maybe...people are ok with new Ranged-DPS and new Races (Genderlocked)

[hasana]

Dancer as a ranged dps is a thing that i can't really understand because first of all i would imagine that a dancer is not a ranged class.

Well dancing right next to a big dragon or whatever doesn't seem to be the best idea ever. So Dancer being ranged makes sense.

[Robert_Ilcri]

Having looked into the japanese forums out of curiosity, theres like... one thread about this. Most of them are ok with it, some say they're disappointed and simply hope that in the future we will see the other two genders of both races. Really we should just be the same, instead of getting angry just wait and see what happens. A lot of time/money has to go into these models and they do have a time limit from the company to get this stuff out after all.

[Freyt]

Having looked into the japanese forums out of curiosity, theres like... one thread about this. Most of them are ok with it, some say they're disappointed and simply hope that in the future we will see the other two genders of both races. Really we should just be the same, instead of getting angry just wait and see what happens. A lot of time/money has to go into these models and they do have a time limit from the company to get this stuff out after all.

Most of the posters in that thread are not okay with it. Supposedly most of the Japanese complaints are on Twitter.

[KingMeteo]

I am happy with Genderlocked races. FFXII Lore, female Viera's only. Since it's all connected through Ivalice, then it's all cannon. I am hyped for Lion Men! I would never have played a rabbit guy.

[Hakuro89]

I'm definitely not thrilled about either of these decisions, personally I would've preferred some creativity in a brand new race available to both genders that wasn't viera & ronso. I would've liked a long overdue healer rather than yet another DPS. But SE let me down on both points, as they often have been all throughout Stormblood, so it's something I'm used to at this point. There are other things I'm looking forward to, so I'm not going to flip the table and start making hate threads about quitting over it.

Kinda stoked for that YoRHa raid.

[Hysterior]

While the lizard girls and cat girls will become bunny girls, I will proudly remain a potato.

[Ayer2015]

While the lizard girls and cat girls will become bunny girls, I will proudly remain a potato.

Meanwhile its mostly men playing said cat girls and lizard girls. You rock your potato

[guardin]

The thing is, there is feedback, then there is entitlement. Some people wanted Viera, some people wanted something unique and really didn't want Viera. Both those were satisfied while keeping within resources, and yet there is still uproar. Viera/Hrothgar is no different from male au'ra/female au'ra, they are radically different designs.

The only mistake that was made is that people assumed they were getting something and now they are salty that they aren't getting something that was never promised

genderlocking was a huge mistake, no healer was accepted and expected. however so far this xpac is gonna be the best yet if the new content can be as hype as the music and trailer

[Physic]

1) That's not blackmail.

2) That's literally the most powerful way you have of expressing your opinion as a consumer.

3) SE still don't have to care. Oh, they lose a handful of subs out of the thousands that are going to continue playing, paying sub fees, paying retainer fees, purchasing mogstation items... However will they cope? /s

4) It's 99.99% of the time hyperbole and people who say it won't actually unsub, they're just salty because they're disappointed in the news they got.

On Topic:

I'm excited about Shadowbringers. I'm very curious as to how the MSQ will unfold and exploring the First Shard.

I'm excited to try out Gunbreaker.

I'll play Dancer some, even if only to level to 80 and maybe work on the ShB Relic for eventually. I'm not particularly a big DPS fan.

Viera/Hrothgar... Aren't my cat gril waifu so it doesn't actually impact me, I don't have any plans to change my race or make an alt. The only way it would impact me is if we got a new free retainer slot as I'd have more options for the race to choose for it (Currently I have a Fem Au Ra and Fem Roe)

But at the same time, there have been some disappointing decisions. Though, this hasn't only been in Shadowbringers reveals (I.e. Genderlocked races and DPS Dancer).

Healers are getting shafted. I can only hope the rework that WHM is getting is enough to make it feel like a new job.

BLU is a half finished job.

Viera and Hrothgar are half finished races.

Eureka felt like half finished content on release.

Of course, the rest of the game has been fun and I'll continue to enjoy it. It's just that this trend is worrying. That they're starting to ship out half-finished content. That they seem to be putting a lot of emphasis on the most played role in the game instead of doing anything about one of the 2 underpopulated roles (More than 50% of jobs introduced since ARR have been DPS with Dancer making that 4 out of the 7 total jobs (Not accounting for BLU which would technically make it 5/8). Oh well, I guess I'll just be glad that Gunbreaker was a Tank and not another DPS.

most content is released and a half finished state. Thats the style of ffxiv, and most service based mmos. They started with 1.0 which morphed into 2.0, they added and developed the main story over time. They tweaked and changed jobs. They add raids one at a time. The relic was always released in pieces. They alter jobs with every expansion.

its always a work in progress being released one piece at a time

[guardin]

The only thing that sticks in my craw is no new healer job. I don't really play Healer out of special requests, but DPS didn't really need a new job just yet. Hope they release a new Healer for you guys soon. Otherwise super hyped.

yes dps REALLY did. we only have two range classes. dps or no, they deserve options too. Some people like range only classes. Healers has 3 range had 2...so range wins this round.