first coatees, then bikinis, and now /pose

[Eugenics]

I'd rather have the few odd looking characters than the clone fest we have now. Then again I imagine a few classes, no control over stats, no control over abilities you equip, and basically the only customization you get is your gear(which everyone wears the same shit anyway, because certain combos are "best") is more up your alley. Why? Because that's how it was in FFXI(or insert uninspiring MMORPG here), am I close?

This guy does have a point, it's like been in clone ville. For the new emote and bikini gear, its just junk to keep the role players happy. Now you can run around in you're swimsuits and pretend its summer and then get blocked by an invisible wall stopping you from going into the sea.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

This guy does have a point, it's like been in clone ville. For the new emote and bikini gear, its just junk to keep the role players happy. Now you can run around in you're swimsuits and pretend its summer and then get blocked by an invisible wall stopping you from going into the sea.

You think so? I'm a roleplayer, and pretty much everyone in my shell would rather have civvies and a summer dress, or a nice vest and slacks than this bikini.
I think what you meant to say was "...It's just junk to keep the sexually frustrated teenage boys happy."

[Fensfield]

This guy does have a point, it's like been in clone ville. For the new emote and bikini gear, its just junk to keep the role players happy. Now you can run around in you're swimsuits and pretend its summer and then get blocked by an invisible wall stopping you from going into the sea.

Yep, as per Oscillate_Wildly last page I'm primarily a roleplayer myself, the vast majority of my friends, too, and none of us are exactly enamoured with the swimwear.

Not bawling for it to be removed of course - it's better than nothing, and they've been made, now - but I would have vastly preferred proper clothes, even over expanded character options. Sure, our chargen isn't the industry's best, but it's a vast improvement on its predecessor, and better than a fair few among its immediate peers, too. Not to mention what it does have is solid and well-realised, and I hope they keep to that standard when new options are added. At least it seems to actually matter to the dev' team, rather than being a cursory aside as in so many MMO's.

The people the swimwear is intended to keep happy - if anyone at all - are the shallowest members of the playerbase, not the people spend the majority of their play time and creative energy on adding depth to the experience. Not that I'd call anyone uses the new items members of that group, but if there's a group it would actually have a useful PR effect on..

Frankly though, I honestly think it's more in fun and new stuff for new stuff's sake; the advertising element's just an aside at best.