Guild Wars 2

Djinn.9245:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Djinn.9245:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Djinn.9245:

I would also like to see female choices that show skin like arms or legs but are not “boob-focused”.

Plenty of those to be honest.

Also please don’t turn this game into TERA. I like that females wear armour that actually protects them. (There are exceptions ofc)

I disagree that there are “plenty” of female armor that shows skin but not boobs. And I am talking about having choices. I completely agree that there should be more female armor that actually protects and have stated so in many other threads. However those who want to wear skimpy armor should also have that choice.

All I’m saying is that the armor choices should be more evenly spread between realistic, sexy, and stuff in-between.

You may disagree all you like. I was stating facts, actually:

<snip pics>

And those are just humans.

An outfit’s “sexiness” (which I do not want) is apparently subjective since I disagree with you for many of your examples. And I’m not sure why you are arguing with me – as I said I would simply like a greater variety in choices. Both full armor and not, sexy and not.

“I would also like to see female choices that show skin like arms or legs but are not “boob-focused”.” is what you said.
I gave you some examples of female armour which exposes both arms and legs. Now, how can you disagree with that, I have no idea. You have a right to your opinion, the problem is that I don’t understand how can there be an opinion when you can clearly see that they are exposed. That’s just confusing.
Now, you have a right to ask for more, but I’d rather have devs work on armour in general. Making “not so spiky” heavy armours would be great.

Yoroiookami.3485:

Djinn.9245:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Djinn.9245:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Djinn.9245:

I would also like to see female choices that show skin like arms or legs but are not “boob-focused”.

Plenty of those to be honest.

Also please don’t turn this game into TERA. I like that females wear armour that actually protects them. (There are exceptions ofc)

I disagree that there are “plenty” of female armor that shows skin but not boobs. And I am talking about having choices. I completely agree that there should be more female armor that actually protects and have stated so in many other threads. However those who want to wear skimpy armor should also have that choice.

All I’m saying is that the armor choices should be more evenly spread between realistic, sexy, and stuff in-between.

You may disagree all you like. I was stating facts, actually:

<snip pics>

And those are just humans.

An outfit’s “sexiness” (which I do not want) is apparently subjective since I disagree with you for many of your examples. And I’m not sure why you are arguing with me – as I said I would simply like a greater variety in choices. Both full armor and not, sexy and not.

“I would also like to see female choices that show skin like arms or legs but are not “boob-focused”.” is what you said.
I gave you some examples of female armour which exposes both arms and legs. Now, how can you disagree with that, I have no idea.

You forgot “not boob-focused” by which I meant sexualized. As I already stated, several of your pics are in fact sexualized. That is why they don’t count.

Didn’t follow through very much with what was said, but the OP can’t blame ANet for the decisions made to make females wear less.

I’m not saying that the attitude is justifiable, but simply, sex sells. A lot of the design choices are calculated on the basis that males aged between 15 and 35 are the primary demographic which should be sold to, since an overwhelming majority of the gaming community consists of players within those parameters. As a business decision, it only makes logical sense to appeal to the target/largest audience possible and doing so by utilizing hormones as a means of gaining appeal and generating interest. Additionally, it’s far more common to see a woman dressed scantily-clad than males, so the attire (or lack thereof) on female models is to pretty much be accepted as covering less skin. This extends far beyond the scope of video games; look at the low-cut, attention-gaining dresses of actresses at film ceremonies compared to the males who effectively all wear the same thing and show no more skin than say, one’s 75-year-old lawyer.

Am I saying it’s acceptable behavior? Well, I’m not going to take a stance. That’s a whole separate issue and frankly there is no correct answer to it, especially when topics like business and demand come into mind. Biologically we all know what hormones do, and how they affect us, but evaluating basic human decency and the whole thing pertaining to our presentation and expectations in a fantasy setting is nigh impossible. Trying to inspect this kind of behavior and evaluating whether or not it’s acceptable is like trying to contemplate whether or not subjects like prostitution (with lack of STD’s as a variable) and interest in pornography are acceptable as human behaviors, too. Simply, there are infinitely-many arguments both in favor of and against those behaviors.

I’m not going to try and shut down your request, seeing as I choose to wear whatever armor looks the best on my own character, and what others wear doesn’t affect me negatively (anything that would is definitely not within the realm of what is permissible for a T-rated game :P), but merely want to say ANet can’t be blamed for creating their armors to look this way, and that artists and designers shouldn’t be bad-mouthed for it, as a lot of it is calculated to generate profit and make the game marketable, and a lot of it is merely cultural (and usually the number of artists often favors females). Blaming them is the equivalent of blaming any given company for any given thing based upon the morality of their decisions rather than with the interest of monetizing and running their business successfully in mind. While ethics are a big part of business, and only focusing on monetizing is often a bad strategy, using this particular issue as a means of labeling them negatively is a bit of a stretch and ANet shouldn’t be singled out for its choices and decisions regarding it since it extends far beyond the scope of ANet and has for such a long time.

You mean like the ones I have posted on friend fi………….um, nevermind.

Have a good Day!!!!!

DeceiverX.8361:

Didn’t follow through very much with what was said, but the OP can’t blame ANet for the decisions made to make females wear less.

Don’t think the OP is trying to blame ANet. In fact, he makes some of the rationalizations you didn’t mention, which by the way, sounds like you just kinda rambled off about things we all know and (most begrudgingly) accept.

But yeah, this topic has appeared quite often in the past. The only thing I can say is, if you want something for the game and you believe it wouldn’t harm the game, its features, its style/lore or its sales, and it isn’t a costly venture, you simply need to keep asking for it until more people acknowledge the request.