What is the benefit

[Vahlnir]

They initially said that Viera would probably be the last race they'd ever make...it's obvious now that they were lying. Hrothgar gives us 2 new races but with 2 different clans. It would have been more work to do 2 genders for each I'm guessing. It was probably either Hrothgar or male Viera (which I'm sure more people actually wanted) so they decided to gamble and add 2 races instead of just one. It also throws a bone to the people who wanted a more bestial race to play as. It was a risky move that may or may not pay off. Time will tell.

[Roda]

They initially said that Viera would probably be the last race they'd ever make...it's obvious now that they were lying. Hrothgar gives us 2 new races but with 2 different clans. It would have been more work to do 2 genders for each I'm guessing. It was probably either Hrothgar or male Viera (which I'm sure more people actually wanted) so they decided to gamble and add 2 races instead of just one. It also throws a bone to the people who wanted a more bestial race to play as. It was a risky move that may or may not pay off. Time will tell.

They didn't give us two races. They gave us two halves of two races.
1 finished product > 2 unfinished products.
I'd rather have one working bike than two halves of two separate cars.

And they didn't throw a bone to the people who wanted more bestial races. They threw a bone to people who exclusively play male characters who also want a bestial race.
I want a bestial race, but I only play female characters. I get nothing.

[Vahlnir]

And they didn't throw a bone to the people who wanted more bestial races. They threw a bone to people who exclusively play male characters who also want a bestial race.
I want a bestial race, but I only play female characters. I get nothing.

That's fair. You have a good point.

[Fawkes]

I would be less annoyed about the gender locking if we didn't essentially get a second miqo race that happens to be on steroids.

Don't get me wrong, I think ronso/hrothgar look cool. But we have a cat race already. And as a female cat race player I am so disappointed I can't be a big female cat. I'm stuck in the trope of being a petite female if I want to have bestial features.

Well blame everyone who didn't play a femroe. SE looked at the data and the data said "pretty much every female wants to be cute".

[Enla]

I would be less annoyed about the gender locking if we didn't essentially get a second miqo race that happens to be on steroids.

Don't get me wrong, I think ronso/hrothgar look cool. But we have a cat race already. And as a female cat race player I am so disappointed I can't be a big female cat. I'm stuck in the trope of being a petite female if I want to have bestial features.

I think I'd be side eyeing it less if they gave us Lupin instead frankly. The assets are already there. Though I am interested in the new race and am glad we're /finally/ getting a beastly race to play, mono-gendered though it is. If it wasn't mono-gendered I'd be pretty excited but as of now I'm fairly lukewarm.

[DarkDedede]

Not sure what the big mystery is. I'd say it's pretty simple. Implementing half the genders requires half the work/effort/budget. There is nothing "locked" if there was no work done to begin with.

[spf1200]

Lore is the reason? What is so hard to understand about that?

[Vahlnir]

Lore is the reason? What is so hard to understand about that?

We have fat chocobos flying for cake and we can dress up in pig suits. Lore went out the window a long time ago.

[Canadane]

We have fat chocobos flying for cake and we can dress up in pig suits. Lore went out the window a long time ago.

Pig suits aren't exactly lore breaking.
And are you saying you wouldn't fly for a nice piece of cake?

People won't always get what they want. But many people have been asking for a bestial race for a long time now. Ever since the initial 1.0 player poll back in the day.
And now we finally get it. SE listened to the players, just not the loud ones today.

[Vahlnir]

Pig suits aren't exactly lore breaking.
And are you saying you wouldn't fly for a nice piece of cake?

People won't always get what they want. But many people have been asking for a bestial race for a long time now. Ever since the initial 1.0 player poll back in the day.
And now we finally get it. SE listened to the players, just not the loud ones today.

I was more or less giving examples of some ridiculous things seen in game. If the cake was good enough though I would definitely find a way.