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(03-17-2015, 02:58 PM)Iex Wrote: Think people should remember this is a Japanese game therefore will have an aesthetic of that region of the world for their entertainment. (See movies, cartoons/anime, other games, toys, and so on.) Not to mention the US is a 'secondary' market so data from those servers would likely be considered secondary to data from Japanese servers. Before 2.0 there was not even female Highlander or Roegadyn to be played. (Nor Miqo'te males.)
The smaller and softer female vs Male is a consistent trope for all the races except Lalafell which fall into the "cute race" trope. Even the "amazon" Roegadyn females can be dropped short enough to be confused with Highlanders. Female character models actually have the largest height change allowance (Roegadyn females being the cap of that for now).
(03-17-2015, 03:03 PM)Wymsical Wrote: Dogberry touched on this but to reiterate; we didn't have female Roegadyn, female Highlanders or male Miqo'te before and now we have more choices for their addition. Variety that they didn't have to add and that is certainly welcome. Actually, something that might make players of the first two (and everyone) happier is having customization options for the vanilla races expanded. We know they're trying for different and more varied options on Au Ra, so why not an update to the old races to give them similarly numerous choices? Better variety would probably bring some people back to the vanilla races as well.
Yeah, to be very honest, if they had not introduced female roegadyns, I would not be playing this game. I don't really like the overly pretty aesthetics Japanese RPGs tend to employ. I prefer some grit. Even with roegadyn females, the race selection is pretty weak for a RPer who prefers a more....D&D like selection of races. I am definitely NOT the target demographic for this game. I'm not that much of an anime fan except for a few that really stand out. (Points at avatar, Ranma 1/2
)This game is amazing which is ultimately why I am here despite not liking the aesthetic too much. But I gotta love my character or I won't be able to get into a MMO no matter how awesome it is.
Fortunately, I really like female roegadyns, so. :3