POE 2: Class Gender Lock is a Step Backwards

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Ashgan9#6435 wrote:

But that's the thing tho, it doesn't change anything

It may not change the outcome of the story, but to say it doesn't change anything is a bit disingenuous. There are individualities with the characters that would lose meaning if it was just changed to fit with anything. I can only assume this will be the case in PoE2 as well. Again my opinion, if the story doesn't matter to you I can see why the chosen gender doesn't matter, but for those that like RPGs for the stories told its nice that it is told.

who cares about this stuff

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auspexa#1404 wrote:

who cares about this stuff

there are a lot of people who dont care for it. and also a lot who do care for it. the fact this topic has been brought up many times and this thread has multiple pages shows that there are at least 2 groups of people who are debating about the issue

If you dont like that dont play

It's sad if any1 see this game like this

If you have gender problems manage that in your life

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NightCicer#2430 wrote:

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Ashgan9#6435 wrote:

But that's the thing tho, it doesn't change anything

It may not change the outcome of the story, but to say it doesn't change anything is a bit disingenuous. There are individualities with the characters that would lose meaning if it was just changed to fit with anything. I can only assume this will be the case in PoE2 as well. Again my opinion, if the story doesn't matter to you I can see why the chosen gender doesn't matter, but for those that like RPGs for the stories told its nice that it is told.

not to dismiss you too much. coz your opinion is valid. you want a good story for your character that you're playing. just that different games have different focus points. ideally we want characters to be more fleshed out EVEN when theres different options.

divinity 2 does this exceedingly well as each named character has a distinct look and very unique character driven storylines.

this all happens because in that game the characters are a huge selling point of the game. similarly no ones asking for a female kratos or a fat kratos. we want to play as kratos and see how his story leads him and his struggles. it is his unique story.

you have to admit its a bit disingenuous to pretend the hero individualities of a game like POE means anything. heck, we can summarize every single character story of each character class in poe in a short paragraph.

i do get that there IS value. i do appreciate how peity likes the duelist's ass. i do appreciate that the shadow always has some snarky thing to say when he crits.

but thats all so paper thin. there barely is much value beyond that. have you played titanquest? grimdawn? monster hunter? each of those games have a story. none of them care about the player character. the story moves forward regardless. its the same with poe.

and if we're being super honest about caring about characterization. why are you not asking for POE to have just 1 character base model? POE could be made to be like mass effect where you get either a male or female shepard. we can have tons of voicelines and even get PROPER characterization for our exile.

and to be honest with you, i would actually prefer this over having 6 different character models which has paper thin personality/stories.

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AintCare#6513 wrote:

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exsea#1724 wrote:

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auspexa#1404 wrote:

who cares about this stuff

there are a lot of people who dont care for it. and also a lot who do care for it. the fact this topic has been brought up many times and this thread has multiple pages shows that there are at least 2 groups of people who are debating about the issue

2 groups: the baters and the bated

yeah for sure its bait and i ll bite. have fun enjoying the free entertainment.

dont feed the trolls

OP is just trying to bait us into a gender war.

Pretty low on my list of priorities for the game, but I do agree. I would like to choose my character's gender.

I'd like to play a Ranger in PoE who isn't a self-righteous, insufferable whinger, but that's what I have to work with. If GGG makes alternate character skins available, it'll be because the resulting revenues will help keep the lights on, not to satisfy anyone's personal quirks. Pretty sure it won't be anytime soon.

The real question is, will the Dance MTXs transfer over to PoE Deuce, and will GGG create more (unlikely, since it appears I'm the only one who ever even uses 'em) for the other classes? =0[.]o=