Dragon Priestess.9760

I do not care, I just want reassurance. It doesn't matter to me if they are purposefully holding it back, I just want to know it's there. I just want to know that I have something to look forward to.

Expletives? I've not seen a single F-bomb in the entire game.

Didn't really need to hear Braham's drunk rambling. I wanted to pull my hair out.

I spend equal time on both PvE and WvW.

Sometimes WvW gets boring because my alliance tends to drop out on tiers they don't like....... can't play if there's no one else around. Cough, Tarnished Coast.

They are a business and I am a customer.

Collections. Collections everywhere.

Eh, you should always keep alts if not just for the birthday gifts ;P

Why is this even important at all to people.

How about we get proper interact-able npcs instead of debating about their bedroom lives? I'd like to hear more stories.

Turn down character model limit.

Done!

> @"Edelweiss.4261" said:

> > @"Dragon Priestess.9760" said:

> > The dragons should NOT have a gender. Thinking of them as people is silly imo. They are ABOVE people, they are sentient forces of nature that are far above any silly human concept like 'gender'

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> > Giving Elder dragons genders is demeaning to their status.

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> Okay, well I guess that seems fair. They've been treating the elder dragons as human since Mordremoth, though, so I think they abandoned the "sentient forces of nature" idea.

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> > Plus i'm really not into the lgbt representation in media thing. People should make games as they want without having to care about politics. It becomes less about the story and more pandering to the lgbt audience.

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> I'm betting this is the real reason. What makes you think people aren't making games as they want without caring about politics? Just because you wouldn't include them in your stories does not mean the same of others. Do you get upset about the blatant pandering to cishet white males in the vast majority of video games? Did you get upset when 'V' from Cyberpunk was changed to be a man on the cover so as to better sell to men? I doubt it. Our mere existence shouldn't be considered political.

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I'm not sure who 'V' is, but changing a character to appeal to an audience seems bad to me. ( I don't really consider myself a gamer, I pretty much stay strictly within the niches of singleplayer openworld fantasy rpgs and fantasy mmorpgs. So I'm not well versed on what's popular nowadays.)

She retired?

The dragons should NOT have a gender. Thinking of them as people is silly imo. They are ABOVE people, they are sentient forces of nature that are far above any silly human concept like 'gender'

Giving Elder dragons genders is demeaning to their status.

Plus i'm really not into the lgbt representation in media thing. People should make games as they want without having to care about politics. It becomes less about the story and more pandering to the lgbt audience.

Like, out of ALL the issues surrounding the game and announcement - people are choosing to make a fuss about the perceived gender of a dragon. This is so alien to me.

Not really for me, especially the Skyscale ones. The only Skyscale bodies I really like are the thin ones like the Axejaw and Shimmerwing.

The 'Aztec' looking Jackal skin is lit tho. I want.

I'm not sure if this is a large enough resolution for you? I can get some closer shots if needed:


> @"AgentMoore.9453" said:

> Ironically, in this same area, you can overhear what sounds like a man and woman flirting with each other in the garden. One suggests a walk and the other says they work hard enough lifting their wine. Turn the corner and you'll see it's a female NPC and another female NPC with a male's voice.

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> Interpret that how you will, but I imagine the renown heart and this NPC interaction are both just products of bugs or RNG rather than any purposeful effort to support or reject representation.

Agree. Probably just flukes.

> @"Hoover.6394" said:

> > @"Dragon Priestess.9760" said:

> > I'm not heterosexual either but I don't really see why this is a big deal. They have tonnes of more important things in the game to fix than the gay/straight ratio of characters.

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> > It feels really... shallow, to me, to care so much about something so unimportant.

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> If it was originally designed like this then well maybe it’s not that big a deal, but if they spent time to changed it to be hetero only then that’s a bad move...

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Only way to know for sure is to check out and compare game code.

I'm not heterosexual either but I don't really see why this is a big deal. They have tonnes of more important things in the game to fix than the gay/straight ratio of characters.

It feels really... shallow, to me, to care so much about something so unimportant.

For example: as a Lesbian I'd LOVE to see more sexy lady armour, but it's not really that important, either.

I'd rather they fix the quest and gameplay bugs the have that actually effect the game performance.

I don't care anymore. I got my frustration out. Now I'm just sitting here kinda wondering how tomorrow's going to be when everyone gets back from Labour Day weekend.

Oh boy.

> @"Ryukai.6524" said:

> > @"Dragon Priestess.9760" said:

> > Well, they can't be sexless since they (seem to) reproduce sexually. I bet they are hermaphroditic.

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> You can have egg laying species that consist of only females and are not hermaphroditic.

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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_whiptail

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> edit: what is grammar

I have something to research today, Parthenogenesis!

This is a new concept for me, so thanks for the information!

Skyscale and Raptor.

Well, they can't be sexless since they (seem to) reproduce sexually. I bet they are hermaphroditic.

I wish we could 'turn off' the star effect. I don't like it. I want to see my character's skin.

Like the Aurene outfit and the gw2 emblem outfit, I don't think this outfit fits at all in this world. I'd rather not have it added in game. I'm in favour of more world-friendly civilian outfits.

I hope I get mine. I haven't got mine yet D:

Some of the people in Anet (cough) seem to think we are after them.

We are NOT after you. It's NOT you that we are upset at.

We're upset at the bad advertisement choices used yesterday, the deceptive marketing and the lack of a clear roadmap for the future.

We are scared that the game we love is slowly fizzling out, we don't know what we have to be excited for, to show us that this game is still going strong.

I've only been here since last Halloween, but I've spent several hundred dollars on living world episodes, and the gemstore - because I love the game and want to support it. But now I'm too nervous, I'm afraid there's something going on that we don't know about. So I will be holding my money until we get some clarity. I don't want to spend money if this game is going to be gone next year.