How much content was cut for Male Vieras?

[Saefinn]

Ultimate is a content that millions watch on stream and has more publicity than someone playing a bunny boy. And they never promised they won't genderlock. Stop spreading lies about the dev team. They did that out of their own accord. Not for a made up promise you guys are circulating.

I remember reading something along those lines when they decided to not genderlock Miqo'te and how it's a mistake to genderlock races, but as I can't find a quote and everything Google turns up is to do with Viera and Hrothgar, I'll concede in accepting it's possible either I've got it wrong or the source was unreliable, as we are talking years in the past.

But it doesn't really draw away from my point that this is them finishing two unfinished races.

[xbahax92]

Ultimate is a content that millions watch on stream and has more publicity than someone playing a bunny boy. And they never promised they won't genderlock. Stop spreading lies about the dev team. They did that out of their own accord. Not for a made up promise you guys are circulating.

Content is being created to cater to all possible playstyles. Not only casual and raiding playstyles have priority, the amount of content increased over the time. Be it just some silly instruments in game (performance), dedicating yourself to PVP, crafting&gathering, decorating houses and just simply for the story.
Nobody should have any right to claim "this content got cut for "MY" type of content". Its silly and pretty much immature. If you feel that much bored of FFXIV, go play other games. Stop wasting your breath in the forums.

[Saefinn]

Pretty much, they trying to accommodate all sorts. Sometimes it means resource gets put somewhere else to do that and then somewhere else after that.

There's stuff/content added that doesn't affect or benefit me and it's resource that could have benefitted me, like fixing healers and healing, which is my biggest complaint, but I don't begrudge other people getting what they want. Heck most of my healer feedback if anything has been how it can keep people like me happy and other people they're trying to accommodate for happy.

[Karl0217]

This is not satisfying niches. This is wasting a disproportionate amount of resources on those niches.

When is the last time the other races got some customization? How is it ok that they're spending an entire expansion's worth of effort to satisfy a niche of players who will drop Male Viera two weeks after Endwalker release?

Ultimate is a content that millions watch on stream and has more publicity than someone playing a bunny boy. And they never promised they won't genderlock. Stop spreading lies about the dev team. They did that out of their own accord. Not for a made up promise you guys are circulating.

Male Viera being added isn't the thing that is taking development resources away from additional battle content. That would be stuff like the Animal Crossing / Farmville style Island Sanctuaries. What do you think took away more resources and manpower from you getting a new Ultimate? Them creating their own version of Farmville with all the new instanced zones, new gameplay mechanics for raising crops and livestock, the server code to accommodate them, etc... or them adding some additional character customization options to one of the player races?

[Raikai]

Male Viera being added isn't the thing that is taking development resources away from additional battle content. That would be stuff like the Animal Crossing / Farmville style Island Sanctuaries. What do you think took away more resources and manpower from you getting a new Ultimate? Them creating their own version of Farmville with all the new instanced zones, new gameplay mechanics for raising crops and livestock, the server code to accommodate them, etc... or them adding some additional character customization options to one of the player races?

And even at that, I could wager... Why bother with Ultimates when just a tiny fraction of the playerbase actually sees it when its current content?

But I'm not raining on those raiders parades just because I don't care about that content or I don't think it's relevant... In the end, they have to cut one thing or the other.

[Caitsithhh]

And even at that, I could wager... Why bother with Ultimates when just a tiny fraction of the playerbase actually sees it when its current content?

But I'm not raining on those raiders parades just because I don't care about that content or I don't think it's relevant... In the end, they have to cut one thing or the other.

Weirdchamp

[Caitsithhh]

And even at that, I could wager... Why bother with Ultimates when just a tiny fraction of the playerbase actually sees it when its current content?

But I'm not raining on those raiders parades just because I don't care about that content or I don't think it's relevant... In the end, they have to cut one thing or the other.

Wouldn’t have to cut if you just delivered what’s promised and that’s where we are at. Info dumps and cut content. For what? Another gender of a race that can’t wear helms?

[WoW]

And even at that, I could wager... Why bother with Ultimates when just a tiny fraction of the playerbase actually sees it when its current content?

Because millions watch it on streams. Nobody cares about watching male bunnies on stream. But is everyone replying blind or something? The cut content mentioned in OP is casual content rofl. You all are analyzing way too much just to reach that same conclusion.

[Kiurai]

This topic has gone on for 16 pages despite being the most barebones bait imaginable but something I've found wierd is people who say things list island sanctuary or ishgard is the reason for no ultimate or did when we've been told that it's not worked on by the same teams. Battle design and Housing/Lifestyle content have thier own individual teams devoted to developing them so they shouldn't be affecting each other whatsoever, it's that it takes time to develop unique encounters which that team has literally mentioned before. Whether or not you believe that is up to you but don't go spreading something unsubstantiated like it's fact because your unhappy about it

[zeylos]

Because millions watch it on streams. Nobody cares about watching male bunnies on stream. But is everyone replying blind or something? The cut content mentioned in OP is casual content rofl. You all are analyzing way too much just to reach that same conclusion.

Not on stream but yes everywhere else, in twitter its the most talked about thing, in youtube its top 3 plus super higly talked about, in gaming media its probs gonna be really big, twitch streams have never been what make ffxiv money and likely wont be for a while