Quote Originally Posted by jameseoakes View Post
I don't really get why they put so much more effort into the female NPCs than the male ones, it never made sense why Alma got a unique outfit but Ramza just got some dungeon gear or why Y'sthola was the only scion to get a unique outfit
I think it's quite easy to understand why Y'shtola gets all the new goodies, if you track down where she's been and what she seems to be outside of the game. Let's be honest, despite Derplander taking our place in any cinematic trailer, Y'shtola is the poster girl for anything else. In Dissidia she got added first, and I believe they even have her ShB outfit there too. In the WoFF expansion Y'shtola is there as well. So, anything FF-related is going to include Y'shtola instead of Derplander. I think the only exception might be FFXV and MHW. Can't say anything about PSO2 as I haven't played that. I'm not sure how big Y'shtola is in Japan, but that may have something to do with it too.

And when it comes to design quality for male vs female, I can't help but feel a bias to female sets as well, but it is what it is and nothing will change that. I remember there being a rumour about some devs not feeling comfortable working on a male model and rather would work on a female model. Not sure if that's true, so take that with a grain of salt. But if it is, they really should work on their stance, a job's a job, you did sign up for it after all.