I love gender/race locking if it fits the lore. Why even have gender or different kinds of races if everybody is the same:( I swear people will complain about anything. Just might as well have char's without gender or race, just go play one of the other mmo's where nobody is different.
No real interest in BD.. but to me gender locking and class/racial distinction is a GOOD thing. I am so tired of everyone being everything. Screw that.
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No real interest in BD.. but to me gender locking and class/racial distinction is a GOOD thing. I am so tired of everyone being everything. Screw that.
You mean everyone being one thing they want to be?
Your statement is pretty unsound sorry. I would like to pick it apart more but generally it doesn't make any sense. Minimal gender locking can be ok at times but it is a tool which should be done with care (Amazons are ok for Example). Black desert has clearly gone overboard in the wrong directions. Most of the characters look like twins of each other its a rather insane art style for an MMO. Gender is a major part of peoples characters which people want to personalize. Forcing thousands of players to give into your minimalistic and boring view of the world, at such a basic level as gender, just for your aesthetic pleasure is insane.
Part of the gender lock is Asian Lore. Giants are born from the earth, and they are all male. Hence, the Berserker (Giant in Korea and Japan) is only a male class. Sorceresses are Demons (both male and female) that make a pact with a human female - for some reason they don't make pacts with males - granting their power, so all Sorceresses are female. The Warrior and Valkyrie were supposed to be different genders of essentially the same character, but somewhere along the way the Valkyries got heals and some Divine attacks. The Blader and Puluhmb (sp?), when they release in NA, are male and female versions of Samurais, and Konouchis are female Ninjas. They only class without a similar but opposite gender variant that could have one is the Ranger.
I would guess that if the game does well, we will see a Templar (true healer male) or a Paladin (male variant of the Valkyrie, maybe carrying a Halberd) and a Crusader (Female warrior carrying a two handed sword that is more DPS and less tank), and possibly a Bard (uses a bow and blade, but also a musical instrument) as the foile of the Ranger.
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I hate it because to me it limits the characters I can be, I play to BECOME my character so I don't play females. And Asian developers do this because it's how they see the different roles men and woman take in life, Its a sexist vision really. You WILL only see this in asian mmos but if someone has one that isn't post it and I will insert foot in mouth. And I actually read this somewhere here before I just can remember what post but found it very interesting. Ever wonder why Females are always a caster or bow type class lol are they not strong enough to be warriors?
Shadowbane had Fury and Assasin locked as female only. And warlock was male only. I'm certain there's other examples of western MMO gender locking out there but I can't think of them at the moment.
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Personally I do not like it at all.
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Your statement is pretty unsound sorry. I would like to pick it apart more but generally it doesn't make any sense. Minimal gender locking can be ok at times but it is a tool which should be done with care (Amazons are ok for Example). Black desert has clearly gone overboard in the wrong directions. Most of the characters look like twins of each other its a rather insane art style for an MMO. Gender is a major part of peoples characters which people want to personalize. Forcing thousands of players to give into your minimalistic and boring view of the world, at such a basic level as gender, just for your aesthetic pleasure is insane.
Screw that.
I would guess that if the game does well, we will see a Templar (true healer male) or a Paladin (male variant of the Valkyrie, maybe carrying a Halberd) and a Crusader (Female warrior carrying a two handed sword that is more DPS and less tank), and possibly a Bard (uses a bow and blade, but also a musical instrument) as the foile of the Ranger.
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I find it ironic that some of these guys are getting their panties in a bind over this!
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