Women and Armor!

[Aegis]

So then if my argument is a strawman, how'd you rate yours? You said yourself that other games mentioned in this thread are the low end of the bar, I have yet to see anything in game that is worse than these...



Surely a family oriented media company hasn't set the bar too low for even you?

I think I missed the film where Jessica Rabbit was a warrior swinging a battleaxe at a raging primal. If lounge singer were a job in this game, that gear would be very appropriate.

And if 1.0 is so practical, Why isn't the mage classes wearing armor? Why isn't the Bard/Ninja/Monk classes wearing armor? Hell, why in the real world don't we wear complete bodysuits on the level of bomb squad users? Why just a Kevlar vest?

Well, the fantasy trope for this (originally D&D-style game rules) is that heavy armour hinders intricate arm movements needed for casters and martial artists. Also, mages could wear heavy armour in 1.0.

And knights did wear full plate mail armour similar, infantry did wear everything from subligaria and harnesses to chain/scale mail. Shinobi did not wear plate armour. But, at no point in any culture's history did anyone ever think "You know what offers the greatest balance between cost/protection and mobility? A Battle bikini/miniskirt Combo!"

[Magis]

So then the second Ifrit does his inferno breath all cloth characters should burn to a crisp and the tank broils inside his metal armour?

How about when you get stabbed by a lonely imperial you hunch over and bleed to death?

Games are designed around suspension of disbelief. It's why you can take 100 bullets in Call of Duty, bleed out of your eyes for a bit, and then be right as rain.

[Gralna]

I think I missed the film where Jessica Rabbit was a warrior swinging a battleaxe at a raging primal. If lounge singer were a job in this game, that gear would be very appropriate.

Lol, so you're issue isn't even really if clothes/armor are too revealing, it's that they arn't realistic? This is a Fantasy game, it has Fantasy in it's title, we have giant fire-breathing dragons, people who can teleport halfway across the world in seconds, and a giant sentient crystal that chose you to be her champion... how is any of that realistic?

This isn't Sci-Fi where you're suppose to keep story on a foundation of possible reality, it's Fantasy, writers and artists can do whatever they want, and as long as their boss think it looks nice, it doesn't even need a foundation.

[Naelle]

Lol, so you're issue isn't even really if clothes/armor are too revealing, it's that they arn't realistic? This is a Fantasy game, it has Fantasy in it's title, we have giant fire-breathing dragons, people who can teleport halfway across the world in seconds, and a giant sentient crystal that chose you to be her champion... how is any of that realistic?

This isn't Sci-Fi where you're suppose to keep story on a foundation of possible reality, it's Fantasy, writers and artists can do whatever they want, and as long as their boss think it looks nice, it doesn't even need a foundation.

The crystal chose me, actually. Said so herself. Not sure I was comfortable though because on that giant crystal I saw not one scrap of clothing...

[Zedd702]

The crystal chose me, actually. Said so herself. Not sure I was comfortable though because on that giant crystal I saw not one scrap of clothing...

I agree!

SE Put some clothes on Hydaelyn! Her boulders are exposed!