Patch 5.31 Discussion!

[LittleImp]

Because people whined and cried for years to get Viera in the game. Yoshi-P himself said he didn't want to add more races after Au'Ra, but they did anyway, and now it's just a bigger whinefest about hairstyles and hats.

Remember everyone, every questionable thing the devs do is actually the playerbases fault somehow.

[Miminming]

not a fan of the new hairstyle, it look better in the art.

[Gemina]

Remember everyone, every questionable thing the devs do is actually the playerbases fault somehow.

The devs certainly haven't done themselves any favors catering to a hive audience that is loud and unappreciative. Releasing Viera and Hrothgar has unquestionably only created more problems for them, and we have them due to a highly demanding playerbase. I still fault the devs though. They are the software engineers who ultimately make the final decisions, influenced or not. They only have themselves to blame for perpetuating the issues with Viera and Hrothgar when they could have nipped it at the bud, not released them at all with a statement saying, "There will no more new races for FFXIV." and be as adamant about it as they are with in game parsers.

[MsMisato]

When did that high five happen? Lol I actually don't remember it

I believe I may have saw the high five during the cut scene credits after ShB after completing 5.0 last year. But there was the high five during the boss fight in The Ghimlyt Dark. Though their high five will still be cooler with sound effect were the one we hae will probably be all weird like that one guy who tries to high five everyone and is left hanging.

[Divinemights]

The loud minority is making a scene on a forum that only 5% of player base will use that is all
Majority of player don’t care about it

[NorthernLadMSP]

The hairstyle is just meh. But, hey at least this game offers plenty of choices for people that want their character to look like a Karen.

[Gameovers]

Remember everyone, every questionable thing the devs do is actually the playerbases fault somehow.

I know you're being sarcastic but it does have a bit of truth to it. The devs wasn't trying to put Viera in but only did because of the large outcry. They did what most companies do, they followed the money. Was it the correct choice? No. But the outcry would've been so much worst had they stuck with their first plan and only released the Roths. And I know people will say, " Well they should've done that. Then we would've gotten both genders." And you may be right. But that wouldn't have stopped the rage of not getting the fan fav Viera.

[Liam_Harper]

I know you're being sarcastic but it does have a bit of truth to it. The devs wasn't trying to put Viera in but only did because of the large outcry. They did what most companies do, they followed the money. Was it the correct choice? No.

Why did they release two races then?

If they released only Viera and saved Hrothgar for next expansion and polished both, perhaps with 2 genders each, there probably wouldn't have been much outcry at all. In fact it would have worked out better. Even if they released only Hroth and promised Viera in 6.0 players would have accepted it.

They bit off far more than they could chew attempting 2 full races in one go like that.

[Diargoa]

hmmm where to get the new hairstyle? From Ishgard reconstruction?

[NorthernLadMSP]

Why did they release two races then?

If they released only Viera and saved Hrothgar for next expansion and polished both, perhaps with 2 genders each, there probably wouldn't have been much outcry at all. In fact it would have worked out better. Even if they released only Hroth and promised Viera in 6.0 players would have accepted it.

They bit off far more than they could chew attempting 2 full races in one go like that.

I wish they had waited. I'd much rather have female Hrothgar than Viera, even though that may be an unpopular opinion.