New hrothgar hairstyles are really bad.

[Midareyukki]

It is said that during the fanfest when Hrothgar were revealed that the audience booed the stage. Now in 2022, everyone is collectively upset at how poorly done these new hairstyles are, nevermind that they are coming 3 years too late. Should Hrothgar players be receiving more than they currently are getting? Absolutely. But should Hrothgar have been implemented as a gender-locked, limited race at the cost of taking male Viera's spot back then? Absolutely not.

I'm not interested in entertaining conversations about what race was decided to be included first whether it was Hrothgar or Viera, what is clear is that from concept artists to 3d modelers that there is clear bias in favor of Viera. They may have decided to add Hrothgar in Stormblood, but it was Viera who was nearly added back in Heavensward. Male Viera are also the result of individual passion that was likely shared with fans-they took everything from the first post of that thread and made it reality.

Adding to what Denji said above, but people booed because they wanted Male Viera.

That was all. They booed because Square only announced Female Viera, nothing else, then we spent a good while speculating what came next (with a french translation leaking Hrothgar on accident), and then fans were met with that.

Having been a Roe myself a the time, I agree with Denji. There was A LOT of disdain toward Roegadyn, and there still is. ESPECIALLY from Miqo'te players, as far as I have witnessed. But it was also because it wasn't a male counterpart to Viera, but instead a furry race. Then came the accusations that Male Viera don't exist because of Hrothgar, that Viera don't have hairstyles or headgear because Hrothgar were made. When in truth, Yoshida wanted to make Hrothgars way before and had experimented with such with the Lupine race. Something people are irritatingly quick to forget.

And something you say you don't want to discuss. But there's no discussing it when not only is it the truth, it's also brought up a lot of bile from you all. Unjustified and unwarranted bile.

True. 2% of the playerbase doesn't necessarily mean that the sentiment has grown any fonder. But I like to think it did, not just because of how Hrothgar players usually are in communities, but also from the devs making interesting NPCs that people enjoy. Specifically Runar. Regardless? The sheer support that Hrothgars are having over this topic should be enough evidence for Square to at least reconsider.

Edit: I just realized you whined that "B-But they had Viera designs before". No, they had Viera designs SINCE TACTICS ADVANCE. What they wanted was a Bestial race. And they did touch on the Vieras, hence the concept art. But you didn't even bother to stop and wonder why they didn't approve it back then. The answer? BECAUSE YOSHIDA WANTED A BESTIAL RACE. Just look at the original drafts for Au Ra. THAT'S what he wanted, and THAT'S why he discarded Viera. Don't even try, mate. You can't say "Oh they wanted Viera" when they clearly entertained the thought for one minute and then threw it in the trash. The only reason you're playing the character you're playing is specifically because people demanded it. The devs have no love for you, they only care about what brought them attention and money. And your race was what would make people open their wallets for.

No wonder you don't want to talk about it when you hallucinate half-truths like that.