Gender Locking and Hats: This is a constraint issue

[Boreal]

So I seem to have missed something - what is the lack of hats? :X

Interview here.

I mean, okay, refitting all those headpieces for new races is hard work, but this is the kind of basic stuff you expect to be done when a new xpac drops.

[Skivvy]

Apparently they couldn't figure out how to make hats work on the races before they promised them to the community.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._with_yoshida/
Oopsie~

Interview here.

I mean, okay, refitting all those headpieces for new races is hard work, but this is the kind of basic stuff you expect to be done when a new xpac drops.

Thank you both! And I would agree - if you're making a new race, you kinda-sorta need to try and make gear work with it. Modify it if you need, but hiding it completely is just bad D:

[Roda]

Interview here.

I mean, okay, refitting all those headpieces for new races is hard work, but this is the kind of basic stuff you expect to be done when a new xpac drops.

It's like, do the basic things new races are expected to do (available to both sexes, be able to wear the gear of the game) or just don't add the race yet (or even at all)... Like this is bare minimum requirements for a finished player race!!!