Women and Armor!

[Aegis]

Emphasizing femininity is perfectly fine. Females of all ages do that in real life as well, so what's the issue?

TIL Panty Shots are 'emphasizing femininity' not 'borderline creepy'

While the RSE and the Highlander smallclothes are admittedly showy, 'slutty' isn't something this game says. Not at all. You want that, there's games that make this one look like it's run like Catholic Boarding House.

This game originally had a much more gritty, practical aesthetic (Avoiding the word 'realistic' because we ride chocobos and fight gods). My issue is not solely about the gender dimorphism it's also the other things that we lost when we ditched that aesthetic: goodbye realistic weapons and practical armour, hello glowy axes of doom larger than my character's torso and shoulderpads of epicness.

In a previous post of mine I mentioned the Conan MMO, where women not only had 'stereotypical' armor but also pornstar proportions. Several Korean MMOS are especially guilty of this only following the anime porn angle. Heck, there's one where you can buy the option to be just plain old naked, no smallclothes at all!

Damning with faint praise. I'd hope we set ourselves to a higher standard than that.