Why is the female armor a copy paste of the male armor?

This was posted on their twitter.
What is the point of playing a female character if they put literally no effort into making female cosmetics? They just took the male armor and mirrored it, shrunk it a little, then photoshopped a female head on it and said done. They have been making a lot of the armor lately so similar its hard to tell any difference. I'm not asking for bikini armor at all, just make it something different from the males at least so we can tell a difference more easily.

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George_Black

Many months in a row the female designs are copy paste from males. Nearly a year now. That's the fact.

Since they are npc designs and NOT cosmetic products for sale people shouldnt be too upset, unless they are afraid that all female armors will be male copy pastes. I dont think so, I hope not.

But mb IS should throw a bone to female players. When was the last time they showed a distinct female design in the monthly cosmetics? Even if it is an npc design.

Liniker

I love it! there is no such thing as "boob armor" this is what armor for females would look like in a realistic setting.

This is perfectly accurate, as all things should be.

George_Black

Liniker wrote: »

I love it! there is no such thing as "boob armor" this is what armor for females would look like in a realistic setting.

This is perfectly accurate, as all things should be.

Realistic armors?
There are no realistic armors in most mmos both female and male. None of them would be functional. Armors weapons, they arent realistic at all.
Realism is your argument to discredit people that want to look good?

Arya_Yeshe

I mean... I do like women, I like quite a lot in fact

But hey, there's other places nerds can quench their curiosity, the game is no place for that

I want to see the women here in beautiful dresses and armors. Items with nice cloth, nice details on their armor and everything, nice crests, nice jewels and everything else

I don't want the game looking like one of those generic Korean MMOS that a certain public crave.

George_Black

Arya_Yeshe wrote: »

I mean... I do like women, I like quite a lot in fact

But hey, there's other places nerds can quench their curiosity, the game is no place for that

I want to see the women here in beautiful dresses and armors. Items with nice cloth, nice details on their armor and everything, nice crests, nice jewels and everything else

I don't want the game looking like one of those generic Korean MMOS that a certain public crave.

Who said anything about korean designs?

Liniker

George_Black wrote: »

Realistic armors?
There are no realistic armors in most mmos both female and male. None of them would be functional. Armors weapons, they arent realistic at all.
Realism is your argument to discredit people that want to look good?

you are right, and this is 100% just personal preference, I am not a fan of how most RPGs portray female armor, I usually don't play female characters because of it - intrepid's approach makes me happy.

Spif

Pretty sure we'll be able to dye the armor pink....

JamesSunderland

George_Black wrote: »

Many months in a row the female designs are copy paste from males. Nearly a year now. That's the fact.

The last clearly gender distinct monthly cosmetic was actually the Feb 2021(a.k.a Flawless Finery)
So it's actually nearing 2 years.

Noaani wrote: »

It is just the reality of production.

Yep, i also really do believe it's their method of reducing the production cost/labor in half with all the unisex cosmetics and i also see no issue with it, if they focus that cost/labor elsewhere.

Liniker

they changed it

still no boob armor, which I'm happy with

Sathrago

If you want to dress like a girl its simple. Play an elf.

Arya_Yeshe

Nice, this new one is better because we can see her body shape, her waist and it's still a warrior

Previously it was the male body but mirroed and smaller

Zahie

I see some people here who translate "make the female armor a bit different from the male armor" directly to "make boob armor" or "bikini armor" like there is no other options between, like it's only black and white and no grays.

Just think a bit realistic for a moment.
I'm a female and I only buy womens clothes, but that doesn't mean I'm walking around in a boob shirt or bikini or skimpy clothing to show alot of skin and cleavage.
Mens and womens hoodies for example may look exactly the same, like they are unisex, but they are not. They have different cuts to fit different shape of the male and female body. Also the bodyshape under the fabric will be defined from lights and shadows. Therefore it won't look exactly the same on the two different bodyshapes, not even if it is a unisex hoodie.

This armor can still have the exact same style, just change the shape and some shadows and highlighs so it actually looks like it is formed after a female body.

New world made this mistake. Some pants looked exactly the same on female characters as they did on male characters, I don't mean only the style, ofc the style should be the same but not how the pants are shaped around the body. The pants still had the shadows and highligts that formed an obvious bulge between the legs on my female character.

Small details like this can be enough to make an armor to look less masculine on a female body but still have the same style. It doesn't have to include a skirt, bikini armor or boob armor to show the character is a female.
Females are so much more than boobs and skin.

Voxtrium

@Zahie
They updated the armor piece.

Zahie

Voxtrium wrote: »

@Zahie
They updated the armor piece.

Yes I saw that, but it doesn't eliminate the fact that alot of people only thought of bikini armor, boob armor or skimpy armor when the OP asked for the female armor to look different from the male armor even tho he was very clear that he didn't mean he wanted a bikini armor.

I'm just pointing out that whenever this topic comes up, the majority of people seems to think that feminine armor is always equal to boobs and bikinis. It's absurd that people doesn't think longer than that or being more realistic.

Arya_Yeshe

@Zahie u'r late on the topic, the armor is different already

Voxtrium

@Zahie While the body type of humans/elves varies significantly and thus your argument is correct, I think Ren'Kai are going to be much more similar in gender.

Zahie

@Voxtrium i also think so, they will probably have a much more bulky bodytype than the human/elves females but still have the feminine body traits and probably look a bit more "slender" than the male body, just like the Dunir dwarf females compared to the males.

Tyranthraxus

JamesSunderland wrote: »

The last clearly gender distinct monthly cosmetic was actually the Feb 2021(a.k.a Flawless Finery)
So it's actually nearing 2 years.

Heheh - this is the only set yours truly has picked up, so far - but Ima also grab this month's since it fits the role of woodsman. Hadn't known at the time that the current plan is to NOT be able to mix-and-match pieces from the cosmetics with in-game-obtainables. It's a shame, since I had big plans for that coat - but white socks and shoes aren't very appropriate for dungeon-crawling.

Will have to find the loot-able equivalent, in-game.

Sathrago wrote: »

If you want to dress like a girl its simple. Play an elf.

Ooh, ouch - Elf-smacked! Good thing my character won't be sensitive about his effeminate hips....

Gankez

chainmail bikinis or im not playing /thread

xemnitas

I like real armors on female characters instead of bikini armors with high heel shoes... I hate that on BDO

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