Glorious Alpha Two Testers!
Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
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I mean, if we're talking two consenting adults it has to ok if we're going down the no limits path, right?
Don't laugh, It wasn't THAT long ago than gay relationships were strictly taboo in almost every society. No limits means no limits,
If you don't want to use the marriage system, don't use it.
I typically ignore general chat anyways.
But, if people are going to debate about marriage, they will debate about regardless of whether it's a roleplay-only wedding or a marriage system which includes in-game benefits.
Really there is nothing to debate since the game will have the system, regardless.
I just want to play a game and get away from all the real world crap.
I knew a gay couple who married in a RP setting in TERA online about 4 years ago because it was considered illegal in their country. They found a way to escape real life and create their happiness surrounded by their online friends.
That same type of escape can be true for someone else. Same way you want to get away from the real world, so do others. It's just a different type of escapism.
In ancient societies, it was a status symbol for males to take on other male companions. It's when we involve other factors such as religion, social status, etc where homosexuality became taboo.
I am not attacking anyone's moral compass but I also don't believe in limitations. If we are looking to make these worlds a "fantasy" setting then be prepared for any and all fantasies to be present. Whether or not those fall under your personal beliefs or morality is another thing.
I believe they at least kept it to cousins and not brother-sister; parent-child type of stuff?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2010/09/tut-dna-dobbs/
I'd imagine if they don't boycott it from movies, music or books why they would have issues with it in a game.
In modern times though, gay marriage is totally acceptable in most of the world.
If the gods clearly exist, there wont be homosexuality, as it makes no logical sense if the gods made everyone.
Only point of sex is to reproduce.
It doesn't look like some of you thought of that at all.
I suppose there might be some sort of Sanguine Daedra style god who makes people gay in game, seems unlikely.
I don't actually know much about AOC gods.
My comment was based off of any logical being that creates a world, wouldn't create homosexuality.
I guess we will find out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sexual_behaviour
Multiple species exhibit sexual behavior outside of reproduction. The urge toward sexual behavior comes from neurohormones (especially dopamine) that also stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain. From an evolutionary standpoint it acts to encourage reproduction and in so doing, species survival. But on an individual level, it’s most certainly about seeking pleasure, whether that means from the act itself or satisfying the urge to reproduce and have offspring (the biological imperative). Either way it is always a pursuit of some kind of pleasure.
As to the comments about gods being “logical beings”, it is very logical to use pleasure as an incentive to direct human behavior. Whether that is to incentivize worship, or make followers attack those that displease you, or form a culture that you prefer. Pleasure and fear are the “carrot and stick” a divine being would use to control people. Remember that people aren’t robots or puppets but have free will and need to be goaded, not forced.
Sex is not the only point of marriage.