What is with this game and half-naked women as bosses?

[sarehptar]

She eats men... and I guess anyone who is attracted to her.

At least they tried to come up with a decent lore excuse for this one! Color me impressed.

I mean, doing away with the bulbous spider body might have been my first step in attracting "two-legged" creatures, but you know, I guess she worked with what she could.

[SilkaN]

I don't know why you would need scantily clad male NPCs.

There should be enough disgusting half-naked manqote's purring at each other on your server, too.

[Thayos]

Well, if I were a god born from people's deepest desires, I certainly hope I'd be super good looking.

Also, being a primal is hard work. I don't think they have time for shopping. And where would they get lots of clothes, anyway? Primal's Warehouse?

[tjw]

Also, being a primal is hard work. I don't think they have time for shopping. And where would they get lots of clothes, anyway? Primal's Warehouse?

Obviously Lakshmi's minions know enough about fashion to get her clothing.

[Texa]

I want a shirtless Aymeric and Estinien in a butter pit trial.

[Nestama]

At least they tried to come up with a decent lore excuse for this one! Color me impressed.

I mean, doing away with the bulbous spider body might have been my first step in attracting "two-legged" creatures, but you know, I guess she worked with what she could.

Well she does have that gaze attack (Frond Fatale) that "charms" players and makes them wander over to her Tottering Toby's. That's probably enough to make her prey not notice the spider part of her body.

Then again, there are Dark Souls players who really like Chaos Witch Quelaag (possibly enough to ignore her spider body).

[Kirhs]

There's a lot of misunderstanding being said in the thread, and I know the OP was just being light hearted with the thread, I figured it would help to have some things explained properly.
I will be making statements about the majority of people, obviously excluding the minority, to help keep things simple, and easier to follow.

While both males and females may like the visuals of the opposite sex, they do so for completely different reasons.
Males are Primarily attracted to physical features of "health" in the female.
Females are primarily attracted visuals that represent qualities of the male. (More so in what the male is capable of doing, or most likely to do from personality)

Most males like wide hips, because it effects childbirth for example.
So its an extremely common trait among men to like.

But for what is "good in a man" is dependent on situation.
What if the situation you're family is in, requires intelligence?
You cant see intelligence in physical body features.
So what a woman likes in men, will always be varied from woman to woman, depending on her living conditions, and what SHE deems to be "good" features to have.
This is why its been much harder for advertising companies to quite nail "the perfect eye candy for women". As you can have half the women loving some muscular male, but the other half, or more, saying they dont like the guy.

Males will find "scantily clad" clothes more appealing for doing 2 things in the end.
(1) Showing off the physical features.
(2) Adding a level of "Daintiness" to the female.

Women will find "well groomed" clothes more appealing than less clothes, as its a sign of his "qualities" as you cant see them outside of muscle.
Which is why half naked men tend to not work. You cant tell how charming he is to interact with, or how intelligent he is by looking at a nude body. You need clothes to represent him. This is why women are primarily attracted to a mans shoes, and then clothes/car more. (Commonly mistaken as just being a gold digger, when in reality, its different)

Also, to clarify on the Daintiness comment.
Women are more inclined to be attracted to protective males, and males are more attracted to females who induce a sense of needing to protect the women.
So the clothes help add to that illusion/feeling in a similar way dress shoes make a guy more attractive to women.

So in the end, the equivalent "Eye candy" for women is not half naked guys.
It's just a visual equivalent.
Only if the male is clothed, AND happens to align himself with her interests, AND wears something to show that off, can he be "eye candy" to her.


And lastly, for my own personal complaint, no, Garuda isnt comparable to Shiva/Goddess, as shes quite inhuman looking with her hooves, and massive claws.
She just tends to show off all the features most males are primarily attracted to, but she has a lot of inhuman features by comparison to the other 2.
As someone else pointed out, Ser Aymrric is a type of eye candy for women. Kind/Warm/Pretty boy. Even Raubahn is eye candy for those who want more muscle/masculine features, with tough, stoic, gentle giant, fierce protector traits, and also Alphinaud for those who want an underage twink girly boy. (Though largely not considered as ok in the US, unless the female is also of the same age.)

Love how your post just got ignored since it's probably the most poignant one for the OP's question.

[Mhaeric]

I will be making statements about the majority of people, obviously excluding the minority, to help keep things simple, and easier to follow.
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What a load of men are from mars, women are from venus clap trap that was.

[Eul]

Now if only Male Highlanders had facial options other than:

1) Depressed Insomniac
2) Homicidal Maniac
3) Serial Killer

I'm sorry if my highlander born like this

[Chocolys]

...So in the end, the equivalent "Eye candy" for women is not half naked guys...

All these women who paid to assist to Chippendales spectales must have not be aware of that