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Are Classes Gender Locked ?
Shadanwolf
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I'm guessing they are but if someone knows ? Please let us all know.
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I don't understand why a company forces players to play a character they cannot identify with ? They spend millions on the game and just want to save money on art work etc ?
What is funny is how the game forum light up about something the customers do not want but yet the game company says no we are going to do this. Then the game company runs around wondering why they failed....lol...it is kinda funny to watch though.
I find in this particular game it has to do with lore. B&S seem to be similar.
It was their own decision to tie their hands with restrictive lore that forced gender locks on their own development. Why a company would purposefully write their lore in a way that restricts them from implementing simple-and-cheap features that would increase revenue (such as non-gender locked classes) is beyond me, but hey, if they want less money, more power to them I suppose.
I find it much worse when the lore says one thing and play allows something else.
If X is female in the lore then keep it female for play.
Same for male.
That is just basic internal consistency.
Something any good writer/creator strives for.
The writers of the game's lore, as employed by the company developing the game, had their own choice in how to write the lore. They decided to write the lore in a way that would gender lock classes. Whether or not the lore is deep did not require that decision, yet they decided on it anyways.
But hey, like I said, if they want less money because of less broad appeal, more power to them.
I've said this countless times before...
Most of the people who complain about gender lock have no problem playing other races. The fact that they have less difficulty relating to a wholly foreign race than another gender is baffling.
Next you'll want a paticular class and before long...dress them uniquely.
Whats wrong with you people?
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I don't like playing other races, or genders. I prefer all my characters to look the same. It may be utterly unimportant to YOU, but it is not utterly unimportant to millions of other players. That is why there should be options for players to play how they wish. You can choose to change your character, or you can choose not to. You should not expect to impose your preference upon others though. If there are choices you can still play how you prefer and others will play how they prefer.
Players should be able to create their own characters and their own stories, that is the difference between being a part of the game rather than just being along for the ride. I would prefer a game with no NPC's.. all players, all the books in the game written by players, all the monuments and statues to be of actual players, the wanted posters to be of players.. Of course mmorpgs are still far behind ever coming to that point. Maybe in the future..
Allowing players to at least create their own characters and story would be a good place to start however.
When the developer creates all the characters and stories it feels like the game might as well play itself too. What is the point of playing it?
I simply stated what I think.
What I will say is you shouldn't expect the writer/artist to bend to your will because you have a preference.
They created something and presented it. If you like it play it. If you don't then pass.
How often do people complain that everything is the same then turn around and complain when X didn't do what Y did? Often. It is leading to homogenization.
To this -> "Players should be able to create their own characters and their own stories, that is the difference between being a part of the game rather than just being along for the ride. I would prefer a game with no NPC's.. all players, all the books in the game written by players, all the monuments and statues to be of actual players, the wanted posters to be of players.. Of course mmorpgs are still far behind ever coming to that point. Maybe in the future.. "
That would be nice but there still needs to be a world full of lore as background and that fictional history shaped the world we arrive in.
Creating the setting and then letting the players create their own world from there is giving players a game to play. Creating the whole story and showing it to people is making a book or a movie, not a game to play. I buy games to play them, not have them play themselves.
I never said I wanted that.
Your having a debate with a point I never made.
And the Lore writers should come up with unique worlds people want to play in. Not necessarily every person. The world should have elements that set it apart from other games or what is the point of a new world. Classes with lore specific limitations is one tool to achieve that. I am not saying you need to like that particular tool.