Quote Originally Posted by Hypnotic13371337 View Post
i honestly dont get the whole "sexism in video games" thing

dont get me wrong, im not for sexism in real life, but come on, this is someones fantasy world.

so what if the Miqo'te's are oversexualized? what if that is the norm for this games society? (ever see any NPC in uldah complain about how the Miqo'te's acted at the miners guild?)

plus there is always the option of "if you dont like it, dont pick that race"

also about the "same sex marrige" thing

if male players can be female characters and female players can be male characters, does it matter anyway?
I basically want to know if this is a fantasy world which aims to exclude female players. If I know I am entering a world in which I will be harassed, I don't want to play. I can't see it going quite this far - like my appalling experiences on PlayStation Home - but I do have a general unease and disappointment with it.

I don't feel I should have to hide behind a male avatar just so people don't harass me, and so I'm not a part of the dev teams 'objectification'.

Quote Originally Posted by Kraggy View Post
FF is a series of games produced in the country that gives us 'anime', one of the key ingredients being females who look barely of age in costumes intended to make young teen males get a tad excited.

I don't like it much, but this is the culture in which SE operates .. and God knows, it infects western games just as much, look at Rift to name but one, where females wearing plate armour show acres of bare belly and upper thighs .. and I assume they do it because they know a large part of their target market want it.

It ain't going to change.
I think this is the sad reality of it. As I said, it's sad for me because XI was actually not in this vein. I think it did a better job of appealing to and accepting female players/avatars. I can accept XIV is not XI, and perhaps I was expecting something more progressive which will not come to be.