Quote Originally Posted by Rhomagus View Post
snip snap.
If we all know what is being inferred, then arguing about "unlocking" or "removing a lock" is pointless. It's like arguing the exact word is an issue, and not the core idea.

Also, from the player perspective, yes, you are locked into either female Viera, or Male Hrothgar. That distinction matters because there is an expectation that the game set through precedence that is being violated. You dont get a choice here where you do otherwise. It matters little if the assets exist or not, but rather what the player is seeing. If you change genderlock to mean it from the devs point of view by arguing the implication is the assets exist and therefore are locked by the devs, the player's expectations no longer matter, only what the dev wants. This shifts the discussion to whether we should even ask for the other genders, or if the devs need to even consider it. The extreme end of that change is "Anyone asking for male viera and female hrothgar is entitled and should just enjoy what the devs are giving us." It becomes an immediate dismissal of the core issue by making people seem ultra entitled rather than addressing where player expectations were not met.

I also never said that there wouldnt be implementation time. I think people demanding it now are being nuts about it. Of course there is development time, even if the assets were 99% there, it still takes time to implement. It's not a checkbox. I dont worry about that because that is such a minor point. I know why the devs did it, but it is apparent that giving half measures isnt what the player base wanted broadly. It was a misstep on the devs part, and people addressing the issue by summerizing it as the races being genderlocked implies that the player expectation was violated. If its the other way (dev perspective) then people have to request and the devs can go "we'll think about it."

Best way I can point this difference out is to look at things we request vs things we expect. It was expected we would have a male/female of one race, it is not expected we will have an update to character creator. The push back for when our expectations arent met is a lot harsher than when we would like to see something in game. And mind you, the expectations got ramped way the heck up when they showed off the viera. A lot of us were pointing out it would be most likely a huge disappointment to the base if they didnt give us Male Viera because the expectations have always been male and female of a race since ARR (which set that precedence compared to 1.0).