As a male gamer, thank you for not oversexualizing every female NPC

[CompSci88]

I don't have boobs /cry

[Talia_Hailwind]

Indeed FFXIV has done a great job at keeping it classy.

By doing what?
Using re-skinned glamors and trying to sell them to us as new ones?

Daystar


Chimerical Felt Robe of Healing


The reason theres no skimpy clothes is mainly because square are too lazy to make them!

[SummonerSenah]

^_^; I actually really like the Holy Rainbow shirt for my casters. It's a reskin of gear already in the game, true, but it's not a gown or robe. So if I don't have my weapon out, one look at my gear doesn't shout "That's a caster/healer." I've always been irritated that DoW get gear that IMO looks so much cooler than DoM, but there's at least this shirt now.

[Zyrusticae]

Indeed.

Well, apparently the common wisdom is that any female character running around in anything that deviates from the conservative/demure/classy/covering classification is suspected of being a GIRL (Guy In Real Life). Also, the use of bikini armor, or short skirts is - from what I can gather in these topics and discussions - essentially a 100% confirmation of a GIRL playing a girl...and an affront to right thinking males, and all females besides. God help me, Kos wears a bikini a lot, as does my partners avatar. At least one of us is female in real life, and neither of us has a problem with the bikini clad Miqo'te.

The Great Straw Man appears again!

If you wish to learn more, I will point you to a previous post I made on the topic.

One thing I've never been sure of, is quite how someone wearing a more revealing outfit than another can in any way ruin fun, or the game world.

Different people have different thresholds for their suspension of disbelief.

What's difficult to understand about that?

I mean, if you have people engaging in mortal combat and one person is wearing full body armor and the other is wearing a bikini... how is it not natural for someone to question how the person wearing the bikini isn't getting scratched to hell and back? That's something you learned to accept and suspend your disbelief on. Not everyone is like that.

I feel like I need to post this comic here:

As a male player i always created female character who matches my female's fantasy.
Strong, sexy & feminine, but sexually desinterested.

Seriously it's sso weird to create character that looks like ourself XD
I already know what is a wonderful man ! i'm one ! So i play a super woman to change ! And i'm not gonna make her wear a yellow anorak because it's raining in the game. She's half nude and the best warrior ever !

It seems to me like you treat your character more like an idol.

Which is fine, really, just so long as you understand that not everyone regards their characters the same way. And that this type of thinking really should not be applied to NPCs.

Personally, I find the dichotomy between "sexy & feminine but sexually disinterested" to be a real head-scratcher, but then again, the whole thing about idols is that they're something you admire but never touch anyway, so I suppose I will just have to accept that the appeal will forever be lost to me.

I don't have boobs /cry

To be honest, I would be much happier without boobs. But I don't want to be a walking popoto, so....

[Seraphyna]

^-- your images are blocked by my Malwarebytes automated protection. You may wish to consider where your images are sourced.

Malwarebytes blocking a Russian site! Say it ain't so! I am not surprised. There's nothing wrong with that site. It's been the host to all things Tera armour for years.

[Seraphyna]

Well a White Mage is kinda like the Nun of FF classes/jobs...

And you do realize that Nun's would never run off and do any of the things that Whm's do right? Considering faith/religion/rights, etc. (I really do hope you realize this...)

[myahele]

Even the known whm show more skin than most of the healing set we get

[Nadirah]

Personally I don't mind cleavage and bare midriffs. I don't mind slits up the back or side of skirts. These things don't bug me in the slightest.

What I *do* dislike, is the bra/panties/bikini/booty shorts thing that you see occasionally.

You know what though? It's a personal preference. I don't use them. Fine by me. Someone else wants to? Great.

Now when that's all that's available.. I have a problem with it. Luckily here, there's no issue.

Now games like EQ2.. where all the robes made me look like I belong in a convent...

[Nadirah]

Or even give us something along the lines of Shiva. Shiva is downright beautiful.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Shiva

You realize in most of the games she's almost naked, right?

[Gamer3427]

I completely agree with the OP. There's enough half naked players running around. I enjoy multiple forms of beauty, not just the "have naked stripper" type. For reference though, my two favorite female characters in this game are...

...Hilda in terms of raw appearance, (though her accent is a bit off putting), and Y'shtola in terms of secondary appearance, personality, and just because she was the first member of the Scions I met, (not counting my brief encounter with Thancred as a THM back in the PS3 beta)......