9S Glam

[Iscah]

The point is though, we should’ve gotten a 9s glam. It isn’t fair that the female characters keep constantly getting things suited for them, and the males have to work with scraps. It’s constantly been like this throughout this expansion and it’s ridiculous.

What are you looking at when you say that, and what are you overlooking?

The NieR collaboration has given an assortment of male-specific jackets and unisex-masculine coats, including the requested 9S cosplay or something close to it. The Crystarium aiming/scouting sets as well. Edenmete trenchcoats? Bozja gear?

Even the hairstyles aren't entirely feminine. The one free style we've gotten all expansion is masculine, while the feminine ones all cost time or gil (while male characters can benefit if they're the lucky winner who doesn't want it). Then there's the Wind Caller style from Bozja and two of the three Ishgardian styles were finishing off the male winners of the hairstyle competition, even if they do look more "boyish" than "manly". And 9S's style as well.

At least part of the ongoing complaint about lack of anything for male characters come down to a mismatch in what the creators see as the divide between styles versus what the individual players are after. It's not the same thing as them actually never releasing anything.

[wereotter]

Even the hairstyles aren't entirely feminine. The one free style we've gotten all expansion is masculine, while the feminine ones all cost time or gil (while male characters can benefit if they're the lucky winner who doesn't want it). Then there's the Wind Caller style from Bozja and two of the three Ishgardian styles were finishing off the male winners of the hairstyle competition, even if they do look more "boyish" than "manly". And 9S's style as well.

The one free hairstyle is the one new male hairstyle we've had this expansion. The 9S hairstyle is nearly identical to another we already had. The hairstyle content hair, I hate to say, are all feminine. No male styles came from it. At least, though, we've finally made it through all those winners and hopefully we can get something other than a pony tail with some kind of braids.

[Iscah]

The hairstyle content hair, I hate to say, are all feminine. No male styles came from it.

As I said, there's the Wind Caller style (Lyon's hair) from Bozja which is definitely masculine despite being long. So is Misija's hair - it doesn't even look androgynous to me. It is distinctly a male character's hairstyle even if it's more "anime protagonist" than "manly man".

As I said, it's partly your perception of what counts as a "male hairstyle". Yours is evidently not mine, and mine seems closer to whoever is making the decisions.

I agree there's an imbalance but it's not all-versus-nothing.

[wereotter]

As I said, there's the Wind Caller style (Lyon's hair) from Bozja which is definitely masculine despite being long. So is Misija's hair - it doesn't even look androgynous to me. It is distinctly a male character's hairstyle even if it's more "anime protagonist" than "manly man".

As I said, it's partly your perception of what counts as a "male hairstyle". Yours is evidently not mine, and mine seems closer to whoever is making the decisions.

I agree there's an imbalance but it's not all-versus-nothing.

Warrior of Light haircut I think I thought was part of last expansion, so that's a fair callout. However if we're counting Lyon's hair... I didn't get it myself so I didn't realize it was obtainable, but even then, based off his character model, it's another copy-paste of King's/Gladio's hairstyles we already had + bandanna. I know there's a lot more limits on what can be done with masculine hairstyles, but there's still a lot more that could be made but aren't.

[Haruka_R]

hopefully we can get something other than a pony tail with some kind of braids.

Thank you.