New gearsets preview is a disappointment

[Ziri_O]

Shockingly no, I do have a life offline, but also when we're in a social climate where racism is becoming normalized and people are dying because of it, I don't WANT to see that in my pretendy funtime escapism game that I've put more than ten years of my gametime into.

[KurumiKanade]

But yea the armor for this next patch is tone dead at best and for the people who are not offended:look I get it you may not be offended by it but still doesnt change the fact that people do get offended this type of divide is part of the reason why the expac as a whole hasn't been great we are too busy trying to argue with each other when we should honestly try to tell square not to do dumb things

[celica_ashworth]

It's kind of wild that this is what it finally took to get me to post here for real, but here we are.

Yeah, as someone from Mexico and grew up there... I am not sure what the goal was here. You made a whole expansion that basically showed a thriving fantasy civilization that basically raised the question, "Well, what if Mexico and Latin America at large DIDN'T contend with colonization?" and that was awesome, yeah? And now you've gone and inexplicably added weirdly colonizer-themed outfits.

Like, is one of the NPCs gonna just straight up be called La Malinche? That's the level of "wat???" we're operating on right now. Please reconsider.

[Nero-Voidstails]

Then how did they all happen to show up within an hour of the thread being posted?

It's either bots or someone rage baiting on social media.

honestly sometime I do because I am on the throne at work so bored as hell xx)

[MinamotoRin]

I also noticed that most negative comments have low posts counts, but still older accounts, probably because they felt this was worth logging over to comment. So I guess it tracks.

What I don't understand is what is deemed conquistador here, I need images and circled sections on the attires with explanations on how this is inspired from Cortes and his conquest

Oh, from my perspective, I found the 'crosses' and the helms not so tasteful, but if they were brought up in a different expac I think I'd feel better towards them. It just feels... a bit odd when they're placed among the slightly puffy sleeves, you know? Def not an 1:1, but slightly uncomfortable for people that saw similar stuff in their history books, as part of their country's history, which was my case.

But what reeeeeally got me itchy was this part:



If they change the outfits, we're thankful. If they don't, well, it's alright, we tried expressing our discomfort and that's it.

[Khalithar]

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Bruh, you literally brought up the lineage thing. You open with purity test nonsense about roots and ancestry.

How many of you claiming these are harmless can trace your roots? How many of you downplaying the upset actually care about your indigenous ancestry? Have you cared about it aside from using it to weaponize it against arguments online? Would your people claim you?

You keep saying I’m defending colonization just because I don’t agree with your take on a fantasy armor set. That’s not nuance that’s moral gatekeeping.

And if you’re going to drop cryptic phrases to mock people, maybe explain what they actually mean instead of using them as some kind of spiritual mic drop.

“ai’ipa ware, lmao.”
Translation: “I have no actual argument, so here’s a mysterious phrase and a laugh emoji.”

Also don’t shift the goalposts.

You accused me of being disconnected from my ancestry, I pushed back, now you’re denying you ever made it about ancestry at all, while still implying I betray my ancestors for not agreeing with your take.

[FuturePastNow]

Just glam over it if ya don't like it

[JailbreakHermit]

Hi. Indigenous woman here. As I said in the other thread, everything I would wish to say has been said already. We're putting pressure on you, Square Enix, in hopes you do better. Please look to the people you wish to represent for guidance on these matters.

[Nero-Voidstails]

can someone show the set because I am honestly curious now

[BigCheez]

honestly sometime I do because I am on the throne at work so bored as hell xx)

Sure, but you have 700 posts so I assume you actually use the forums. I refuse to believe that 100 sub-5 post accounts just happened to decide that this was problematic at the exact same time.