Having read all of these replies (yes, I know - on vacation and bored), it seems that there is a disconnect between what some people are saying and others are perceiving being said. If I am not mistaken, Beowulf81 agrees with most people that women can BE just as powerful or even more powerful than men, but believes they will not and can not LOOK as powerful/imposing/threatening as men due to their natural bone structure and such. Others are seeming to make sexy and powerful be mutually exclusive, which I don't really understand myself (but then again, I'm Asian and, as someone mentioned, those two are able to co-exist in easily in Asian cultures)

One thing I will say, and is good to keep in mind -- no matter how threatening, imposing, or downright terrifying a man may look in all the armor he wants and huge muscles -- put a gun in the hand of a woman and I'd be far more intimidated by that if she looked like she knew how to use it. Even if he had the same gun, it would then come down to not which was more imposing or hulking, but which knew how to use the weapon better, how to position, use cover and such. Plus, a woman's more lithe frame may even be a benefit in a gun battle that involved a lot of running, jumping, etc. Thus, such instruments have often been the 'great equalizers'. Also, though slight of frame, if a woman is all super-natural-y like those Ring girls with long, black hair, they seem pretty darn imposing and 'run the other way' to me :P

In the end, somehow a discussion about making armor in a video game not cater to the typical 'women's armor must look sexy to be women's armor' has devolved into talks of misogyny and other stuff ^^ We'll all see soon enough and we'll have to be happy with whatever SE has decided (though I'm betting female DRK armor will be just like female WAR and PLD armor -- basically the same).