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Posted by: Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Windu The Forbidden One.6045

This would have been the perfect moment. Just saying..

I saw the hairstyles appearing on Dulfy one by one.
First Kasmeer’s hairstyle, YES!
second Taimi’s hairstyle, YES!
I was really expecting Scarlet’s hairstyle after that, but it was not meant to be..

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Posted by: Aveneo.2068

Aveneo.2068

Comparing a fictional villain with a real life one isn’t really much of a comparison in my humble opinion.

So yeah, I also find it a little odd why Scarlet’s hairstyle was not made available during this run.

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Posted by: CETheLucid.3964

CETheLucid.3964

Comparing a fictional villain with a real life one isn’t really much of a comparison in my humble opinion.

You’re not much on immersion, I can respect that. But it is what it is. Sylvari did get a kinda sorta look, but that probably doesn’t satisfy you.

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Posted by: Aveneo.2068

Aveneo.2068

Comparing a fictional villain with a real life one isn’t really much of a comparison in my humble opinion.

You’re not much on immersion, I can respect that. But it is what it is. Sylvari did get a kinda sorta look, but that probably doesn’t satisfy you.

Oh, I’m pretty much on immersion but not to the point of mixing it up with reality.

I personally don’t care for that particular hairstyle as I like the style my Sylvari ranger and thief currently have. I just found it odd that it was not made available.

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Posted by: CETheLucid.3964

CETheLucid.3964

Oh, I’m pretty much on immersion but not to the point of mixing it up with reality.

Any chance you could point out where I mixed up reality with fantasy beyond an honest comparison for claritys sake?

I mean if the mere mention of Hitler disturbs you, I do apologize.

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Posted by: Kalavier.1097

Kalavier.1097

There is a hairstyle similar to Scarlet’s. It has lettuce looking ‘pigtails’ instead of whatever Scarlet had.

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Posted by: Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Windu The Forbidden One.6045

This would have been the perfect moment. Just saying..

I saw the hairstyles appearing on Dulfy one by one.
First Kasmeer’s hairstyle, YES!
second Taimi’s hairstyle, YES!
I was really expecting Scarlet’s hairstyle after that, but it was not meant to be..

Kasmeer and Taimi are heroes, or at least decent supporting cast. Scarlet’s an infamous villain.

That’s like saying after the defeat of Hitler’s forces by the allies, it would have been a great time to sport his look.

… Good luck with that.

…..
That’s the worst argument I have ever seen.
I’m talking about a hairstyle in a video game here (one that was also used by a fictional villain yes), that is not at all the same as mimicking one of the worst (real life) villains in history…

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Posted by: CETheLucid.3964

CETheLucid.3964

This would have been the perfect moment. Just saying..

I saw the hairstyles appearing on Dulfy one by one.
First Kasmeer’s hairstyle, YES!
second Taimi’s hairstyle, YES!
I was really expecting Scarlet’s hairstyle after that, but it was not meant to be..

Kasmeer and Taimi are heroes, or at least decent supporting cast. Scarlet’s an infamous villain.

That’s like saying after the defeat of Hitler’s forces by the allies, it would have been a great time to sport his look.

… Good luck with that.

…..
That’s the worst argument I have ever seen.

There’s an argument here?

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Posted by: Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Windu The Forbidden One.6045

This would have been the perfect moment. Just saying..

I saw the hairstyles appearing on Dulfy one by one.
First Kasmeer’s hairstyle, YES!
second Taimi’s hairstyle, YES!
I was really expecting Scarlet’s hairstyle after that, but it was not meant to be..

Kasmeer and Taimi are heroes, or at least decent supporting cast. Scarlet’s an infamous villain.

That’s like saying after the defeat of Hitler’s forces by the allies, it would have been a great time to sport his look.

… Good luck with that.

…..
That’s the worst argument I have ever seen.

There’s an argument here?

Are you saying there isn’t?

We can also run around with
Scarlet’s shoulders/gloves,
aetherblade armor/backpacks/weapons
Toxic alliance weapons/shoulders/gloves
Molten alliance weapons/gloves

So, using your example, it would be okay to dress as hitler, just not have his hairstyle?

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Posted by: chronometria.3708

chronometria.3708

Its strange that it is not there. Especially as half of us are dressed as aetherblades, with backpacks that were part of scarlets killing machines and we use weapons and equipment based on foes we have encountered from as far back as the inquest.

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Posted by: Aveneo.2068

Aveneo.2068

Oh, I’m pretty much on immersion but not to the point of mixing it up with reality.

Any chance you could point out where I mixed up reality with fantasy beyond an honest comparison for claritys sake?

I mean if the mere mention of Hitler disturbs you, I do apologize.

Yeah, the mention of AH was a bit disturbing to me as I’m from the Netherlands. But it’s alright.

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Posted by: dkspins.4670

dkspins.4670

I’m also surprised that there wasn’t a Scarlet hairstyle in the new kits. Taimi’s I was happy about, Kasmeer (who I believe is dumber than a fence post) I didn’t care about at all. The closest Sylvaris came to was the “rose” or cabbage pigtails, which makes no sense. Scarlet is dead, what does it matter that someone wants to look like them. I rather liked her, maybe not her methods, but she was alot deeper than any of the Destiny’s Edge v.2.0 .

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Posted by: MithranArkanere.8957

MithranArkanere.8957

People with that hair would end up being the target of continuous insults and harassment. Better avoid that altogether than having to punish those involved.

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Posted by: CETheLucid.3964

CETheLucid.3964

“Scarlet’s such a villain sue”
“Scarlet’s Trahearne 2.0”

I rather liked her, maybe not her methods, but she was alot deeper than any of the Destiny’s Edge v.2.0

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Posted by: Carcerus.9107

Carcerus.9107

So …

Scarlet, a villain in a video game, is close enough to Hitler, somebody who killed millions of real people, that reason dictates we not include her hairstyle.

I’m glad ANet and its fans are not at all lacking in perspective.

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Posted by: Shiren.9532

Shiren.9532

Godwin’s Law came into effect in the second post. Is that a record?

I get that they don’t want to include Scarlet’ hair presumably because she’s supposed to be this monstrous villain, but it’s interesting to see how popularity this hair style would be with players. I’ve seen several threads asking for it.

It’s not like other iconic NPCs are unique, is her villain status really worth of an exemption?

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Posted by: Morrigan.2809

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It is bad enough running around on a Sylvari with all the NPC hate now- can you imagine if I was wearing Scarlet’s hair?

it would be instant pitchfork time

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Posted by: Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Windu The Forbidden One.6045

It is bad enough running around on a Sylvari with all the NPC hate now- can you imagine if I was wearing Scarlet’s hair?

it would be instant pitchfork time

Just ignore that.

“one person of that race goes full tyrant on the world so that means their entire race sucks” Is stupid reasoning.

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Posted by: Carcerus.9107

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It is bad enough running around on a Sylvari with all the NPC hate now- can you imagine if I was wearing Scarlet’s hair?

it would be instant pitchfork time

ANet had zero problem making money off of Scarlet’s armor in the gem store, both the Magitech armor, which one only needs to look around the game to see is quite popular, and her more iconic battle armor, which can also be seen around and some people have done some cool things with dye-wise. Her gun is the hottest thing going on the BLT that is not a Legendary or precursor (currently the 60th most expensive item in the entire game).

I’ve played probably over a hundred hours the last two weeks, mostly guesting on Blackgate, and I have not once seen anybody being badgered about using any of her gear (other than that some people don’t like the look of the gun). And if you’ve seen it once or twice, that’s nothing compared to the number of people who are using it.

Reasonable adults are able to separate virtual gear or cosmetics they think look cool from a fictional character that used them. The only unreasonable ones who apparently can’t are those who need to defend the decision not to make a very clearly in-demand hairstyle available.

I’m sure ANet has their reasons, one’s that have hopefully have nothing to do with protecting players’ feelings or the belief that Scarlet’s cultural and historical significance is equivalent to Hitler’s (or even Darth Vader’s). Whatever those reasons are, I’m struggling to find an argument that would show the disappointment is unwarranted.

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Posted by: CrossedHorse.4261

CrossedHorse.4261

Well, as to the Hitler debate going on …

Hitler actually took his look from Charlie Chaplin, another famous guy at the time, but not a villain.

So, depends on your perspective, lol.

(While this is a fact, I am not in any way suggesting one SHOULD style themselves after the fashion made particularly notorious by Hitler, even if another famous personage also sported that same fashion.)

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Posted by: kta.6502

kta.6502

This would have been the perfect moment. Just saying..

I saw the hairstyles appearing on Dulfy one by one.
First Kasmeer’s hairstyle, YES!
second Taimi’s hairstyle, YES!
I was really expecting Scarlet’s hairstyle after that, but it was not meant to be..

Same here. I liked Ceara’s Wheat pigtails. It made me think of Pippy Longstockings. I think good Sylvari should be allowed to have the same hairstyle.

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Posted by: Dahkeus.8243

Dahkeus.8243

Too soon.

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Posted by: lazarus.1639

lazarus.1639

Since every race can wear Grenth’s face & backpiece, I really don’t care if they add Scarlet’s airstyle. Inmersion is already broken, so who cares.
However it would be funny if NPCs insulted you for wearing that airstyle.

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Posted by: chronometria.3708

chronometria.3708

It is bad enough running around on a Sylvari with all the NPC hate now- can you imagine if I was wearing Scarlet’s hair?

it would be instant pitchfork time

Just ignore that.

“one person of that race goes full tyrant on the world so that means their entire race sucks” Is stupid reasoning.

Don’t forget Canach and the whole southsun killer crabs thing. That’s twice that sylvari have caused a chunk of lions arch to be destroyed while using poisonous gas as weapon of choice. I don’t trust those twigs as far as I can throw em.

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Posted by: Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Windu The Forbidden One.6045

It is bad enough running around on a Sylvari with all the NPC hate now- can you imagine if I was wearing Scarlet’s hair?

it would be instant pitchfork time

Just ignore that.

“one person of that race goes full tyrant on the world so that means their entire race sucks” Is stupid reasoning.

Don’t forget Canach and the whole southsun killer crabs thing. That’s twice that sylvari have caused a chunk of lions arch to be destroyed while using poisonous gas as weapon of choice. I don’t trust those twigs as far as I can throw em.

Humans have done things far more terrible over the course of history (in real life). Do you also distrust all humans around you?

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Posted by: TheReaperTheFourthHorsemen.7894

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Yes I distrust all meat sacks

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Posted by: Thiagugu.9682

Thiagugu.9682

I don’t think they’ll add it in the future since it became so iconic and the “logo” of LS Season 1. Scarlet would just be another Sylvari among hundreds of others if it wasn’t for her hair (and crazy plans and destruction).

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Posted by: chronometria.3708

chronometria.3708

It is bad enough running around on a Sylvari with all the NPC hate now- can you imagine if I was wearing Scarlet’s hair?

it would be instant pitchfork time

Just ignore that.

“one person of that race goes full tyrant on the world so that means their entire race sucks” Is stupid reasoning.

Don’t forget Canach and the whole southsun killer crabs thing. That’s twice that sylvari have caused a chunk of lions arch to be destroyed while using poisonous gas as weapon of choice. I don’t trust those twigs as far as I can throw em.

Humans have done things far more terrible over the course of history (in real life). Do you also distrust all humans around you?

That doesn’t really work when there are no other sentient races on the planet. If a country unleashed two separate incidents of mass destruction on my home town though, I think I`d have a case for saying they had it in for me.

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Posted by: Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Windu The Forbidden One.6045

It is bad enough running around on a Sylvari with all the NPC hate now- can you imagine if I was wearing Scarlet’s hair?

it would be instant pitchfork time

Just ignore that.

“one person of that race goes full tyrant on the world so that means their entire race sucks” Is stupid reasoning.

Don’t forget Canach and the whole southsun killer crabs thing. That’s twice that sylvari have caused a chunk of lions arch to be destroyed while using poisonous gas as weapon of choice. I don’t trust those twigs as far as I can throw em.

Humans have done things far more terrible over the course of history (in real life). Do you also distrust all humans around you?

That doesn’t really work when there are no other sentient races on the planet. If a country unleashed two separate incidents of mass destruction on my home town though, I think I`d have a case for saying they had it in for me.

But that’s just it. You are human yourself, you grew up with humans. You’ve seen first hand that no matter how evil a human tyrant is, not all humans are like that. When you are dealing with a different race however, it is harder to realize, but not less true.

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