There should be no reason why races should be gender locked anymore.
There should be no reason why races should be gender locked anymore.
This aged poorly.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sq.../1100-6465810/
When I first wanted to play Final Fantasy XI, I wanted to be a male Mithra; they did not have them so I did not start playing right away. I eventually settled on a male Hume and enjoyed the game for many years. However, whenever Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn introduced male Miqote, I was beyond elated and have not changed races since. Basically, I know how much it sucks to not be able to have your in-game avatar reflect what you truly want, so I would not want other players to have to experience the feeling of not being comfortable with their avatar due to a gender-lock limitation.
The whole lore excuse for no male Viera would mean female Viera would be under the same restriction of not leaving the forest, even though there are less male Viera lore-wise, the same is supposed to be for male Miqote and... well, that's not accurately reflected by the playerbase, lol. Basically though, I do not think gender-locking races in an MMO is a good idea. Square Enix knows how much of a cash cow FFXIV is now, so they should fork over the funds for male Viera/female Hrothgar development and release them sometime during 5.x patch cycle.
We gonna hit the 1000 likes?
Would be amazing. Never saw so many on these forums. :')
I don't intend to play one myself, but please yes to bunny boys!
i have been looking forward to male viera, and am greatly sad and disappointed we didn't get it! please add it, se!!
My partner was very excited to hear that Viera was announced, and was even more excited for the chance to play as a male Viera. Shadowbringers has us so excited, but the announcement of the genderlock left us both disappointed. Please remove the genderlock for both of the new races!
Yes please, I would definitely Fantasia into a male viera!
I think it's telling, in more ways than one. This isn't just forum regulars or stalkers becoming active, there's a flocking of people to the forums, people bothering to make a forum account, to post and upvote posts about this. It's quite impressive, really.
Last edited by BillyKaplan; 03-25-2019 at 10:59 PM.
Absolutely in favor of male viera... gender locked races are silly in 2019, a world where inclusion is very important. It leaves people out that prefer playing another gender but enjoy the flavor of a race. Lore for male viera exists... time to come out of the wood works males for the greater good! I'm also sick of gaming companies making sexy and beautiful female races but leaving the male ones to be the "brutish" ones. Why cant we have brutish females and graceful elegant males as well? I'd rather have more options then less in mmorpg character creation.
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