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    Quote Originally Posted by DRHaymaker View Post
    It's very clear from the length that people do care. Even then, wanting something doesn't mean you have a more justifiable reason to have it. Like I said, it's a slippery slope, and ungendered clothing was the predecessor to this, and before that, as was brought up, it was "but people can wear casual clothes while fighting big giant monsters!"

    Again, be thankful for what you DO have.
    Let's be fair slippery slope, is always a reach argument. Nothing ever states if you give into one concession you have to give into all of them. Also, it is a request only justifiable reason one needs to make a request is to want it added. From what I can tell the reason for other side not wanting this is at the core when broken down is "I do not like it, and I do not think we need it" is an okay stance but, "I do like it, and I think we need it" is not? No one has a "need" for anything in regards to a video game. Like I have no dog in this race, I play on PC.
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    Okay boomer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobby66 View Post
    Let's be fair slippery slope, is always a reach argument.
    No.

    Nothing ever states if you give into one concession you have to give into all of them.
    But that's ultimately what happens. If you said yes to X, well there's less reason to say no to Y, and you might as well accept Z if you're going to say yes to those. That's literally what slippery slope is, and we've seen it.

    Also, it is a request only justifiable reason one needs to make a request is to want it added.
    The absolute unabashed EGO of you people. This is dripping in narcissism, "The only thing I need to say is I want it, and it's justified enough to make a 'request' - I don't need any other argument ".

    From what I can tell the reason for other side not wanting this is at the core when broken down is "I do not like it, and I do not think we need it" is an okay stance but, "I do like it, and I think we need it" is not?
    You literally said "I just need to want it for it to be a justifiable reason to request it". I don't need to break anything down to get that from you, or misinterpret something - you literally said that.

    You, however, need to look through your lens, and distort people wanting something unique to their gender, not wanting to be forced to use them when cycling through animations, not something that's really desired by the community at large, the rating of the game, as just "I don't want it, we don't need it.", and think it's anywhere close to the same thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DRHaymaker View Post
    No.



    But that's ultimately what happens. If you said yes to X, well there's less reason to say no to Y, and you might as well accept Z if you're going to say yes to those. That's literally what slippery slope is, and we've seen it.



    The absolute unabashed EGO of you people. This is dripping in narcissism, "The only thing I need to say is I want it, and it's justified enough to make a 'request' - I don't need any other argument ".



    You literally said "I just need to want it for it to be a justifiable reason to request it". I don't need to break anything down to get that from you, or misinterpret something - you literally said that.

    You, however, need to look through your lens, and distort people wanting something unique to their gender, not wanting to be forced to use them when cycling through animations, not something that's really desired by the community at large, the rating of the game, as just "I don't want it, we don't need it.", and think it's anywhere close to the same thing.

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    First of all I said "it is a request only justifiable reason one needs to make a request is to want it added" this is a forum legitimately that is often the baseline requirement to making a request. You want something the game does not have you make a request for it. That is not narcissism, you do not need to make a case to make a request for something to be added, is it nice? Yeah, but is required no, it is not. Also, slippery slope is a copout. Someone can say you did X, so you should do Y. Just because you did X does not mean you have to do Y, you have the choice if you want to do Y or not. Just because you seem weak willed people cave does not mean it has to be that. Let us be fair their is often an underline reason why they cave, and it often has very little with the fact because they did X at the core. That is a topic for another day. Now if you are saying it is important to remain logically constant, sure but yeah most aren't logically constant in the real world. Very view people have a hardline stance that does not waiver. So slippery slope really only matters to people that want to remain logically constant or not be seen a hypocrite. For the most part people do not care about that stuff so yeah, you can refuse to do something even though you have done it in the past.

    Let us be fair both sides both down to as I said I do not like it, and I do not think we need it verses I do like it, and I think we need it. The whole thing about having to cycle through cpose is a stretch you know it, and no adding all cpose would not go against the rating of the game. Shit guy sitting with his legs crossed, rip rating, oh a panty shot which you can already get rip rating. Please be honest people just do not want it added because they do not like it. That is fair, you do not need to come up with excuses as to why you don't want it.

    AS I said no dog in this race PC master race. In the end this could go either way and the game would still be fine, I am willing to put large amounts of money more people would be in favor of more options across the board. I have no way to prove that, just as you have no way to prove the community at large does not want it. At the core your arguments as follow a desire to not want to do something, a notion you cannot prove, and it would impact the rating? I am not sure how sitting would do that but fair. Sorry man no matter you cut it it seems like I do not want x. Seems to be in line with the other side but instead they want x. At the core arguments being made are simply out of desire.
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    Okay boomer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobby66 View Post
    First of all I said "it is a request only justifiable reason one needs to make a request is to want it added" this is a forum legitimately that is often the baseline requirement to making a request.
    Thankfully, most of your post is just rambling and repeating yourself, so I don't need to go line by line.

    Here's the thing - there has to be a reason why you make a request other than "I just want it.", because you're going to convince no one to your side.

    "I want to drive 20 minutes out of the way and go to this store instead.. because I want to."
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    "I want to drive 20 minutes out of the way and go to this store instead because it's cleaner and has better prices."

    You think all you need is the desire to want something to make a request, and it's telling, because once again, the majority, if not all of the arguments made against the points against it brought up are emotion focused. Any "data" brought up shows, even at it's most generously taken, that there's no practical demand for it.

    Even if I were to say there's 10k unique downloads (there's no evidence of that, and much lower downloads counted, which means people are counted multiple times), and that they're still active, that's 0.68% OF ACTIVE PLAYERS according to the 6.2 Lucky Bancho census report. Not even 1%.

    There's no want for it, much less a need for it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DRHaymaker View Post
    Thankfully, most of your post is just rambling and repeating yourself, so I don't need to go line by line.

    Here's the thing - there has to be a reason why you make a request other than "I just want it.", because you're going to convince no one to your side.

    "I want to drive 20 minutes out of the way and go to this store instead.. because I want to."
    vs
    "I want to drive 20 minutes out of the way and go to this store instead because it's cleaner and has better prices."

    You think all you need is the desire to want something to make a request, and it's telling, because once again, the majority, if not all of the arguments made against the points against it brought up are emotion focused. Any "data" brought up shows, even at it's most generously taken, that there's no practical demand for it.

    Even if I were to say there's 10k unique downloads (there's no evidence of that, and much lower downloads counted, which means people are counted multiple times), and that they're still active, that's 0.68% OF ACTIVE PLAYERS according to the 6.2 Lucky Bancho census report. Not even 1%.

    There's no want for it, much less a need for it.
    It is not what I think it is fact, to make the request all you is a desire. I never said anything about getting the request granted.


    Here is the million dollar question what data does either side have to prove that their request is wanted or not? It is all based around our own personal bias. Using mods as a metric is dumb in the first place, violates ToS, has negative stigma around it, can be viewed as a hassle, and console players. That said also saying no one is vocal about it is also a dumb metric, if we are being generous how many people do you think use the forums or social media that player FFXIV, I am willing to grant it is lager number then those that use mods. Either way neither side can say if a feature is highly demanded or not. So creating an argument that form PoV is pure speculation. I still stand by most probably would be in favor of shared sitting positions, how many people would true down more options? Pretty sure the numbskulls like myself that would turn down more options are "uniqueness" are in the monitory. Granted, I do not think character poses should be unique unless they enrich or enhance or racial trait. Like if they had cat cleaning themselves, or a lalafell taking out a stool to get up on a chair, things like that should be unique. Way someone sits just to me does not fall under unique.

    Once again, the requirements for making a request differ from the requirements to get it granted. Clearly there is a want for it or it would not have been requested, now it can be argued to which degree it is wanted. We have no real way of knowing that information so seems kind of moot. I do agree as mentioned with Joven I think the usage of "need" needs to be toned down. That said still have not explained how each sides arguments simply boil down to I don't like x, we don't need it. I do like X, I think we need it. Both sides have shit arguments. Both sides have arguments rooted in emotion, not data none of us really have data to go by, and the data we do have is kind of shit.

    Now if you want to get into the technical aspect, have not looked into animation swaps in detail, but I do not think they are as simple as toggling a switch then adjust the frame to match. So an argument can be made that it is not worth developer time, and if it ever was to be done it probably would be something that is done on the side by a developer that felt passionate about it. That is speculation on my part though. Yeah, also ADHD, and dyslexic writing is not my strong suit, thanks for reading my rambling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellsong View Post
    Okay boomer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobby66 View Post
    Using mods as a metric is dumb in the first place, violates ToS
    It's not dumb though. It's a visible way to see if there is interest in something or not. If there are people turning to mods for whatever reason then there has to be an appeal to whatever it is they're looking for. Whether or not it's an acurate guage on if that something is worth looking into is another story.

    And besides, it was those on the pro side that brought up the number of people using mods in the first place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joven View Post
    It's not dumb though. It's a visible way to see if there is interest in something or not. If there are people turning to mods for whatever reason then there has to be an appeal to whatever it is they're looking for. Whether or not it's an acurate guage on if that something is worth looking into is another story.

    And besides, it was those on the pro side that brought up the number of people using mods in the first place.
    By dumb I do mean it is not an accurate metric especially when it comes to more cosmetic and stylized choices to gauge if something is popular to the community at large. I do feel that neither side really has a good metric to use to make claims like the community at large wants it or does not want it. I think both sides using these data points as a means to try and make an argument in favor or against is just a mask to try and conceal for the most part the stance for and against largely boils down to an emotion or bias driven response. I hope you understand what I am trying to say, I do not think we have any means to say if something is wanted or not wanted by the community at large and since we do not have such information I do feel using such arguments is disingenuous.

    Quote Originally Posted by DRHaymaker View Post
    You need to reread the thread - it was the the pro crowd that brought up mods, not the anti.




    ...huh?

    Are you just trying to devalue everything so any metrics are meaningless? Or are you trying to create a level playing field, where even though there's nothing that can back up the pro side, there's also nothing that can back up the anti side?

    I'm genuinely curious what your aim is here.




    Yes... and the talk about unlocking gender based sit poses is nonexistent.



    ...no, you absolutely can. How do you think sample sizes work? What % of people do you think need to offer an opinion before you can make an educated guess?



    No.



    No. Why are you giving a lecture on speculation and whatnot and then making a statement on speculation as if it matters AT ALL? You're the one decided that it has no value, so why are you saying valueless things?



    If you mean "turn down", alot, based on what data is available.



    They're not.



    They're the same thing. They're a business. If there's not any support of the request, they're not going to grant the request.



    Non-point - it can be said for anything. At that point, you're just making noise.
    Do not think I ever said anti side brought up mods, I did say mods are not a good metric to use as a means to determine if something is highly in demand or not. Way I see it when it comes to requests anyone is free to make a request, if something lacks a feature you would like by all means make a request. If it gets granted or not that is a different story altogether. I largely think when it comes to making claims around a majority or what not I think using non official data which we do not have is a fair to use to make any claim that for either side. That being said, I also do not think the appetence of a request is also a fair metric to say something would not be liked. That is why I also feel such metrics are kind of nebulous to begin with. I also fall in the camp as costumers we should also not make claims on behalf of SE. I do not necessarily feel something has supported by the vocal majority to get added or change something. Something easily could be added because a developer felt passionate about it. So request and demand do not always go hand in hand. At work I added a suggestion that I happened to see in passing by a commenter, it did not have mass likes or retweets but it was something I did on my free time. Not saying this is the norm, but it really does not hurt to simply ask for something you may want cause you never know. To say something has to be liked by the majority or should be needed detracts from the human element behind the company. I am sure many things can be contributed to someone take time our their day to work on something because they saw it in passing, or had their own personal desire to want it added.

    Also not sure about us that want this for uniqueness are not in the minatory we seem to face some heavily backlash when it comes to unique glamour items. Maybe it just depends on the request. Speculation is fine to make, but using said speculation as fact is where I have problem. I do no think I ever implied what I said to be fact, just my own take or opinion on the matter. I really also do not see what available data do we have that people would generally turn down having access to the opposite genders poses. Pretty sure female DRK weapon pose was something many have asked for. I just find it hard to believe if SE put out a poll majority would say no to shared animations and allow people to choose if even the option. I just feel it is one of those things as stated before is not "needed" or even thought about all that much so it does not come up very often. Though if posed with a direct question they probably would be all for it. That is also why I feel the data sets we have are kind of meh tbh.

    How is the fact that someone has requested something and people are in support of it is not a point? That has been my point the entire time, people are free to make requests of what they want. They do not have to provide an argument or what not for the request to be valid. Will it likely get added without support nope, but the chance is possible. As mentioned I do it often at work, not saying its the same SE is a different beast and in my case it is small mobile game app. I know for example if I worked for SE and on FFXIV, I would work on a glamour hide toggle during my free time, and would present the final product and see if it gets approved or not.

    How can we make an proper educated guess when things like this are already niche suggestions and are properly not even in the top 100 of things of what people would want to change? Though we cannot also say with a blanket statement that they lack of requests made inherently means people would not like or use the option if added. What I am trying to say is the lack of request does not inherently mean the request would not be liked by the majority. This could just be one of those things that people would be pleasantly surprised if it happened. We cannot say either way.

    Either way request is a request
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    Okay boomer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joven View Post
    It's not dumb though. It's a visible way to see if there is interest in something or not. If there are people turning to mods for whatever reason then there has to be an appeal to whatever it is they're looking for. Whether or not it's an acurate guage on if that something is worth looking into is another story.

    And besides, it was those on the pro side that brought up the number of people using mods in the first place.
    Funny you should mention that since there is a mod that actually lets you change player character's glamours to a static npc look. I wonder if those on the pro side are willing to concede that having options is a good thing considering the other giant thread asking for this feature. Personally, I would never use it since it does violate the ToS and i'm a good boy, but it is out there and it looks like plenty have already downloaded it, lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobby66 View Post
    Here is the million dollar question what data does either side have to prove that their request is wanted or not? [...] Using mods as a metric is dumb in the first place, violates ToS, has negative stigma around it, can be viewed as a hassle, and console players.
    You need to reread the thread - it was the the pro crowd that brought up mods, not the anti.


    That said also saying no one is vocal about it is also a dumb metric
    ...huh?

    Are you just trying to devalue everything so any metrics are meaningless? Or are you trying to create a level playing field, where even though there's nothing that can back up the pro side, there's also nothing that can back up the anti side?

    I'm genuinely curious what your aim is here.


    if we are being generous how many people do you think use the forums or social media that player FFXIV, I am willing to grant it is lager number then those that use mods.
    Yes... and the talk about unlocking gender based sit poses is nonexistent.

    Either way neither side can say if a feature is highly demanded or not.
    ...no, you absolutely can. How do you think sample sizes work? What % of people do you think need to offer an opinion before you can make an educated guess?

    So creating an argument that form PoV is pure speculation.
    No.

    I still stand by most probably would be in favor of shared sitting positions
    No. Why are you giving a lecture on speculation and whatnot and then making a statement on speculation as if it matters AT ALL? You're the one decided that it has no value, so why are you saying valueless things?

    how many people would true down more options?
    If you mean "turn down", alot, based on what data is available.

    Pretty sure the numbskulls like myself that would turn down more options are "uniqueness" are in the monitory
    They're not.

    Once again, the requirements for making a request differ from the requirements to get it granted.
    They're the same thing. They're a business. If there's not any support of the request, they're not going to grant the request.

    Clearly there is a want for it or it would not have been requested
    Non-point - it can be said for anything. At that point, you're just making noise.
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