So we're just repeating the mistakes of 1.0 again?

[Roda]

You wanted diversity, but only men can be the new, much-needed, diverse new type?
You wanted to fanservice but only women can be pretty?

Ronso weren't restricted in their origin story, females walked around and existed among the populace. Where are they here?

Male keepers have near IDENTICAL lore to male viera, and yet nearly half of my friend-group is or has been one at one time. What is actually stopping you now other than just not wanting to commit the resources to finishing your race?

Once again, like you guys said for 2.0 when you added the nonsensically absent Roegadyn females, and the much-requested Miqo'te males, not finishing a race does nothing but restrict your players, and your own creativity.

Are you so fat and happy riding your "fastest growing mmo" laurels that you think it would be ok to just stop trying and slip by what you yourselves say was a bad move?
You LITERALLY have a female roegadyn cosplayer behind you as you finish your keynote. And you still think players like these weren't worth the effort?

[SonKevin]

They're not worth the effort, tbh.

[splinter1545]

Damn, I never knew that 1.0 biggest downfall, was genderlocked races. It couldn't have been any of the other big problems it had.

[SonKevin]

Damn, I never knew that 1.0 biggest downfall, was genderlocked races. It couldn't have been any of the other big problems it had.

Literally killed FFXIV 1.0. The game was almost perfect, but the genderlocked races literally killed the game.

[Roda]

Did I say it was the biggest downfall? No.

But I'll be honest when I say it's the reason why I was never interested in 1.0.
Genderlocks are boring and indicative of a lot of other design practices I find distasteful.

[Penthea]

I'm tired of females being pigeon-holed into being small, petite or sexy. The only race that defies this is roe but I want to play something with bestial features and they have none save for their size.

So I'm stuck with being a Victoria's Secret model, a petite kitten or lizard if I want to play as a bestial race as a female. This sucks.

What also sucks is males being pigeon-holed into being super masculine. Give them more options too. Gawd.

[splinter1545]

Did I say it was the biggest downfall? No.

But I'll be honest when I say it's the reason why I was never interested in 1.0.
Genderlocks are boring and indicative of a lot of other design practices I find distasteful.

While you didn't directly state it, it's heavily implied by the title of the thread, as well the genderlock being the main topic of the post.

[SonKevin]

I'm tired of females being pigeon-holed into being small, petite or sexy. The only race that defies this is roe but I want to play something with bestial features and they have none save for their size.

So I'm stuck with being a Victoria's Secret model, a petite kitten or lizard if I want to play as a bestial race as a female. This sucks.

What also sucks is males being pigeon-holed into being super masculine. Give them more options too. Gawd.

Why are you playing as a C@ instead of a Roe then?

[TaiyoShikasu]

If they really want to repeat the same mistakes of 1.0, make everything look super polished and slick, so it doesn't run on anything, but high end PC's.

[SonKevin]

If they really want to repeat the same mistakes of 1.0, make everything look super polished and slick, so it doesn't run on anything, but high end PC's.

Tbh, it didn't even run well on super high end PCs.