[Petition] Give both genders access to the currently gender locked poses.

[Arzalis]

All winners, eh? I beg to differ. I say everyone loses. Anytime the dev team goes back to rework content like this, which is entirely QoL; what suffers is the content that is playable. Dev time and resources are finite. While how they have chosen to allocate these resources at times is very questionable, that doesn't mean that we as a playerbase should condone or support those decisions.

Bozja as an example seems like it was nowhere near as complete as they would have liked it to be prior to releasing this content. I say this because while many players feel it has improved over Eureka, it is clear as day that there are tons of issues with it. Many of these issues I am sure they were aware of before releasing 5.35, but they have a deadline, and they had to deliver. Now go over and take a peek at the BSF feedback thread that continues to grow as I type this. Everyone in BSF is suffering from something that needs to be addressed.

When things like this happen, it is beyond easy for me to point fingers at things such as flying in ARR, adding the telegraphs to Coincounter in AV, and even Viera and Hrothgar.

The people that would do something like add/create animations have nothing to do with the other gameplay related things you've mentioned; not every developer fills every role. People have pretty specialized jobs, especially for something like animations or 3D modeling. The closest thing might be Viera and Hrothgar, but I'm less convinced that's an issue with manpower/resources. There's something else going on with those two races.

[Lihtleita]

Sorry don't agree. Different genders should have different poses. I think what they're doing is just fine.

but why tho

[HeyMcFly]

Holding it over one shoulder is no more unrealistic that using a giant spike-covered slab of metal posing as a sword in the first place. And let's not even get into the magic side of the job. Or some of the grips on these things, which should grind our hands off trying to wield them....

Realism was never a factor with weapon design in this game, so why let it interfere with fun?

I never said it interfered with fun, just that the sword over shoulder looked really silly & unrealistic. Sure, it's a fantasy game with magic & such but it doesn't mean I have to like the animations which I was being clear about- I also was agreeing with OP. It there wouldn't be a loser & only winners if all poses were unlocked.

[Jarvice]

Yes this is relatively minor, and yes this has been discussed before. Which are only more reasons for me to post this petition.

I think there's only winners if this small change gets implemented and don't see a reason not to. It's even worse considering that everyone loves these poses from promotional material alone. The Dragoon pose is used in the trailers but only males get to use it. Same with the Dark Knight pose with the sword on your shoulder. We see it in cinematics and it's even in the Shadowbringers' logo! Yet only a portion of the players gets access to it. So once again, just give both genders both poses. Please.

My next question would be: how do I reach more people with this?

[Doki]

Remember when females used to /sit with their legs spread wide open?