Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Gwenorai]

Hmm, didn't see anything in the LL about the missing genders being added in, I suppose that was to be expected though. Bit of a downer but makes sense if there's still no more information enough for them to put forward the question. I doubt they're hiding from it though - just 'nothing to update'. Least we know Hrothgar and Viera are getting more race-specific hairs!

If I missed something however feel free to correct me~

[MikkoAkure]

I didnt expect anything but honestly this was even disapointing that way. So, female viera getting no hairstyles ppl paid for. Hmmmm, seems intelligent SE. Oh, and also, legit didnt awnser the question with the most upvotes, ofc ( ahem, missing genders, ahem)

I’m not sure why it was expected that they would answer a question in today’s Live Letter that was already answered in a previous Letter from the Producer. They said if it happens it would take time. At the pace this dev team moves at and considering all of the other content they’re working on now, I don’t believe an update to what was already previously stated would have happened in the span of a couple of months.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I’m not sure why it was expected that they would answer a question in today’s Live Letter that was already answered in a previous Letter from the Producer. They said if it happens it would take time. At the pace this dev team moves at and considering all of the other content they’re working on now, I don’t believe an update to what was already previously stated would have happened in the span of a couple of months.

+1

[zeylos]

I’m not sure why it was expected that they would answer a question in today’s Live Letter that was already answered in a previous Letter from the Producer. They said if it happens it would take time. At the pace this dev team moves at and considering all of the other content they’re working on now, I don’t believe an update to what was already previously stated would have happened in the span of a couple of months.

I literally said I ddint expect anything. I simply stated that overall, the lvie letter was dissapointing. I myself said that we shouldnt expect an awnser today, theyll likely save it for either interviews with big journalists, or, what I think will happen, the traielr for the next expac with the full on reveal at JP fanfest

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

I didnt expect anything but honestly this was even disapointing that way. So, female viera getting no hairstyles ppl paid for. Hmmmm, seems intelligent SE. Oh, and also, legit didnt awnser the question with the most upvotes, ofc ( ahem, missing genders, ahem)

*says he didn't expect anything.*
*makes a whole forum post about it*
Riiiiiiight.

[zeylos]

*says he didn't expect anything.*
*makes a whole forum post about it*
Riiiiiiight.

I legit said that even if I didtn expect anything the news we got were downright bad. Is this so hard to understand? I feel u just use absolutely anything u can to attack me, and its old at this point. And btw, not gonna start another episode of evil zeylos season 3

[Lauront]

This issue is what causes me to take a pause at the decision with these new races's implementation. Back in 2.x Yoshi seemed extremely liberal with use of resources in order to make this game the quality that it is currently building off of. He spent time to add full genders to races, and addressed almost every single system this game had (inventory is still a massive issue but I have blame 1.0 programming for that one).

However, this this expansion, Yoshi seems to be using resources in a very conservative manner that I've never seen him use before. I'm concerned that his attentions are being drawn elsewhere (new FF title, newer prospects within the company, new MMO, etc), and this is either his final expansion or close to it. That means we're stuck with whatever we got b/c he's moving on.

I really hope I'm wrong and I'm just reading into things... but I kind of feel like the writing is on the wall. FFXIV's days are numbered imo, and the dedication to providing fully quality content seems like it's starting to slip.

My outlook isn’t quite so grim. He’s already been hinting at 7.0 and how they already need to start work on it.

They also maintain they won’t end it until it ceases to be profitable. The company’s financials are in excellent shape and the game is performing well based on their latest financial report.

I think they’re stretched rather thin though in terms of how much they’re doing and their manpower constraints. At some point Yoshi will also need to groom someone who can take over or at least share the workload. Nonetheless I believe with the new races they have taken on too much and need to rectify the situation.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

My outlook isn’t quite so grim. He’s already been hinting at 7.0 and how they already need to start work on it.

They also maintain they won’t end it until it ceases to be profitable. The company’s financials are in excellent shape and the game is performing well based on their latest financial report.

I think they’re stretched rather thin though in terms of how much they’re doing and their manpower constraints. At some point Yoshi will also need to groom someone who can take over or at least share the workload. Nonetheless I believe with the new races they have taken on too much and need to rectify the situation.

Personally I don't think there's much to rectify. They've been transparent about the races in all matters lately. They've shared their plans to add new race specific hairstyles and (for Hrothgar) new faces. With this information in hand, it's all about being patient, in my opinion.

[Lauront]

Personally I don't think there's much to rectify. They've been transparent about the races in all matters lately. They've shared their plans to add new race specific hairstyles and (for Hrothgar) new faces. With this information in hand, it's all about being patient, in my opinion.

I'm referring to their workload vs how much they have to execute it with, not just the current state of the new races.

most of the reports I've seen, other than Kotaku, dont talk about sexism but still look down on genderlocks and talk hopefulyl about them being removed in the future. I meant that would happen, if, FFXIV ever becomes mainstream, on where the articles would be written by ppl who talk about social issues everywhere and would 100% qualify this as sexist (again, this isnt sexist imo), a.k.a, most ppl on the streets, if u show them the new genders added on 5.0 would say this is sexist, specially if female viera is wearing their racial gear, since its basically old gender roles (again, I do not think this is sexist, Im just sayign what some ppl would say) and mainstream media absolutely hates them. If XIV ever becomes mainstream though, not only will the genderlocks be removed but expect races like moogles added on a yearly basis due to the extreme budget theyd get (which is, again, practically impossible for XIV to become mainstream unless they reboot it which will obviously not happen)

Most people, and especially people on the streets, don't pay much attention to identity politics outside of the media and various organisations trying to shove it down their throats. Gamers, in particular, have a frosty relationship with what is termed "gaming journalism" for that very reason. The broader MSM exists in a perpetual state of ignorance with regards to games, anyway, only invoking them when they need a useful bogeyman, like Fortnight.

So I don't think they'll cave in just due to a bit of bad press originating from the typically discombobulated articles that journos obsessed with "identity politics" put out.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

I legit said that even if I didtn expect anything the news we got were downright bad. Is this so hard to understand? I feel u just use absolutely anything u can to attack me, and its old at this point. And btw, not gonna start another episode of evil zeylos season 3

I swear you try to make things all about you.

Moving forward, I think the information we got wasn't bad. Things to look forward to and things to be hopeful for were in there. Hopefully Yoshi gets some sleep.