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(03-17-2015, 03:14 PM)Flickering Ember Wrote:(03-17-2015, 03:04 PM)Aya Wrote:(03-17-2015, 02:59 PM)Verad Wrote: I get it, really. It would be much better if the Au Ra were used to help provide a transformative, progressive model of character design in verisimilitude by having non-standard, non-idealized body types. I'm sorry that didn't happen.What bothers me is the degree of sexual dimorphism introduced simply to appeal to conventional notions of attractiveness: Males can be beastly. Females cannot.
I don't care for that. The style of the race should make sense as a holistic whole. It doesn't, and the reason is because they were afraid the player base would reject a beastly female. I don't see a positive in this, though it is not surprising.
I'm just going to quote this for emphasis because Aya is much better at wording things than I am. This is the reason why I don't like the sexual dimorphism in Au Ra.
Fourthed.
Now, people who want to play Au Ra females...the question is if they'll still play them if they weren't all Barbies-with-Horns, but closer to the males. Same idea if people would still play Miqo'te if they looked like Khajiit.
My problem is that the quote from SE basically says they value fan service over artistic integrity. This may or may not set a negative precedent for FFXIV in the future. Prejudicially and unfairly, I therefore see anyone playing Fem Ra as complicit in supporting this sort of fan service and justifying SE's belief that they should cater with KAWAIIÂ first and making a realistic world second.
On the other hand, I suppose it's a cultural thing. FFXIV is a Japanese MMO, and complaining about the aesthetic would be like going to Texas and yelling JESUS WHY IS IT SO TEXAN HERE.