why are people so resistant to constructive criticism about the game?

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

When ARR launched, it added male Miqo'te, female Roegadyn and female Highlanders to the game, all of which were not a thing in 1.0. Seems they thought it would be a good idea to add the missing genders for the reboot.

Now jump ahead to the announcement that Viera. I remember being so incredibly confident that there was absolutely no way they'd limit it to only female, especially given their inclusion of the missing gender options at ARR launch, but alas, we know how that played out. To say the least, I was completely shocked and amazed that they went with that decision.

The Devs have given there reasons why they opted to go this route, but to me it all just feels like an incredibly bad decision and any criticism is well deserved. I've not read a majority of the pages in the Viera thread, but I 100% understand why they want them to be a thing why they feel they should be a thing. To write it off as a mere delusion is really doing a disservice to the playerbase and their voices.

SE has made plenty of questionable decisions in other areas of the game as well, the limited races are just the latest to be tossed onto the heap. I wonder if all the backlash was worth it for them (I'm not just talking the forum backlash).

There's a difference between wanting a thing and expecting a thing. In that thread they have delusional expectations of when they would be added. 5.x or 6.0 being their usual expectations (but not everyone's). That's what I'm calling delusional. There's nothing wrong with wanting something. However when you've talked yourself into believing something that has no substantial proof, in fact it has quite the opposite, then you're in dangerous territory. I've seen a few around here saying they're going to throw a fit if they're not introduced at 6.0.

[Skivvy]

There's a difference between wanting a thing and expecting a thing. In that thread they have delusional expectations of when they would be added. 5.x or 6.0 being their usual expectations (but not everyone's). That's what I'm calling delusional. There's nothing wrong with wanting something. However when you've talked yourself into believing something that has no substantial proof, in fact it has quite the opposite, then you're in dangerous territory. I've seen a few around here saying they're going to throw a fit if they're not introduced at 6.0.

Ahhh, gotcha. I was taking it as the overall idea that male Viera should be a thing is the delusion itself, and that I'd take some issue with. :X Sorry for the misunderstanding.

But I do completely agree with your comment here. It's one thing to really hope for something, maybe even to push strongly for it, but at the end of the day it all boils down to being SE's decision on how/if they implement something. Probably not a good idea to set hard deadlines for things happening in game, unless of course they just really like dealing with disappointment.