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English Lady
Jun Member 2023

English Lady

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Why have you made the female characters flat chested? I'm not flat chested in real life and I don't want to go around like that in the game, I'm a woman, I don't want to be a pseudo male.

Also, the hands are waaaay too big, in the current game and in this update they look even more ridiculous.

I wish we could make our characters taller or smaller too.

12-Feb-2021 06:33:46

RIPanda

RIPanda

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People don't like beautiful women. It's not enough to make a realist beautiful avatar. The avatars should look like 40 yr old women who have had 5 kids and can hardly walk because she's so unfit... we need avatars that look like that to fight dragons with so ugly people don't feel bad about their body image.

I don't like women with a 6 pack. Its very intimidating.

I'm glad only the man has a hulk sized 6 pack.

We need to be realist about and protect women's self conscience disgust of their own body image.

Also, trans people play this game so the women avatars need huge hands.

I can't wait to be the hulk!!! 6/2(1+2)=
6/2*1(1+2)=

NEIN!

12-Feb-2021 09:34:52 - Last edited on 12-Feb-2021 09:36:49 by RIPanda

Deltaslug

Deltaslug

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You're aware there are people that are physically taller or shorter than their player avatars?
You're aware there are players that don't have the hair color (or even hair) of their player avatar?
Players aren't always the skin tone of their player avatar?
Players aren't always the current weight/build of their player avatar?
That there are players that may not have the ability to use their arm or legs?

Unlike other games, simplifying the player avatar to one of 2 basic builds (1 for men, 1 for women) is likely to limit issues that may occur when it comes to the player avatar interacting with things in the game world. It also probably makes the jobs of the character artists a lot easier when they come out with new clothes and gear for the player character to equip.

So while it might be nice to have the ability to resize, change your body weight or chest size, or go around without 1 leg or arm, or any of the other bits ... you have a 20 year old game that would need ALL of its graphics updated and probably a lot of old in game items removed to accommodate what you want so that the graphical team doesn't have to spend 2 years re-texturing a few mundane in game basic shirts to fit the several qunintillion possible iterations of character models you're wanting to do.

12-Feb-2021 15:30:28

RIPanda

RIPanda

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^ but, why does the new women avatar look so repulsively unhealthy compared to the absolutely ripped male hulk avatar? That repulsive new women avatar could barely stand up irl let alone carry a sword and armour. I don't mind tho because I get to be hulk. 6/2(1+2)=
6/2*1(1+2)=

NEIN!

12-Feb-2021 16:15:22

Fox Totem
Dec Member 2023

Fox Totem

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For years I've wanted a breast reduction option for my character. The top heavy look combined with the oversized hands/arms made the character look very ridiculous. Especially with some of the armor/outfits. They seem designed more for guy players than for girls.

I know that the player base is at least 80-85 percent male and that boobs sell. But if you are going to hype your inclusion campaign (changes, (having gay npc's / changing names of other npc's to be more politically correct) you should be consistent. It seems hypocritcal to continue to make all female characters look so silicone infested.

I welcome "player avatar refresh" and hope the end result will be more choice for body design that is reflected in armor/costume options. The point of the journey is not to arrive.

12-Feb-2021 18:51:10

Roland Lyons
Mar Member 2014

Roland Lyons

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Fox Totem said :
For years I've wanted a breast reduction option for my character. The top heavy look combined with the oversized hands/arms made the character look very ridiculous. Especially with some of the armor/outfits. They seem designed more for guy players than for girls.

I know that the player base is at least 80-85 percent male and that boobs sell. But if you are going to hype your inclusion campaign (changes, (having gay npc's / changing names of other npc's to be more politically correct) you should be consistent. It seems hypocritcal to continue to make all female characters look so silicone infested.

I welcome "player avatar refresh" and hope the end result will be more choice for body design that is reflected in armor/costume options. A campaign so inclusive that it makes OP feel excluded.
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13-Feb-2021 04:03:55

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