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Gender lock still on or dropped ?
KamikazeKite
Member Posts: 38
Watching this 
the narrator talking about gender lock might have been dropped but theres no concrete evidence that this is right. Does anyone here know anything about it ?
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Gender lock is in, although PearlAbyss are somewhat denying it. By that I mean, they are trying to make male and female versions of the same class (see the Wizard and Sorceress who will be the male/female counterparts respectively) but they will both be gender-specific classes. There will also apparently be no female Predator class (the giant with the two axes).
Unlike in other MMOs, I imagine character creation in Black Desert will have you pick your class first, not your race/gender.
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I think it's because they are a small company, they don't really have the resources to expand the class options to all races, and to all genders.
I love it tbh...anything to add more diversity. To the people qqing about it...really guys, get a date out of the game and stop staring at some chicks ass. Just saying.
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A new post by the pearl abyss devs states they are still considering adding a female version of the giant/predator class. And they confirmed that there will be gender-based classes (i.e., distinctive male and female versions of a class which will not play the same).
I found this on their facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pearl.Abyss.Black.Desert
"PearlAbyss (????) Yes, we are preparing each genders of classes, but each genders will be personalize by skills and stats. It not totally same.
We can't tell about business model now, it depends on which model publisher decides."
Sooo I guess the gender lock thing is dropped
They're saying the gender lock is in, lol.
Don't you read?
There are gender-distinctive classes. So for archer, there will be a male and a female VERSION of the same class, but they won't be exactly the same. Likewise with the mage/wizard. In other words, there are more differences than just a penis or lackthereof.
They also say on their facebook page that they haven't decided whether to make a female Giant yet.
"PearlAbyss (????) we will make each genders of classes (not sure Giant class yet). You should know that male and female has a little different, we mean they are all personalized. We don't want to make it same and just look different. "
right... cuz thats the reason we want both version of each class.. listen to what people are saying before you jump to insane conclusions.. its about diversity and options
Hah, I guess I read: We are preparing genders for every class.
I try guys, but english is obviously not everybody's first language. Don't hate on me for bringing information.
If that's gonna stop you from buying a game, fine, but don't pretend that we won't buy it for that. The game looks great and we don't all have to look at a chick's ass to enjoy a game. Get a date out of the game like someone else said.
Diablo 2 sold millions of units and locked genders did not make everyone turn their back on it. There was enough classes for each genders and it fitted in perfectly. The same thing will happen in black desert after release, but now, we just have a small minority that are mad about it.
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Yesterdays consumer is not necessarily today's or tomorrows consumer. What game companies could get away with in the past will not necessarily fly with consumers who have more choices and more gaming experience.
Gender locking is developer lazyiness/cost cutting.It's yesterday.
I would never accept that constraint.
It's not lazyness. It does not make sense for a man to be a valkyry without the (ie) in it.
You talk about lazyness when black desert is gonna have the best graphics of all mmo's. I think they're going mostly for a realistic approach in the name of men and women.
Last thing, the fighting style of each classes looks to be mainly or girly based on their animations.
You're totally wrong too. When you say cusumer, i bet you mean yourself. I'm sure you don't play call of duty or battlefield just coz you can't make a female. Don't you play GTA too because there has never been a playable female.
Think about what you're about to post before you write and click post message.
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making a class only have one gender available REMOVES diversity. Allowing certain classes to only be male and certain other classes to only be female means any of these locked classes are less diverse.
you are complaining about guys should go out and get a date, complaining that they stare at chicks ass, but then celebrate the possibility that they do not have the choice to play that same class as a male. the are FORCED TO PLAY IT AS FEMALE
exactly what were you thinking when you said this?
To YOU it is a non-issue, but to others it is a real issue.
Personally, this is a deal breaker for me. Period. Moving on...
i don't get what the fuss is about..
They did say they will have both female and male version variants for the same class.
Even if they play different they will probably have shared skills, etc, otherwise it won be same class.
From a guess, i would think 80-90% of skills will be the same. Even if theyr skill names will be diffrent, they should perform similar or the same way , no?
The only problem i see if they split them. Forr example fire mages are male, and watter mages are females. Which i agree, i wouldn't like.
I actualy like the idea that a female archer will play different than a male archer.
In most. games, both female and male have same strengths, wear same armor (i can trade me armor which i wear as a female to a male character, and the male version has way more covarage lol) which is quite funny and it's not roleplaying
If you guys watch game of thrones, in my opinion, for female to play equaly they would have to look like "Brienne of Tarth"
Well basically , more man like. Which i wouldn't like.
In one game, a guy was complaining in the forum, thats males can get + 1 to swordplay, while females could get + 1 sewing .I laughed so hard.the difference wasn't that big, it meant you had to work extra as a female to be better than a male in swordplay.
I'm not biased or anything, but females and males are DIFFERENT. If not everyone one of us would be gay lol.
Most games however ignore this, and thus you got used with it.
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Yeah exactly. I'm a bit disappointed too, but game-breaking? Over-reaction or hysterical fuss-making.
And on the other side, I quite like the idea of treating the sexes differently (e.g. the Brienne of Tarth point). In many games in the past, females had different stats than males, e.g. males having higher STR, but females having higher DEX. That seems sort of right and vaguely "realistic" (so far as an abstraction goes) - a class could easily have gender variations like this, and it work well.
Although, going back to the "anti" side again, AoC tried that for a while and it didn't work well - but that's because they didn't do it right, and it was a bit of an oversight.
Whatever, the idea that choice is being removed when the choice between a female and male avatar actually counts for something and makes some sort of gameplay difference, and isn't just aesthetic, is nonsensical.