Are FF14 players more feminine

[CaptainFishSticks]

I'm a straight dude with an appreciation for women with muscles. Don't judge me.

[GaleMex]

Me, a nonbinary player, living my best life ignoring the notions of "feminity" and "masculinity" and wearing what I like on my max muscle-max height highlanders

[Nekokaori]

I get the sense that FF14 players are on average more feminine and less aggressive than players on Lost Ark or WoW. I honestly think FF14 attracts more feminine and LGBT people because of its presentation. You can tell Lost Ark mostly attracts straight dudes with their skimpy female design and male warriors that look like a pure power fantasy. I'm curious if SE intentionally designed FF14 to attract more feminine players.

meha personally wont answer that but

Wow is just a bunch of a fat ass wanna be players that sit on their ass filthy and stuffing their face with hot pockets wanna being they are "muscular" while playing some muscler race like orcs

Lost ark is trash so i wont comment on that

[Kyrj]

That's a pretty feminine beard you've got there sis

Shit dude, you murdered him...

[VictorTheed]

I'd say you're probably right, I mean look at male viera and the new Hrothgar hair styles, I'd say FFXIV has jumped on the woke band wagon and has went to virtue signaling about the time SHB came out, especially with how easy it is to get banned for saying something that upsets someone.

But the regular dudes your talking about are still around in large numbers in this game, they probably just ain't posting on the forums.

I know I'm not the most masculine cause I'm just a little lala, but I enjoy playing the innocent hero, but I still pee standing up and have to shake afterwards lol

[GaleMex]

I'd say you're probably right, I mean look at male viera and the new Hrothgar hair styles, I'd say FFXIV has jumped on the woke band wagon and has went to virtue signaling about the time SHB came out, especially with how easy it is to get banned for saying something that upsets someone.

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I know I'm not the most masculine cause I'm just a little lala, but I enjoy playing the innocent hero, but I still pee standing up and have to shake afterwards lol

1. Saying that XIV is on the "woke train" and "virtue signaling" (god I hate these terms) is a bizarre take when this dev team regularly steals from and generally does not do a fantastic job on representing said cultures (the entirety of the Whalaquee, exoticism, etc).

2. Weird flex.

[Kolsykol]

I'm a straight dude with an appreciation for women with muscles. Don't judge me.

What does that have to do with anything lol.
Muscular female characters can wear skimpy stuff too.
If anything it tends to get less controversy, people mainly complain about female characters in revealing gear when they're conventionally attractive.
If they're muscular or big then a lot of the same people throwing tantrums about it are suddenly okay with it.

I see significantly more judgement towards people for being into conventionally feminine women than I see the other way around at least online.
Usually it comes across like people who complain about '' sexualization '' aren't actually complaining about it but are complaining because it doesn't suit their taste of it.
I even see this with people who fetishize modesty too, they'll throw a tantrum about a woman showing skin but then in the next breath they'll go on about how much sexier it is when they're covered and the irony just goes over their heads.

steals from and generally does not do a fantastic job on representing said cultures (the entirety of the Whalaquee, exoticism, etc).

Uuum.
It's a fictional world, they're taking inspiration from irl countries and cultures it's not intended to be a historical or cultural piece.

The intent isn't to represent said cultures...
Doma isn't intended to represent Japan either it's just inspired by Japan, it's a fictional place and culture.

When you use the term '' steal '' and you approach it from that mindset you're loading what they're doing so much and so unnecessarily.
You're like reading a shit ton of weird intent into it that just isn't there.
I really have very serious doubts too that anyone from these countries and cultures are genuinely offended by it.
Usually it's people on the outside who get upset on their behalf.

I remember this with Cyberpunk 2077 how there was a ton of artificial outrage about it from people on Twitter and game journalists, especially about the Voodoo boys ( the author is black... ).
And it was a bunch of primarily white Americans in the industry getting upset about it while the people from these cultures CD Projekt Red took inspiration from were hype as hell and happy to see it.

[hagare]

I'm a straight dude with an appreciation for women with muscles. Don't judge me.

Be careful when they wear stilettos.
Agree on a safe word.
And always keep a first aid kit nearby.

[Shibi]

...I still pee standing up and have to shake afterwards...

The real question is; do you leave the seat up afterwards?

[Kolsykol]

The real question is; do you leave the seat up afterwards?

Real men carry it with them in case of emergency.