Is ff 14. Too feminine?

[Kosmos992k]

It goes both ways. Most dainty girl characters look ridiculous in the WAR/ PLD sets.

As the winner of the recent tank gear design contest proves 110% percent. Why in heaven's name we cannot have some elegant female armor is beyond me. There are more macho armor sets than you can shake a stick at, but anything feminine or elegant is criticized for those very reasons, it's ridiculous.

As for the topic in general (gloriously necro-posted though it is) there are so many mainstream games around that cater to gamers wanting strong male/masculine/macho atmosphere already, what would be wrong with a game that was more balanced? Or even, shock horror, caters more to those wishing a more feminine atmosphere?

FFXIV strikes a reasonable balance already, although as my comment about tank armor suggests, any female character wearing physical armor (as in non-caster) is pretty much stuck with masculine armor that de-feminizes the female avatar. One of the runners up in the tank gear design context was a set that was elegant and feminine for females and macho/masculine for males. That kind of dimorphism is something we need far, far more of.