part 2

Part 2

Gamigo, I don't even know if those staff work with you anymore on ArcheAge, but please prove to us that a community cry out can bring change, prove you're a different company and that this time the game will be handled differently. Let us have our fun, let the ones that want it have it.

Everything broken down here proves that it's not about the cost, how "badass" it looks, and definitely not about the age rating of the game. This screams of a personal vendetta by the staffs personal values who are working on the western archeage team. There's no excuse at this point, it's nothing to do with the game or making profit, because you know the age rating allows this costume in the game, and you know that you will make profit from it, it's really as simple as that. As a company you should be focused on making money while listening to player feedback giving us what we want. Personal values should not be imposed onto the playerbase, but here it is evident that this is the case.

If games as popular as Fortnite and League of Legends pull off characters like Evelynn with her sexy almost naked body and suggestive voice lines, I'm sure you can handle implementing an obscure halloween outfit that people who don't play ArcheAge won't even know about, that even fits with the theme it portrays, a halloween succubus. You'll be fine Gamigo, don't worry. I'm sure you'll survive that massive media backlash.

Please Gamigo, the community is begging you, please release it once and for all, if not for the launch of AA:U, release it later for Halloween. Please just stop giving brick wall answers that have no weight, only to ignore all rebuttals against what you say, show us that you care, and at least acknowledge these glaring inconsistencies, at least give us some hope that there's a chance in the future, based on all this evidence to why you should add it. Acknowledge that you've read this feedback.

I put so much effort into writing this because this is my strong push for AA:U to essentially be the perfect game, if we were to also get the succubus costume. To receive a flat out "No" with no explanation was such a buzzkill for the game, as I'm sure it was for many others. Partly due to the outfit itself, and partly due to possible future outfits also being held back. Glamour and fashion, and the way your character looks is such an important part of an mmo, some mmo's literally live on fashion, and even games like Tera, if we have to be honest largely lives off its cosmetics, and the sexy ones especially. So, so much for the "sexy costumes don't really sell well" they absolutely do and you know it. We're going to spend hours grinding, and we want something nice to look at, and want the full spectrum of choice added by XLgames to express ourselves through our characters, we're not asking new costumes to be made, we just want what's already available, and I don't think that's much to ask. We are your PAYING customers, we pay for the game, a service, the least you could do is treat us like adults with enough respect to let us make our own decisions on what we want in the game and how we want to express our characters, with outfits that have already been created and approved by the developers themselves and in every other region. Please stop holding us back.

I thought I might add in the end here some snide remarks to reddit user Gilwork45 which shows their personal bias against this costume:

"Glad I could get back to you regarding this important-to-you topic. Enjoy the rest of the costumes that AA has to offer. I'm sure there are plenty that will help you with your rare tastes. If not, there are sites for that kind of thing. I'm sure you're familiar. Cheers, Muzzle"

I can't believe a customer support member would even talk to a player like that, you're glad you could get back to him regarding this 'important-to-him' topic? Implying that he's one of the only few bothered by this and no one else cares? You're sure there's plenty of costumes that will help him with his rare tastes, and there are websites for that kind of thing? Implying he only wants the costume to.. you know what? Is that all women dressed in sexy outfits are worth? and is that the only reason your players want it? Because they're perverts? And of course you're sure he's familiar with those websites because it would be something he visits often, for him to even want this costume. Is this how to treat a customer? Is this what legacy AA players used to go through?

Gamigo/Trion, you could have had such a successful company so many years ago, if you would only listen to and respect your players, instead of lie to them and tell them you know what they want better than they do. Let this be a new leaf for the company, for the players, let us have the succubus costume. Do the right thing Gamigo, whoever works there now, blow this game up like it deserves. Or please feel free to tell us the real reason why not. WHY, why do you take such a hard stance on this?


TL;DR -
-"There is a line, and this crossed over it. We asked that XL put leather pants on the costume and it'd be good to go, but there were no updates for that, so there was no release."
They say boobs are not the problem, just add pants, while this is in the game already https://i.imgur.com/BhxKEPx.png Gamigo.. WHY....How?

-Maturity rating on the game has nothing to do with it and has been debunked, adding the costume is fine for the games rating, and games with lower rating have way more sexualized costumes. Archeage itself has more sexual swimsuits than the succubus costume. So not adding it makes absolutely no sense and is genuinely confusing.
-It not being added because it's not "badass" is also a lie, yata costumes exist and other ridiculous overdone and revealing non-badass costumes exist in the game. It's also sexist to say females look weak when they look sexy.
-Just don't release it for Dwarf if that's a problem. Though there should be no problem with it.
-Most of the CM's excuses for not adding it are just filler words that don't even relate to the costume itself.
-Adding it would 100% gain them profit, by far, not even an argument or a question.
-Doesn't cost them anything to create because it's already created in other regions.
-No one wants an edited version with pants or anything changed at all.
-Nothing they've said proves anything and has been wholly contradictions, it is proven that there's no reason they shouldn't add the costume other than their own personal values and bias against it. It's a personal problem, not a money, business, rating, or player problem.

Which is unacceptable to impose onto your playerbase. I know this post was overkill, but someone had to do it, as probably the biggest post ever made on the succubus costume, I hope you respond or acknowledge this Gamigo and do the right thing for your players.

I hope this reaches the right people.

I urge anyone else supporting this cause to spread this thread around and create awareness of this blatant censorship, let it be known. We need to make this happen, and I believe we have the power to.

At the end of the day, it passes the age rating, how subjectively "badass" it is doesn't matter at all and contradicts itself with the yata costume, and no doubt they would make mountains of profit. There's no reason between finances nor the playerbase why this costume shouldn't come out, the only reason it shouldn't come out is due to the personal biases of the staff working at Gamigo/ex Trion devs. We've heard enough empty excuses, don't drag gender politics into Unchained, games are about fun and escapism. Just release the costume.

PS I noticed with the graphics update video you released, you included the succubus costume in it at 2:15 - https://youtu.be/19twc1MT1Dk?t=135 Hmm.. let's hope this wasn't a mistake :)