Building a better Alphinaud

[CrownySuccubus]

I do not believe that characters with androgynous traits like the twins should be pushed to the front as much as they are, which is to say nothing of the overbearing presence of gender-neutral hairstyles in this game that to date satisfy neither gender. People aren't looking at characters like Alphinaud and saying, wow! I can't wait to play as/go on adventures with that character! Quite the opposite in fact.

He is both visually and ideologically unimpressive. If this game had its own Illidan equivalent I imagine it would do a lot more to appeal to people than some white haired teenager with magic lasers and his crew of samey yes-men.

See, this is the main issue I have with you and Theodric's claims. If your goals were merely about more "variety", then that'd be fine. More variety isn't a problem, in and of itself. But you two have constantly made it clear that your ideal is to have what you want replace, or added in place of, the alternatives. It's becoming increasingly apparent that part of this irrational anti-Scion demagoguery is to have the "androgynous" cast replaced as the FFXIV front-runners, and it seems the rest of the arguments are merely attempts at justifications.

However, if what you were saying alone were true, then Nier: Gestalt would have outsold the remake, Nier: Replicant.

Also, gender-neutral hairstyles are no issue whatsoever. Both in-game genders have plenty of exclusive hairstyles. Should there be MORE hairstyles (especially for Hrothgar)? Of course. But, once again, better hairstyles is not mutually-exclusive to gender-neutral ones.