Gender locked race?

[athisvolume]

I'm not going to quit playing over it, I love this game. I'm just kind of bummed and hope they add the other genders in the future. If not, I'll keep playing as a catboy and keep on enjoying all the things that brought me to the game in the first place. It's like pumpkin pie with no whipped cream. It's not as good as it could be but I'm still going to enjoy eating it.

[daxthehusky]

Even if they reverse it and they end up giving male Viera because of the overwhelming backlash from the community after us being lied to, misled and things being misrepresented in order to mask their sexism and blatant disregard for the community, I don't think I could justify supporting them so it's very possible I won't be coming back to FFXIV.

[van_arn]

Even if they reverse it and they end up giving male Viera because of the overwhelming backlash from the community after us being lied to, misled and things being misrepresented in order to mask their sexism and blatant disregard for the community, I don't think I could justify supporting them so it's very possible I won't be coming back to FFXIV.

I read this, and I am constantly amazed at how forums are capable of convincing themselves of things that haven't been announced. This is a post of someone experiencing straight-up betrayal; a betrayal of a sandcastle they built up inside their own head.

[KittenMittens]

I read this, and I am constantly amazed at how forums are capable of convincing themselves of things that haven't been announced. This is a post of someone experiencing straight-up betrayal; a betrayal of a sandcastle they built up inside their own head.

Because the director of the game couldn't be upfront and honest about this gender lock to the community from the start instead of hiding it like a dirty secret for months until he could no longer?

[RikkCavalier]

I read this, and I am constantly amazed at how forums are capable of convincing themselves of things that haven't been announced. This is a post of someone experiencing straight-up betrayal; a betrayal of a sandcastle they built up inside their own head.

Honey, the second post to the OP are concept pictures of a Female Viera AND Male Viera. And they've only implemented one gender. They may have not outright said there will be Male Viera. But instead they released a female trailer, and said NOTHING about Male Viera. We were left in the dark, really. Perhaps, they're still working on the design?, or perhaps they need more time? They wouldn't make the same 1.0 mistake all over again, would they? It's like we're fighting for gender rights and civil rights in game and irl. It just gets old if anything. But again, those people who say they're content, will stop posting. For those who want to fight for what they believe in, keep posting. Every day. And when they close the forum, start a new one.

[Duskane]

im ready for all the fun character ideas hrothgar has atleast

[Burmecia]

Genderlocking is simply step back. Looking forward to make female "ronso" alt with male viera retainer, eventually. Please reconsider this step to make genderlocked races. You already have tons of happy female roe and male miqo'te players, go ask how do they feel about their favourite race, SE.

[Keeric]

Two factions have been screaming for races: Viera and people who wanted bestial. I think they chose to go with this because they had time to program one or one gender of each, so they took the middle ground and pissed off gender divides rather than style divides.

They were probably trying to be kinda smart, by pissing off the smallest segments of each clamoring section for a race.
Cause it would be like 1% Female buffcat and probably more male Viera, but like the same miqo ratio.
I'd be willing to wager on introducing the opposite genders next expac and this is why they made this decision. Keep screaming though, I'm sure they weren't already aware this would make people scream harder or something.

[Thefates]

Two factions have been screaming for races: Viera and people who wanted bestial. I think they chose to go with this because they had time to program one or one gender of each, so they took the middle ground and pissed of gender divides rather than style divides.

They were probably trying to be kinda smart, by pissing off the smallest segments of each clamoring section for a race.
Cause it would be like 1% Female buffcat and probably more male Viera, but like the same miqo ratio.
I'd be willing to wager on introducing the opposite genders next expac and this is why they made this decision. Keep screaming though, I'm sure they weren't already aware this would make people scream harder or something.

If they honestly said they wanted to introduce the other genders later that would be another thing but right now it feels like the only real reason for them to do so would be the community backlash. If people weren't vocally upset they'd have no reason to go through the effort.

[Novak_04]

Two factions have been screaming for races: Viera and people who wanted bestial. I think they chose to go with this because they had time to program one or one gender of each, so they took the middle ground and pissed of gender divides rather than style divides.

Do you really think they started designing Viera in November? This expansion has been in the work for years... Viera is one of the main features, in fact. They intended for the gender-lock on day one. It's possible that the Hrothgar were created as an afterthought to appease the masses (or so they thought). This would also explain why there aren't any in the trailer. This was a poorly made, and executed, decision.