Has BioWare's policy of diversity started to become mainstream?

I don't think that matters. Engage the arguments, not the one making them, that's the whole issue here.
You are repeating the same mistake I pointed out before, you are assuming that arguments are being made in bad faith.

And while I'm sure that many arguments ARE being made in bad faith, *from both sides of the debate*, if you are interested in any kind of rational dialogue you have to let your assumptions and prejudice go.

And because most people don't do that it resulted in the current political environment.
Basically it's another version of "an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind".

Mind you, that doesn't mean that you need to be naive, but if someone's first reaction to the mildest of criticism is to start screeching about misogyny (like the aforementioned female game dev on twitter), all you are really doing is helping generate more toxicity and ill will.

You won't make the "gaming community" a more pleasant place by acting like an authoritarian asshole. People don't tend to respond well to that.

I think you are missing my point here.

There are plenty of ways you can use to make visual customization in such a game without breaking anything about the lore.
For example, there are many variants of Storm-Trooper armor in the SW lore, there are many cool-looking aliens as well.
Something like that would sell like crazy if other MMOs are any indications, but it just wasn't "all the money, now" I suppose.


That's good in theory, but Hollywood had already proven how easy it is to make people believe things about history or "realism" even when they are pure BS, sure, some people do follow-up to check the real history, etc. but I suspect that most people don't.

The thing is, there's no real reason NOT to stick to the facts when it comes to the portrayal of the world etc.
People who play a game about WW2 usually have some interest in the setting, you literally have nothing to lose by making an attempt to stay faithful to the facts. (aside from gameplay at least, but when it comes to that the separation is done for a very good reason)