Quote Originally Posted by reivaxe View Post
There wasn't a "long time", it was a difference of 2 months. Before Hrothgar were revealed they were leaked, first by Blu Fever and then other leakers and finally by the French dub of the game in Feb. These are well known things among people who bother talking about this game online.
First of all, a leak isn't something you can know. It's only something you can believe. And second, the amount of people who it was "well known" among is a tiny fraction of even the forums, which is a tiny fraction of the playerbase.

And no, just Viera would have let down all those people who wanted a beast race seeing as these are the final additions and they would be using said final addition to add "human, but with bunny ears!" which is far less creative and unique compared to the Scaley Peeps who ALSO got flack at first for being too human but are far more removed from human than Viera.
"All those people who wanted a beast race" weren't all that many people. Even most people who actually want a beast race recognize that it's not a popular thing. But not only did they upset all the people who wanted male Viera, now there are people who didn't know they wanted a beast race who want female Hrothgar now that they've seen it. Thus, the amount of people who want a (female) beast race has increased. So, yes, I believe they have upset more people than if they had only had Viera with both races.