Quote Originally Posted by Sephr View Post
Much. I also think that suggesting it's a waste of resources is subjective considering we don't know the setup of the FFXIV dev team and how much effort it would take, as well as it coming down to personal opinion as to how important they are. I'd also argue that new players coming from elsewhere might be somewhat turned off by log-only (The reason I made this thread was that I got a couple of friends to join up, and neither of them liked that in particular) so I would argue that potentially it's not a waste of resources at all if it makes the experience more user-friendly.

I could argue that introducing the remaining genders is a waste of resources from my point of view, that doesn't make it correct.

EDIT: To add, whether or not its redundant would also remain to be seen, as I suggested it would be useful to grab the attention of players (in the same vein as the quest "!"'s which have been added to all mission NPCs too, something that my friends found to be pretty useful in working out where they needed to go.)
Regardless of knowing the setup of the team it can still be deemed a waste of resources, specifically at this point in the game's life. It simply isn't a game breaker/maker.

And it being redundant does not "remain to be seen." Displaying the same information in several spots on a screen at any given time is redundant (see superfluous, excessive, etc.) The quest exclamation points are completely different, if you can't bring yourself to move your eyes several millimetres to a different spot on the screen, well... that's just unfortunate for you.