Anyone ever got turn off to play certain class just because their aesthetic?

[HyoMinPark]

I won't play MCH because of the animations. They look silly to me. And the perma-lunch box on your hip.
Also, I never got over the one time I met one, and they trash-talked BRDs (my main), and how MCH was so much better than a BRD could ever be. But that's just a personal problem I have. I know not every MCH is like that, but considering I was still fairly new to the game, and really loving BRD, it just really turned me off the job. Trying to get over it though, since I will eventually need to level it to 60.

I also avoided WAR for a long time because I don't like axe jobs. Now my WAR is level 50, because after playing it in PotD at 60 and learning the beauty that is Fell Cleave, now I actually enjoy the job.

[Konungarike]

In a reversal of this thread's premise, I levelled AST primarily because I liked the aesthetic. Along the way I started to appreciate how fun it was as well!

[MicahZerrshia]

I absolutely HATE anything Steampunk

I don't think we can be friends anymore

[Yasuhiro]

Warrior, I don't really like axes and their AF1 armor looked stupid, it's also more or less the players it attracts too, I see it as the dudebro job.

[FinalWolf]

White mage

I just can't

The animations are way too feminine.

[Yeol]

I have every job to level 30 and some at 60, so i have a rough idea about how each job plays.
I'd say BLM for me was the least enjoyable becasue of the long cast time and standing still.
PLD.. I have no memories of playing it xD

[Cynfael]

White mage

I just can't

The animations are way too feminine.

I'm having a hard time thinking of a particularly feminine white mage animation. Unless maybe you're getting a girly vibe from the levitate-and-spin wind-up on Holy and Aero III, but that always struck me as more of a gender-neutral badass mystic pose than anything.

[gumas]

maining BLM now and i just realized that my animation attack between fire and ice is different, i like the fire one where you aim your staff to the enemy, the ice however make me chuckle everytime i see it, the way my char just swat his staff upward like there is mosquito coming to him in the mid charge is just so comical

[Atoli]

I don't think we can be friends anymore

I don't remember being friends with someone who likes steampunk

[Warr_of_Lint]

I'm having a hard time thinking of a particularly feminine white mage animation. Unless maybe you're getting a girly vibe from the levitate-and-spin wind-up on Holy and Aero III, but that always struck me as more of a gender-neutral badass mystic pose than anything.

I think some of the poses could certainly be seen as feminine, not that I mind . I took a few pictures so everyone can judge. I didn't spend too much time on them since these are just for reference, so I apologize that they're a bit dark.

The first few are Tetragrammaton, Holy, and Saint Shroud. I recommend watching these animations in detail if you can, because they're all quite graceful. I wouldn't consider them feminine, though, as these would not appear out of place in a men's figure skating competition.

Now these four bend a bit more on the feminine side. The first two are a casting of the stone spell. Notice how the toes angle inwards. The feet are spread apart, but not the legs, which refuse to part much beyond the knees. This could be considered feminine because a "lady" is expected not to spread her legs, or it could just be a consequence of white mages--male or female--wearing a skirt, dress or robe.

These last two are Asylum and Assize. To be fair to Asylum, it involves a bit of floating, and manly floating is hard to pull off. And Assize, well... the left hand just screams, "I... feel... Fabulous!!!" But after damaging, healing, and restoring mp all at the same time, who wouldn't feel a little fabulous?