Quote Originally Posted by Naunet View Post
Where are the multiple articles published about Trion's marriage system? Oh, that's right, they're all focusing on the record breaking online marriage-a-thon, with maybe a passing mention that it has no gender restrictions. >_> I highly doubt the media reaction to FFXIV would be any different, and the only reason it might be is because SE has decided to make it an issue. If they would just release it without fanfare save for "Yay, now player characters can get married!" I can almost guarantee you it would go over like water over glass. Hell, maybe even distract everyone by trying to one-up Rift's world record.
This.

It will only be a huge problem if either SE or it's own players make it a problem. Which judging by this thread, plenty of players would make a stink about it because they're homophobic and don't want homosexual couples to have what they have because they personally think they shouldn't, even when it will never affect them whatsoever in the game.

Seriously, no stink will be made about the marriage system being inclusive to the LGBT community unless people want to make a stink about it or SE decides to for whatever reason. Which at this point, SE's safest bet would be to just not mention the marriage system including same-sex marriage (if they release one). If it's not mentioned, no one will even know unless they try it themselves, right? And the only people who would try it themselves would be the people WHO ACTUALLY WANT IT. It wouldn't affect or even enter into the gaze of anyone else in the community besides those who actually wanted the marriage system, whether they're straight or gay.

Trion didn't get any flak for implementing a marriage system that was inclusive to same-sex couples, and iirc Lucent Heart also had a same-sex marriage system and they got no flak for it either, because IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED. Which is how it should be. All SE has to do is just make the marriage system inclusive to same-sex couples, then make an simple announcement that there is a marriage system in game. That's it, no "it's only for hetero couples" or "it allows same-sex marriage!", just "we now have a marriage system in place". No harm done to either side, no side will get their feathers ruffled, no one will make "defamatory articles" questioning SE's decision. It's inclusive for all types of couples and it's also a quiet announcement. Win-win.