17 Aug 2007 at 02:06 - 32
Unless there are other armour sets available for her with *ahem* more coverage, I can see myself only using Jora when the plot forces it. I hate the Battle Bikini look - and in her case, with the link between the top and bottom part, she's lost one of the dubious advantages of such an ensemble (that of being more flexible around the torso - that doesn't look any less restrictive than a full breastplate made of whatever material that link is made of). It's almost like she's deliberately putting herself at a disadvantage - or at best is assuming that no enemy will be able to reach higher than her legs.
It's something that ANet have managed to restrain themselves on, with only one or two examples (for warriors) per campaign (although there are a lot of cases where the male version is complete while the female is missing faulds/tassets or cuisses, especially in Factions) so it would be disappointing if the female warrior hench has no choice apart from the "Battle Bikini". I suppose not needing to pull out the bikini-clad "warrior" is what Koss, Goren, Melonni and Kahmu are for...
(Glossary, for the uninitiated:
Cuisses: The armour piece that covers the thighs. Examples where cuises are present in male armour and lacking in the female include: Elite Templar, Shing Jea, basic Canthan.
Faulds/Tassets: The "skirt" of plate in plate armour that covers the hips and upper thighs, respectively. Examples where these are lacking in the female but present in the male include both forms of Kurzick (although the elite form almost gets away with it by virtue of having the greaves go so far up), elite Canthan, and both forms of Sunspear armour.)
EDIT: Mithran, I'd dispute the direct link between milk consumption and height, since I'm allergic and while I'm no basketball player, I'm not exactly a pygmy either...