Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
I've wondered about that. Whether maybe someone higher up said "no more races, we're not giving you the budget for it" so they put in the two half-races exactly because they knew the fandom would rage and demand the other half...

They still could have handled the reveal better. Especially confirming we had something other than Viera coming, "please look forward to it", and getting a lot of that rage out of the way early. Then at least there would be some excitement for the second reveal in itself, rather than being overshadowed by the full extent of the negative reaction.
That... would be very sneaky and shrewd of the dev team. And would mean that they're very much in-touch with the fanbase. At least enough to weaponize an expected reaction to "force" the higher ups into letting up.

Agreed, however, that they could have handled the reveals much better. But the interview in general gives a lot of hope (for stuff besides the gender-locks, hoping WHM gets some of its identity back or a new one altogether, and AST solidifies itself into a niche of its own instead of being WHM with buffs).