Gender locked race?

[Lacan]

I think they were really hoping the "extra customization options" would make people not notice the fact they're ignoring male viera and female ronso. Don't think it is gonna work out well for them. :v

[KaijinRhada]

Genderlocks are a thing? Okay. Well. Can't say I'm surprised, but I am going to say that I am disappointed. I'm not into the idea of limiting player customization, and adding extra features to customize (things that we should already have for the older races in the first place) feels like a way of trying to placate those that wanted the opposite genders of each. I'm sad for no bunbois, but I'm very sad that they don't want to entertain the idea of having a beastly female. Not only that, the very comment of purposefully having more customization sounds more like quashing the very idea of even adding the other genders later on.

At least I'll save money from no longer wanting to purchase numerous fantasias. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

P.S. Manes for the Hrothgar shown so far are not fabulous enough!

[Azebra]

rlly sick of “big buff beastly men” and “dainty cute women” in fantasy, games especially. if you’re going to fall back on the lore excuse because female ronso exist? and the viera race as a whole are shut ins so why are only the males locked. I was so looking forward to fantasia’ing to a viera dude and then this happened

[Riusvell]

I cannot believe the people that are against it.

Genderlocking races should not be a thing in 5.0, as simple as that.
You may eat your popcorn in enjoyment but man, the game doesn't just resolve around you.
The development team should not waltz around this issue, they should've known about the backlash and they know from 2.0 that the male option for Miqo'te is incredibly popular.

[Burningskull]

How is making an entire new race, even just one gender, less work than making the other gender that you are already working on?

[decoratibo]

How is making an entire new race, even just one gender, less work than making the other gender that you are already working on?

This is my biggest issue with this whole thing. They made a point in the Paris keynote about how difficult it was to alter the existing headgear to accommodate for Viera ears. Why would they drop all of that and start making a different concept completely out of the left field? I understand that some people wanted a bestial race, but how many of those people wanted specifically a lion-based bestial race? And one that was male-only at that? It makes no sense, especially given how rushed the Hrothgar looked. I understand that developing races is difficult, but I refuse to believe that it would not have just been easier to create male Viera.

[MrKimper]

This is my biggest issue with this whole thing. They made a point in the Paris keynote about how difficult it was to alter the existing headgear to accommodate for Viera ears. Why would they drop all of that and start making a different concept completely out of the left field? I understand that some people wanted a bestial race, but how many of those people wanted specifically a lion-based bestial race? And one that was male-only at that? It makes no sense, especially given how rushed the Hrothgar looked. I understand that developing races is difficult, but I refuse to believe that it would not have just been easier to create male Viera.

Dev team no like male bunny's, didn't they have the female devs working on the male bunny suit?

[KaijinRhada]

Dev team no like male bunny's, didn't they have the female devs working on the male bunny suit?

It is a bit... ehhhhh.... That whole debacle was potentially unnecessary, given if just the headgear was unlocked, it probably would have smoothed over quite a bit. Nice for the outfit as a whole to have no locks, but as far as I have seen, people got upset because such an innocuous headpiece had a genderlock on it.

[NahuNa]

So basically

[decoratibo]

Dev team no like male bunny's, didn't they have the female devs working on the male bunny suit?

I always assumed that comment was made in jest, but given this whole debacle I can't help but wonder if it was actually the case lol.