STOP Genderlocking Cosmetics!!

[Amnmaat]

This exactly. A big problem on this forum is that people simultaneously believe that the devs don't listen to the forums, but also every suggestion thread is going to happen unless they spam it with their grievances at the very suggestion of whatever is in the OP. The irony is that it adds post count, thus giving the CMs the idea that maybe they should look at the suggestion being made. Engagement makes the digital world go round, people! Which is why I still have severe doubts about these Twitter overlords I keep hearing about.

On topic: I've said it before but I'll go further into my own thoughts now. I've been playing a lot of other games in the past few years, and become accustomed to devs committing to making gear for all. They want to make a strappy lil thing or a big spikey plate of armor? They made their bed and pushed it out for all models and classes. I put the ranged outfit on my tank and mix it with some caster pieces.

This lock behind class and role, and by extension gender, is pretty stifling. Not just because it is more work (and trust me, it really is more work.) The trade-off is more aesthetics but less options for the individual. Gender/race locking isn't a bad thing when you can have alts. The harsh truth of FFXIV is that alts are a novelty, and not exactly viable in a game like this. Racial gear in GW2 is awesome because I, the player, can enjoy all of these aesthetics without losing anything. I just hop onto an alt!

FFXIV? Do hundreds of hours of MSQ, lose access to my house, gil, and all of my progress OR that will be a $10 fantasia, please. If you design a game around how one character can do all things, then I don't see how that philosophy cannot extend to aesthetics as well.

Crossdressing is only an issue for 1%-2% of the population.
The reason female Hrothgar isn't coming out at the same time as male viera is because of how much time it takes to model gear in this game. Making them work twice as hard to make female clothes for males and male clothes for females doubles the time and resources needed for this.

Instead of crossdressing I think more hairstyles, more glamours, and hats/helmets for viera/hrothgar are more pressing problems in the game.