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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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Point being don't throw out functionality, scandalous armors should exist in AOC but don't throw out functionality.
And 100x on the number of shoes.
All joking aside I do support a decision not to make the game a porn sim. Style over jiggly.
No one is advocating for a porn sim. Options my dear Watson, options.
When i see a post like this, it makes the creative die in me a little. Like are people really this boring.
People be like we need to not have gender anything armour and make it so its its the same armour men wear men wear. We also need to make it realistic like its real life, like you know that game....
The thing is some people are advocating fro 0 female armour so it wont even look female just like a guy that is a bit shorter, and maybe a bit winder hips based on your character model. The armour wouldn't eevn make you look like your character as breast.
In remnant 2 did the same thing and you either had a female head or a male head. All armour was the same aka male looking.
whoa. weird take. I don't think that is what anyone.... but maybe ... you?..... wants.
Nothing worse than walking around a medieval world and spotting 14-year-old with DD's and cat-ears in a sparkling white t-back bikini, holding a 1-ton sword over her shoulder.
how do you know their age? ;-;
Korea + Internets x Memes = Age
yeah distinctions are nice. idc for excessive skin or not tho. its a video game. don't get honry from looking at my char .-. I'm more focused on obliterating my opponent ;3
Careful with the sarcasm some NA people might not like it lol.
oh well sucks to suck. as long as the mods are okay with it, and I'm not breaking any forum rules, that's all that matters to me xD (azherae don't hate me pls ily).
anyways, boobs are great ;3
edit: crap imma have to go and edit that. i just read the rules and realized "no politics in the rules".
Thank you for sharing your perspective. I think there might be a slight misunderstanding regarding my original point.
My intention was to emphasize that armor for both men and women should provide adequate protection, similar to what we see in 'Lord of the Rings.' At the same time, I believe game designers can still highlight feminine forms with armor designs, just without exposing skin unnecessarily.
My focus is on practicality and realism in protection while maintaining aesthetic appeal. I hope this clarifies my view a bit more.
Idk u might be joining ur buddy soon in the shadowrealm ;o
well, believability > realism. art doesn't have to be realistic, it has to be believable though.
bruh edit the quotes and delete them, hurry T_T
join me in the shadowrealm and get top 1 by one item xDDD
You actually changed your message lmao, i wouldn't be taking things that serious.
I am sure there will be a armor that can accommodate your boob to knee desire.
Indeed.
You seem to be of the opinion that it is on Intrepid to deal with them.
I am of the opinion that it is people that feel strongly in opposition to them that should deal with them.
Companies should not get involved in activism.
nooo no stats on cosmetics pls T_T
100% Nothing can kill a company faster.
Hopefully they continue to be of the same mind.
Creating variety designs doesn't make the company an activist. I don't think this is a good counterargument.
I wasn't saying that at all. I was merely agreeing with Noaani, I hope they can strike a good balance between "sexy" armor and functional armor and satisfy all parties, I certainly think it is possible.
Some criticize their designs as being too generic. Those critics want something more stylized that lets you know which game you are playing.
My sense is Intrepid is after a less noticeable difference in the style between male and female combat armor/outfits, particularly with medium to heavy armor. More variety in the other outfits as would befit a “normal” person of the node.
What they have shown are also the NPC versions. So I can see where background characters would be designed more generically.
I do not believe we’ve seen a represented range of styles in the armor/outfits and how those might be customized to create more masculine or more feminine versions. Or whatever you might fancy.
Such freedom of expression means you will have something that offends someone. To some even the generic outfits are offensive. There is no winning in the game of not offending people. If an era where being a victim is a social currency people will take offense in even the most trivial things. And I don’t think they have the game’s best interest in mind. You chase trying to make those people happy and you fall right back into the situation that drove the need to create AoC in the first place. Whether the perceived offense is cosmetics, gender, race, PVP vs PVE, PC balance, etc.
Any rule or design choice should factor where players might abuse them, causing the game to diverge from the vision. Whether we are talking cosmetics or functional systems. You have to factor the extremes and then question whether it fits or does not. So maybe boob armor doesn’t fit, that’s fine. I think that’s Intrepid’s call.
This is one of my favourite designs ^^
I also like the idea of having a fancy renaissance dress but I'm thinking they are gonna be a nightmare with the wind physics.
As for curvature shape, I'm sure this will be more visible in character customisation. I think the character models we've seen so far are baseline placeholders. Which is good for those slimline ladies out there that want to have a character figure they can relate too. For us curvy, I'm sure the character creator won't disappoint ^^
The gray texture would indicate this is light armor with some very ornate chest piece. I would definitely think they have room for a lot of variety there, and this is a good illustration of that.
But then here’s the thing. Choosing an extreme body type ought to have some in game consequences. If your character is extremely obese, that’s a problem for armor and movement. It would need to be highly customized, meaning more time and resources. Could look cool in the end, depending on what you are after.