Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[KizuyaKatogami]

You don't have to trust what he says, you can look in the game and see he did exactly what he said he'd do. If you don't trust what he says you shouldn't believe him when he says they'll include the other genders when they ever find the resources, anyway.



You can wrap up your thinly veiled contempt for Hrothgar in however many pretty bows you want, but the fact is we honestly don't know if they would have done anything differently with Viera had they not included Hrothgar. It's conjecture at best.

? Thinly veiled contempt lmao. Imagine assuming like that. I really don’t mind Hrothgar or Viera. I mind SE giving us half-baked races, not fulfilling their promises of new hairstyles for both races, and continuing to stay silent about the genderlock problem. But go ahead and project. And yeah i won’t trust him because he also said way back in 2.0 they wouldnt genderlock races and here we are.

[Yencat]

? Thinly veiled contempt lmao. Imagine assuming like that. I really don’t mind Hrothgar or Viera. I mind SE giving us half-baked races, not fulfilling their promises of new hairstyles for both races, and continuing to stay silent about the genderlock problem. But go ahead and project. And yeah i won’t trust him because he also said way back in 2.0 they wouldnt genderlock races and here we are.

I also mind, I've been very critical about the way they put out both races and left them to rot for going on 2 years soon.

But I don't believe for a second they would have made additional customization for other races or any of the other things you mentioned had they not done Hrothgar, they would simply allocated the time elsewhere like they did in Stormblood.

[Lauront]

I also mind, I've been very critical about the way they put out both races and left them to rot for going on 2 years soon.

But I don't believe for a second they would have made additional customization for other races or any of the other things you mentioned had they not done Hrothgar, they would simply allocated the time elsewhere like they did in Stormblood.

Part of the weirdness of it all probably has to do with uncertainty over what lifespan the game would have. They seem a lot more confident about it now, based on his comments in recent interviews and the announcement event. I do think they bit off a lot more than they could chew in 5.0, and that, along with all the other difficult things to add, it cemented their resolve to upgrade the engine. An MMO with a further 5-10 years to go after EW isn't going to be well served by the current engine. However, I don't expect we'll see any new engine until 7.0 at the earliest, at which point completing the current races may become viable as a knock-on effect. Perhaps he'll surprise us at the next Fanfest, but tying it to whenever the engine is upgraded will mean it is more cost-efficient.