Gender restrictions according to Gamespot? | Forums

[Voidrek]

Yeah, they could definitely add the missing gender options post release, just make sure you speak up about it during the upcoming Alpha. There will probably be a feedback section dedicated solely to Customization.

I wouldn't mind paying money for this type of DLC. As long as maps and modes are free so the playerbase doesn't get split, I am perfectly OK with having to pay real money for the more cosmetic DLC.

The only reason to gender-lock the newer classes is lack of time prior to release. As said, the female Raider looks pretty jacked in her own right and no one is complaining about her. She actually looks pretty awesome. I doubt anyone would be upset about a female Lawbringer, Warlord or Shugoki.

And that is just the female omissions, the male ones are just as annoying. Spears are already rare enough in games and both spear class weapons in this game are limited to female-only classes. Then you have the Peacekeepers, which pretty much resemble a Rogue pulled out of a fantasy setting, and they are also limited to women characters only.

Oh well, I don't want to rant and rave too much about this. Like I said, just leave feedback during the Alpha about this. Even people who aren't too miffed about the gender restrictions can help us if they support us with feedback as well.

Actually, now I wonder if we will get a chance to play any of these newer classes during the upcoming Alpha...? Hopefully so, but I guess we will have to wait and see.

[WhoDaresWins]

I get the feeling this is a case of the models/animations for certain genders not being complete in time. Gamespot ran with it as "THERE ARE GENDER LOCKS!" when in reality, it's gender locked for the demo and by beta/release there won't be a lock.

[iHunny]

I get the feeling this is a case of the models/animations for certain genders not being complete in time. Gamespot ran with it as "THERE ARE GENDER LOCKS!" when in reality, it's gender locked for the demo and by beta/release there won't be a lock.

Hope you are right.

[Voidrek]

Unfortunately, there was a twitter response to a direct question about female Samurai options that pretty much confirms the gender locked classes. Here is the link:

https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/765923792799531008

As I said, I would definitely offer feedback on this during the Alpha. I am sure the devs would like to add these options themselves if they had the time. They were pretty psyched about full customization and gender was always one of the first things mentioned when referring to it. So this has to be a decision made reluctantly due to lack of time.

But as post release content, I could definitely see this being a possibility.

[jackofett93]

I hope my favourite class Orochi (samurai assassin) isn't gender locked

[Demonbird]

A bit confused as to why you can't be a female Warlord, I mean I understand why Valkyrie and Nobushi are gender locked due to their names, though I'd prefer it if they had all genders available for all heroes because it'd be nice to see a variety of body types for both male and female characters. Like I don't like playing my male characters with huge muscles, and I'm sure some women wouldn't want to play small, frail characters but instead, big hulking ones like the Shugoki, and I'd like to see a male Nobushi as I prefer to have smaller characters that reflect what I'm like.

[Voidrek]

Does Nobushi refer to a female specifically? I don't speak Japanese so the best I could do was google it and from what I gathered it seems like more of a general term and not female specific. But my info is flimsy at best, lol.

Anyway, I don't think that those two class names would hold them back on creating the alt gender options. The ability to choose your character's gender seemed like a top priority from the dev team if their earlier comments were anything to go by and this is evident in the fact that the first six classes released had full gender options. Now, with only six months remaining, they must have felt they were running out of time and so the option to switch gender ended up on the cutting room floor for the remaining six classes.

Hopefully this is something that can be remedied over time with updates.

[Demonbird]

Does Nobushi refer to a female specifically? I don't speak Japanese so the best I could do was google it and from what I gathered it seems like more of a general term and not female specific. But my info is flimsy at best, lol.

Anyway, I don't think that those two class names would hold them back on creating the alt gender options. The ability to choose your character's gender seemed like a top priority from the dev team if their earlier comments were anything to go by and this is evident in the fact that the first six classes released had full gender options. Now, with only six months remaining, they mush have felt they were running out of time and so the option to switch gender ended up on the cutting room floor for the remaining six classes.

Hopefully this is something that can be remedied over time with updates.

I might be getting it confused with the Onna-bugeisha, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-bugeisha but in Japan the naginata was mostly associated with women. I can't speak Japanese myself so it's just stuff I know from looking up stuff on Wikipedia.

[handheld brando]

I might be getting it confused with the Onna-bugeisha, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-bugeisha but in Japan the naginata was mostly associated with women. I can't speak Japanese myself so it's just stuff I know from looking up stuff on Wikipedia.

That is incorrect.

It wasn't mostly associated with Women. There was both a male and female version of a Naginata. The male version was the O-Naginata and the female version was called the Ko-Naginata because it was both smaller and lighter weight to compensate the smaller female stature.

[Demonbird]

That is incorrect.

It wasn't mostly associated with Women. There was both a male and female version of a Naginata. The male version was the O-Naginata and the female version was called the Ko-Naginata because it was both smaller and lighter weight to compensate the smaller female stature.

Ah thanks for telling me that! I didn't know. So do you feel it'd work with both male and female Naginata users?