Gender Locked Battle Cpose

[Delorean]

I have to agree. Unique poses gives flavor. Take a look at FFXI or WoW for example. Each race/sex has its own distinct feel, its own distinct flavor, and a major reason for this is because of how unique each of their combat animations and emotes are. There should be more differences between race, sex, and class animations.

nahhh

my character isn't cute enough naked enough and doesn't have a big enough axe to rock their battle cpose =|

male miqote and hyur midlander have the same battle cpose though. i'd like that. very macho.

[seida]

I don't get why there is always this demand to get access to everything. Aren't some of you tired of every character being practically the same? The races and genders have practially no identity in this game as it is because they all look and move the same.
We need more of this kind of thing in the game, not less. The differences should be compelling enough to different people so that when someone sees something a specific race/gender is doing they think "wow I should use a Fantasia and remake my character to that" rather than "no fair that should be an option for my race/gender too!"

In general I agree with you, but I think OP has a point. The dragoon pose is pretty iconic, so it seems weird to limit that particular pose to gender rather than class.

[Cutie_McSnuggles]

I'd rather them start putting in more gender locked animation and while they are at it start putting in more unique race animations as well.

I don't get why there is always this demand to get access to everything. Aren't some of you tired of every character being practically the same? The races and genders have practially no identity in this game as it is because they all look and move the same.

I think it's fantastic that male Miqo'te have a different sitting pose than the females and that they have a unique pose to any other race. We need more of this kind of thing in the game, not less. The differences should be compelling enough to different people so that when someone sees something a specific race/gender is doing they think "wow I should use a Fantasia and remake my character to that" rather than "no fair that should be an option for my race/gender too!"

I couldn't disagree with you more. Giving people less options actually leads to less uniqueness.

[Almalexia]

I couldn't disagree with you more. Giving people less options actually leads to less uniqueness.

They are unique because they are exclusive. Since almost everyone who plays FFXIV is either cat F or hume M, the scant remaining race/sex combos are that much more unique because they are that much more exclusive to the game world.

Frankly, if you envy another character's emotes or posture, I think the system is working as intended.

[Ladon]

I couldn't disagree with you more. Giving people less options actually leads to less uniqueness.

This is only true if picking one option denies you another option. This is the basic idea of exclusiveness.

Look at it from another perspective using FF14 jobs. Nobody is locked out from choosing a WHM at any time, however Cure II is unique to the job. What if we started demanding that Cure II be made available to any job? Cure II would not longer be a unique, job defining skill, would it?

I think gender and race should be handled under a similar concept. You are free to choose whatever you want, but that choice should be a commitment to particular tastes a styles just as Job choices are.

[Anarnee]

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I think that's an absolutely ridiculous way to look at it.

Because I have boobs, I can't do the iconic DRG pose? I can understand some of the locked special poses based on race, they are mannerisms that a Roe, Miqote, Hyur etc etc would have learned amongst their people.

My training and story while leveling my LNC/DRG was the same as a males story! So why is it that my stance cannot be the same?

My character is obviously a Femme Roe, No males look or move like her she is obviously a Femme Roe, everything about her says Femme Roe and I don't need more pose locks to make that obvious.

I mean I GUESS if you play Lalafell its not so easy to be able to tell but, my character stands out as she is.

I don't want to be a male Roe, I don't want to be a male Elezen, I don't want to be a male Hyur, I don't want to be a male Lalafell and I don't want to be a male Miqot'e~

I'm not asking for my Dragoon to stand like a Paladin, I'm asking for my Dragoon to be able to stand like a Dragoon.

I'm not asking for my Femme Roe to be able to move like an octopus.

I'm asking for SE to allow me the option to give her individuality.

If you think that locking poses behind gender for uniqueness will give you individuality, you're sorely mistaken! You are the same as anyone else that chose that same race and gender -shrug-

[HakuroDK]

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[seida]

I'd rather them start putting in more gender locked animation and while they are at it start putting in more unique race animations as well.

I don't get why there is always this demand to get access to everything. Aren't some of you tired of every character being practically the same? The races and genders have practially no identity in this game as it is because they all look and move the same.

I actually agree with this. I mean, I would be frustrated if the female pose was stereotypically "girly" or "sexy", but that's not the case. I really like the female dragoon pose and am glad I have it over the male one.

Variation is interesting!

[HakuroDK]

While I don't mind unique poses for classes as all classes wield different weapons, I would very much like it if there was no gender-locking. The "uniqueness" it adds isn't quite enough to justify a lack of options for both genders. The Male WAR pose is great for someone who has the strength and the build to carry an axe on their shoulder one-handed, which just so happens to reflect the strength of someone who is fit to be a warrior. However, for Female WARs, they always use two hands as if they're too physically frail to wield an axe one-handed. That's just silly.