A letter to the Devs, Producers, and whoever else has a say

[PondHollow]

Calling someone sexist is insulting and, imo, not valid criticism.

So you imagine it is insulting if someone does something sexist and doesn't want to be called sexist, and therefore it is unacceptable call sexist things sexist? That is an entirely unproductive if extremely creative take on the use of language.

[Vanitas]

I'm so disappointed that the assumption I created in my head and hype I followed that was unreliable at best ended up not being true.

Because of that, I'm mad at you and placing the blame solely at you, Square Enix, for not fulfilling any of the unsubstantiated rumors.

I'm offended by this statement.

[Wilford111]

So you imagine it is insulting if someone does something sexist and doesn't want to be called sexist, and therefore it is unacceptable call sexist things sexist? That is an entirely unproductive if extremely creative take on the use of language.

What if it wasn't sexist and people are blowing this out of proportion?

[Delis]

Most likely the reason we got the genders that we did, is because they will most likely be the last races to be added. People have been very vocal about having Viera and people have been vocal about a more beast like race. They most likely wanted to give the players both races and they probably knew they were going to get a lot of blow back for gender locking it but figured it was worth it to get both races done (it was either this or just one of the races with both genders). This is what I feel like happened I could be wrong but it makes the most sense to me.

[Skyskip]

Signed. This is just design regression.

[Burningskull]

I think it's a very bad decision to make only one gender of each of the new races playable. They say they wanted to save on resources but I don't see how making two new races instead of the male and female version of one race is less resources. They could have took the same amount of resources used to make the Male Hrothgar to make the Male Viera, or vice versa. At this point tho I think the only hope we have is to hope that somewhere down the line, maybe 6.0, we get both genders for both races.

[Boreal]

Not signing, came here to disagree and say let them stick to the lore as they see fit please.

I know right, like how they established that male mi'qote are rare and normally stay their villages for breeding and--

Oh..wait a minute...

[RedAstaire]

So many people have been wanting Viera as a race for years and it was so exciting to have them finally announced. It felt good to feel like the devs were listening to the players and giving them what they wanted. But then upon hearing that the race was gender locked it was kind of a punch in the gut. It's like saying "We care about you. but only half of you." Also I believe that the gender dimorphism in the character design is rather disappointing. It's 2019 and the female race is delegated to being slim and sexy while the male race is large and aggressive looking. I hope the developers really listen to the player base and work to unlock the races, there is enough love and passion in the player base to make it worth the wait even if it takes a long time.

[Selova]

What if it wasn't sexist and people are blowing this out of proportion?

This is exactly what it is. People seem to forget the differences between our culture and Japan's. They are probably all scratching their heads wondering why people keep calling them sexist.

[Anarnee]

If they thought Viera shown had to remain female because of lore reasons, they should not have shoehorned in Ronso as the name for Hrothgar on the first.

They'll change Ronso lore and get rid of Ronso females, but they can't change Viera lore?

It does come off as pandering to the girly-girl and manly-man stereotypes, and it is VERY disappointing. There are thread with pages complaining about genderlocked gear. We begged for years for the bunny suit for males.

This is a big awful mistake.