Quote Originally Posted by Samcaesar View Post
Cool, what's sexual dimorphism in this context then? Most physical differences between men and women are determined by either a Y or a X chromosome in the 46th chromosomal spot, however there's plenty of other factors that influence it, such as.. Genetics. Seriously, have you never seen a naturally feminine man or a naturally masculine woman? Look at that link in the second paragraph for examples.

I'm not denying the truth, I'm saying that women aren't as monolithic as you guys are saying. Like.. Seriously, look at the diversity of body shapes in that picture of women athletes I linked. Likewise, stop ignoring the fact that Roegadyn women, excluding their breasts, look about as masculine body shaped wise as most of the male models in the game. The bellyhole exists some reason, and I can tell you it's not because of the biology of a woman.


Cool, but I lack the option to. And I seriously doubt "hardware reasons" are the reason for that. Like.. We get new glamour all the time, why not make the male DRG AF standard and have a "Glamour bellyhole edition" option open for those who want it for cheap.
Every character in the game is only a big amount of datas, and that amount of datas takes massive space on SE's disks. They're already, for example, working on a solution to get the /visor saved with the gear you're wearing (meaning you won't have to do /visor each time you equip that piece of gear), and that takes time. Why ? Because it's not simply a switch to activate : you gotta make sure it doesn't take too much space, you gotta optimize it, you got many things to do. Now, doing that with every piece of DRG AF, a piece that most people have ? That would be a huge, huge waste of saving space...

X or Y chromosomal are in fact very important, that's not just half a chromosomal missing... Compare a rooster and a chicken, and tell me that just one chromosomal is nothing. And that's just a trivial example, there are many more that would make way better examples. They affect the phenotype in a very important way, and the others are as well very important, but they concern more the body functions, like breathing, and so. I'm not saying the whole phenotype is defined by X or Y chromosomal, but they are really important. Know why ? Because it implies what your gonads are going to become ? And what does that have to do with anything ? It defines what will happen to your body during the puberty, so what your final phenotype is going to be. That's why male and female children are very similar, while the typical woman is less muscular (for example, and sorry, but that's how the world works) than the typical man.

For roegadyns and lala, you don't know what puberty does on them. Female Roegadyns, as well as female Lalas, have to give birth, so their pelvian girdle (not sure about the name, but =( ) has to be large enough to let a baby pass by. They must have a feminine bone structure, sorry to tell you that. Maybe male lalas have it as well, but we can't know that, so... No, you can't use that argument...

And for the reason that hole is there... Mate, do you seriously think this game is sexist ? We have Bloefhiswyn, the sultana, Minfillia, Alisaie, Kan-E Senna, Lucia (I think that's her name...)... There are many women powerful enough to make all men pee their pants just being in the same room with them... The game is not sexist at all. The are absolutely no "sexy" outfit, except for the bunny GS thing, and don't even bring the Dzemael drops, they're equally sexy for both men and women (Although they look way better on male, I'm sure everyone agrees =( ).

So, they'd simply, after making a whole game non-sexist, take a random AF, and make it sexy because... Well, you know, you gotta anger the feminists, eh, that's how marketing works ! Nope. That was a design decision, and, hell, a belly hole is not sexy at all. That's just what it is. A Belly Hole. Something that show your belly. I don't know about you guys, but I'm not really excited by a damned belly button. Especially when the woman that shows it looks ready to beat the sh*t out of me...

The hole is not there because "Sexy is cool", it's here because of reasons. And that reason may be the fact that the fighting style is a little bit different.