Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[SturmChurro]

That moment when you haven't really made alts in years, and have no names for them. I have to use my old SWTOR character names. I'm actually stuck in a trap of still using names I thought up as a kid.

[Shibi]

That moment when you haven't really made alts in years, and have no names for them.

Names can be tough to get right. A lorewise name is likely the best way if you are a bit short on ideas. From the race, look up the relevant name-lore pages here on the forums, then just play with it until one clicks.

I have also bumped the "pick a random" a few hundred times on character creator until I get an idea from the randoms and use that to make something similar.

[SturmChurro]

Names can be tough to get right. A lorewise name is likely the best way if you are a bit short on ideas. From the race, look up the relevant name-lore pages here on the forums, then just play with it until one clicks.

I have also bumped the "pick a random" a few hundred times on character creator until I get an idea from the randoms and use that to make something similar.

I have done lore friendly names, but mostly just in ESO. They use the same names my ES series characters of their races use. I have just been kind of wanting to distance myself from my dumb sounding name(s) for years, but I can't shake it off. Like, I have names. I just want to switch it up, but can never think of a new 'theme' or anything I'd want to go with.

Example: my SWTOR gunslinger was called 'Toteschurro', so my gunslinger in Lost Ark is now called 'Toteschurro'. That's the extent of my creativity.

[Larirawiel]

That moment when you haven't really made alts in years, and have no names for them. I have to use my old SWTOR character names. I'm actually stuck in a trap of still using names I thought up as a kid.

https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/



And i always use old character names. I silently hope, that maybe i meet some old acquaintances again from other games. Larirawiel exists since May 2005.


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[Vyrerus]

If you want to sell to mainstream audiences you basically make games for dudes and focus on muscle men and design everything for male characters.

This is a blindfolded denial of reality lol.

Making games for dudes always includes putting incredibly attractive women of varying sorts into the game in various states of dress and personality. They'll put in muscle men too, because that's considered attractive, but audiences always respond far more favorably to the attractive women side of things. Or just the women side of things.

If there's customization and sex selection options, lady oriented armor is almost always designed in a way that either highlights or accentuates the female form. Highlighting is stuff like the bikini armor or platemail with titties. This involves making some sort of extra graphical design choice specifically for the female body, and it usually gets far more attention than just pasting the armor over the male body lol (like really, they don't design armor for male bodies, it usually literally just replaces the body, completely layering over it).

And what do the majority of gamers do? If the option is available, they play women.

As for your "generic derplander" assertion... If it's even still true, it has more to do with the fact that it was the default marketing for so long, that it's what people expect. Also though, more than ever before, there are many women who game. A lot of them are into that sort of portrayal of dudes. It doesn't feel like pandering, it feels like the default.

Keep in mind that times have changed, and the best selling game of all time is still Minecraft. Almost all of the top 50 best selling games don't even focus on customization or men or women. They're generally sandboxes, pokemon, or real world based. That's the real safe bet.

As far as Elden Ring goes, I'm not sure how far into the mainline of it I am. It's an excruciating blast so far, and I'm a long time souls veteran. There is nothing different about it from the other Souls games, aesthetics wise. The default armor is male, and the default enemies kill en masse are also male. Most armor is identical across sex selection. I'm willing to wager that as in past entries, there's still some specifically female sets from specifically special females. Think Ciaran, Desert Pyromancers, Sable church robes, and the Doll Clothes.

I started as a buff dude Hero. The first platemail I found was literally from male enemies twice my height, and it's oversized on my guy, too. It has a cape that's so long, it trails like 2~3 feet beyond my heels. It completely covers everything I customized about the character. That just Souls.

[Merrigan]

Dunno about most of you, but to me there is nothing hotter than a woman in full plate mail. I will die on this hill.

I'll die with you for this.

Can we talk about the possibility of making muscular chicks too? I know it's perfectly stupid, but this cosmetic option is what made me choose one race over another.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

I'll die with you for this.

Can we talk about the possibility of making muscular chicks too? I know it's perfectly stupid, but this cosmetic option is what made me choose one race over another.

All genders and races in this game deserve muscle sliders and I will die on this hill as well.

If I have one hope for female Hrothgar when we see them in 7.0 (hopefully), it's that they're as tall as femroes, as muscled as their male counterparts, and with completely feline faces rather than just "miqo'te girls painted over with a fur tool". Don't be like ArcheAge and moe-fy the big cat women, thanks.

[Merrigan]

All genders and races in this game deserve muscle sliders and I will die on this hill as well.

If I have one hope for female Hrothgar when we see them in 7.0 (hopefully), it's that they're as tall as femroes, as muscled as their male counterparts, and with completely feline faces rather than just "miqo'te girls painted over with a fur tool". Don't be like ArcheAge and moe-fy the big cat women, thanks.

I would have died for "real" miqo'te and I really hope they don't waste this opportunity with the Hrothgard females.

Gimme those ferocious catgirl, not some cutesy cosplay.

[SturmChurro]

And what do the majority of gamers do? If the option is available, they play women.

In this game perhaps, but in reality most 'gamers' play male characters, and male characters sell better. Companies have released actual stats of it. A lot of male players like to play idealized versions of themselves, or somebody they can relate to.

[Merrigan]

In this game perhaps, but in reality most 'gamers' play male characters, and male characters sell better. Companies have released actual stats of it. A lot of male players like to play idealized versions of themselves, or somebody they can relate to.

I'd actually be interested so see this stats ? Not because I don't believe you (and I searched as well, didn't find it), but because I would have think that most players actually prefered fem characters.

In ffXIV for example there is a majority of male players... and an overwhelming part of the characters I see IG are female.