So many cat girls....

[Reinha]

Anyway, I also think it's wrong to assume that someone is male because of how they dress their character. A character isn't just a set of pixels we ourselves can drool over; our characters can also be personas we take on for a role-playing experience (this is a RPG right?). I mean, someone might not feel comfortable dressing sexy in real life and it can be fun to do so in a safe setting (like the fantasy world of a game).

Spot on. I wouldn't be caught dead in a mini-skirt or see-through top irl, because I'd rather not draw that kind of attention from strangers. Showing off skin is a trait of my character but not one of mine, as are big muscles, alcohol abuse, choosing fights over compromise, being careless with money and promiscuity, to mention a few. She adopted the personality of my WoW Death Knight (she was the baddest b1tch <3) but oddly her looks came mostly from my playful and solitary Druid.

There are hundreds of other reasons to dress scantily than just "drooling". One example would be playing "the alpha" which isn't behavior exclusive to men. Another would be replicating a cool fantasy character (Xena is on the list obviously ). It could even be how the player dresses irl, you never know. If someone makes silly assumptions about people's motives to undress their character, they are only revealing their own simplistic view that skimpy clothing is hot and that's all it's good for.

So to summarize, it was just time to play a M'qote for a while.

Your kitty looks really pretty btw, the colours and all. (Although Roes are the best and no I'm not biased at all.)

[Celsiaskye]

I've never been a skimpy dresser in any game, ever. Just never appealed to me, doesn't seem logical to me. I don't look badly on those who do, there are plenty of nice gear that isn't revealing for me to not feel cornered into wearing a bikini.

[Toguro]

Aaah my favorite topic.. Male/Female discussion.. reading this makes me want to make a thread instead of further derailing this but I'm too lazy..

On Topic: At about this time I don't think there's "so many catgirls" with male/female Au Ra around. Male Au Ra seemed to have killed off a lot of other male races imo(Cat guys still standing strong though lol).

Also, I see tons of Miqo'tes who I would consider "attractive" I guess but then I see tons and tons that look like the other ones so it doesn't catch my attention. Howevvvverrr, I disagree that there aren't unique ones. There have been times when I would be like..

"Is that.. a Miqo'te?" "Oh snap it is"


This has only happened twice in all my time playing. I have never seen a single soul ever look like either of those two characters. And I have characters on lots of servers and I inspect everything I see.. I be seein' everythin' yo.

[16bitBounty]

She gets many compliments in game.






Also shameless promotion of my highlander

[Kosmos992k]

I've never been a skimpy dresser in any game, ever. Just never appealed to me, doesn't seem logical to me. I don't look badly on those who do, there are plenty of nice gear that isn't revealing for me to not feel cornered into wearing a bikini.

But, but, but....it's only revealing pixels!!!!

[Tachyon]

Another to ignored list cya.

I...I'm not pretty enough? /examineself

No, I am adorable!

On Topic: At about this time I don't think there's "so many catgirls" with male/female Au Ra around. Male Au Ra seemed to have killed off a lot of other male races imo(Cat guys still standing strong though lol).

Also on topic: I thought that Au Ra would kill off more Miqo's than it actually did on my server. Seems some people are turned off more by their animations than anything else. I liked the voices more than any other race, but it wasn't enough of a factor to warrant a fantasia (and a namechange). Theres still a large population of miqo'te but Au Ra are not exactly uncommon as it is either. Roe are definitely the least common (and sometimes very very nicely done) followed only by Elezen maybe.

[BunnyHop]

She gets many compliments in game.

I never liked elves in any game but your gf has the pretiest Elf I've ever seen.

My compliments to her, and ty for sharing

[Silverbane]

Wait, I thought the women were playing all these "sexy" male characters which use tons of make-up. Especially male Miqos.

I don't care about the players behind the screen much, but when there is a half naked female character, there is always assumption that it is a horny male behind the screen.

My wife (who was the person got me into online MMOs BTW) says your wrong.

[CyrilLucifer]

I never liked elves in any game but your gf has the pretiest Elf I've ever seen.

My compliments to her, and ty for sharing

You should look in the post your Elezen thread, there are many, many, many beautiful elves in there.

[Jeannes]

Pretty sad isn't it?

Personally I find it easier to address characters (and posters) by their apparent gender and name, unless instructed otherwise.

One thing I have found playing Kosmos for almost 5 years now (Kos transferred from another game to FFXIV ARR when it launched...), is that I am comfortable being addressed as Kosmos, Kos, or other diminutives of Kosmos and would find it odd for people to address me in-game as anything but the beautiful, blue-haired, red eyed, formerly cybernetic combat android who now sports a more gentle disposition, tail and ears. Hell, I'd probably answer to Kosmos or Kos IRL now.

Yeah people know I'm Lauren, but they call me Sera (short for Seraphim). It's easier to embody your character and have others treat you as so even if your character isn't reflective of what you really are its who you made yourself to be.

Be free and create yourself.