Letter from the Producer LXII

[Berethos]

I thought we were beyond genderlocking after there was outcry about it in 1.0 and it was changed for 2.0.

You're confusing the current gender locking, which is a logistics issue impacting their decision to fit two races and thus fulfill two disparate desires, with the earlier genderlocking of 1.0, which was an aesthetic choice.

They have moved past the reasoning used in 1.0 for genderlocking.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I'd also love to see some proof of this outcry, cuz I certainly don't remember it. I remember people requesting the other genders. I do not remember an outcry. Certainly not like the current ones where the devs are called cowards and homophobes lol.

[Vahlnir]

I'd also love to see some proof of this outcry, cuz I certainly don't remember it. I remember people requesting the other genders. I do not remember an outcry. Certainly not like the current ones where the devs are called cowards and homophobes lol.

It usually takes a lot for him to personally post something in order to address controversial decisions, so the outcry must have been fairly substantial.

[Ayer2015]

You're confusing the current gender locking, which is a logistics issue impacting their decision to fit two races and thus fulfill two disparate desires, with the earlier genderlocking of 1.0, which was an aesthetic choice.

They have moved past the reasoning used in 1.0 for genderlocking.

If adding races is such a logistics issue, they shouldn't have added any new races and instead have focused on making new, and better, faces for existing races.

Based on what Viera are... SE could have just made hi res bunny ears that hide standard racial ears.... the body models aren't anything special.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It usually takes a lot for him to personally post something in order to address controversial decisions, so the outcry must have been fairly substantial.

During 1.0, not the recent mess.

[Vahlnir]

During 1.0, not the recent mess.

You have to take into account that NA and EU aren't the only players who wanted the other genders and/or wanted to hear about the state of healing. I only say this because that's probably the majority of the people who post on this particular subsection of the forums.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

You have to take into account that NA and EU aren't the only players who wanted the other genders and/or wanted to hear about the state of healing. I only say this because that's probably the majority of the people who post on this particular subsection of the forum.

Oh, I don't disagree that everyone wants the other genders. However, there was no outcry over miqo being female only, and highlander and roe being male only in 1.0. There was a request post that was civil, and contained, and that was pretty much it. No huge outcry, no 50 million topics.


As for the healing thing, people won't be satisfied until a 4th healer is added. And if they had added one, people would be complaining just like during 3.0 when ast was terrible and then overbuffed. No one wins until the devs fix healers. Everyone says they had 2 expansions to do they. No they had 1, and they changed their minds on how to go about it after realizing they couldn't solve the issue the way things are now.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

They didn't say they won't be ever playable. They just said it would take time(6.0 probs)

"I want to be clear that this does not mean it will eventually happen, and that I cannot make any promises at this time. I hope you will understand and bear with us." - he literally says not to set expectations that it's going to happen eventually. Don't build up this expectation and then become pissed that it hasn't happened.

[Vahlnir]

"I want to be clear that this does not mean it will eventually happen, and that I cannot make any promises at this time. I hope you will understand and bear with us." - he literally says not to set expectations that it's going to happen eventually. Don't build up this expectation and then become pissed that it hasn't happened.

Yeah, he took extra care to cover his bases here. A good idea to be sure. I think that they will happen eventually though, but I'm not expecting them.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

Yeah, he took extra care to cover his bases here. A good idea to be sure. I think that they will happen eventually though, but I'm not expecting them.

I'm all for hoping it'll happen! I hope it happens too, but I don't want this "Yoshi P promised!" nonsense coming back later. I'm glad he covered his bases here because people saying "Oh it'll happen in 6.0!" are setting themselves up for disappointment if it doesn't. And that's when people will start complaining again but he'll get to shrug and go "I told you not to expect it."