Females and the reverse armor rule

[Zanny]

midgars smile has distorted reality

that looks perfect for a chanter btw, i really think healers would be more plate / cloth then just cloth, considering their fundamentally defensive nature.

To build on this, I hope no one armor type is uniquely "that type"

plate armor in the middle ages was worn over leather tunics and then, worn over undergarments of cloth. Most plate was composed of chain moveable joints and some plate suits covered vital parts (head, chest, feet, hands) with plate and the arms and legs in mail, in reality armor isnt that specific.

If a gladiator runs around with leather straps holding together some mesh between two pieces of plate for a chest, it would be alot more realisitic than wearing an iron barrel.

See the guy on the right, btw, he looks about right. The pants have chain links, leather covers, and the shoulders have cloth embroideries.

[Minkie]

I quite like the revealing armour >_>... would be nice to see it on males too ;3...

[oback]

well I'm a dude, so i kind of have a biased opinion.

i like a good mix between the two. Although seeing those mini skirts and such are always entertaining.

[Jest]

I don't roll female toons, so I suppose this topic doesn't really apply to me. However I really don't see an issue with exposed pixels. I'm not one to oggle a character. Too busy hacking away an enemy tbh.

[Onikage36]

To be honest, I think it should be addressed. I mean in battle, if that area is exposed I am attacking that area. Armor is suppose to cover up and protect. Still be sexy but make it like real armor. I RP a male character like myself but for females who want an equal like armor, I could understand completely.

[Caeis]

They should design female characters to be fat bulky muscular characters wearing heavy plate armor which doesn't have curves made just to fit their breasts in.

I mean if any female was to actually fight in plate armor, they'd probably be bulking huge. They probably wouldn't be able to carry a two hand weapon since they're ridiculously large. Isn't this what the topic is talking about?

I just wish I could have my gladiator running around half naked with a leather underwear and a helmet.

[lhopki91]

Using the arguement that revealing armour isn't realistic isn't valid because the male armour isn't either. Realistic armour would have no ornamentation and would actually be very plain. The game just wouldn't look good if the armour was made realistic.
The customization will deal with this problem. Everyone will always look at the stats of a person's armour to see how good they are not the look.

[Ovum]

Well they could set an option with an autosculpt like NFS ^_^

Caeis wtf?

[Sun]

I like revealing armor on both sides. Remember, this is a game, with magic, enchantment, dragons, flying daevas, and talking little Pikachu type characters. Magical armor in this environment doesn't have to cover your whole body, and thank the light it doesn't. Female players could use a little more eyecandy though .

[Celestin]

Originally Posted by Katrina

I like this look it's more battleworthy.. and if we have that stuff for battle we can have skimpy suits and styles for socialising as it would be more appropriate. But in honesty im not fluffed we will all look good in whatever we wear in Aion ^.^

I just feel like breaking this overly discussed topic. New topic: Is this armour actually realistic and would you wear it into battle?

I say yes!

While I'd like to see a bit more metal on the upper arm, in general, the armour looks very sturdy. The bands along the waist should allow a bit more flexibility. Now, the best way to defeat armour is with by focusing a lot of energy on a point with an attack that has roughly 90 degree angle of incidence, as in you want to strike the armour perpendicularly. This is best accomplished via poleaxe which has the effect of multiplying your strength due to the additional torque applied by the length of the pole in addition to focusing your energy on a point. However, the spike isn't very long so a sword might be more ideal of a finishing blow. Unless you are packing ERA, you would therefore want either angular or curved armour surfaces. This armour has multiple rounded surfaces which effectively prevent attackers from achieving a 90 degree angle of incidence attack while stabbing. Even slightly off center hits will be naturally deflected due to the curvature. However, the chest could use some reworking, unless it is substantially thicker in that region. Not only am I fairly certain that it hurts a great deal to get hit in the ****s, the curvature isn't great enough to uncenter attacks. I bet the best design for chest armour would be just a great big metal spike. There's no way to achieve 90 degree angle of incidence from a straight forward attack without a significant height advantage. All your attacks would just slip along the spike. And then when you're off balance, they could just run into you or something. Maybe knock you down and bellyflop on you.

[Arvalo85]

so i finally read through this whole thing and i noticed that screen shot of the dark elf that was pretty much naked....

that really didnt show anything about reverse armor tho... that was DE female in NO armor at all that was essentially underware. And i should note that the dark elf males in underware in l2 also have a thong ugh XD

and why reverse armor is silly cause its counter intuitive, we all know why they make it that way cause dorky guys that have no girlfriends will have digital girls that will make them stay addicted.

this thread going on for 23 pages will not change that.

[Blazze889]

As much as I agree with you, the sad truth is that this trend will continue to go and go until females start appearing fully nude in video games just due to the simple fact that sex sells

[Roland]

The Charmin effect should not apply to armor, less is not more. Battle clad women able to kick my *** and emotionally scar me with sailortalk, tsundere maybe... But leaving something to the imagination is nice.

[Caeis]

Originally Posted by Ovum

Caeis wtf?

Real men don't wear armor, they're too macho for it.

[eidolonnight]

All I've gotta say is that armor don't mean **** when you get pounded by a magic missile. Seriously, who cares what's realistic and what isn't as far as armor is concerned? Every man being amped up like they're on steroids isn't realistic. Magic isn't realistic.

THIS IS A FANTASY GAME

Most of us don't fantasize about a heavily clad woman or a scrawny little dude in glasses. These characters are idealized models. Quit beating a dead horse people!