Please allow us to unlock animations from either gender on any character

[Jeeqbit]

I wish they would. The assumption that men can carry a DRK sword on their shoulder is overly bias. It's contingent on them building the requisite muscle. People who lift things as an occupation discover that it eventually breaks and strains their muscles to do it all day so they have to find ways to lift that don't actually pressure the muscles too often.

[SyrenEverstep]

I completely support this idea.

My first char was a F!miqo, but I really liked the male WHM /cpose with the weapon drawn. Now, I play a M!Viera, but I miss a /cpose stance of female DRKs with the sword tip in the ground. For these animations, even just having a /cposem/f or /cpose1/2 (or /jobpose1/2) similar to how we have simunationm/f with the Omega statues could be a possible solution, so you'd always have access to both versions.

Runs and idles don't bother me, but I do think it would be awesome for players to be able to have some options of different animations that are linked to race, similar to how we are able to select from different voices like OP said. I have a few friends who really want F!miqo idles on their M!Viera, particularly the one with both hands in fists/curled on their hips

[Exmo]

I'd rather instead they spend the development time on hats viera and Hrothgar can't wear.

[Jangles]

I'd rather them make alternate animations for characters rather than just porting male animations to female and vice versa. Because holy shit a highlander dude running like a midlander girl would be funny as fuck to see but look completely stupid.

[CidHeiral]

It would be nice if they would at least add the weapon poses from male/female to the other. I play a female highlander and overly feminine ones don't suit her at all.

[ACE135]

I am in favor of races keeping their unique animations.

[sindriiisgaming]

Right now in FF14, making a character locks you into either masculine or feminine animations for everything. I've had to choose between characters that move too stiffly or too daintily, when what I really want is the freedom to mix both.

Sometimes I just want to move like a male Au Ra, with its anime run.



But other times I want to move like a female Midlander



Other MMOs like Black Desert Online and PSO2:NGS have already shown this is completely doable. The solution is straightforward: make animation sets a separate choice in character creation, just like how we choose hairstyles or facial features. I know many players would keep using matched sets, but for me and others like me, mixing animations would finally let us create characters that move the way we feel inside.

How our characters move and emote isn't just cosmetic - it's how we express ourselves in this world we love. When I'm feeling fabulous, I want my character to show that. When I'm feeling powerful, I want those strong, confident animations. Our expression is fluid, and our characters should be able to reflect that.

The best way to do so is to add a setting in Character Configuration.



This allows everyone to change their expression at any time, to use feminine or masculine animations.

These are known as racial emotes. And I have wanted these unlocked since I fantad to a male aura

[Valence]

Agenderism in my japanese MMO? Preposterous!

[Nero-Voidstails]

honestly i am against this like weapon pose sure and maybe play dead but other then that I do think there is many thing that should be done before hand more content like someone said Viera and hroth hat problem miqo face 2

[Sunhwapark]

It would be nice if the other gendered weapon stance was introduced as a 3rd /cpose option.