Body Hair for males.

[Riixie]

True but as I said in the OP, this game isn't solely for the Japanese. It's ported to many different countries, with their own cultures. Again for those not understanding as well... this would be optional for those wanting this option we're forced to have what is already there, there is no option for those wanting this...

It would also have to be an option on global in game scale client side. Even if the Japanese themselves don't use the body hair option, their servers are open to all subscribers (except maybe China bc they have their own thing going). An Un-named-nationality player can hairy themselves up and go running around the JP servers and disgust all the players on a level akin to seeing bikini clad babe in Sunday morning Mass. SO it can potentially affect the rating of the game in Japan.

[Merylx]

It would also have to be an option on global in game scale client side. Even if the Japanese themselves don't use the body hair option, their servers are open to all subscribers (except maybe China bc they have their own thing going). An Un-named-nationality player can hairy themselves up and go running around the JP servers and disgust all the players on a level akin to seeing bikini clad babe in Sunday morning Mass. SO it can potentially affect the rating of the game in Japan.

Wow, really? It would affect the Japanese community that badly? I guess I come from an entirely different culture/country, but I'm shocked.

[Cynfael]

Wow, really? It would affect the Japanese community that badly? I guess I come from an entirely different culture/country, but I'm shocked.

People are exaggerating a bit. It's not like the Japanese are all devoid of body hair and have never seen it before....

[Shioban]

People are exaggerating a bit. It's not like the Japanese are all devoid of body hair and have never seen it before....

It's not that.

It's the fact that in the media it's seen as inappropriate to reveal body-hair.

That's about the height of the argument against it, that's probably the reason.



Where-as we transpose our thoughts over to Guild Wars 2 made by Americans;

[Cynfael]

It's not that.

It's the fact that in the media it's seen as inappropriate to reveal body-hair.

That's about the height of the argument against it, that's probably the reason.



Where-as we transpose our thoughts over to Guild Wars 2 made by Americans;

The concern is still a bit overblown. Body hair isn't THAT scandalous to most Japanese people. Some people in this thread make it out as if it were tantamount to flashing naughty bits :P

[Shioban]

The concern is still a bit overblown. Body hair isn't THAT scandalous to most Japanese people. Some people in this thread make it out as if it were tantamount to flashing naughty bits :P

Yet again, people aren't reading the most important bit of what I wrote.

It's the fact that in the media it's seen as inappropriate to reveal body-hair.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

Not sure if you're joking or not...

But changing a diffuse texture, adding in new Bump-Mapping + Specular Highlighting maps for this would require no more than a new piece of gear/hairstyle would.

It's simply another layered 3D Mesh ontop of the current mesh (and or new skin textures to avoid a 3D model overlay (such as beards/hair/tattoos))

not joking
the ps3 is at its limits now.

[Shioban]

not joking
the ps3 is at its limits now.

Not joking.
You clearly don't understand how basic 3D geometry and texture memory allocation works.


Adding in body hair would be no more off an addition than any other simple object or piece of gear.

[Radacci]

[Squa11_Leonhart]

Not joking.
You clearly don't understand how basic 3D geometry and texture memory allocation works.

You clearly don't understand how the PS3 is on the brink of its available memory usage with what is available in the game now.