Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[zeylos]

Tbh seeing how Shadowlands is apparently doing really well and I can say from expirience it's a really well done expansion with a lot of potential, SE probs wants to lock on those preorders for their next expansion and what better way to do it that male viera and female hrotgar, its just a no brainer from a bussines standpoint. Also I really thik they should finish adding the helmets and some hairstyles to the current genders but lets be honest, it dosent sound nearly as 'exciting' to sell an expansion as them removing genderlock which would get them a ton of good press so I'm willing to bet they have probably done both. Also, we are meant to recieve information on 6.0 in February right?

[Yencat]

Tbh seeing how Shadowlands is apparently doing really well and I can say from expirience it's a really well done expansion with a lot of potential, SE probs wants to lock on those preorders for their next expansion and what better way to do it that male viera and female hrotgar, its just a no brainer from a bussines standpoint. Also I really thik they should finish adding the helmets and some hairstyles to the current genders but lets be honest, it dosent sound nearly as 'exciting' to sell an expansion as them removing genderlock which would get them a ton of good press so I'm willing to bet they have probably done both. Also, we are meant to recieve information on 6.0 in February right?

I understand that you're excited about male Viera and I don't begrudge you that at all, but after how they launched the races in Shadowbringers (and how they still are) and explained why they made those decisions I'm not sure where you think they found the resources to fix the headgear situation, add the promised new faces, manes, and hairstyles, and add the other genders also in perfect working condition with all their own unique customization? And that's on top of whatever else they're doing in the expansion.

If they had those kinds of resources available we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.

I imagine they will get a ton of pre-orders even if they don't add the 'missing' genders and didn't even touch Viera and Hrothgar though, most people are perfectly happy with what they have and are not all that invested in these races.

But yes we should hear the first news in February so, fingers crossed?

[zeylos]

I understand that you're excited about male Viera and I don't begrudge you that at all, but after how they launched the races in Shadowbringers (and how they still are) and explained why they made those decisions I'm not sure where you think they found the resources to fix the headgear situation, add the promised new faces, manes, and hairstyles, and add the other genders also in perfect working condition with all their own unique customization? And that's on top of whatever else they're doing in the expansion.

If they had those kinds of resources available we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.

I imagine they will get a ton of pre-orders even if they don't add the 'missing' genders and didn't even touch Viera and Hrothgar though, most people are perfectly happy with what they have and are not all that invested in these races.

But yes we should hear the first news in February so, fingers crossed?

Yeah you obviously have a point and we have to wait until we hear more news since nothing is confirmed as of yet, and ofc I am not working on SE nor is anyone here (except the moderators I guess) so there really isn't a way for us to know what the resources, budget distribution employees etc etc are, but as much as the game wont die because of the missing genders, nor will it underperform at all, it is really likely that with the addition of those player models, not only would SE get a probably massive amount of good press (which is ofc very important when announcing a new expansion) but also lock in a good amount of both pre orders and fantasia sales, considering ti would be a great 'feature' to advertise the expansion with. The only expansion to lack a cool 'thing' to go with it so far is stormblood, since ARR was basically a new game Heavensward gave us Au Ra and Shadowbringers gave us 2 (severly limited) player models in the form of female viera and male hrothgar, so I would think/hope that for 6.0 they could use this as a way to advertise and promote the game. That being said, guess we will find out soon enough and fingers crossed