Quote Originally Posted by Xyline View Post
It's never good to gate-keep. It's never good to make less options for players to express themselves.

Genderlocking has never been favorable, likable, or enjoyable in an MMO. Just let us have our freedom to make our characters ^_^
They didn't make "less options" for players. They made more. Here is the deal (though my post is at the top of the page)

They had time to make 1 race (male and female), but players wanted 2. So they had two choices:

1) Make male and female Hrothgar
or
2) Make male Hrothgar and female Viera

Male and female Viera was never on the table because they have no references for male Viera (so it would make their work that much harder).

So since Viera were very popular and they already had to have Fran for the 24 man content, they decided on option 2.

Yoshida has said that if they have the time and resources, and if enough people want them to the make the remaining genders, they will. But he doesn't make any promises because he isn't sure if they'll have the time and resources.