Information on why the devs didn't include Viera Male/Hrothgar Female

[Doozer]

Maybe it's for the best that they didn't both have two gender options. The Hrothgar females would be female Midlanders with fur, and the male Viera would be male Au Ra/Highlanders/whatever with bunny ears. At least if there's only one for each we don't have to deal with the absurd difference in gender appearances.

[NessaWyvern]

They have had concept art of Viera since Before heavensward, they said they were going to do Viera before settling on Au Ra instead.
Why didn't they work on Viera slowly through HW and SB, why this sudden rush at the end, resulting in them and hrothgar only being half done? Seems like poor time management.

[Hysterior]

They could still add them in a later patch. Who knows...

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

They have had concept art of Viera since Before heavensward, they said they were going to do Viera before settling on Au Ra instead.
Why didn't they work on Viera slowly through HW and SB, why this sudden rush at the end, resulting in them and hrothgar only being half done? Seems like poor time management.

They also stated they only planned on adding 1 race, which ended up being the Au Ra.

Why work on a race you have no plans to implement?

Also, after much feedback from the players, they decided to add a new race. However, as they were split on which race to add, as there was much clamoring for both a beast-type race and also Viera, they decided to do half of each for the current expansion, as they were limited on time due to everything they had to do in regards to the new races, plus all the other usual expansion stuff.

[Fredco191]

Does this mean:

"We really wanted to make two whole races but didn't have enough time to make both genders. So we made one each... We're very sorry..."

Or:

"We really wanted to make two whole races but we didn't have enough time. So, the male Viera and female Hrothgar will come out at some other point in time."

Either way I'll accept this as an explanation.

[BiddyBatnana]

Still no indications whether or not they will add the opposite genders. Don't expect anything until they clearly state it.

[UserHere]

Like myself and others have been saying in other threads it was a time/resource thing. Which should have been a no brainer imo. More options for the players translates into more player enjoyment, and more enjoyment means more $$$$, and SE loves $$$$.

[username1234]

How does this change anything? All this explains is why the hrothgar models look so rushed and lazy. They still chose to develop a race only 1% of the playerbase will play over male viera.

[AriaFairchild]

They also stated they only planned on adding 1 race, which ended up being the Au Ra.

Why work on a race you have no plans to implement?

Also, after much feedback from the players, they decided to add a new race. However, as they were split on which race to add, as there was much clamoring for both a beast-type race and also Viera, they decided to do half of each for the current expansion, as they were limited on time due to everything they had to do in regards to the new races, plus all the other usual expansion stuff.

After "homophobia/sexism" is gone, I'm convinced that the great community just needs something to rustle their Jimmies, so they need some other dusts to snort.

[NessaWyvern]

They also stated they only planned on adding 1 race, which ended up being the Au Ra.

Why work on a race you have no plans to implement?

Because forward planning if very important in games, especially MMOs. They surely would have known that after Au Ra they would still be clamouring for Viera (especially after concept art), and other races. Especially with one of their main MMO competitors releasing other races. They would have had ample time to get the footwear, headwear, etc. Sorted out if they started earlier.