Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Halivel]

Anyone who thought the missing genders would be added mid expansion were expecting far too much in mu opinion.

Even if it was possible to add them mid-expansion, there is no sence to drop a race in mid-patch to begin with. Race is a selling factor for a game, it's more logical to hold it for fresh expansion. The same can't be said for things like hairs and helmets, though, and I honestly don't want to imagine the outrage if at 6.0 Viera and Hrothgars still have nothing.

[zeylos]

Personally I never expected SE if they were going to add them for them to add them mid expansion, though if 6.0 comes and goes with no news then at that point I would say it would be time to gice up hope. Anyone who thought the missing genders would be added mid expansion were expecting far too much in mu opinion.

dropping missing genders mid expansion is like dropping an album thats not abiavle for purchase. Its literally stupid to think they would drop something this huge and requested in the middel fo an expac. I sya 6.0 is looking pretty likely

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

we're already halfway through SHB.

We are in Patch 5.2
Not even Halfway.

[Schwarzwind]

I will never stop supporting male Viera und female Hrothgar even if we might never get them in the end. It is true that there was never a promise they would add them but this should not stop people from requesting what they really care about. Whatever it is.

Personally I don't even care that much about hats (I never use any on my Miqo boy) or hairstyles (since I usually only switch between 2 or 3 styles) but it would be nice if we got more for Viera and Hrothgar in the future, especially since SE already adressed those requests for male Hrothgar and female Viera. However, it would be fine with me should the new races not get every hat or hairstyle that is currently in the game because I believe implementing them costs the devs a lot of time they could invest into other kinds of content.

It just baffles me that Hrothgar's hair is tied to their faces and that the new races are not able to use the hairstyles players spent RL money on...

[zeylos]

I will never stop supporting male Viera und female Hrothgar even if we might never get them in the end. It is true that there was never a promise they would add them but this should not stop people from requesting what they really care about. Whatever it is.

Personally I don't even care that much about hats (I never use any on my Miqo boy) or hairstyles (since I usually only switch between 2 or 3 styles) but it would be nice if we got more for Viera and Hrothgar in the future, especially since SE already adressed those requests for male Hrothgar and female Viera. However, it would be fine with me should the new races not get every hat or hairstyle that is currently in the game because I believe implementing them costs the devs a lot of time they could invest into other kinds of content.

It just baffles me that Hrothgar's hair is tied to their faces and that the new races are not able to use the hairstyles players spent RL money on...

What baffles me even more is that the hrotgar hairstyles were an actual conceptual decision. Who, just who chose that?

[reivaxe]

What baffles me even more is that the hrotgar hairstyles were an actual conceptual decision. Who, just who chose that?

Yoshi P literally said he told the team to do that.

So I guess you have your answer.

[zeylos]

I know its certainly not a confirmation promise or tease of any sorts, but the fact tha they're cutting so much content could MAYBE (this is in no way confirmed) that they are perhaps doing it so they can release male viera and female hrotgar in 6.0 and lift the current genders restrictions. That combined with us most likely seeing female hrothgar in 5.25-5.5 through bozja makes me think the chances of us getting missing genders at 6.0 are really high. Now we just have to be patiend and hopefully in a year and a few months from now we will finally be able to play the character we've been consistantly asking SE to put in for so long (literally been wanting male viera since 2.0) and female vieras and male hrotgars can get to the state that they should have been released in in the first place. Also on the developer blog, MAYBE (unlikely though) we will get more details into their decision making and perhaps (also not likely) see some sort of tease or indication that they are working on the missing genders and/or lifting the restrictions

[Lauront]

In the end, they are cutting content they deem low priority, most likely in view of the ARR rework, and also because it has occupied a lot of their text translation stuff. As I said, this is realistically what a company ought to do in the first place, as not all content is made equal, and they know this. I am hoping that we are going to see texture and character customisation upgrades come 6.0, but if they decide to add the missing genders then, I will be pleasantly surprised.

[zeylos]

In the end, they are cutting content they deem low priority, most likely in view of the ARR rework, and also because it has occupied a lot of their text translation stuff. As I said, this is realistically what a company ought to do in the first place, as not all content is made equal, and they know this. I am hoping that we are going to see texture and character customisation upgrades come 6.0, but if they decide to add the missing genders then, I will be pleasantly surprised.

I think its unlikely that they're just cutting content because they dont prioritize them as much. I'd understand it with PVP or things like that, but theyre cutting ultimates, theyre cutting dungeons, we are getting less fashion than ever (and most ofi tsi ts recolors), this patch getting like 4 sets that look decent and arent reworked? we are basically getting story a nieceh system raids and a little tiny bit of fashio nand isde content. This isnt something I think they would just do because. I think there's possibly a reason behind it. I think its kinda unlikely they'll revamp graphics since they look just fine but its possible, and as for customization upgrades, I count missing genders there so I really hope they get to it. Overall, this could just mean the team is tired or that they just are planning something else, but one can hope

[Kobalos]

I think its unlikely that they're just cutting content because they dont prioritize them as much. I'd understand it with PVP or things like that, but theyre cutting ultimates, theyre cutting dungeons, we are getting less fashion than ever (and most ofi tsi ts recolors), this patch getting like 4 sets that look decent and arent reworked? we are basically getting story a nieceh system raids and a little tiny bit of fashio nand isde content. This isnt something I think they would just do because. I think there's possibly a reason behind it. I think its kinda unlikely they'll revamp graphics since they look just fine but its possible, and as for customization upgrades, I count missing genders there so I really hope they get to it. Overall, this could just mean the team is tired or that they just are planning something else, but one can hope

Aye could be I just would not get too over excited. I am disappointed over the gender lock too (Amazon lion waifus when SE?) but also pragmatic in the fact it may never happen. Nothing sucks more then getting hyped up only to be disappointed when 6.0 comes and still no others genders. It is fine to be hopeful but maybe try not to be adamant that bunny bois and lion waifus will ever be a thing