What would you do if you had control over FFXIV?

[xxmiamorecadenza]

delete cats

Taking this proposal somewhat seriously for the sake of conversation. If the developer did ‘delete’ a certain race - how would they handle a solid chunk the player base who are suddenly unable to play their characters anymore?

I know quite a few people want Lalafell, the easiest example since quite a few people dislike both the race and the players behind them, to be surgically removed. But how do you handle the players of said race in the aftermath of a deletion?