Quote Originally Posted by zeylos View Post
First of all, I'd like to address the fact that you are right. Neither you nor me know what is going on at SE. They could have male viera and female hrotgar ready and launch them at 5.0 as a surprise, or they could have already decided that they will never ever do them regardless of anything, but we are trying to give feedback and discuss about what we think is most likely to happen based on what little information we have.
Then, female viera, and viera in general, adds absoluetely nothing to the game, yet many ppl asked for them and that means SE would make tons of cash from them. If they prioritized their vision for the game, we would have gotten hrotgar fully, and no viera at all, but we got female viera added at 5.0, with a possibility for the other genders at a later date. They did this for cash, and you are free to think otherwise, we are all entitled to our own opinion after all, but there are some things that at least to me seem quite obvious. If they weren't doing it for cash, don't you think they would have given them some racial armor and not the lingerie that they gave us knowing it would make people play the race so they can stare at their butts
That's the thing though. They did prioritize their vision and that vision included something for folks who wanted a fan service race and a beast race. They've explicitly said that and since Fran is the "iconic viera" at this point, it make sense to make the race female if they only had the time and resources to make one option for it and hrothgar. I doubt there was sitting and greedily rubbing hands together in some conspiracy to sell fantasia and let's be honest, the viera starting outfit isn't any worse then the mi'quote thigh highs, mini skirt, crop top look. Folks who want their characters to dress skimpy are gonna do it regardless of what race they're playing.