gender locked classes

[Soulreaper656]

Why is this a thing ? this game prides itself on class build variety but you cant pick a female wizard just why?

[Maxamar]

I feel you don't really want to play a female Nerco or a black paladin for that matter choice would be nice.

[Lywelyn]

if gender lock is a deal breaker for you, which is understeandable, there are other games that offer the same if not better experience without this deal breaking experience.

[Venom Raven]

I agree its lame but it halves the amount of voice actors they need.

[Maxamar]

Originally posted by Venom Raven:

I agree its lame but it halves the amount of voice actors they need.

This is why I am all for AI voices for games

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

PLEASE stop making this thread over and over; there are plenty of existing threads you can contribute to.

Personally, I honestly don't care one way or another; it's clear that this game has had a rough road to development, and if skipping gender selection lets them finally launch the game, I'm fine with that.

[Ayk-]

Originally posted by Maxamar:

Originally posted by Venom Raven:

I agree its lame but it halves the amount of voice actors they need.

This is why I am all for AI voices for games

Then prepare for mediocre, repetitive voices in all your games.

[Kaelortis]

Originally posted by < This is Dota, ♥♥♥♥♥! >:

Gender is what you feel, not what you see.

if you walk around feeling people to find out what gender they are, you need to be in prison....

[FhqwhTODD]

Originally posted by Ayk-:

Then prepare for mediocre, repetitive voices in all your games.

We already had that when Jennifer Hale and Steve Blum were in every game.

[Pondera the Radio Angel]

I was actually talking with my wife about this recently.

Anyone remember Diablo 2? There's a reason why Carbot uses the sounds and voices from that despite there being two more games of content to draw from. You hear a sound, like the Sorceress' death cry, you instantly know which class it is. I imagine the developers are going for a similar thing here.

Besides, I imagine character customization is damn hard to do, what with modeling each and every piece of gear around it, and very easy to screw up. Go ask modern blizzard how that's going. I can definitely see an exodus from D4 happening on the 21st, and I will be one of them.

Bliz screwed up WoW, and drove me to FF14. Now, they messed up Diablo and...well...here we are.

[scream1x]

Agree.A f♥♥♥♥♥g dumb idea

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

Originally posted by GBGJ:

I was actually talking with my wife about this recently.

Anyone remember Diablo 2? There's a reason why Carbot uses the sounds and voices from that despite there being two more games of content to draw from. You hear a sound, like the Sorceress' death cry, you instantly know which class it is. I imagine the developers are going for a similar thing here.

Besides, I imagine character customization is damn hard to do, what with modeling each and every piece of gear around it, and very easy to screw up. Go ask modern blizzard how that's going. I can definitely see an exodus from D4 happening on the 21st, and I will be one of them.

Bliz screwed up WoW, and drove me to FF14. Now, they messed up Diablo and...well...here we are.

See, I agree with this. Fixed characters are honestly more immersive for me than customized characters, because they have a personality of their own (even if only in memes).

[Diomedes]

Originally posted by GBGJ:

I was actually talking with my wife about this recently.

Anyone remember Diablo 2? There's a reason why Carbot uses the sounds and voices from that despite there being two more games of content to draw from. You hear a sound, like the Sorceress' death cry, you instantly know which class it is. I imagine the developers are going for a similar thing here.

Besides, I imagine character customization is damn hard to do, what with modeling each and every piece of gear around it, and very easy to screw up. Go ask modern blizzard how that's going. I can definitely see an exodus from D4 happening on the 21st, and I will be one of them.

Bliz screwed up WoW, and drove me to FF14. Now, they messed up Diablo and...well...here we are.

Ehhh Diablo 2 did that specifically due to resource and technology limitations over anything else. Using a 24 year old game as some kind of "see, they did it" example is not a good argument. It would be nice down the road if all the characters could be customizable in some ways. I have a feeling, that we may see that after release in MTX, which I would be fine with.

[Modest Mauser]

Originally posted by GBGJ:

I was actually talking with my wife about this recently.

Anyone remember Diablo 2? There's a reason why Carbot uses the sounds and voices from that despite there being two more games of content to draw from. You hear a sound, like the Sorceress' death cry, you instantly know which class it is. I imagine the developers are going for a similar thing here.

Besides, I imagine character customization is damn hard to do, what with modeling each and every piece of gear around it, and very easy to screw up. Go ask modern blizzard how that's going. I can definitely see an exodus from D4 happening on the 21st, and I will be one of them.

Bliz screwed up WoW, and drove me to FF14. Now, they messed up Diablo and...well...here we are.

Yeah, I agree with this. I like when characters have...y'know, character and aren't some cookie cutter dude I made. You can't hardly tell a good story when you have to cater to everyone's wants.

Also, I played FF14 at launch for a year or two. It was insanely terrible. If you had an hour now and then to burn, then don't even bother. It takes that long just to check the obtuse auction house. My point is, ♥♥♥♥ my awful IRL "friends" for making me do this.

[XDeathxReconX]

Because it doesn't need to cater to you. If it's a male it's a male, get over it. Do you not play Halo because you can't make master chief a girl?

[Martoq]

The cynic in me thinks they have done it this way to sell the alternate genders as a cosmetic MTX. I know I would actually buy it if it happened. I'm a guy, I enjoy a game more where I can make my character the same sex as me.

The only game where I enjoyed playing as the female characters was Marvel Heroes Omega, and that was because I was a fan of the heroes and their backstories. Most games don't have that level of world building so if it is a female protagonist I lose interest in the game. Tomb Raider series and Horizon Zero Dawn being two examples that I lost interest in playing.