Quote Originally Posted by reivaxe View Post
You can believe the devs (who would know this type of thing) or not, I'm not gonna go find the tons of threads I've seen asking for Ronso or Lupin for you. I truely can't think of any race I've seen more requested than Viera and beast like races like the Lupin or Ronso.
Here's a question, though. Did the people who asked for it thought it would be based on Roe? Because Lupin do not have that body type. I haven't seen images where Ronso are so bulky, either. So while the devs went along with the request for a more beastly race, they might've still missed the mark. Time will tell.

As for anything "paying off" ... a race addition isn't going to be profitable.
A race is Fantasia sales and glamour purchases and alt characters who means more game time, and possibly jump potions. Not to mention we've seen people who got into the game when they heard Viera were playable (whether or not they'll continue with the exclusion of male Viera is besides the point right now).
Jobs are lucrative in keeping player interest for sure but you can't say races aren't profitable.

That being said I really don't think people who play males already would be as interested in "an other tall pretty male but with bunny ears" as you think.
Most people in this thread have male character profiles, though?