You can see underwear by taking off equipment, but after analyzing data he was able to find that not many of the female players do so on purpose.
*shrug* Well, the underwear looks very unappealing anyway, maybe that's why?
I think if they included "how many players wear/glamour bikinis" the results would be different x)
But yeah, actually, as a female gamer I DO apprechiate that it's not just obvious male-targeted fanservice all the way like with most MMOs (especially the Korean ones).
Nothing wrong with wearing something more revealing when you WANT to, but if that is ALL we have, it sucks.

The developers understand that Final Fantasy XIV’s first half isn’t that fun, but something they wonder about is whether it’d be a good idea to introduce complicated skills and systems to new players from the get-go.
I'm fairly surprised they are actually aware that the first half of ARR is kind of boring.
It makes sense what he explains as the reason, but still, I feel it is a bit of a weak response to just ignore how that makes the MMO veterans feel who join the game.

Of course there are players that say “Yoshida should just quit already” *laughs*
Good job forum, your rude remarks have reached the dev team