what do you guys think about gender tabs, of course it being optional

[Konungarike]

Why not just write that in your player search info? Doesn't need its own feature if you ask me.

I will say this though, I probably can't judge this request without it getting personal, as I think it's well past the point where dudes need to realise how women are treated all the time. Guys wanna make a female character because "girls are much hotter"? Well... turns out that other dude thinks your character is hot stuff as well, you seem to have so much in common. Guys who make female characters for any other reason? Tough shit man... I'd say at least you can see it as a learning experience.

[bswpayton]

Why not just write that in your player search info? Doesn't need its own feature if you ask me.

Well i wasn't trying to be sexiest are anything and I do realize that some people would totally be agaisnt this , that's why I said optional , I mean I dont think Ive honestly seen one person that had their gender in their search info. I don't see why if you are ok with it stating your gender would be a bad thing , at all I wasnt tryin to be mean or upset anyone are downplay wat real life women have to go through in life. I just think it would be nice to have as an option because not everyone looks at search info either

[Lambdafish]

Well i wasn't trying to be sexiest are anything and I do realize that some people would totally be agaisnt this , that's why I said optional

People aren't worried about it being mandatory, nor is it particularly offensive, people are worried about development resources being wasted on something that is already solvable within the game already.

Also, this actually does the opposite of solve your problems, putting a big W next to your name is like painting a target on your head :P

[bswpayton]

People aren't worried about it being mandatory, nor is it particularly offensive, people are worried about development resources being wasted on something that is already solvable within the game already.

why is everything about developmental issues and funding like did you not see all the pumpkins in the game for halloween and how they put a haunted house event in the game, Like Im sure puttin rp by ur name didnt cost a whole lot of money. And that was something that was just added little things matter , I dont understand why people dont think they do exactly

[Lambdafish]

why is everything about developmental issues and funding like did you not see all the pumpkins in the game for halloween and how they put a haunted house event in the game, Like Im sure puttin rp by ur name didnt cost a whole lot of money. And that was something that was just added little things matter , I dont understand why people dont think they do exactly

Because this is an MMO, one with a team and budget too small (for now) for the scope of the game. The community picks and chooses which issues are best for the current state of the game. I myself look at things from a game design perspective, and it's my natural instinct to look at resource management and wonder how it would be implemented. You are right that it would not take much time and effort, but it does take SOME time and effort, which is time and effort that could have been spent on other more important issues on this game. This is going to sound more harsh than I mean it to, but this proposed feature adds nothing to the game, and as I pointed out, only causes problems, so why waste the resources (no matter how minor)?

[Niwashi]

I don't see why if you are ok with it stating your gender would be a bad thing

It isn't necessarily a bad thing exactly, but it's not a very relevant thing either. Why should anyone in game care what your gender is IRL? And why would you care whether they know it or not? It's like asking why we don't have a special feature in game to tell everyone what your real life hair color is.

As for pronouns, I'll generally address anyone in game with pronouns suiting the gender of their character. When role-playing, that would be the proper form to use anyway, and when not role-playing, it doesn't really matter. Either works. (I'm a woman in real life, and while I have alts of both genders, my main character is male, so when playing him it seems perfectly natural that I get referred to as "he".)

As for anyone hitting on you in-game, that doesn't have anything to do with your real-life gender either. It's your character, not your real-life self, that they're hitting on, so just treat it as role-playing. Decide how your character would react to them, and respond accordingly.