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Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
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My wife likes armor that appeals to her. The metal bulk does not. Leathers and cloth that fit her form do.
My Tulnar will wear loincloth and a skull belt if I get my way. Full body tattoos.
Breaks your immersion? Put a bag over your head.
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That being said...
We have yet to see what the cultural variations of armor sets/cosmetics look like.
I didn't pay much attention in Alpha One. Seemed like there wasn't much difference other than conforming to size.
Oh?
You're conflating 'people prefer to have armor be that way' with 'you cannot do X'.
You're arguing too early, basically. "I want form fitting heavy armor and I don't see any yet!"
Just assume they're making the bulky heavy armor first.
Realism or immersion is a word some use as a magical word to defend an idea people know it is not easy to defend... And nothing surprising here :
Realism is just a personnal taste. (I really don't care about realism... i wouldnt play fantasy games...)
Immersion is really subjectiv thing. For a same subject, 2 people can have a way to get immerse in total opposite and contradictory way. As we saw about proximity voice chat, some saying more immersiv, other saying immersion breaking. Here we see the same, some like me (or you) needs to have their character as close as they imagine it for the most immersion possible, other needs OTHER character to be as close as they want them to be...
And this is were is the real toxicity for me : when you decide for other people how they have to do. and want to restrict freedom... Not when people say "just don't watch me"
I for one am very pro choice when it comes to colors and dyes. I like bright colors and advocate for less limitations on palette. I just also happen to have empathy for others who value immersion in their games and therefore can accept some amount of limits to these immersion breaking elements. So I am willing to accept limits on bright colors depending on material.
That’s right if they don’t like what they see they can put a bag over their head.
Geez I forgot I made this thread. Thanks for fighting the good fight I guess. I have made myself clear multiple times. I don't care if Intrepid puts Unisex armor in the game. In fact I'm all for it, I just want options, I don't like it when game companies narrow my choices because of a what if. I play a character as a self insert and would like to have the options to be feminine. I don't want bikini armor or heels. I'm not looking for only feminine and masculine gear. I want everyone to get what they want not just one group of people. When the community is happy I'm happy. It's amusing that people keep trying to argue against options though.
I think these videos are a better way to convey my meaning and the possibilities for more feminine armor types:
Light/Cloth "armor" doesn't really provide "practical" protection anyway, so you can easily have the more revealing options in this category, and to a lesser extent the medium/leather category. In the end, this is a fantasy video game so it is important to strike a good balance, without totally losing yourself in "function over form, practical over impractical" all the time.
Most games are doing "full armor" to men, and... while i would stuff any male character this way personally. i also HATE this.
I mean, "say me name of strong powerfull male warrior in fantasy stories" You could say lancelot sure, with full plate armor, aragorn, in medium/light armor or Conan, with just enough to hide his intimacy... Because he doesnt need, his adamant muscles are enough to block any sword.
For this i defend, here, some sexy (NOT SLUTTY) armor for female, even if "unrealist"... While i hope the same goes for male, with a "conan the barbarian" mindset...
What do you mean they make excellent weapons :P
On serious note i think like slight platform heels like inch-3 inch is fine outside of heavy armor but yeah definitely dont need this high heel stiletto's
No. Heels literally ruin the musculature of your calves. It's idiotic to put them on any armor
yet they were utilised in combat in the past.
Yes, heeled boots were used in combat by Persian soldiers in the Samanid Empire (874-1005). The boots helped soldiers keep their feet in the stirrups and gave them the stability to shoot bows and arrows.
There some other cases aswell but yes they were utilised in combat by several factions in the past so it does make sense that they do exsist aslong as the height is in reason
you also got to take into account AoC isnt soley about combat aswell so you do need some equipment that portrays things outside of combat elements for players and RP reason and so on so again another reason for them to exists, i dont think they should particular be prevelant in heavy armor though of course like i said leather and light armor they work aslong as there not to an extream height.
Also heels were often used by commanders too in the past since at some stage have heels on your shoes/boots was a status symbol so yeah no reason not to include them within reason.
then you also have the whole fantasy element too of the game aswell so you gotta stretch things slightly
not to mention people wear the most impractical things at times for status like the schlong armor above in the above video to demestrastes big metal dick plate was the way to go at times dispite its impracticality
Something that literally damages the body is not something anyone should be trying to add as something 'attractive', 'cool', or 'sexy'. It stupid as all hell even if they were used as weaponry, which I highly doubt was common, and two, still doesn't make them not a physically harmful thing to put on footwear.