Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Nestama]

That's too broad.

Would you prefer me to specifically say "people who want female Hrothgar and male Viera" or "people in this thread" instead?

To be fair, it's not unthinkable that they did promise it but went back on it. There are several things they said about the housing system, for instance, that they absolutely went back on, that people have quoted in their signatures.
And I agree with rachcouture, they might not have made any promises but to introduce genderlocks after being the ones to undo XI and 1.0's? Saying they made no promises is hollow.

It's mostly because if we say they promised, or they can't do something they haven't done since 1.0 (which to be fair was Tanaka's team), then SE might choose to never talk about this controversy until they know they will have the time and resources to work on them. Why bother saying anything if there's a certain group of players who will say "yeah but you promised/set a precedent!"

It's perfectly fine to be disappointed, of course and criticise them for releasing one gender of two races. I just feel saying they promised or can't do something is... selfish?