Quote Originally Posted by Nightingaile View Post
Honestly, grinds my gears so much that our drawn weapon idle poses are gender-locked. I see absolutely no reason why they can't allow both female and male options on our characters regardless of their gender.

Example: I love Dark Knight. I love the gigantic greatswords. I HATE that I never get to see the tip because when it's drawn, I am forced into the idle pose where I stick it into the ground. The male Idle pose is excellent.

I know theyre getting *better* about this with equipment and allowing stuff to be worn by both genders, but it just feels like a weird Japanese cultural hold-over where females *must* have different poses. Maybe that's not the case, but it irks me nonetheless.
I feel the same, but opposite in regard to the DRK pose. I love the female idle pose for DRK, it's wicked cool and I'd love to be able to see it on my male miqo.

They honestly just need to do away with genderlocks entirely, imo. It's probably the biggest "minor" gripe I have. I agree that it's a relic from Japanese culture where the female and male characters HAVE to have these distinct differences but like... there's a huge spectrum in between to be explored and I think FFXIV and mmo content in general can only benefit from removing the barriers and allowing players to just go hog wild in character creation. Granted, there was a discussion on another forum post about adding in gender-neutral pronouns and as much as I'd love to see it, I can readily admit that poses far more a significant challenge (voice acting dialogue not the least of which) than just removing gender locks. They're taking baby steps on the right path, I just hope that it continues to get better, and get better faster.