TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »ESO has an overwhelmingly male player base but when you look at healers it seems to be dominated by women. Why is this?
TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »From pug groups to the sweaties the healers are more often than not women and the tanks and dps are more often than not men.
TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »From pug groups to the sweaties the healers are more often than not women and the tanks and dps are more often than not men.
And you know this how? Avatars’ genders are by no means reflective of the genders of the players behind them.
TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »ESO has an overwhelmingly male player base but when you look at healers it seems to be dominated by women. Why is this?
Overwhelmingly? Got stats on that?
Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »Women (IMO) tend to be more compassionate, so it's natural to want to heal and care.
TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »From pug groups to the sweaties the healers are more often than not women and the tanks and dps are more often than not men.
And you know this how? Avatars’ genders are by no means reflective of the genders of the players behind them.
Because voice chat exists?
Freakin_Hytte wrote: »TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »ESO has an overwhelmingly male player base but when you look at healers it seems to be dominated by women. Why is this?
Overwhelmingly? Got stats on that?
Lol come on, do you seriously believe the playerbase is even between males and females in eso?
TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »From pug groups to the sweaties the healers are more often than not women and the tanks and dps are more often than not men.
And you know this how? Avatars’ genders are by no means reflective of the genders of the players behind them.
Because voice chat exists?
TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »From pug groups to the sweaties the healers are more often than not women and the tanks and dps are more often than not men.
And you know this how? Avatars’ genders are by no means reflective of the genders of the players behind them.
Because voice chat exists?
And you have been in voice with a statistically significant sample of the player base? When there are 13 million active accounts?
Your personal sample would also be biased according to players who prefer to be in voice and to do activities that require voice, not to mention platform and megaserver (unless you split your time equally between all six).
Why not ask why more men prefer to join in voice chat with strangers in a multiplayer game? You’d also have to account for players who mute — perhaps women happen to mute more often than men, in light of the perceived gap between women and men in video gaming? Society tends to construes video gaming as stereotypically “a guy thing” — just like the stereotype of the NFL. Stereotyping says football is a “man’s game” and women don’t like it generally speaking. But that’s not what the stats say.
You need statistically significant numbers if you want to make this about anything other than your particular experiences.
Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »Women (IMO) tend to be more compassionate, so it's natural to want to heal and care.