@JumpedKitty6810 To address the specific problem of fixing muscle mass that you can't normally see, while you are in the salon there should be a button option (think it's RB for Xbox, no idea what it would be on PC) that will cycle through normal view, removing outfit/outerwear (just basewear), just innerwear, and lastly a sort of "built-in innerwear" so the characters aren't completely nude but have all "aftermarket" clothing removed. So no matter what you have on your character, using this option will strip them down enough to address muscle mass adjustments (although you will need the Salon Pass to make that adjustment, if I'm not mistaken).

And that's what makes this lack of a feature all the more confusing. In the salon we can literally strip down absolutely any created character down to purchased innerwear or even the in-game permanent default (wonder if they'll ever make that something we can put on our characters outside of the Salon), and then scroll down to the "Emote Test" option and have them do their little chair/pole dance all day long. Every player (or at least those who have those specific emotes) can do this. It's not like having our characters run around the lobby in their skivvies is going to "expose the children's virgin eyes" to anything they can't set up themselves already. I mean, yea, there is a slight difference between putting one character on a pole/chair in the salon for our own eyes, and walking into a lobby with like 30 different characters all shakin' their money makers. But only slight.

And it's not like NOT having this feature has made the area chat "tame" in any way. Don't know what ya'll see on ships 1 and 3 but on ship 2....some players are just straight up disgusting with what they're vomiting onto the screen for everyone to see. If Sega's holding out on this for any sort of ratings/censorship reasons, they really need to stop worrying about it and focus more on fixing THAT.

@Blackichan08 That only shows all the ones I have done so far. It gives no indication of how many there are left for me to do.

Either my Bing-fu is weak or this is hidden really, really well, but does anyone happen to have a list of all the story "chapters?" Trying to get a read on how many I have left before I've finished Episode 3 so I know how much I need to focus on this to get it done in time for Episode 4. And I'd like to know what to expect when it, and Episodes 5 and 6, drop as well.

It does feel immensely frustrating that the one true "all class" weapon is so useless and requires the most unused stat to equip, meaning you basically have to purposefully tailor your skill tree to equipping it but it's still going to be garbage. One would think Bouncer and especially Braver would at least be able to excel with it as both focus on DEX and Braver specifically translates DEX into MEL and RNG perfectly fitting the Gunblade's dual stat structure. Yet even running a combination of Gunner and Ranger to give every boost to RNG can't make the ranged mode normal attack viable for anything other than needling enemies for PP, and even Hunter and Fighter combos jacking up MEL can't make the melee mode feel viable in the slightest.

I don't expect them to be the be-all, end-all of DPS but they should at least be "competitive" enough to be worth using. And definitely need more tech-supporting options. I mean really, who isn't intrigued by the idea o a gunblade-wielding battle mage? Even if they're never "as powerful" as Rods, Wands, or Talises they can still be a heck of a lot better than what they are. Versatility should not require sacrificing all utility.

@Princesse-Jen Pretty much my reaction, too. Like their entire research "process" involved typing "Murica" into a Reddit search and based all their conclusions on the memes that popped up. Buddy of mine and I always joke about how meme-worthy Japanese interpretations of other cultures tend to be. Now, to be fair, the same can be said of pretty much any and every other culture trying to mimic another. Without true, lived experience (or at least a ton of research into those who have it) all anyone really has to work with is stereotypes and generalizations. Which leaves us with the choice of getting butthurt over it, or just laughing at how absurdly ridiculous it is.

@GamerKillance Political Correctness is entirely about subversive censorship of anything that might be perceived as even remotely offensive or even controversial, and thus the removal of anything in existence that fits either description. So, yea, it kinda is a Political Correctness issue. We get a clearly US-centric event and rather than the Canadians saying "Oh this is wild, can't wait to see what they do for Canada Day" and taking to the forums to offer their suggestions, or Mexicans saying "Oh, y'know you missed a chance to put out a Cinco de Mayo themed event and it's not like the whole "battle against insurmountable odds" motif would be that difficult to translate into the game so I really hope you can come up with something in time for next year," what we get is "OMG! Imperialism! Slavery! Conquest! Oppression! Genocide! Japan confusing Independence Day with Christmas and filling the lobby with decorated evergreens is giving me PTSD! REMOVE IT ALL! NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN! I AM SO ASHAMED OF YOU ALL!"

Screw that.

That's even more ignorant than thinking Canada Day is about chugging syrup and having poutine eating contests or that Cinco de Mayo is just some alcoholic's fabricated excuse to get blitzed. Which is to say it's pretty damn ignorant, and to demand that the event be not only cancelled for the short term but fully removed in the long term all because of one person's (or even a tiny group's) feelings are that it's "offensive" somehow is selfish, narcissistic, and the embodiment of everything that is wrong with Political Correctness.

@GamerKillance and produce games that are dry, lifeless, dull, boring husks with no sense of culture or personality because doing so might hint at something that somebody might find offensive. Political correctness is a plague.

@Yememi These are from the NA version, so the names will likely be quite different from the JP version.

@Tarkus There's a song by Freak Kitchen called "Morons" that explains it simply enough. "Why do we let morons rule the world? Cause I'm a moron, too. And so, my friend, are you." If there is one good thing that comes out of all the controversy around Trump's administration it's that many, many people on the Left are finally waking up and seeing the puppet strings they've been dancing on for so many years.

@NovaStarOne I genuinely expected that to be playing in-game when I logged in, or at least an instrumental rendition of it to keep within ESRB ratings. It would really push the ridiculous satire of this whole thing.

@SleeprunnerInc GMs have already responded. They're "farming for feedback regarding future events," it would seem. Not sure whether that translates to "people want more representation so we're looking to design even more events like this" or "loudmouths are getting butt-hurt over this event, we're cancelling all such events to avoid further offending the perpetually offended blat-babies."

@Tarkus I think it has less to do with "self hate" and more to do with what has come to be called "virtue signalling." It is, in essence, purely about image. They don't actually believe in anything that they're pushing. Not to get TOO overly political here but think about the current issue with seeing "racism" in absolutely everything, and certain political figures jumping at the opportunity to blame the other side and claim that if we hadn't allowed someone from that party to "seize power" (like elections aren't a thing in America) this party would have solved ALL the race issues of the world....even though when THEY had "the power" and even had a BLACK (actually only half black and his lineage traces back to slave TRADERS rather than slave "survivors" but that's neither here nor there) they not only point-blank refused to do anything about the issue, they blatantly and intentionally fanned the flames of racial prejudice and division.

Someone once broke it down like this: one side "loves" the poor and oppressed, so much so that they want EVERYONE to be poor and oppressed so that they can continue to proclaim themselves the "champions of the poor and oppressed." And they are so desperate to maintain that image that they will subvert and sabotage any and all attempts at addressing the underlying issues. Meanwhile the other side "loves" the rich and powerful so much that they want EVERYONE to be rich and powerful, so much so that there's no boundaries or restrictions and the only ones who can succeed seem to be those willing to stab as many backs, slit as many throats, and step on as many heads as they can to "climb the ladder" and those who are more passive get buried.

Both sides do a lot of talking about what they'd change "if" they had control yet never do anything when they have it.

Someone else put it in a rather simple yet profound way: I hear all this talk about right wing vs left wing and how one or the other should be done away with. What you idiots never seem to grasp is that BOTH wings are part of the SAME DAMN BIRD. You can't destroy a part without crippling the whole."