Quote Originally Posted by Madiera View Post
Not to hurt anyone's feelings or offend anyone but, I'm sorry. SE writes the lore and can literally retcon anything to fit within the confines of their own game. So the people who try and use lore as an excuse to keep with genderlocking, have to realize it's inherent flimsiness. To quote someone from reddit...

"It's always explicitly implied the WoL (WoD now?) is an adventurer and adventurers generally buck tradition and cultural norms. Most Lalafell are merchants of some kind and mostly in Ul'dah - but you can still be a greatsword wielding crazy popoto who signed up with the Adders to fight the Empire. The PC in almost every game is a cultural exception due to necessity. While a Male Miqote player can CHOOSE to RP out the N'uhn climb lifestyle, most don't and the main plot-line certainly gives you little time for it.

This implies not even a single male Viera ever decides to leave their seclusion to seek adventure or life elsewhere. And that's ridiculous."

Not to mention using the lore one minute to 'excuse' that there's no male veira and then totally disregarding it with the female hrothgar and simply excusing it by saying "It wouldn't be fair to the veira we genderlocked." Is one of the best examples of flimsy behavior.
I'm not sure what is bringing about this type of behavior, but I waited some time for people to cool off, because my first attempts to explain my concerns was met with hostility and accusations of trolling. I never said female hrothgar were lore friendly, but they are only as lore unfriendly as female viera and male hrothgar. Male viera take it to a whole other level, and no change in the forest or anything would change the lore. The lore prior to Shadowbringers is that no one sees them at any point in time. That lore would still exist to every player that has yet to reach at the very least the 5.0 MSQ.