Heavy armor on girls

Sagatho

Lol do you whant to play a sexy female character to go one hand in the controler and another in your D-pad?

LOL!!

OnThaLoose

Metal10957 wrote: »

It's just not attractive. discuss

I'm pretty sure heavy armor is meant to be the most protective, bulky, and ptotective gear you can have. Why would they make it "attractive". I apologize if I misunderstood your statement, but heavy armor shouldn't be attractive. It should be heavy.

IMO

KerinKor

Metal10957 wrote: »

It's just not attractive. discuss

Why ask for a discussion based on gender?

What's your agenda here?

Slurg

Metal10957 wrote: »

I am amazed this thread lasted this long. I was just being funny, or so I thought... much bigger issue than I thought. I wish you all the best. Guess someone had to say it. It humbles me that so many ppl replied, thank you all.

Well, at least now you know that a lot of people didn't think your original post was funny. We've been down this road too many times before and it always devolves into chain-kinis somehow.

The current heavy armor on female characters is perfectly fine. It serves its purpose.

There are more important things to worry about in this game.

Metal10957

^^just because your ex was mean to you, does not make the world responsible. call me.

BuggeX

Tera is the game you want.

Metal10957

Slurg wrote: »

Metal10957 wrote: »

I am amazed this thread lasted this long. I was just being funny, or so I thought... much bigger issue than I thought. I wish you all the best. Guess someone had to say it. It humbles me that so many ppl replied, thank you all.

Well, at least now you know that a lot of people didn't think your original post was funny. We've been down this road too many times before and it always devolves into chain-kinis somehow.

The current heavy armor on female characters is perfectly fine. It serves its purpose.

There are more important things to worry about in this game.

Still... chain link bikini is cool...remember princess Lea?

Schnuffles

Really though can we not constantly refer to tera simply because some of us want a bit more fashion involved in our armor choices?
why is it that women have to either be completely covered or completely naked and there is no other way?
WHY can't there be a nice elegant middle ground that allows us the choice between functional and fashionable?

TheShadowScout

Metal10957 wrote: »

Still... chain link bikini is cool...remember princess Lea?

Indeed it would be. For roleplaying reasons. Not for combat...
And as "civilian clothing" (the stuff you can at this time only steal, but not by at any tailor, sadly...), I'd welcome "dancers outfits" that look very sexy for both males and females...

Thymos

http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=33311&Title=

Just food for thought to add here:

The Elder Scrolls Online

Platform: Macintosh, Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Rating Category: Mature Rating Symbol

Content Descriptors: Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence

Other:

Includes online features that may expose players to unrated user-generated content (Macintosh, Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)


Rating Summary: This is a multiplayer online role-playing game in which players assume the role of a warrior in the fantastical world of Nirn. As players explore open-world environments, they can perform various quests and complete tasks. Characters use swords, arrows, axes, and magic attacks (e.g., lightning, fire attacks) to kill human-like and fantastical enemies (e.g., orcs, demons, giant insects). Players engage in melee-style combat, hacking and slashing at various enemies; battles are highlighted by cries of pain, impact sounds, and blood splashes. Some sequences depict large amounts of blood streaming up-close as vampires attack/feed on characters. In some quests players have the ability to mount creatures' severed heads onto pikes; some environments depict corpse piles or skeletons hanging from torture devices. Text descriptions or dialogue sometimes contain references to sexual material and/or innuendo (e.g., “She...*** the men as cruelly as Bal had ravished her”; “In his mind, she would be the sheath to every knight's blade”; “No sweetmeat for you”; But it is huge! It could take me all night!”). During the course of the game, alcohol (i.e., wine, mead, ale) can be purchased and consumed by the central character; one sequence prompts players to engage in a drinking contest, resulting in the central character's blurred vision/slurred speech.

Paradox

I want sexy armor. I don't want my characters naked, but I'd prefer the armor to accentuate the curves of my Imperial (dubbed Tanklyn Jenner).

And I know plenty of females who don't have *** that would enjoy sexy armor as well. I don't care about total realism... There are skeletons walking and ghosts talking... I just want my characters to look sexy.

jkemmery

Metal10957 wrote: »

It's just not attractive. discuss

This is a troll thread. Discuss.

JMadFour

Female Heavy Armor is fine, and in fact this game does it better than most RPGs do.

now, Argonian Heavy Helms, those are fugly and we need to discuss THAT.

Farorin

I am amazed that people are still playing the "But practicality tho" argument considering the double standard that many, including myself, have mentioned. That being that ALL the armour in this game is not practical, aside from some of the medium armour. All the 2h weapons are no practical. Most of the shields are not practical.

To top it all off, it is also a video game, and thus practicality doesn't really come into it unless you are going for ultra-realistic, which this game clearly is not.


Sexy armour is fine, so long as guys have access to sexy looking armour too and so long as there was an option for normal armour as well. Although I would prefer costumes in the crown store than armour, but that's just me. Then there is no inequality, and then it becomes personal choice.

Tolmos

Farorin wrote: »

I am amazed that people are still playing the "But practicality tho" argument considering the double standard that many, including myself, have mentioned. That being that ALL the armour in this game is not practical, aside from some of the medium armour. All the 2h weapons are no practical. Most of the shields are not practical.

To top it all off, it is also a video game, and thus practicality doesn't really come into it unless you are going for ultra-realistic, which this game clearly is not.


Sexy armour is fine, so long as guys have access to sexy looking armour too and so long as there was an option for normal armour as well. Although I would prefer costumes in the crown store than armour, but that's just me. Then there is no inequality, and then it becomes personal choice.

/thread

SkinnyDG

Good looking armor in eso? Lol

Psychobunni

Daggerfall Cover looks like it was meant to be a hard rock album cover....I demand all music be replaced by 80's "hard" rock like that cover

(Guards can quote Beavis and Butthead like its Headbangers Ball) for ambiance

Metal10957

I love girls!

Arundo

Schnuffles wrote: »

CapnPhoton wrote: »

The clothing is appropriate to what it actually does, protect. If there were outfits that were a little more revealing, it might be ok, but lets not forget, ES has never been about that.

I'm sick of people saying revealing armor doesnt belong in an elder scrolls game. These people have obviously not done ANY research on the matter. Elder scrolls has featured TOPLESS women in previous games, and even in recent games armor such as the Forsworn set (see images below) have always been available to the player should they choose to wear it. Allowing players options for such things would not take away another players option to not partake in lore appropriate revealing armor. The game was never intended for children as a few of you keep saying its for kids and adults, NO, it is rated M for MATURE (ADULT) audiences and as an adult creature sexuality is in fact a factor in everyday life. If your children are playing it, it is because you consented to allowing them to see this content when you purchased it for them. This is not the fault of the company but the fault of the parent.

Armor in a videogame also does not have to adhere to strict realism as armor and weapons somehow magically fall from mudcrabs and plants imbued with magical traits somehow already enchanted into them. How is ANY of that realistic?
On a side note this game is hardly even CANON, magical frost horses also don't exist in the game but they are there so enlighten me how adding the already pre-existing armor choices back into the game would somehow be game breaking?

Bethesda created this game and all the lore and characters within it, this includes the armor and clothing. You saying they are unwelcome additions or lore breaking is just infact you breaking the lore and rewriting it to fit your own ideals.

Forsworn armor example

Saviors hide example

This, agree fully ESO is rated M for Mature so why cant we have some skin to show ? Heavy armor might be a bit strange as it has to protect you but medium and cloth can have cleavage and skirts. If you cant handle that go play a T rated game.

PS WTB Forsworn Armor paying 2500 Crowns !

Alucardo

NotSo wrote: »

Well, while you do that, I just want to let you know that I am a man.

+1 for making me spit coffee over the deployment manager at work

Cazzy

It's 2015 and women are gradually being treated as equals in the gaming community without being sexualised. Let's keep it that way

Junglejim82

Awe just cut the crap zos and give us medieval brothel mini game in the taverns . Don't ruin my mersion though has to be full on caveman sex with full syphilis skill line or not at all

NGP

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

Exposed heavy armors are ridiculous. Funny they could be seen every where though.

NGP

Damn, heavy armors look best in this game! Light armors are much less appealing. Especially I don't want to get tripped by the robe. Wearing a robe into war is unpractical.

BalticBlues

I am man and I adore women.

However, I am glad that there are NO sex warrior outfits in the game.
I am glad because the game takes women and war seriously.

Please leave sex warrior outfits to other games.
Some nonsense horses in the crown store are already bad enough.

Bookwyrm wrote: »

I will say that the moment they begin to cater to the whims of the free-to-play Asian MMO crowd, I will happily return to single-player Elder Scrolls without batting an eye, because that will be the day they throw "Elder Scrolls" out the window, regardless of the Arena box art.

+1

NGP

Schnuffles wrote: »

Rev Rielle wrote: »

Metal10957 wrote: »

It's just not attractive. discuss

Sexist much?

[Moderator Note: Edited per our rules on Rude and Insulting comments]

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

Function > Fashion

And if they add metal bikinis and sexist armor for females they have to add it for males too to prevent some female player sueing ZoS for some sex thing. Point being .................. No want nymphos in metal under wear go mod skyrim.

If i wanted to mod skyrim i would, I would rather spend my time and money on this game. I do not want metal bikinis and it is highly irritating that people keep jumping to that conclusion, that is incredibly extremist and by your own standards it is sexist so stop it. you are saying women either have to be completely covered or completely nude. Why?

Cos the weapons would hit where exposed, if your armors have enough big holes to make aiming easy, then your heavy armors are merely dead weights.

NGP

Sylance9 wrote: »

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

Function > Fashion

And if they add metal bikinis and sexist armor for females they have to add it for males too to prevent some female player sueing ZoS for some sex thing. Point being .................. No want nymphos in metal under wear go mod skyrim.

Magical world. We can enchant, add traits etc to our armor. We are in a magical land with mages and sorcerers etc. All in all in this world we could spell whatever weight armor to be more powerful, so all of this "it isnt functional" etc is a moot point.

Magic only contributes to spell resistant, while physical resistant still falls to physical armors.

shadow071179

Sorry i dont want to burst any ones bubble.
But you know your playing a Fantasy Game!
Dont you?

Let people wear what the want.

Wing

Zavinus wrote: »

I was unaware that pixel women had to be attractive.

they don't, just like you don't have to drive a Lamborghini Aventador and can stick with a Honda Civic. . .enjoy. this whole concept can be applied to everything, why not just be stick figures then? I'm sure it would save development time and costs.

despite what people say looks matter.

NGP

Schnuffles wrote: »

@BabeestorGor Regardless of how long ago it was or not does not change the fact that these things are now CANON and part of the lore. So saying "it has never been or ever will be" is just blatant ignorance to what was and still can be. They made the lore, its all right there until they come out and strictly say "this is not what we intended" but it is blaringly obvious that they have no qualms over the female form as even their most recent solo game featured exposed parts on ARMOR. Not vanity pieces but ARMOR whether light or medium or heavy at the very least it should be acknowledged that these things still exist and it is ridiculous to claim otherwise.

I am all for these options being placed back into the game at no one elses expense. Allow players the option to choose how functional or fashionable they want to be within the lore standards

bad designs( impractical just made the game style amuture

Tolmos wrote: »

Samadhi wrote: »

Tolmos wrote: »

Akavir_Sentinel wrote: »

If someone told me that I was going to be an adventurer and had to wear heavy armor, and pick my plate... as a male, I'd select something similar to what she is wearing. Fill in the chest a bit, so it's a single plate, and remove some of the bits over the hands and arms and that would be my armor. It would maximize the balance of vital bit protection + movement + stamina conservation, without loose clothing flopping around that can be grabbed or snag on stuff. Gimme a shield and a sword and I'd be good to go.

You know what I would NEVER pick? A giant, full suit of armor that would weigh me down, wear me out faster and be a *** to climb mountains in, run across fields in, roll and jump in, etc etc.

Light and nimble is the way to go as an adventurer, IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7naZ08Jd4

Awesome. So if I need to go adventuring for 46 seconds, I should be good to go! Of course, if I happen to need to adventure longer than that, it might get just a BIT tiring...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/medieval-armor-was-it-worth-the-wei-11-07-19/
http://www.livescience.com/15128-armor-drained-medieval-knight-energy.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14204717
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2011/07/just_how_heavy.html

That's why you don't have stamina or magicka recovery with heavy armor, remember?