I don't think it would be a very good idea to allow race / gender changes in the game.

Aside from making it easier for scammers to start over as others have mentioned

It's ultimately unnecessary and a gimmick... it would add little value to the gameplay

It really should be easy enough to start a new character these days anyways.. soon you can mail rare/ex gear between the same account so the only hassle you'd have to deal with would be leeching up w/e jobs you want in abyssea then transferring the items.

I can't see them spending a lot of resources on a gimmick like this.. when they are busy working on all the stuff they got planned in the roadmap...


I could see the dev's taking suggestion's for minor things like "yo dev's why can rdm wear a lynx mantle +1 but not a lynx mantle herp"

but a major update like this.. naw