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I can think of one.
Money.
Perhaps a new Tengu mini could be a hint towards this? Who knows, I am semi optimistic.
What does a Tengu mini have to do with this? I fail to see your logic.
Just because our focus has historically been on men doesn’t mean it should be that way. Tradition alone is not a good reason to say that something is how it should be. As we’re evolving as a society, it’s slowly and painfully starting to become more egalitarian. Other groups are starting to step out of the shadows, and that doesn’t mean that we have “dongle envy” as it was previously put. It just reflects a societal evolution, that has been much needed.
Prior to 1920 women weren’t allowed to vote, and up until then it was normal, the way it had always been. However, society evolved, and came to the general conclusion that just because it was tradition, didn’t make it right. I can bring up countless examples of this happening throughout history; why are we assuming that we’re past the point of evolution and that no more strides toward equality can or should be made. Just because a woman, or a person of color, or a gay person, or any other underrepresented group wants to be represented, doesn’t mean that they have any sort of envy for the largely over-represented group.
For those of you aching for a “leading male character”, why can’t it be your character? Really? Of course Brahm didn’t save the day, YOU did. If you play a male character in the game, it can be argued that there was in fact, a strong male character who has had a lot of screen time, will continue to get a lot of screen time, has done many heroic acts, and is generally likable, cast as a leading character in the Living Story. And from what I can gather about what’s in store for Season 2 and how it’ll put the player more at the center of things (supposedly, this is based on an article I read that had an interview with a Dev), that slot is already filled.
Because all the necessary roles are already accounted for. Also, you didn’t answer the question. Would you be content if Rox or Taimi were male?
We can have as many roles as Arena Net deem fit, they can create roles upon demand, like they did with Taimi.
To answer your question no, I would not (And likely most men here) be content if Rox or Taimi were male, you are essentially asking for female characters to be removed in favor of male and the majority of people in this topic do not want that.
I have not read a single solid and logical reason as to why a new male lead can not be introduced.
I still haven’t seen a solid and logical reason as to why we need a new male lead. Someone else pointed out that the role of “Hero” is the player, so if you need a new male lead, why can’t it be your character?
All the men that are in this thread, calling for “more representation” need to realize that they’re arguing from a position of privilege. For the most part, our (Western) culture largely caters to men- from sports and video games, to all forms of media. Under representation, in the bigger picture of things, is not an issue at all. If you can’t get past the fact that a character is a female, then I would argue that there’s a larger problem than the fact that there were half as many men in the story- you’ve been conditioned to believe that your privilege is normal, and even earned. THAT should say something about our society.
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All of the above are awesome gold making strategies. I’m still too low level on my main to be able to do a lot of the dungeons and stuff, so I had to make my own plan. It’s still not nearly as profitable as a lot of the other tried and true ways, but I’ve found that converting laurels to gold is pretty easy. I’ve been buying the 10-pack of unidentified dyes and selling them on the trading post. I just made 13 gold off of that alone, last night. I know it’s not a lot, but it does add up.