Meh.

Well, the Hrothgar looks way better than previous examples we've seen. The lack of a healer doesn't bother me, although I do know many players who were disappointed with the lack of a fourth. Healing is dire right now and SE would definitely benefit from focusing on fixing it.

But their explanations for the race choice they made still ring hollow to me. They could have rolled this out way easier by addressing concerns before the playerbase got their hopes up. Look, New races take time, money, and effort- that's definitely true. That's not under scrutiny here. The issue is that many people feel alienated by their decisions concerning Hrothgar and Viera, and I'm still not convinced of the merit of the choice to make two races that are genderlocked. It's a "have your cake and eat it too" moment where more people are left wanting than if they were teased with only one race with two genders.

Either way, I do understand their stance about younger looking player characters not being introduced. That's a can of worms they shouldn't have to deal with, and I don't want to deal with it either. Yes, it would be nice to have younger looking characters, but this is a case where a minority of players would ruin it for everyone, and it's just beat to forget that route entirely.