Gender locked race?

[Theodric]

I've said as much before, though I'd happily play a Highlander if they could be designed to have real eyebrows and a broader range of facial features. I played one for a while and enjoyed how he looked in armour, though eventually went back to Midlander since the dreaded 'same face' became a little too much to bear. I don't doubt that if more customisation options were added across the board then we'd see a spike in popularity for the lesser played races.

It doesn't help that a lot of hairstyles and casual glamour options just don't fit many of the playable races particularly well. An unfortunate consequence of some very vocal players pushing for everything to be 'unisex' even though 'unisex' is often code for 'feminine' and 'androgynous' aesthetics.

So you also have a situation where a lot of stuff looks decent on a Midlander but a lot weirder on a Roegadyn or Xaela.

[Lacan]

It doesn't help that a lot of hairstyles and casual glamour options just don't fit many of the playable races particularly well. An unfortunate consequence of some very vocal players pushing for everything to be 'unisex' even though 'unisex' is often code for 'feminine' and 'androgynous' aesthetics.

I don't think that's the result of players being vocal though, that's the result of SE not wanting to design separate armor sets for males and females. It is especially apparent with the AST lvl 60 JSE. That's like literally a dress they've got guys wearing. You can barely call it robes. Thankfully SE has realized this to an extent and made the JSE armor distinct where necessary. Like, the lvl 70 WHM and AST armor actually has a different design on guys. You get pants and lose the pantyhose (thank god).


Pls stop making me wear dresses SE.