So its 0-2 in the male female glamour department, yay?

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Originally Posted by RyuRoots

What I find fascinating is how *quickly* this became a big issue (apparently). That seems to happen any time a male population isn't favored or is even the most miniscule bit less favored. Funny how that works.

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Considering you can be either gender in this game, your attempt at making this about sexism is a poor play.

Personally I think they should let Male characters wear female glamours if they want. If someone wants to wear fishnet stockings and bunny ears on their male Roe more power to them. If females can wear male gear then why not the reverse. Having said that there is a few male only pieces I'd love to have access to. Finding a top to fit the WHM glamour Im going for has been difficult and theirs a male piece which would have worked perfectly...

I do want to point out something here about the cash shop. People keep saying 'cash shop items should be available in game'. The thing is, most items on the cash shop which aren't former event items are probably specifically developed for the cash shop and the resources are probably allocated to producing those items based on the projected return on investment. That would mean that if they weren't in the cash shop they wouldn't be developed at all.

Any development costs money and the when looking for additional funds to do new projects the money has to come from somewhere. Without the cash shop or a sub increase their would be less resources to develop these things.

My issues with Cash Shops has always been with if the stuff in game was lacking in quantity while the cash shop was getting updates. That has never been the case for me in FF14. 3.1 will have, at the very minimum, 2 new sets for DoM/DoW, at least 3 new hairstyles for each gender, a new glamour set at the Gold Saucer, plus more glamour sets in the exploratory islands. Plus at least 2 new weapon sets counting the relics.

For me, having a couple of glamour sets in the Cash shop when we are getting all that in game if fine for me. Its not like they aren't giving me plenty for my sub.

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Originally Posted by RyuRoots

What I find fascinating is how *quickly* this became a big issue (apparently). That seems to happen any time a male population isn't favored or is even the most miniscule bit less favored. Funny how that works.

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What I find fascinating is that you're implying sexism here when many of the people playing male characters are actually females, and of course the reverse applies. I'm a 38 year old woman playing this game as a hulking dragonman. I've been a male Miqo'te and a female Miqo'te but this is my current incarnation, and I want to have unique glamours to look fabulous in too. It doesn't seem like much to ask.

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Originally Posted by Dualgunner

For everyone who's talking about pure numbers, here's the Eorzea Census 2015 of Gender Distribution:

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...e911869d16.png

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...e8ff1bcf34c5ae

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Today we are going to learn some basic maths:

If NA has 1000 people and EU has 100 people

380 + 64 = 444 are female characters
620 + 36 = 656 are male characters

Conclusion: Percentages are useless without the raw numbers.

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Originally Posted by AlphaSonic

Today we are going to learn some basic maths:

If NA has 1000 people and EU has 100 people

380 + 64 = 444 are female characters
620 + 36 = 656 are male characters

Conclusion: Percentages are useless without the raw numbers.

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I wouldn't go so far as to say they are useless, they do give a good qualitative image of the population of both.

Even if most characters are females, it's probably because there are more clothing options for females. I bet there would be less females if there were a lot more male glamour options. I only play a female character because male glamours are lacking. :/

I really wish they'd do a male version of Minfilia's outfit. We have male-female versions of coatees and shawls and galerus, why can't we have a tube top/skirt for the men, too? It's just so unfair. Make it unisex!!

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Originally Posted by Elim

Even if most characters are females, it's probably because there are more clothing options for females. I bet there would be less females if there were a lot more male glamour options. I only play a female character because male glamours are lacking. :/

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I don't know. A lot of Male Players across multiple MMOs and even single player games will opt for a Female character for one reason or another. (usually the pervy kind, but not always.)

So I'm not sure that's as big a factor as "A lot of players play female, make female cash glamours, profit". Not all that unlike Retainer Scalping on Hardcore Crafters. Because the only ones getting "Taken Advantage of" by the cash shop are a few groups of players rather than other games I've played where The Cash Shop Items effectively make you invincible. So all and all, be glad those "Sexy Glamours" <Rolls Eyes> don't have game braking stat advantages.

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Originally Posted by sirDarts

Well the thing is, a female wearing a male outfit is generally accepted throughout the civilized world. On the other hand a male wearing a female outfit is not generally accepted (yet).

This creates the issue that most (pretty much all) "male" outfits become unisex, while most female outfits are female only.

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Pretty sure people understand the "why." Thats not the issue. Most of us here are saying "stop doing it that way."

Yeah, I love my catboy but eh, I mostly play for the glamour and for thinking of myself a real FF character. And females usually get all of this, and I'm inclined to be a female even though I dislike most of the races.