Gender locked race?

[Rokke]

Lets wait for tomorrow Q&A time that question will be the million dollar question worry not tomorrow you will take your doubt.

SE vets what questions are asked/answered at fanfests as attendees have to turn in little cards that have a question written on it and forum posts are posted/selected in advance for the panel. Its not like PAX where they hand you a mic and you can sneak a non-previewed question in, which is why the questions are fluff 90% of the time.

[DevilsDontFly]

We can consider also the possibility that male Viera aren't yet ready to show and require small detail adjustments.
For what was spoken and how it was spoken you can perceive they are full of work, honestly he seemed tired and if he really is tired you can imagine the teams having to adapt all emotes, all gear past and the news to come, cut-scenes and so on we can only be patient and wait.
Highly doubt that males won't be add to Viera.

Yeah I am trying to be optimistic. It's just a little frustrating because even without the actual confirmation, if you wanted to play a female Viera you pretty much had a huge yes, but if you wanted to play a male you had a huge maybe. Even if what you said is what's happening, and I'm hoping it is, it wouldn't hurt to just say: "We apologize for no footage but rest assured that male Viera is in the works!". There, you have your validation, you don't have to keep wondering all of the "what ifs" and you also don't have to be constantly telling yourself not to get too hyped in case it ends up not being added. But that's obviously just me. I'm a huge Viera fan, but in a situation like this I'd rather get a blunt yes or no to male Viera being added than a huge maybe that lingers for months.

[heynowjose]

So they learned nothing from when Roe's and Cat girls were genderlocked? Wow.

[Arrius]

It'll be weird if they pull out the 'gender exclusive race' - card after all what happened.

That would cut badly into the community.

[Transient_Shadow]

If Viera are gender locked.... I will be besides myself... I've always liked having somewhat of a feminine male character and I was ecstatic for Viera... I'm so tired of gender locks with gear. SE treats Female characters like dolls and gives nothing to the males. And if this is the case for Viera I will legitimately be absolutely furious.

There would be no words to express the betrayal I would feel if this is the case....

[SamsaraLotusx]

so this new gender locked race and blue mage show the new directions the devs take. the easy corner curing way. give half the work for the same price. shame.

[Miyha]

If male Viera are not a thing, I will be pissed. There aren't any words to describe my extreme disappointment if SE decides to make this a gender locked race. Gender locked races and classes are usually a deciding factor when it comes to me electing to not play a game.

As hyped as I am for Viera as a whole... well, it doesn't really seem like "a whole" if you opt to gender lock. :'/

I'm still holding out hope though. I would MUCH rather have male and female Viera than two different "tribes" like the other races. If it comes down to that, please make the right decision, SE.

[RukiaFae]

I'm thinking they are going to pull a wait until the final fanfest to say they aren't going to do make Vieras like they did with the jobs during Stormblood's release. They knew people were going to be disappointed about two dps jobs so they waited until the end to explain.
They see the forums and know what players are looking for. They didn't mention males for a reason. We can only wait to see what that reason is.

[Kupocoubo]

I really hope they won't do female only Vieras and male only Ronsos, please Square Enix don't do this

[KaidenShepard]

When they teased Viera as a playable race for Shadowbringers I told myself I'd buy the new expansion if the males looked good because I hated how male AuRa turned out. If it's gender locked then well, guess I won't be buying it then.