Quote Originally Posted by Yshnal View Post
Because of lore. If SE says that there aren't same sex marriages in Eorzea, then so be it.
If SE started to enact segregation amongst players who have selected a darker skin tone for their characters that would be ok, because it's lore? Absolutely not.

Themes of racism and xenophobia are dealt with in the game already. Because it's exclusively amongst NPCs, this does add colour and depth to Eorzea and it's society. However, the parts of the story that deal with this always see's the NPC realise the error of their ways, closing the topic by adopting a globally accepted norm: racism is bad. However, it is another thing to enable players to indulge in their own prejudices. Taking such a draconian stance isn't going to add anything to gameplay or the narrative, thus serving no purpose. It will also put it out of line with the attitude towards same-sex relationships which many countries around the world where the game is played don't have an issue with.