For the 129392831203123801 time. STOP IT with the genderlocked gear.

[Noxifer]

I have no issues with gender locked gear, SE can make different versions, There is an Expeditioner set, Male and Female version.

Yes. And the female version contains one more set piece than the male version. For some reason, the female version has gloves, and the male version does not. The easiest thing to do there would have been to make the gloves unisex, really.

[Darkwing_Dork]

I agree with all unisex gear. Things like gloves and head pieces are especially annoying but I'd like to see all gender locked gear become unlocked. Honestly the rebuttals I keep seeing aren't very good ones, although I can hardly call the ones along the lines of "deal with it" or "buy a fantasia" rebuttals. I guess we'll just have to keep making noise for SE.

[Eul]

Maybe I'll repost Andrea's post again

Yup, every month I pay my sub and then I pay the female only fee towards getting special treatment of glamours.

[Savagelf]

I see nothing wrong with gender lock gear. for all human history of fashion they been gender lock gear you don't see a man go in to female clothing shop demand for change do you. I am firm believe fantasy are basic off reality at some parts or another

[Andrea]

you don't see a man go in to female clothing shop demand for change do you.

Thats maybe because theres nothing stopping the man buying whatever clothes he wants to wear? and vice versa for women..In this game however that is not the case

That example makes no sense here...

[Serilda]

for all human history of fashion they been gender lock gear you don't see a man go in to female clothing shop demand for change do you. I am firm believe fantasy are basic off reality at some parts or another

That's not what people are upset about.

Firstly, the type of clothing you want to see gender-locked (short skirts, high heels, long skirts, feminine scarves) already exists for guys in Eorzea. Someone, somewhere is rocking a skirt and crop top on their male character in the game even as we post here. I promise. It's even 'enforced' with skirts for male characters when they equip some of the best gear for their job unless they glamour over them. Any kind of argument about the gender locks being for reasons of 'appropriateness' in invalidated by the delightfully kinky gear options readily available within the game.

Secondly, the gender locking in FFXIV is bizarre. We're given sets for girls, then sets for both guys and girls - but no corresponding sets for guys. Or items which are not in any way gender-coded like hats and gloves get gender locked to female-only.

Thank you for bumping this post

[Noxifer]

I see nothing wrong with gender lock gear. for all human history of fashion they been gender lock gear you don't see a man go in to female clothing shop demand for change do you.

Nope, I just buy my skirt and go home with it. No big deal, and no one stopping me from wearing it, either.

I'm vaguely baffled this was the patch guys got a dyeable vanity mini-skirt and yet they're still holding out on the bunny ears.

Have you tried wearing a miniskirt on your head? ;_; it doesn't look remotely like bunny ears at all!

[FJerome]

Have you tried wearing a miniskirt on your head? ;_; it doesn't look remotely like bunny ears at all!

Holding out on, not for! I really don't understand why they just haven't done it, given the demand.

Their scattershot approach to gender-neutral gear genuinely does confuse me because I doubt the devs hate doing it, given the succubus horns and the claws of the beast were gender-neutral from the get-go, there's that uraeus skirt, ladies can get their butch on in the Noct Armour, I look like a godsdamn catamite in the summoner artefact gear, etc, etc, etc.

[Cynric]

I see nothing wrong with gender lock gear. for all human history of fashion they been gender lock gear you don't see a man go in to female clothing shop demand for change do you. I am firm believe fantasy are basic off reality at some parts or another

I hate to break your reality and turn it into something seemingly fantasy but...

In the real world.. Men and women, can both wear skirts and pants.

In Eorzea Men can't wear skirts because a magical godly force prevents them from putting it on.

Guess which one is reality and which one is fantasy? I didn't mean to blow your mind but it's okay. You'll recover someday.

[Lemuria]

I'm fine with gender-locked gear. Admittedly though, it would be nice to have more of a balance. Right now the scales are tipped heavily towards females, and there aren't enough male-specific items to counter with. I feel if there was more of a balance in that area, people would have far fewer complaints regarding the system as a whole. Well, besides the select few who just want to see a Roegadyn in a bridesmaid dress... *shudder*