Remove Gender-Locked Class/Weapon Poses

[Amnmaat]

Real world physics and physical limitations have no place in this game.

There is nobody in the world who can wield 6 feet of foot wide metal like the darknight does. You would simply rip your tendons and break your wrists trying to stop the momentum.

Yoshida actually points this out, how he makes heavy weapon jobs hold the weapons in specific ways because of how much they weigh and other things like poses. He pointed this out in one of those media interviews this year...I'll try to find it, but that's something he takes into consideration.

[Krotoan]

Yoshida actually points this out, how he makes heavy weapon jobs hold the weapons in specific ways because of how much they weigh and other things like poses. He pointed this out in one of those media interviews this year...I'll try to find it, but that's something he takes into consideration.

Then he's making excuses. People have tried to make real "buster swords" before and using them is laughable. The best they can do is hoist them above things and smash them.

https://youtu.be/6k5SauImw9I

the dude swinging it is NOT small.

[Amnmaat]

Then he's making excuses. People have tried to make real "buster swords" before and using them is laughable. The best they can do is hoist them above things and smash them.

The buster sword can actually be made in real life, it just depends on what kind of metals you use to make it.

[Krotoan]

The buster sword can actually be made in real life, it just depends on what kind of metals you use to make it.

Even when made out of aluminum (which is a horrible idea for something with an edge) or a composite, it's crazy heavy. Making it isn't the problem, USING it for anything approaching combat is a joke. The closest you're going to find are "horse swords" most famously the "Zanbato". used to de-horse cavalry, which were basically just swung in a huge arc to take out the horses legs and then discarded once the soldier was on the ground.

[frostmagemari]

Yoshida actually points this out, how he makes heavy weapon jobs hold the weapons in specific ways because of how much they weigh and other things like poses. He pointed this out in one of those media interviews this year...I'll try to find it, but that's something he takes into consideration.

Yoshida continually tries to defend mechanics / (lack of) player customization with lore when it suits his purposes.. but has no issue with characters running around in bikini mogs and giant chocobo heads; And don't get me wrong, i have no issue with people's wildly lore unfriendly combat attire, but it makes Yoshida's reasoning paper thin when both things exist.
If he just said that "We think X pose works for Y weapon to fit the look of Z job", i think it'd be a lot closer to an honest answer rather than trying to spin it into some big thoughtful process to impress the interviewer.