Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Veis_Alveare]

Imagine if they never added male Miqo'te for similar reasons.

They sure didn't seem to take issue with adding female Viera as waifus, though.

That would be their decision and I'd be fine with it?

No, they didn't have any issue adding a very requested thing (Viera) in a way that both cut costs (only making one gender with no real clan differences) and ensured revenue (people play classicly beautiful female races more than any others and will Fantasia to them).

It's almost like they're a business.

Edit: It's hilarious how people don't address the actual points I'm making and just yell "CATBOYS HAPPENED REEEEEEE" instead as if that's a valid argument. I'm done here for now, still hoping SE sticks to their guns and doesn't capitulate to this whiny mentality.

[Lauront]

That would be their decision and I'd be fine with it?

No, they didn't have any issue adding a very requested thing (Viera) in a way that both cut costs (only making one gender with no real clan differences) and ensured revenue (people play classicly beautiful female races more than any others and will Fantasia to them).

It's almost like they're a business.

They basically added Viera waifus. The diffuse visions people had for female Viera did not seem to prevent their addition, including the "fierce warrior" archetype - so why would it prevent male Viera from being added? Not having seen male catboys did not prevent their addition. So your argument doesn't really hold water. Adding Hrothgar, meanwhile, did not cut costs and does not satisfy the many of us who were not asking for them in the first place.

It's almost like we're consumers giving feedback to said business on what we'd like to see.

Edit: It's hilarious how people don't address the actual points I'm making and just yell "CATBOYS HAPPENED REEEEEEE" instead as if that's a valid argument. I'm done here for now, still hoping SE sticks to their guns and doesn't capitulate to this whiny mentality.

Nice attempt at a sneak edit. The fact of the matter is that your argument is weak, because the rationale you put forward did not rule out gender-lock reversals in similar scenarios. You can caricature rebuttals to your position however you like, but the point has been addressed, is on weak footing and does not prevent SE from undertaking further research to narrow down what people like, if they feel the need to. I think it's interesting that you don't want them added out of a position of pure spite.