Quote Originally Posted by Eloah View Post
What other healers? All the artworks depict females.

There seems to be confusion about the official artwork versus character artwork. While it is true that Alphinaud and Urianger are healers, they don't represent those healers, they just happen to have those jobs in game. Not all artwork of a specific character represent a certain job. That's what the OP is referring to is the nameless WoL that only represents a particular job. This point is the same for female representation among the melee jobs as well, especially the tanks. That's where the game has it's disconnect. The game itself is inclusive and showing a wide variety of people in each role, but all official artwork is "gender locked" in a sense. And while that isn't a bad thing per se, it sends an example of expectation that some people can't really look past.
But how far can this grievance go? You put in a female Miqo'te paladin in the official artwork and someone else can complain about the skin color, or not being a Lalafell or the fact that Paladin isn't wearing pants armor or that the paladin isn't wearing robes.