petition for a video game where everything is pretty much normal fantasy stuff except all the female armor is sensible, protective armor and all the males get sexy, stupidly skimpy stuff like leather thongs
I would play that! š
~Ozzie
I buy that game just purely based of the fact that it’s got the gumption to do something different, so I want to see what else they might do different rather than just recycle the same tropes over and over and over and over.
Iām excited for this game. I really am. It has things you can do and mechanics in it unlike any other mmorpg that I personally at least have witnessed (such asĀ [x], and thatās just a few). And Iām not going to gloss over the fact that I have seen female armor in it that literally covers the avatar from head to toe. (see link again, for example) It also has a mechanic that allows for the conversion of stats from one armor to another, allowing you to keep a look without sacrificing stats.
But Iām also not going to gloss over the fact that Iām pretty sure that costs you, though thereās a slight chance Iām wrong. Or that nonprotective ridiculous and ridiculously gratuitous āarmorsā are ever present in this game anyway. (Something I shouldnāt be surprised about, seeing as how the makers ofĀ RiftĀ had a hand in this game.) Or that they have the oddest shoot-self-in-foot ad campaign for a game that turns around and has more than one (which, sadly, is saying something for mmoās these days) sensible armor for females, or turns around and has a trailer likeĀ thisĀ that helps showcase that theyĀ canĀ make females who arenāt pulling you out of the story with incongruous scanty dressing.
But the biggest offense about the armor pictured above? Aside from the fact that it arguablyĀ bingoās? Arguably twice at miniumum? Probably definitively if we could look at a 360 model?
Thatās right. If you want to support the soon-to-be-f2p-when-released game by giving them at least a hundred of your dollars, and you happen to want a female bodied toon, then bad news if you want one thatās sensibly armored. Your āI supported this game before it was even officially released!ā banner will be an infamous overglorified bikini armor. Stones and Glass Phoenix that you donāt use nearly as often bedamned.
I justā¦
Iām sending them an email over my discontent. Likely it will fall on deaf ears, but maybe the sound of my money going back into my pocket as well will helpā¦
Now I understand that the MMORPG market is a highly lucrative, but also incredibly competitive one – but seriously guys – alienating women by making all their costumes softcore porn material is not going to help you!
Particularly when your MMORPG can be summed up as ābasically like most other MMOsā.
Pretty much all their material seems to highlight the massive disparities between male and female characterās attire, but the one that struck me most was on the PVP was āworld changingā:
Is there some massive war being fought over the morality of women wearing pants into battle? Ā Is there some great institution which outlaws worthwhile armor and pants for women in this strange world?
ā«DOUBLE STANDARDS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SKYYYY!ā«
~Ozzie
I love how the female version has no face plate, just in case there was any confusion about the gender beneath the armor – we have to see those full lips.
