Possible Compromise on Gender Locks: Volunteer Work

[Taybat]

please don't lump the entire ff14 community under this. Not everybody wants the other genders for the two races, most are content with what we got and some don't want em in the game.

Where there people who didnt Male miquote or fem roe? If that's the case then those players will get over it just the same. And if you dont like it dont play it. Those players must be the same that asked to hide other players glamors when the Male bunny suits came put

[Halivel]

Where there people who didnt Male miquote or fem roe? If that's the case then those players will get over it just the same. And if you dont like it dont play it. Those players must be the same that asked to hide other players glamors when the Male bunny suits came put

There were people like this. And, what a surprise (not really even a surprise tho), some of them switched to male Miqo'tes and females Roes in 2.0. Just open the thread for missing genders from 1.0, there is a person who was against of "eye candy" and "lore breaking" male Miqo right at the 1st page.

[Shiro--Tsubasa]

Where there people who didnt Male miquote or fem roe? If that's the case then those players will get over it just the same. And if you dont like it dont play it. Those players must be the same that asked to hide other players glamors when the Male bunny suits came put

this and that are entirely different situations. adding them will harm the game long term. the devs flat out said what they would have to give up and what would happen if they did include them. With those races you mentioned it was different since they could handle them without any major drawback both short term and long term. People keep getting so caught up in "ooo shiny I want it" and don't pay attention to the negative effects it will have not only on the game, but the game's development and the development staff as well. Of course, resort to stupidity like labeling all those players as somebody who asked for something so mundane as that instead of considering that there are logical reasons behind it. x.x

[zeylos]

this and that are entirely different situations. adding them will harm the game long term. the devs flat out said what they would have to give up and what would happen if they did include them. With those races you mentioned it was different since they could handle them without any major drawback both short term and long term. People keep getting so caught up in "ooo shiny I want it" and don't pay attention to the negative effects it will have not only on the game, but the game's development and the development staff as well. Of course, resort to stupidity like labeling all those players as somebody who asked for something so mundane as that instead of considering that there are logical reasons behind it. x.x

Do you think that people will be mad because male viera or female hrotgar are added? The only reason some ppl dosent want them is because of some ppl (like on from a thread that has already died) made us look bad and they didnt want us to get what we wanted. at least 99% of the playerbase wouldnt get anywhere close to mad because others have more options than before

[Shiro--Tsubasa]

Do you think that people will be mad because male viera or female hrotgar are added? The only reason some ppl dosent want them is because of some ppl (like on from a thread that has already died) made us look bad and they didnt want us to get what we wanted. at least 99% of the playerbase wouldnt get anywhere close to mad because others have more options than before

reread what I said because nothing what you said connects to what I said. People's feelings are irrelevant. I'm talking about facts. It is a fact that introducing the two genders would harm the game long term due to how much resources they would eat up not just for their creation, but also for their continued existence. Also because somebody will argue, yes there are different teams, but they all pull from the same pool of resources. I'm talking things not being included that would have been if they could afford the resources, i'm talking delayed patch cycles, I'm talking increased work load for a dev team already pushed to their limits as it is. You are asking EVERYONE to make a sacrifice so a vocal minority can get a new shiny that they were never promised to begin with. People being mad is NOT the basis of my argument so stop trying to make it so.
This doesn't even address future story telling concerns considering history has shown that when you make males playable to an amazonian themed race their story gets muddied and even butchered. (look at Night Elves in WoW and how they went from a proud Amazonian race of warrior women to subservient housewives the moment males became accessible to players)