Gender locked race?

[AnnaRosa]

I'm hoping to be able to play the male Viera, but I also wouldn't mind a new male only race even if they are good looking, even though I don't like the idea of gender locking things.

What confuses me is why would SE not announce both together? I can understand models not being ready in time, and I can understand not having footage of in-the-works projects and stuff. What I don't understand is the lack of final concept art. The timeline is 5 months, so at least a final concept art ready is necessary to even know what you're going to be working on. It doesn't matter if it's a male viera or another race entirely, not showing a concept or even hinting at it puzzles me.
It does not make sense to me because pre-ordering is going to happen very very soon and this weekend is the perfect opportunity to spike sales a bit up. If anything announcing the males first and leaving the females last would create a higher hype than the other way around, considering the majority of people preffer to play a female character.

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.

[Crushnight]

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.

me main issue is the tiptoeing around male viera they are not saying anything showing anything we are completely in the dark about a potential gender for the new playable race this is not building any hype it is just building concerns about gender locking. not having models ready to showcase is one thing not even giving its existence a mention is another

[Skos]

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.

Okay so then why not at least confirm they exist??
Like a simple "Hey, we have male Viera, we're working on them but they're not quite ready to show off yet." would've been enough.
Hell, if male Viera were in the works there'd be concept art for them right! That would've been a great thing to show off at the art panel! Oh wait they didn't.

All signs currently point to male Viera not being a thing.

[AnnaRosa]

Okay so then why not at least confirm they exist??
Like a simple "Hey, we have male Viera, we're working on them but they're not quite ready to show off yet." would've been enough.
Hell, if male Viera were in the works there'd be concept art for them right! That would've been a great thing to show off at the art panel! Oh wait they didn't.

All signs currently point to male Viera not being a thing.

Lets wait for tomorrow Q&A time that question will be the million dollar question worry not tomorrow you will take your doubt.
Honestly they have so much consideration for the players opinions and many have expressed they want to play Viera male, seriously no joke I doubt that won't be male gender for Viera.

[Skos]

Lets wait for tomorrow Q&A time that question will be the million dollar question worry not tomorrow you will take your doubt.
Honestly they have so much consideration for the players opinions and many have expressed they want to play Viera male, seriously no joke I doubt that won't be male gender for Viera.

I understand this sentiment, and I definitely value this opinion.
But if there's one thing that I've learned about watching Fanfest Keynotes and live letters the past 4 years or so is that Square always manages to disappoint.

I don't know, they just seem so evasive about this whole issue. They didn't mention it one single time. The official art for the Viera has no males, they had no concept art to show during the art panel.
It's looking grim.

[AnnaRosa]

I understand this sentiment, and I definitely value this opinion.
But if there's one thing that I've learned about watching Fanfest Keynotes and live letters the past 4 years or so is that Square always manages to disappoint.

I don't know, they just seem so evasive about this whole issue. They didn't mention it one single time. The official art for the Viera has no males, they had no concept art to show during the art panel.
It's looking grim.

It wouldn't be a smart move imo to have Viera restricted to one gender imagine the amount of income they will lose just in fantasias, new weddings bunny male & his beloved plus glamours.

[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.