Yoshi-P Game Focus Interview translated summary

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Originally Posted by Belhi

In FF14's defence, most of the sets people would think of as 'slutty' are that way for both Males and Females. This game has no issue with scantly clad men. :P

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The only armor in FF XIV that really stood out to me as being gross with gender differences was the ARR Dragoon job armor and how it didn't cover stomach on female avatars. But I wouldn't even call that "slutty", it was just kind of awkward. Like I can imagine that little points of the armor poking the crud out of the girls who have it on.

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Originally Posted by Texa

The only armor in FF XIV that really stood out to me as being gross with gender differences was the ARR Dragoon job armor and how it didn't cover stomach on female avatars. But I wouldn't even call that "slutty", it was just kind of awkward. Like I can imagine that little points of the armor poking the crud out of the girls who have it on.

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Or spears and swords poking the crud out of their bellies because of the hole..

That hole there is just so.. pointless. I really do not know why the devs did that.

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Originally Posted by Belhi

In FF14's defence, most of the sets people would think of as 'slutty' are that way for both Males and Females.

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Provided they are actually available for both. That's largely a given for items with stats (with only few exceptions), but once the stats are off, so are the gloves.

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You can see underwear by taking off equipment, but after analyzing data he was able to find that not many of the female players do so on purpose.

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How do they decide if it's on purpose or not? By the amount of time spent in underwear?:confused:

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Originally Posted by Meimi_chan

How do they decide if it's on purpose or not? By the amount of time spent in underwear?:confused:

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I asked myself the same thing when I was reading the article but it's been translated from Korean to Japanese to English, so It might not have been "worded" with the exact same meaning originally. So I just took it as something like "Female players do not take off equipment as to make their underwear visible"

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Originally Posted by Chocolys

I asked myself the same thing when I was reading the article but it's been translated from Korean to Japanese to English, so It might not have been "worded" with the exact same meaning originally. So I just took it as something like "Female players do not take off equipment as to make their underwear visible"

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I feel it's badly worded as well due to the translation. I almost feel like it's an analytic on the amount of female players with female avatars that use the "Emperors New Breeches" as glamour...?

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Originally Posted by Texa

The only armor in FF XIV that really stood out to me as being gross with gender differences was the ARR Dragoon job armor and how it didn't cover stomach on female avatars. But I wouldn't even call that "slutty", it was just kind of awkward. Like I can imagine that little points of the armor poking the crud out of the girls who have it on.

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uuugh. I hate the belly hole armour. It ruins what is otherwise a pretty decent design. Fortunately, they have never done something similar again. I do wish they went back and fixed it though.

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Originally Posted by Korbash

As a female, one of the reasons I often play male characters is because in MMOs female characters often have slutty armor not covering much, so to avoid that I end up making male alts.

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As a male, one of the reasons I often play female characters is because in MMOs female characters often have slutty armor not covering much, so to see that as much as possible I end up making female alts.

Sex sells ladies and gentlemen. Fact of life in every facet.

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Originally Posted by Korbash

As a female, one of the reasons I often play male characters is because in MMOs female characters often have slutty armor not covering much, so to avoid that I end up making male alts.

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As a female, I'm the opposite, I always play a female character and am saddened when I can't choose revealing armor (if that's what I want on my character). The option shouldn't be gotten rid of; but maybe I'm just too old school, from "back before females played games".

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Originally Posted by Korbash

As a female, one of the reasons I often play male characters is because in MMOs female characters often have slutty armor not covering much, so to avoid that I end up making male alts.

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Look at this slut

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20160218014933

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Uh, that doesn't sound right.

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Do you not remember the gap between 3.1 and 3.2 (or was it 3.0 to 3.1)? Everyone went on vacation after Heavensward launched, since they had been working tirelessly since the ARR beta.

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Originally Posted by Yasuhiro

Look at this slut

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20160218014933

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This killed me. I'm dead. Bury me.

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Originally Posted by Yasuhiro

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Thanks for that :D :p

#FreeTheNipple

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Originally Posted by Texa

The only armor in FF XIV that really stood out to me as being gross with gender differences was the ARR Dragoon job armor and how it didn't cover stomach on female avatars. But I wouldn't even call that "slutty", it was just kind of awkward. Like I can imagine that little points of the armor poking the crud out of the girls who have it on.

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don't worry, equality happens:

http://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/ge...llfire-fending

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Originally Posted by Zojha

Provided they are actually available for both. That's largely a given for items with stats (with only few exceptions), but once the stats are off, so are the gloves.

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Admittedly, I don't really see much armor in this game I could consider being 'slutty'? Then again, a large part of why I avoided mmo's is because the vast majority of them have vaporwear for gear, and I prefer something a bit more... realistic, otherwise the chainmail bikinis tend to ruin my immersion. I say this as a male, yes.

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Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

Where is he getting this data on what players take off their armor? Why is that even being tracked to begin with, if it is? And then how does he know which players are female and which are male?

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I suspect it's game telemetry used to track popularity of gear, which would be very useful to know. I also would guess that he means players of female characters, not female players. Just my guess...



p.s.
Bikini armor for the win!

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Originally Posted by Magic-Mal

Or spears and swords poking the crud out of their bellies because of the hole..

That hole there is just so.. pointless. I really do not know why the devs did that.

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Yeah, because a hempen cowl makes all the difference to a spear strike....

This kind of argument ignores a simple 'fact'. Other than the large, bulky metal armor, all other gear in the game offers little protection. DoM gear in particular is as protective as your average clothing, so what difference does a bare stomach make? The point being that all our armor protects far, far more than the materials it is made of should, there is clearly something more than physical protection involved, so why worry about those gaps?

Bikini armor for the win!

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Originally Posted by Game_Over

As a female, I'm the opposite, I always play a female character and am saddened when I can't choose revealing armor (if that's what I want on my character). The option shouldn't be gotten rid of; but maybe I'm just too old school, from "back before females played games".

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Is that the era when girls could play however they liked precisely because people thought that girls didn't play games? When online gaming was for G.I.R.L.S. not girls... ;)

I find the attitudes of some males to be almost puritanical when it comes to gear and things like bikini armor.

Folks should stop trying to tell women what they should or should not wear, it's counter productive.

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Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

This kind of argument ignores a simple 'fact'.

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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...ionOfDisbelief

Everyone knows that "fact" you name - The thing is simply that if you stretch things too far, people are dropping the willing suspension of disbelief, with "too far" being entirely subjective.

Ever noticed these completely pointless shoulder pads on otherwise cloth/leather armor, like on Clouds outfit? That's there for precisely that purpose. When he's fighting against Sephiroth and his Masamune, it doesn't realistically make a difference if he's wearing that outfit or a speedo, because the blade is sharp enough to cut through cloth easily. But if you were to actually put Cloud in a speedo for the scenes, Advent Children would probably be called an immensely stupid movie.

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Originally Posted by Zojha

Ever noticed these completely pointless shoulder pads on otherwise cloth/leather armor, like on Clouds outfit? That's there for precisely that purpose. When he's fighting against Sephiroth and his Masamune, it doesn't realistically make a difference if he's wearing that outfit or a speedo, because the blade is sharp enough to cut through cloth easily. But if you were to actually put Cloud in a speedo for the scenes, Advent Children would probably be called an immensely stupid movie.

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I agree with you, but that is a different degree of suspending disbelief to that required to cope with the belly window type of thing. As for armored bikinis and the like (aka more revealing armor that still attempts to be armor), there are plenty of examples in popular culture of obviously flawed armor being worn by female warriors who subsequently kick the crap out of everything in sight. Xena being a good example, although her's is not quite bikini armor.

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

don't worry, equality happens:

http://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/ge...llfire-fending

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Good to know... :)

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Originally Posted by Korbash

As a female, one of the reasons I often play male characters is because in MMOs female characters often have slutty armor not covering much, so to avoid that I end up making male alts.

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Conversely, as a female player, I typically choose to play male characters for the purpose of dressing them sluttily (or at least tastefully sexy).

What's good for the goose is good for the gander; sexuality is a totally natural and there's nothing wrong with sexy stuff in games as long as it's equal opportunity.