Quote Originally Posted by BillyKaplan View Post
Both Viera and Hroth are the results of player wishes, for Hroths, the wish for a more beastly race (let's not get into how at least one poll on the matter lumped Viera along with such beastly races, likely garnering much bigger support for the option than if they had been placed as separate options). I think if one race truly was the wishes of the devs while the other was playerbase, they'd have gone either or and not tried to squeeze in as much as they did. This road to hell is paved very much with good intentions that ended up in a pile of poor results and implications.
Good point, people have always asked for a more beastlike race as well. But can you truly say the demand for such a race was as high or even higher than Viera?

I wish I could see that poll you referenced. Who in the world would lump Viera in the same vein as a beast race? They're essentially humans/elves with bunny ears.

Definitely agree this is a "trying to please too many people at once/road to hell paved with good intentions" situation.