(08-02-2015, 05:00 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: you seriphyn etc.
Could you elaborate? I can't speak for the OP but the reason I'm so passionate about seeing more of the established darker themes in-game is because they're directly tied to my character's purpose - both in terms of his controversial heritage and the fact that he's a diplomat.
Racist characters are interesting - especially if they have a good reason to be the way that they are. A soldier who fought against the Garlean invaders and lost his comrades during the Battle of Carteanau is very likely to distrust anyone and anything related to the Garlean Empire.
So when that soldier meets a Garlean who happens to be reasonable and morally pure...there's a good deal of room for interesting conflict in my opinion.
It's also pretty hard to portray a diplomat effectively if everybody's characters get along with no issue.
I'd like to think I'm being pretty reasonable in suggesting that it'd be pretty cool if there was more racism in-game - it's supported by the lore, provides intriguing conflict and it's by no means 'forced' when the setting often portrays such things as existing.
If it were a push for, let's say...more discrimination based on one's sexuality than I could understand the backlash, criticism and aversion. After all, Eorzeans are shown to be very sexually liberated and I'm 99% certain that we've got developer statements backing up the fact that sexuality isn't typically a point of discrimination throughout Eorzea.
