• The tiny Dunmer female on the left has been harassed by guys wanting to hook up IRL. Srsly? She's a toon! People strike up conversations with her. Some questions about what a Dumner is doing in DC. Plenty of friend requests but only one guild invite (which she accepted so I could be in a DC guild).
• The next one -- platinum blond Altmer -- has gotten many guild membership offers, though I just use her as a bank mule.
• The redheaded Altmer has gotten a couple of guild invites and most of my friend requests. She was my first Sorc
• My imperial gets offers to group, usually (I think) from women. Usually carries a giant maul so maybe that and her scar are off-putting for the guys. IMO she's attractive in a badass kinda way, but what do I know? Master crafter too -- if you ever see gear from Claudia Caerellius, she made it.
• My leopard spotted Khajiit gets group requests if he happens to be doing the content someone else wants to do. One guild invite, from a Khajiit only guild. This was my first character and I have played him far more than any other character.
• People will text chat with my bosmer, but no requests. Not sure why she is not as popular as the other pretty females. Short?
• LoL, people generally won't even answer my big black shirtless Khajiit when he speaks to them. One guy said thanks after I saved his backside in a delve about 5 times. One guy made a joke about how I needed to put on a shirt "for the gods' sakes!" Another guy asked me why I don't wear chest armor. Those 3 are all the social interaction he has had.
• My old, scrawny male Dunmer is essentially invisible. Nothing. I don't know if people are just horrified or what. IMO he looks the part of a wizard. I have to wonder what the reaction would be if I ran him around in a city au naturale :-O

rotaugen454 wrote: »

I have an overweight female Orc templar that gets a lot of abuse. It's an interesting social experiment to see how people treat her. They say the things out loud that they probably whisper and snicker about in real life.

Lysette wrote: »

Glaiceana wrote: »

Yeah its actually crazy how many people have to comment on it when they see you When we do dungeons or when I'm just walking past you in Riften someone has to say something like "omg why are you so fat" It's pretty funny. I've always said though that it's kind of a good thing, as it proves you have a unique and interesting character that people notice.

I have a dark skinned Redguard female, which has an "african" look to her. I was curious about if people will comment on this. They don't, but something else is very strange with it - it is like I would be invisible to them. No one is talking to her or is approaching her. Totally different experience than with my light and fair skinned other female characters.

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

Glaiceana wrote: »

Yeah its actually crazy how many people have to comment on it when they see you When we do dungeons or when I'm just walking past you in Riften someone has to say something like "omg why are you so fat" It's pretty funny. I've always said though that it's kind of a good thing, as it proves you have a unique and interesting character that people notice.

I have a dark skinned Redguard female, which has an "african" look to her. I was curious about if people will comment on this. They don't, but something else is very strange with it - it is like I would be invisible to them. No one is talking to her or is approaching her. Totally different experience than with my light and fair skinned other female characters.

A friend of mine saw me at first in my Redguard avatar. He did not mention anything about my appearance. But next time, when he saw me as a fair skinned Breton, his comment was "finally I can see your face" - that was funny, but strange as well.

Edit: had to correct the race, it was a Breton, not a Bosmer.

That sounds like a pixel problem.

I do have to say that My Orc Templar has gotten a lot of unkind words for his looks. I actually take a lot of time into building a style and theme for every character I make. I don't take it personally either, because I actually wanted him to look ugly. In many MMO's I've made ugly characters, because to be honest I like bucking the trend that a hero has to have shiny hair, gleaming teeth, perfect figure and the rest of it. You'd be surprised what some of the deadliest soldiers ever looked like. Heroism is internal, it is not external. I like that Orc Templar. He's old, he's got wrinkles, he's got some pretty bad scars over his whole body (Spent a long time in Coldharbor), his skin is unhealthy and pale, and yes he's fat (but didn't I mention he's really old) but he has a cheerful smile. I pause on that a moment - he has a cheerful smile. The whole notion behind this character was that behind all the hell he'd been through, the good person within keeps trudging on. I'm not a roleplayer but I do like to add a little 3d to the character (even if I do skip dialogues now, its only because I know what they're going to say before they say it).

Just going to say: Sometimes its fun to push the slider down and make someone shorter, normal sized, skinny, fat, or 'odd' looking. I don't do such things to be mocking, but more because of a recognition of the internal. I suppose the reason I think about things like this in character design is that I do in some manner recognize the RPG part of the MMORPG.

Edit: As an aside, the character I've played most is Dodge Hopper. He's a muscular north-Italian (the idea being mixed between Imperial and Nord) looking guy of normal height (I never pushed the slider up or down). I tried to give him a determined look on his face. Its funny how many people tower over that character, and I'm not talking just Altmer and Orcs. Being normal sized in the game seems small. I even find most Bosmer males are my height (or at least really close to it). As an observation, I guess no one wants to be short (Or normal sized for that matter).

That being normal sized looks small is a matter of the camera angle to the character - I know this very well from second life - in second life this leads to that all has to be oversized to make it look normal. If the camera would be on character height and nearby the character, this is different, but normally we look at it in 3rd person from a position behind and up - and this leads to that speed, size and other factors are distorted to our perception.

Edit: and no it is not a pixel problem with the appearance of my Redguard - her face is clearly to see.



Well, this one has better lighting - when she emerged from coldhabour at level 3.

I guess you are right. I figured it was a dark lighting and poor screen issue by what was described. I know I've gone to Cyrodiil before on terrible gfx settings, and everyone just looks like wandering blobs when you do that. I figured the same here. Either way, cool character. I'm a big fan of the ragada. I'm planning to make one when I get more character slots, but the hard choice for me is the class. The new Hurricane skill for sorcerers is tempting thematically, but the sorcerer class as a whole seems pretty abominable to standard Redguard culture. Besides, I suspect DK or NB would work best with the racials. The irony is I think Templar is probably closer to their culture.

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

CaptainBeerDude wrote: »

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

Glaiceana wrote: »

Yeah its actually crazy how many people have to comment on it when they see you When we do dungeons or when I'm just walking past you in Riften someone has to say something like "omg why are you so fat" It's pretty funny. I've always said though that it's kind of a good thing, as it proves you have a unique and interesting character that people notice.

I have a dark skinned Redguard female, which has an "african" look to her. I was curious about if people will comment on this. They don't, but something else is very strange with it - it is like I would be invisible to them. No one is talking to her or is approaching her. Totally different experience than with my light and fair skinned other female characters.

A friend of mine saw me at first in my Redguard avatar. He did not mention anything about my appearance. But next time, when he saw me as a fair skinned Breton, his comment was "finally I can see your face" - that was funny, but strange as well.

Edit: had to correct the race, it was a Breton, not a Bosmer.

That sounds like a pixel problem.

I do have to say that My Orc Templar has gotten a lot of unkind words for his looks. I actually take a lot of time into building a style and theme for every character I make. I don't take it personally either, because I actually wanted him to look ugly. In many MMO's I've made ugly characters, because to be honest I like bucking the trend that a hero has to have shiny hair, gleaming teeth, perfect figure and the rest of it. You'd be surprised what some of the deadliest soldiers ever looked like. Heroism is internal, it is not external. I like that Orc Templar. He's old, he's got wrinkles, he's got some pretty bad scars over his whole body (Spent a long time in Coldharbor), his skin is unhealthy and pale, and yes he's fat (but didn't I mention he's really old) but he has a cheerful smile. I pause on that a moment - he has a cheerful smile. The whole notion behind this character was that behind all the hell he'd been through, the good person within keeps trudging on. I'm not a roleplayer but I do like to add a little 3d to the character (even if I do skip dialogues now, its only because I know what they're going to say before they say it).

Just going to say: Sometimes its fun to push the slider down and make someone shorter, normal sized, skinny, fat, or 'odd' looking. I don't do such things to be mocking, but more because of a recognition of the internal. I suppose the reason I think about things like this in character design is that I do in some manner recognize the RPG part of the MMORPG.

Edit: As an aside, the character I've played most is Dodge Hopper. He's a muscular north-Italian (the idea being mixed between Imperial and Nord) looking guy of normal height (I never pushed the slider up or down). I tried to give him a determined look on his face. Its funny how many people tower over that character, and I'm not talking just Altmer and Orcs. Being normal sized in the game seems small. I even find most Bosmer males are my height (or at least really close to it). As an observation, I guess no one wants to be short (Or normal sized for that matter).

That being normal sized looks small is a matter of the camera angle to the character - I know this very well from second life - in second life this leads to that all has to be oversized to make it look normal. If the camera would be on character height and nearby the character, this is different, but normally we look at it in 3rd person from a position behind and up - and this leads to that speed, size and other factors are distorted to our perception.

Edit: and no it is not a pixel problem with the appearance of my Redguard - her face is clearly to see.



Well, this one has better lighting - when she emerged from coldhabour at level 3.

I guess you are right. I figured it was a dark lighting and poor screen issue by what was described. I know I've gone to Cyrodiil before on terrible gfx settings, and everyone just looks like wandering blobs when you do that. I figured the same here. Either way, cool character. I'm a big fan of the ragada. I'm planning to make one when I get more character slots, but the hard choice for me is the class. The new Hurricane skill for sorcerers is tempting thematically, but the sorcerer class as a whole seems pretty abominable to standard Redguard culture. Besides, I suspect DK or NB would work best with the racials. The irony is I think Templar is probably closer to their culture.

I thought a Redguard stam sorc would be a Sword Saint kind of deal. I'm hardly an expert, but the bits and pieces that I've seen seem to suggest that.

I think maybe the Storm Calling line, not so much the Dark or Daedric.

paleobonesb14_ESO wrote: »

Its interesting that most of the heavy set characters are made to look ugly as well. I have seen quite a few large orc females but, I cant recall ever seeing a large female high elf.

kasa-obake wrote: »

Proudly presenting my attempt at creating something beautiful and transient. Please welcome Dominion Siege Merchant, a fotm stamina DK and all in all cute hottie.

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Have already gotten envious stares, catcalls, and whispers from parading naked in Auridon to level up the guar speed.

Altaire wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

rotaugen454 wrote: »

I have an overweight female Orc templar that gets a lot of abuse. It's an interesting social experiment to see how people treat her. They say the things out loud that they probably whisper and snicker about in real life.

In second life I found that people feel insulted by fat or disabled avatars. Their reasoning is, that it is disgusting to be that in a game as well, where it could be easily avoided. Some region owners even ban such avatars from their region, because they see that as a grief attempt to disturb other guests and make them feel uncomfortable. Tolerance is in low supply nowadays.

But i took a arrow to the knee for my country!

stojekarcub18_ESO wrote: »

My pot-bellied, flat-chested Argonian, "Squirts-All-Colors", gets the same sort of abuse. Her extreme appearance was my goal, though...so I take the insults as compliments. x)