It would be cool to finally have a black person living in the hotel. I like the characters and love the storyline so far but we have only one dark-skinned character and that is Ann, whom we can't do much with, at least so far, and is an elf. I'm not complaining or anything but it would be nice to have at least a little more variety in the main cast.
This is a fantasy world. It does NOT represent the real world. And even if it would, there are areas in the world with little to no variety in skin colour. Like China. Or Japan. Or Saudi-Arabia. Or South Africa. Or Norway.
Is it OK to ask for a white character in a game set in South Africa? No? Well, same applies here.
Or, in other words, if I want the Iron Hills represented from Tolkien, I want no elves or krakens there. Because that's not where those belong. That's a dwarven territory, and they ain't welcoming.
Not everything must be a melting pot, most settings aren't. Go away!
How did you get this triggered over a request for diversity? Syl’Anar is literally a melting pot of human races that colonized elvish land, this means ALL humans are not native to Syl’Anar, but you’re pissed off specifically about the black ones? Even just the request for it? There are even black elves in Syl’Anar already. Are you stupid or blind?
Hey, you do realize that white people make up a good chunk of South Africa, right? They make up roughly 7.27% of the population according to the 2022 census so it wouldn't be illogical or unreasonable to have white people in a game based on that area. I understand your point though but please realize that my opinion had no political meaning or anything to do with wokeness. It was simply an opinion and that is it. I did go more in depth about my reasoning in a comment further down so if that helps with understanding a bit of where I'm coming from then that is good. I had no intention of starting any drama. Have a nice day.
Thank you :)
Yeah, there isn’t a huge diversity of skin color in the main cast. It’s not something I prioritize, I just create a character until I’m happy with them.
What you see in game reflects me and my upbringing, so it will naturally be biased to my experiences. What we need is more writers and developers from different backgrounds and cultures creating and writing stories.
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I honestly didn't ask out of "political correctness" or anything like that. I asked about it based on the observation of the characters in the game and the limited amount of human culture we experience other than a "lot of humans want slaves and think less of elves" and " and "some humans aren't so bad and like elves". It would also answer some questions about if you need to be at least related to a dark elves to have dark skin, which Maria and Ashley don't even though they have dark elf DNA and Maria being half a dark elf, and Nala is basically a campaign side character so we don't interact with her much. Nala so far appears to be human and is darked-skinned but does that mean she is fully human or is she mixed, things like that leave me with questions that I would like answered in the story and adding a dark-skinned character to forefront (I don't mean making the character the face of the game or anything like that but as another main love interest or a at least as a side story like Jin, Nia, and Hana) of the story will add a bit diversity to the game of course but It would give more opportunities to explore a bit more of the human side of culture in the game. I wasn't trying to make waves or call out the creator in any way but just stating an opinion about the game as a fan who has been playing for years. While it would be a nice addition to the game and I said something because thought it would be nice, I don't expect it to happen nor did i mention it to try to get Runey to conform to modern social or political standards. I honestly didn't expect this to go this far or for people to get offended by my opinion and I should have expected that. This is my first time commenting on something and I'd thought that I would do it for a game I really enjoy so it sucks that this is how it turned out. Runey, I love the game so far and I'm sorry for the chaos I accidently caused.
You didn't cause the chaos, it's inherent to this thing we call the internet and it just happens, just like stupidity happens in mobs. I'm sorry it happened too but it's whatever. Maria is obviously darker skinned so not sure what you're on about there. Nala looks like she might have story significance, not sure what status she'll be given in the future. I don't think there needs to be a black main LI to have your questions answered, although IMHO if there's a hot black chick in a harem game she'd better be fuckable.
I see what you mean. I'm used to hanging in the background of things so this is out of the norm for me.
I'll give her another look over because I'm not sure how I missed that. I guess I'm just to busy look at her eyes and facial expressions.
I did also say side character also works but having them be a main or side will still answer questions but main will mean more interaction with the character is all I was thinking for that part.