as the huge wall of work comes running at them - late nights galore.

I think it's possible that this gender-lock might have been our only route to two races though, maybe we'd otherwise only have one. It might be impossible to say for sure if that's true, but if we picture it like that perhaps people can find more peace with it? (it sounds like a possible reality to me at least).

I understand some people would be fine with just one, but let's say in a few years after everyone is used to having both (assuming, and hopefully, they unlock both)-- I think we'll be in a better place overall because of it (with a wide range of choices for players old and incoming new to pick). Of course if they had the resources to make two full races at the get go.. that'd be pretty epic, but I can't begin to fathom what stuff costs and how much time they have available to get it done so all I can say would be "that'd be epic" haha. To be honest I try to actively avoid playing "accountant" when asking for stuff and just try to be very patient instead, maybe sometimes preface my more extreme requests with "I'm sorry but I still like this idea, here let me try to explain it as best as I can" lol.

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Btw though, I always appreciate your replies to things. They're always thoughtful and well-intentioned. :3

<3.. Thank you :3. It's been great discussing stuff with you in the other thread - you've been fun and reasonable, was never afraid you'd come at me with the fury of a thousand bunnies and rather we could just discuss stuff together (which has been nice).