Hi. I can't play atrox characters, and since I consider atrox the optimal breed for a few professions, nor can I play those professions. I'd feel gimped the entire time. I realise all breeds are viable for all professions but my personal preference for a few (enfo, soldier) is atrox and so I can't roll any of those, though ironically they'd probably be my favourite profs.
Why can't I roll an enfo? Because I'm female, a pretty important part of my identity, and while I'd be willing to play a physically asexual character and just handwave that her gender identity is female, the atrox breed has no remotely female or even agender faces. Which is odd, because being physically asexual doesn't mean one can't have a traditional binary gender identity - and many atroxes seem to, what with the extreme, practical-joke level masculinity on display in their head rotation. Why do no atrox heads offer longer, traditionally feminine hairstyles?
I'm a woman, my gender identity is female and I don't like portraying myself to be other than that, so I can't play atroxes. I realize you can always have a helmet, but under it there's a (pretty damn gross) extremely masculine face. It's incredibly off-putting.
Could there please be even just one remotely feminine looking atrox head on offer?
I realize it might seem pretty damn strange for someone to be so fixated on being able to present their correct gender in a game, but all I can say is people have different priorities. I need my character's presentation to mesh with my presentation in real life in order to feel comfortable playing as her.