Count me down as someone who thinks they should've implemented both male and female hrothgar rather than viera, even though viera is my preferred aesthetic and I'll likely never switch to a hrothgar even on an alt. The hrothgar bring a completely new aesthetic to the table - but the way they've done it, you can only go beastly if you want to play a dude.

I'm hoping part of the reason for the decision was because introducing one full race would've meant closing the door on the other, and this way they get both of them in the game and leave a foothold for adding the other genders if time/resources/finances allow - whereas if they'd chosen just one it might've been next to impossible to get the other later.