Quote Originally Posted by Imbrium View Post
That actually wasn't my point, that was SE admitting genderlocking might not have been a great idea, and that going forward they have been using it less. (Mog station is mog station) They are also still removing from older gear we ask for. The eternal bond attire is on the list, I believe?

As for it being enough to effect gameplay or not, that's more of a person opinion then, as I feel it would increase my gameplay like glamour does just from the fact that I will be enjoying what I look at, leaving out clingy emotional ties to characters.

Do I feel that it would increase my enjoyment enough that I'm ok with the devs spending x time on it and pushing back y emote? Yes. Again, that's my personal opinion and how much enjoyment I would be getting out of it. That's going to differ from person to person.

There are overall very few gender locked things I care about in game, but this is right at the top of the list. Therefore what I want prioritized is going to differ from a person who thinks everything is fine. The question then is is there enough interest in this to justify the time? It's an easy target but still holds true for me: If male bunny suits was apparently justified, I am at peace with myself asking for these poses.

If you are going to ask me how genderlock is possibly effecting my enjoyment of the gameplay, what about the opposite? Would removing it entirely effect anyone's gameplay negatively? Outside of, you may have y emote/glamour pushed back, I mean. Anything else in game?
I haven't read anything about SE admitting gender locking might have been a bad thing. Not saying they've made no such claim; I am just not aware of it. What I do know they have stated is anytime anyone brings up reconfiguring/modifying/anything to do with changing old content they will bring up resources, time, and content; all the same things I did.

Regardless of what any one player enjoys, what remains the constant is brand new content is the greatest source of fuel to keep the engines of the game's subs revved up in high gear. Even if you and many other players are 'ok' with new content being pushed back for this kind of purpose, what remains true is it is not healthy for the game overall, especially the long term.

You say that there are few gender locked things you care about in the game; the thing is though, the ratio of restricted vs non-restricted is heavily in favor of the latter, so there isn't a whole lot to fuss over in the first place. Also, the lifting of a restriction on one item does not warrant a lift on everything else. So sayeth the spider, lol.

When it comes to reflecting questions back and forth, we both know that gender lock stay or pass is not going to affect gameplay directly. This is undoubtedly QoL. As a QoL matter, what needs to be understood is the value in the time that is put in for a QoL change. These peeps basically constantly work around deadlines, and the stuff they cram into the patch notes we read is difficult to meet by those DL as is, let alone tossing in a change fewer people want in comparison to brand new content overall. If there is time, they can do something like this; but then they would have to choose between this and other QoL changes players are asking for. I would guess this one is really low on a priority list of any kind to be honest.