AST card arrangement

[YusiKha]

I've learned them, but nowhere close to the automatic degree that years of Ewer being paired with Spire has

You don’t even need to commit the new ones to memory. Each card has its seal above it, and the background colour matches the role (blue melee pink ranged)

[Mhaeric]

You don’t even need to commit the new ones to memory. Each card has its seal above it, and the background colour matches the role (blue melee pink ranged)

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How did I not even notice that lol! Well that does help, thanks.

Edit: although it does kind of make me roll my eyes a bit at the blue is for weapon using boys and pink is for magic using girls thing it has going on.

[HyoMinPark]

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How did I not even notice that lol! Well that does help, thanks.

Edit: although it does kind of make me roll my eyes a bit at the blue is for weapon using boys and pink is for magic using girls thing it has going on.

Would it make you feel better if I said the color is more a magenta/purple hue as opposed to pink?

Though... really. Are we really going to complain about the colors here... ._.

[Mhaeric]

Though... really. Are we really going to complain about the colors here... ._.

Sure, why not. I'm happy to discuss that if you want to. Changes to systemic misogyny and homophobia, however minor seeming, will never happen without it being brought up. It's the same outdated reasoning behind the gender restrictions on Viera and Hrothgar.

[HyoMinPark]

Sure, why not. I'm happy to discuss that if you want to. Changes to systemic misogyny and homophobia, however minor seeming, will never happen without it being brought up. It's the same outdated reasoning behind the gender restrictions on Viera and Hrothgar.

Dude... it’s just a color. Personally, I don’t assign genders to colors. And I like seeing my men in pink. But if this is a soapbox you wanna get on, go for it, I guess? Just don’t see why it’s a complaint that has to be brought up in relation to card background glows in a video game. I hardly doubt the image you quoted was what the devs were going for here... especially since 3 of the ranged aren’t magic-wielding girls anyways...

Just. Wow.

[Mhaeric]

Dude... it’s just a color. Personally, I don’t assign genders to colors. And I like seeing my men in pink. But if this is a soapbox you wanna get on, go for it, I guess? Just don’t see why it’s a complaint that has to be brought up in relation to card background glows in a video game. I hardly doubt the image you quoted was what the devs were going for here... especially since 3 of the ranged aren’t magic-wielding girls anyways...

Just. Wow.

Alright, it's clear from your tone and derision of the topic that you don't want to hold a discussion about gender stereotypes in gaming. Carry on.

[HyoMinPark]

Alright, it's clear from your tone and derision of the topic that you don't want to hold a discussion about gender stereotypes in gaming. Carry on.

Nah, man. I just think the thing you’re complaining about isn’t that deep. The only one applying the stereotype in this conversation right now is you. I’ve never seen anyone else apply this kind of reach to the glowing color around the AST cards by anyone until you made that comment. And I highly doubt that the developers were attempting any type of gender stereotyping when it came to this design choice. Like, geez. Not everything comes with homophobic or misogynistic undertones or negative stereotyping...

[ForteNightshade]

Sure, why not. I'm happy to discuss that if you want to. Changes to systemic misogyny and homophobia, however minor seeming, will never happen without it being brought up. It's the same outdated reasoning behind the gender restrictions on Viera and Hrothgar.

... except that wasn't their reasoning. They outright explained why they came to that decision. Hrothgar had been in development long before Viera but the community kept pushing for the latter, the dev opted to split the difference. And since they already had a female model to use as a reference, it made more sense to split them the way they did. Bear in mind, each gender is essentially a race in terms of development time. So it was either do one gender of each or omit one entirely. Don't me wrong, I think it would have been better to just do Viera but people wanted a Bestial race.

But if we're really going to jump on this reach. What's next, complaining Umbral Ice is blue while Astral Fire is red?