Gender locking in and of itself is fine if it is lore-based. For an analogy, I hardly see people complaining that Amazons are specifically portrayed as female.

If anything, SE really screwed up with making FEMALE Roes! The moment they did that, they permanently lost the "lore" argument and I can see why people are pissed about the Viera and Hrothgar being gender locked. It turns SE into big hypocrites. Though frankly, Square Enix lost the lore argument over more than just gender locking (SMN job identity, I'm looking at you!)

I only ask that people not be obnoxious about their desire to remove gender locking. Being a huge jerk immediately dismantles any argument that #GenderExit crowd might have.


P.S. The excuse about SE not having the time or resources to do more than 1 gender is nonsense. They make plenty of revenue from subscription fees. Since they choose to allocate funds away from FFXIV, it is 100% their own fault that they have a lack of resources and the forums will let them know it!