The Men FFXIV Needs

[Banriikku]

The funny part is that the JP side says the same except Yoshida only caters to the west. lol

Yup and there is the problem with SE they dont have any clue at the management part what their customers wants and only good dev's made the diffrence for them.... for that reason many SE games feel like "that is cool but why the heck is there this BS??" every SE game has it and FF14 is no diffrence. In my opinion they should play more the game and watch how people play but hey this would cost money and the SE management cant afford this- "smoll indy company pls understand but pay for merch and subs and we have shop please use it, thanks" And the same shop makes spending money almost hard work, SE is paradox wants my money but does a lot of stuff to make it harder almost like a trial.

[VelKallor]

In my opinion they should play more the game and watch how people play but hey this would cost money and the SE management cant afford this

As Yoshida - san has said repeatedly, they DO play the game all the time. He said as much in an interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1QVttphXek

Yoshi himself tours the servers, I am told ( not sure if its true, as I wasnt there ) that he has been to Materia ( Ravana I believe ).

So yes, they do play.

[Midareyukki]

Admittedly I know very little about this game or its characters – given that it is a mobile game I will not expect much in terms of their development, but what can be said is that they have a very masculine visual design. Broad chested, defined muscles, and hips that are proportional to the rest of their bodies unlike male Au Ra.

You got my vote, Aveyond-Dreams, but I don't think anyone's explained this about Granblue Fantasy's Draph.

Yes, they're big burly men, and the women have a particular aspect of their body be drawn large and disproportionate. But their lore is honestly interesting. Their horns are power measures. They're stronger the larger those things are, and while it's not always applied (Threo, an Eternal, has fairly standard, even if larger-than-most horns despite wielding ridiculous amounts of power by story standards), when it's applied, it's done in interesting ways.

This guy, Mugen, is an absolute adorable manchild, and his story is tragic as all hell. But don't get him mad, or he'll literally nuke the city and its vicinity.

But he's the worst one. No other Draph is that ridiculous.

Basically Draphs are Roegadyn Au Ra with power meters.

[Banriikku]

As Yoshida - san has said repeatedly, they DO play the game all the time. He said as much in an interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1QVttphXek

Yoshi himself tours the servers, I am told ( not sure if its true, as I wasnt there ) that he has been to Materia ( Ravana I believe ).

So yes, they do play.

Hmmm, not sure but some of the stuff we received lately and some of the job changes and state of some jobs, says otherwise or he is tonedeaf on blizzard level. Idk but hey my opinion, your opinion. Take care.

[VelKallor]

Hmmm, not sure but some of the stuff we received lately and some of the job changes and state of some jobs, says otherwise or he is tonedeaf on blizzard level. Idk but hey my opinion, your opinion. Take care.

Either you dont read, or you didnt watch the video. It isnt my opinion, Yoshi has STATED that they do play the game.

Fact, not opinion.

[Banriikku]

Either you dont read, or you didnt watch the video. It isnt my opinion, Yoshi has STATED that they do play the game.

Fact, not opinion.

I spell it out more clearly, if Yoshi is playing he is tone deaf in my opinion. Example: Healers, old content needs love, Blue Mage, Glamour, Housing, Jobs.
Yoshi is tone deaf on Blizzard Level in my opinion. And what we see is a stroll on servers, i speak about clearing Savage, playing extremes - playing the game as we do and lets be honest i man with his job (Director in 2 tripple A games) i highly doubt that he has the time. So yes most likely he is streteching the truth. Even if, i think there some things going south and Yoshida-San is ignoring them or dont know in both cases same problem as Blizzard. They dont know who their customer are and how their customer are playing. This my opinion. Take it, leave it. No hard feelings.

[VelKallor]

I spell it out more clearly, if Yoshi is playing he is tone deaf in my opinion.

IF? Thats already been proven he does.

Example: Healers, old content needs love, Blue Mage, Glamour, Housing, Jobs.

Thats your opinion, not fact and not established. The comments on jobs etc are diverse, and anyone with half a brain knows better than to try and design anything based on the cacophony of opinions and theories here alone. What you see as a problem, others wont, so whom do they listen to?

Hm?

So yes most likely he is stretching the truth

..aaaaaaaand.........you just blew any credibility you had.

They dont know who their customer are and how their customer are playing.

I think they do, far more than you will ever realise.

This my opinion. Take it, leave it. No hard feelings.

Ill leave it. Your opinion is yours alone, and whatever you may think notwithstanding, you havent told me what they will do with other players who disagree with your hot takes.

Game design by committee..especially anyone from THIS forum?

HARD PASS.

[kaynide]

It’s not my thing as a character, but I do appreciate the option of having a muscular, weathered man without the typical baby face we see in FFXIV.

So, yeah, options that lie somewhere between backstreet boy and Conan the barbarian are a plus.

[Kozh]

And you keep using plurals for your own opinion. A lot of people I know wanted a short ponytail that wasn't race specific.

I also want a long braided ponytail.

People are tired of short pixie cuts.

What a weird thing to fixated on. What's wrong with using plural when we definitely know more than one person shares Aveyond's sentiment? You're free to do the same anyway, so idk what's the problem is.

[aveyond-dreams]

There is nothing of substance to be gained from discussing how people phrase things or not. It is little more than a distraction from the discussion, and unfortunately there are a handful of posters who insist on trying to call attention away from the issue at hand by bringing that up instead of staying on topic.

Regardless, players of both genders want high quality hairstyles that fulfil the fantasy of them both. Masculine hairstyles for men. Feminine hairstyles for women. Neither of these should be a big ask, and by 2022 we should've had these in abundance. Instead, we keep getting things from the hairstyle contest and in forms that aren't accurate to the detail expressed in the original artworks or hairs that are too ancient to be considered on par with the standards set out by both female and male Viera hair quality, which is notably higher than that of most races or unlockable styles.

If workload is somehow still an issue then by all means release the haircuts as genderlocked if need be and cut the work in half, because at every turn there are players who remind me about how large an undertaking this could potentially be (despite 3d modeling resources being redirected to other, more obscure projects.) As far as men go, here is more inspiration for their hairstyles: