What determines what gender you choose for your characters?

[d3r14k]

Originally Posted by Caiu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can the character natively cast a spell? Female
If not then male.

I'm not sure I understand the word natively in this context. Are all spellcasters natively able to cast spells?

As per the discussion, I've not played a female character in an MMO. I don't judge guys that do, but I've always tried to identify with characters I play and that's more difficult for me if the character is female.

I've heard the argument that "well I don't want to stare at a guy's ass for 200 hours while I play my character". This makes less sense on EQ where the ass is 50 pixels rather than something like Overwatch where the asses are gargantuan, pixelated perfection. I realize that's a crap example because it's an FPS, but you get my meaning.