Quote Originally Posted by Berethos View Post
You'll excuse me for not thinking that something as relatively minor as an aesthetic implementation of a race (which is, ultimately, what gender differences are when jobs/classes are not locked behind them) is going to generate significant amounts of internet outrage.
That is a massive oversimplification of what we are discussing. An entire race is nowhere near a "minor" aesthetic add on. Your character's race is and appearance is what you'll see on the field, in dungeons, and in the many cutscenes in the game. People choose their character's race for a variety of reasons: wanting to play a character they feel looks like them, one they are attracted to, one that is their opposite gender, one that has a really unique feature that isn't in other games, etc. When only one gender is unlocked for that race, half the interest and potential players of that race disappears. Anyone who was planning to to transition to that race will keep their money, and go play one of the other races begrudgingly. It is an irritating and frustrating point that we even have to be discussing whether or not they will be gender-locked due to how open and free this game is in terms of customization, with the only thing worse than this being gender-locked classes.