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

[Astronis]

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.

While I wouldn't mind being able to pick which DRK idle animation I do, it's...not making any assumptions about how strong male DRKs are. It's making them pose like Cloud Strife.

It's not actually far off how someone might really carry a greatsword, though the arm would be lower and kind of resting on the sword while the blade is balanced across the shoulder and pointing behind them rather than to the side.

[ChrysOCE]

You should be able to customize your animations to whatever you want, race or sex. Why does a Miqo who is raised on Azim Steppe wave goodbye, or welcome, or bow the same as a Miqo raised in Limsa? I'm for anything that allows us to provide some uniqueness for our particular character, compared to any other player. So if I want my Miqo to wave goodbye with the Fem Au Ra animation and do air quotes with the Fem Hyur and dance with Male Highlander, it just provides for further personalization. I know it would take some effort to do the animations and prioritizations and blah blah blah, I don't really care about the why nots.

[ACE135]

I'm for anything that allows us to provide some uniqueness for our particular character, compared to any other player. So if I want my Miqo to wave goodbye with the Fem Au Ra animation and do air quotes with the Fem Hyur and dance with Male Highlander, it just provides for further personalization.

But if every character without exception can also wave goodbye with the female Au Ra animation, do air quotes with female Hyur animation and dance like male Highlander, then there isn't any uniqueness anymore.

[ChrysOCE]

But if every character without exception can also wave goodbye with the female Au Ra animation, do air quotes with female Hyur animation and dance like male Highlander, then there isn't any uniqueness anymore.

But that's the player choice on what they decide their character animation will be. Sure, by pure volume, I'm sure there will be a lot that end up making the same decisions. But its still allows for some uniqueness/differences from my Miqo to yours.

[Asari5]

i would take emote customization over racial uniqueness. emotes arent put into your dna anyway, you learn them. including cultural habits from whoever you learn

[ACE135]

But that's the player choice on what they decide their character animation will be. Sure, by pure volume, I'm sure there will be a lot that end up making the same decisions. But its still allows for some uniqueness/differences from my Miqo to yours.

Our Miqo'te are already different from each other. In hairstyle, hair color, skin color, eye color, outfit and many other aspects. And the animations of one race makes them unique compared to all other races. If every race behaves the same, then there is no uniqueness to races. At least that's how I see it.

[ChrysOCE]

Our Miqo'te are already different from each other. In hairstyle, hair color, skin color, eye color, outfit and many other aspects. And the animations of one race makes them unique compared to all other races. If every race behaves the same, then there is no uniqueness to races. At least that's how I see it.

But they wont behave the same. Maybe you decide to have all Miqo animations. Maybe I have Au Ra goodbye and Viera hello animation. A third Miqo might have Hyur goodbye and Au Ra fume. It's just another layer of player expression

[ACE135]

But they wont behave the same. Maybe you decide to have all Miqo animations. Maybe I have Au Ra goodbye and Viera hello animation. A third Miqo might have Hyur goodbye and Au Ra fume. It's just another layer of player expression

What makes an Au Ra goodbye to an Au Ra goodbye then? Or a Hyur goodbye to a Hyur goodbye? In that case it would just be an everyones goodbye.

[TakoyakiLala]

Male Au'ra without the Crash Bandicoot running animation would be a huge improvement for them. Same if Lalafell had the option to not waddle. xD

But in all seriousness. I'd love to have the Midlander princess run for some of my female alts. Especially my female Highlander.

[ChrysOCE]

What makes an Au Ra goodbye to an Au Ra goodbye then? Or a Hyur goodbye to a Hyur goodbye? In that case it would just be an everyones goodbye.

because they are the "Default" animations. but why wouldn't someone, who was raised around Au Ras, behave in the same way? Or you can decide to hold on to Miqo customs. It's up to player choice. I just dont see why having further player customization is ever a bad thing.