[Ziero]

Well the guy didn't outright say "no" to new races, just "Not at this time" to new genders. With races, he just said he wasn't able to comment on it yet.

[Pwnagraphic]

That and the 4th City-state give me a reason to believe there will be more races during beta or at launch.

[Malacite]

>.> note that I said SE could still do a female Rog, just that my argument against it was purely from an aesthetic PoV. Idk what the demand for it is, but if enough people want it then SE could/should do it. I think you're looking waaaaaaaay too much into it BBQ.

I'm still of the opinion unless a female Rog would look vastly different from the "male" it wouldn't be pretty... and believe me, you don't ever want to see Galka porn (damn Neko-Sentai....)

[ChocoboBunny]

Originally Posted by Malacite

>.> note that I said SE could still do a female Rog, just that my argument against it was purely from an aesthetic PoV. Idk what the demand for it is, but if enough people want it then SE could/should do it. I think you're looking waaaaaaaay too much into it BBQ.

I'm still of the opinion unless a female Rog would look vastly different from the "male" it wouldn't be pretty... and believe me, you don't ever want to see Galka porn (damn Neko-Sentai....)

There is never a demand if, there is no product, or even an hnt at a possible product. I am just saying haha... If they do not build it, no one will come.

[Malacite]

Hell they even have a model to work off of with Lehko Habhoka .

[Coinspinner]

Originally Posted by Omgwtfbbqkitten

I think its more to the ends of what Balfree said, Mithra and Miqo'te are something they put in the game to add some gender balance.

For Mithra, I think it is more likely that it was done to save on memory and speed up the art asset creation process. With Mico'te it might be the same, and there is also just that it was the status quo in FFXI, and they only reused the races to let people make identical characters so why put forth the effort, eh?

=/

Originally Posted by Omgwtfbbqkitten

I'm not saying the Mithra and Miqo'te are pure marketing ploys, but adding a male version of the race would just have another guy in hulking armor, just a strange one with a tail being the only difference.

The male need not automatically be a hulk. That's what has me interested in male Miqo'te; they could be a less bulky male. And female Roegadyn could be the hulking, or amazonian, female.

[hexx]

Originally Posted by Coinspinner

The male need not automatically be a hulk. That's what has me interested in male Miqo'te; they could be a less bulky male. And female Roegadyn could be the hulking, or amazonian, female.

Snoo snoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On topic: Sayin no to female Roegadyn on the assumption that they will resemble their male counter parts is kinda dumb, I mean hell, Malacite, you bring up Lekho Habhoka, when that little shit looks like a dykish mithra, nothing remotely "manly" about him. Hell, I first thought he was a mithra until the mummy-taru dude said "he" >.>

[Pwnagraphic]

Originally Posted by Malacite

I'm still of the opinion unless a female Rog would look vastly different from the "male" it wouldn't be pretty

Honestly, I think there is females, but they're so manly you can't tell the difference.

[Malacite]

>.> like that sprinter who's been in the news lately?

[Pwnagraphic]

That's a girl!?

[Coinspinner]

FFXIVCore.com - Dengeki interview with Tanaka

# There is non fighting content for crafting classes, but for advanced dungeons fighting will be necessary.

# Even if a skill gap is present among party members, kiling a monster will still grant combat skill increase.

# Different armor will have different skill requirements. Each weapon has corresponding gear paths. There is general purpose gear and skill purposed gear, example is fencers for increased speed of sword skill leveling.

:-O

Cool, we will be bitching at gimps who only bother to procure skillup gear.

While on our epic knitting quest.

[Malacite]

Originally Posted by Coinspinner

# Different armor will have different skill requirements. Each weapon has corresponding gear paths. There is general purpose gear and skill purposed gear, example is fencers for increased speed of sword skill leveling.

This is perhaps the most interesting detail so far with regards to the armoury system.

So we can effectively get gear to modify skill progression, and presumably other factors in relation to our skills? Holy crap, this is the equivalent of having +EXP armor in XI...

[Raydeus]

It seems interesting so far. We need Beta already.





And it's looking more and more like that License/Dressphere hybrid I was talking about the other day.

[Kailea]

so....this is starting to look like we cant choose our own gear?.... fail -.-

[jenova_9]

they only mean gear paths like the selection of gear Jobs in FFXI have as they level up based on the tiers of gear depending on the different skill levels out there.

You don't "have" to wear the next set of gear, you can just ignore it and equip the next tier of gear when your skill is high enough.

It's kind of like people might get Scale Armor, but might skip the Lizard armor stuff and stick with the Scale mail until they are able to equip Beetle armor. then Chainmail when they get out of Quifim, etc.

also they said there is "all-purpose gear" so there will be more variety of things to equip.