Yoshi-P Game Focus Interview translated summary

[Texa]

In FF14's defence, most of the sets people would think of as 'slutty' are that way for both Males and Females. This game has no issue with scantly clad men. :P

The only armor in FF XIV that really stood out to me as being gross with gender differences was the ARR Dragoon job armor and how it didn't cover stomach on female avatars. But I wouldn't even call that "slutty", it was just kind of awkward. Like I can imagine that little points of the armor poking the crud out of the girls who have it on.

[Magic-Mal]

The only armor in FF XIV that really stood out to me as being gross with gender differences was the ARR Dragoon job armor and how it didn't cover stomach on female avatars. But I wouldn't even call that "slutty", it was just kind of awkward. Like I can imagine that little points of the armor poking the crud out of the girls who have it on.

Or spears and swords poking the crud out of their bellies because of the hole..

That hole there is just so.. pointless. I really do not know why the devs did that.

[Kosmos992k]

Or spears and swords poking the crud out of their bellies because of the hole..

That hole there is just so.. pointless. I really do not know why the devs did that.

Yeah, because a hempen cowl makes all the difference to a spear strike....

This kind of argument ignores a simple 'fact'. Other than the large, bulky metal armor, all other gear in the game offers little protection. DoM gear in particular is as protective as your average clothing, so what difference does a bare stomach make? The point being that all our armor protects far, far more than the materials it is made of should, there is clearly something more than physical protection involved, so why worry about those gaps?

Bikini armor for the win!

As a female, I'm the opposite, I always play a female character and am saddened when I can't choose revealing armor (if that's what I want on my character). The option shouldn't be gotten rid of; but maybe I'm just too old school, from "back before females played games".

Is that the era when girls could play however they liked precisely because people thought that girls didn't play games? When online gaming was for G.I.R.L.S. not girls...

I find the attitudes of some males to be almost puritanical when it comes to gear and things like bikini armor.

Folks should stop trying to tell women what they should or should not wear, it's counter productive.

[Zojha]

This kind of argument ignores a simple 'fact'.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...ionOfDisbelief

Everyone knows that "fact" you name - The thing is simply that if you stretch things too far, people are dropping the willing suspension of disbelief, with "too far" being entirely subjective.

Ever noticed these completely pointless shoulder pads on otherwise cloth/leather armor, like on Clouds outfit? That's there for precisely that purpose. When he's fighting against Sephiroth and his Masamune, it doesn't realistically make a difference if he's wearing that outfit or a speedo, because the blade is sharp enough to cut through cloth easily. But if you were to actually put Cloud in a speedo for the scenes, Advent Children would probably be called an immensely stupid movie.

[Kosmos992k]

Ever noticed these completely pointless shoulder pads on otherwise cloth/leather armor, like on Clouds outfit? That's there for precisely that purpose. When he's fighting against Sephiroth and his Masamune, it doesn't realistically make a difference if he's wearing that outfit or a speedo, because the blade is sharp enough to cut through cloth easily. But if you were to actually put Cloud in a speedo for the scenes, Advent Children would probably be called an immensely stupid movie.

I agree with you, but that is a different degree of suspending disbelief to that required to cope with the belly window type of thing. As for armored bikinis and the like (aka more revealing armor that still attempts to be armor), there are plenty of examples in popular culture of obviously flawed armor being worn by female warriors who subsequently kick the crap out of everything in sight. Xena being a good example, although her's is not quite bikini armor.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

The only armor in FF XIV that really stood out to me as being gross with gender differences was the ARR Dragoon job armor and how it didn't cover stomach on female avatars. But I wouldn't even call that "slutty", it was just kind of awkward. Like I can imagine that little points of the armor poking the crud out of the girls who have it on.

uuugh. I hate the belly hole armour. It ruins what is otherwise a pretty decent design. Fortunately, they have never done something similar again. I do wish they went back and fixed it though.

[Lambdafish]

The only armor in FF XIV that really stood out to me as being gross with gender differences was the ARR Dragoon job armor and how it didn't cover stomach on female avatars. But I wouldn't even call that "slutty", it was just kind of awkward. Like I can imagine that little points of the armor poking the crud out of the girls who have it on.

don't worry, equality happens:

http://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/ge...llfire-fending

[Kosmos992k]

don't worry, equality happens:

http://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/ge...llfire-fending

Good to know...