Female to Male Ratio

[Savo]

I'm rather intrigued that this thread has generated 12 pages of responses.  I guess it shows, aside from the very valid points made, that there really is some concern here.  I also started playing this game as a female Miqo and was immediately impressed at how utterly unoriginal the decision turned out to be.  What I find fascinating now is that the disproportion has persisted over the year or so that I have been playing.  It is rather challenging to make a female miqo stand out and I applaud everyone for the attempt.  

 

Sincerely

Savo

[War Bard]

When I was young, I used to exclusively play male characters because I was uncomfortable with the flak I'd get for being a woman playing an MMO (my WoW server at the time was...not pleasant). I eventually grew out of that and started to appreciate the idea of female characters getting to do cool stuff, so now I've essentially flipped around since I play women exclusively.

 

I've never actually thought about it much before now.

 

At any rate, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to disapprove of anyone playing what they'd prefer/are comfortable with. Gaming is supposed to be fun, after all.

I also started with playing male characters because back in the 90s online gaming was very much a sausage fest. There was a certain "girls don't know how to play" mentality that meant if you played a female character, you could pretty much count on no one taking you along for endgame content unless you wanted to be someone's gf.

 

I played a rugged male ranger for years. No one ever thought I was a girl.

 

P.S. My character here is a half midlander, half highlander. It was a decision based entirely off my love for highlander lore and still needing a reason for her to grow up accepted by Gridanian society- her mom was a midlander conjurer.

[Berrod Armstrong]

I play 8 males in game. I have a crapton of female NPCS as well -- including a particular one at my FC house. Honestly, I lean toward playing males because it's just default to me. I don't even think about it beyond, 'I'mma play with dudemanz'. I play masculine males, feminine males, the inbetweenies, the undefined...honestly, I just pick a person that I want to represent and cram them into a toon -- who I then choose to be male simply because I lean naturally toward that preference in play. 

 

I MEAN THEY AIN'T BAD TO LOOK AT, EITHER, SOMETIMES I FETISHIZE THE SHIT OUT OF THEM IN MY OWN ROTTEN MIND AND

 

 

 

Just about simple fun for me, tbh!