Gender locked classes ...whats up with that?

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does this feature confuse you or do you totally get it?

  1. I have no idea why this is a thing

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  2. I HAVE A THEORY!!!

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  3. I know exatly why this is a thing

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  1. Leachinator

    Leachinator [Jedi master general] Most Special Snowflake

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    Gender locking classes is such a weirdly irrational thing for developers/publishers to do. I mean it just makes no sense, how does a feature like that add value or fun to a game? it literally has no upside and its been pissing gamers off for years. Its not a deal breaker or anything but I genuinely don't understand why it still happens

    posted this in another thread but i was curious as to what others thought and didn't want to hijack
     
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    THEY DIDN T WANT TO SEE MEN DOING THE DANCING ANIMATION
     
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    Phantom Starlight The Guiding Light

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    I agree completely.
    It doesn't matter if I play a boy or a girl, I always find I want to play the LOCKED class
     
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    Are you reffering for example to tera?
    For me gender lock class is not really a burden and it make more sense in a way than having female heavy warior , heavy tank etc.
    And it s not because some doesnt like it that it make it irrational. Same for having same stat between men and women character , I find it illogical even for a game.
     
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    Asf 《《The aria of souls》》

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    Maybe they placed it because they want to stay true to the storyline.. as in, the archer girl or the male warrior.. and we are just playing classes aligned to it. But.. who cares about storyline much in an mmo right? Where every player is the chosen ones.. Theyre only good for lores and background story.. I personally think that implementing this is a very bad choice from the devs..
     
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    The story. Some character story and personality would be awkward for the other gender. By the way, there was actually no real downside to it.
     
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    amazoness and beserkers. some classes need to be gender locked to fit the description.
     
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    For me, it depends on the lore of the game. If it makes sense lore wise, then I don't really care. If it doesn't make sense and it's just done cause they can, then I'm confused, but then will probably play it anyways. Only example I can think of is D&D Drow. Only female Drow become clerics due to Lolth (chaotic evil female spider deity that nearly all Drow follow). Male Drow become wizards if they are skilled at magic, else fighters.
     
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  10. Leachinator

    Leachinator [Jedi master general] Most Special Snowflake

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    i know what you mean but I feel like that argument is only valid for realistic games like kingdom come deliverance (even then its questionable).
    the armor, weapons, and or ability used in games like Tera are equally ridiculous and unrealistic regardless of a characters gender, I mean no one is gonna be running around with a sword twice as big as they are just because they have testicles
     
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    the down side is that players who are into the RP element don't like to play cross gender
     
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    coveted Sexiest Banana Alive

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    I agree with this. It all depends with the lore. Sometimes, we just have to accept it if the lore is reasonable enough.
     
  13. Leachinator

    Leachinator [Jedi master general] Most Special Snowflake

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    lol that does kinda make sense
     
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    I dislike it when it creates an imbalance between the genders. Take Fire Emblem:Awakening for example. It's a great game but there is that one ability that makes almost all of the male characters way less useful than almost any female character.

    Basically as long as a gender locked class has something that is roughly equivalent for the other gender it's all good, even if it's slightly inferior. It's only when it gets extremely lopsided that it gets to me.

    It also wouldn't bother me if you had control of your character(s) gender.
     
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    I'll just imagine that my character is a feminine man..
    (Plays support and tank roles)
     
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    coveted Sexiest Banana Alive

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    Or Final Fantasy Tactics. A lot of awesome items are for female use only.

    Like the Male Blood Elf Paladins of World of Warcraft! Male Blood Elves are so girly.
     
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    well at least in Black Desert you can probably make women that look like men and men that look like women
     
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    sal880612m As I thought, love was a status effect! ~ICDS

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    Yep. If a man wants to tie a bow in his hair with a ribbon, he shouldn't need a special skill to do it.
     
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    transgender accessory equip get!
     
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    Bouh.

    I dont agree with the rp argument , for me It make it even more rp , it brings another rules. The problem is not that gender locking usually it s also rarely balance and with no equivalent.
    The avatar is an extension of ourself , if we can t play cross gender it s okay , this class was not mean for my gender well better have many classes.
    People are really spoil now that they got the choices to do anything.
    Before the hero was always a man , the cleric and archer usually a girl and the thief both. And it was not a huge problem, now we got many who have to adapt and be mix just to no be critisize.
     
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