Gender locked race?

[Roda]

Uhm... why are people thinking female only to start, then unlocking male later? Unless unlocking it gives a free Fantasia it would piss off all the Mogshop haters, and a lot of people who dont care currently about the MogShop.

It'll either be locked or not locked, not unlockable through gameplay. I'm personally guessing not locked, but since I'm not planning on more than maybe an alt I dont really care. I just dont understand the unlock during gameplay idea.

Or am I misunderstanding the idea.

I think the "unlock it later" crew are saying they release females, then the players backlash because of course they will, and then se will be like "oh people actually wanted this??? We had no ideaa!!!" or "We couldn't finish this race in time so buy it now and we'll update it later because race releases can be partially release gated like raid releases" and then they finish the race later like they did for male miqo'te, female roegadyn, and female highlander.

[Pixiehawk]

I think the "unlock it later" crew are saying they release females, then the players backlash because of course they will, and then se will be like "oh people actually wanted this??? We had no ideaa!!!" or "We couldn't finish this race in time so buy it now and we'll update it later because race releases can be partially release gated like raid releases" and then they finish the race later like they did for male miqo'te, female roegadyn, and female highlander.

So, the next expansion after? I guess that would make more sense, but people would still freak.