Seeing as the word gender no longer has any connection to biological sex, now being merely something you identify as in any particular moment, all the characters are any of the 75+ (and counting) genders you want them to be... i guess?

I would simply like to be able to play with the same customised character i saved in the previous session, each and every time i load up the game, rather than have to create it over and over again or just play as random despite choosing the custom option... but saving a single custom character seems too much for the devs on console let alone only randomising characters of just one biological sex.

Don't know about the situation on console, but for customised characters to apply the server needs to allow this, if the server enforces randomisation you'll get a random character whether you want it or not. And I wonder if your customised character somehow gets reset or overwritten when this happens. It's not very intuitive the way it is designed on PC either...

As for the identifying as this or that I don't see how that would be relevant, all I want is the option to lock gender if I want to. So, even if the server enforces randomisation you will at least get the gender you want, if you want it that way.

Sorry to ping you @Geez but I just read through a depressing argument on twitter (sorry... "X") between two people I respect, where the suggested option in this ticket was mentioned.

Seriously guys, it would be a very nice option for players if you could force your character to be of a certain gender even when spawn is randomised. While I always strive to "play the hand I am dealt", I honestly have a hard time connecting to a female character and tend to care less about their well being, if I don't look for a way to off myself immediately. It is kind of a waste of time, so having an option to dodge that little issue would be nice. Not game-altering, but a nice QoL change.

Please consider it.