the problem with male miqote.

[Chihaya]

Mithra lore =/= Miqo'te lore

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k dood

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ng-Conventions

Though there are ten suffixes listed above, rarely do even the largest Keeper of the Moon families have more than two or three sons. This is not by choice. Nature merely sees to it that more females are born to this race.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Cat people. Serious business.

[Mirron]

It may be how the lore is, but it'd be kind of asinine to restrict people based off of lore reasons. It only impacts NPC distribution, and I'd say that it's still in line with the lore then.

[Chihaya]

It may be how the lore is, but it'd be kind of asinine to restrict people based off of lore reasons. It only impacts NPC distribution, and I'd say that it's still in line with the lore then.

Hence is why SE released it in 2.0 while males were not present in 1.0

[Velox]

Miqo'te population distribution is not as extreme as the Mithra they are modeled off of, yet has stayed valid to the lore for the most part. Mithrans tend to have more of a 13-14:1 ratio of females to males while Miqo'te are more along the lines of 5-7:1. Yes males are "rare" when compared to the sheer number of females, but they aren't so rare that they need to be protected in order to save the race from going extinct (which was sort-of verified during the fanfest that races tend to stick to their own kind for procreation purposes). "But males weren't playable during 1.0!" True, but then again maybe males had no good reason to become adventurers. If life is going swimmingly, stay-at-home males would have the desired outcome and way of life. You can imagine how the Calamity probably uprooted a ton of families and disturbed the traditional ways of life, causing males to pour out of the depths of obscurity to fight for what they believe in (or maybe they have no family left to return to and need a new hobby). My point is that there are lore-specific reasons to explain the sudden appearance of Miqo'te adventurers (and other professions that we are seeing). It wouldn't be fair to compare Miqo'te lore to Mithra lore directly. Yes they share some similarities, but circumstances differ wildly as well as environment. As Plato said, "Necessity is the mother of invention."

[Venos]

A lot of people use it because it's one of the few which isn't overly emo or a girly-girly look. 90% of male hairstyles for Miqo'te fall into those 2 types sadly.

I'm glad I'm the odd ball, none of that bs is a factor when I pick or change my hairstyle. In my honest opinion, it looks no different from the rest.

Shiobon, I wouldn't say the worst but it's definitely my least favorite. If I use that hairstyle, I.. must.. cut.. highlights.. off..

[Felis]

Hence is why SE released it in 2.0 while males were not present in 1.0

There were also no female Roegadyns and female Highlanders. It only show how unfinished 1.0 was at launch.

About rarity of Keeper males (Seekers have another family lore), if a average family have 2 sons and there would be around 4000 families, that would be already 8000 sons (fathers and grandpas not included)

[whoopeeragon]

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That only deals with Keeper of the Moon. Seekers of the Sun do not have that limitation.

Nonetheless, you're making it seem as if having a son is rare than finding a diamond in a pig trough. It isn't; two or three sons in a large family. Last I recall or experience, a large family has a limit to how many children one can produce. I consider 10 children to be a large family. Anymore, and that mother will be world famous.

So if you consider Seekers of the Sun to have equal distribution, and Keeper of the Moon to have a 1:4 disparity in genders (2 in 10 children are male), that's a 5:8 ratio distribution. I.e. a 38.5% rate of male miqo'te being born.

That's not a small rate to have male miqo'te be 'rare'. 'Uncommon' will be the better word to describe it.

Note that I much prefer Seeker of the Sun male miqo'te over Keeper of the Moon. And I see a lot more Seeker of the Sun males prowling around.

[Shioban]

Uhh, adding more noses and faces wouldn't do anything to packet size. Those variables already take a byte at least (unless SE is doing bitshifting and purposely shrinking their cap)giving a Max of 256 options. This is a dev time issue.

Also a lot of that data is probably cached and isn't updated like appearance data.

Seems according to them, character data size really is a concern.

Q20: Can you add a lot more hairstyles, facial hair, and other types of face paints?

A20: When it comes to hairstyles, we have to make very fine adjustments to the graphics for portions that stick out of equipment and those that do not, and we do our best to release 1-3 hairstyles in each patch. We previously added new face paint in the past, but we didn’t really receive much feedback as to whether they were good or bad, so we’ve been allocating our resources to adding hairstyles. Finally, facial hair is connected to the amount of character date transmitted, so it’s difficult at the moment.

However, we are actually adding a fake moustache for the Starlight Celebration…
Ladies will also be able to wear this!

We’re also currently making an afro hairstyle.

[Merylx]

Hilarious. And you must think female miqote are interesting, or you wouldn't play one. Simple as that.