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MisterDutch

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2007

The Netherlands

E/Me

21 Oct 2007 at 11:05 - 1

Hey,

Weird question maybe! But, what is your character's body scale? There are 15 different options from small to big, which you can set at character's creation. with 1 being shortest and 15 being tallest, I went with body scale 9, I'm a male dervish and I like being kinda tall but some people just take it way to far! Sometimes I see characters who look like they must be 7 feet tall while at other times I see really really small characters who look like small children. Strangly enough these short characters are most often females! Maybe some sickos like to watch young girls in skirts kill stuff? or something?

anyway what is your body scale?

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

21 Oct 2007 at 11:10 - 2

My Monk has the smallest body scale. It depends on the class and gender too.

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

21 Oct 2007 at 11:12 - 3

The scale is determined by what profession you are and your gender. Males are taller than females; Paragons are taller than Warriors, who are taller than ... etc, and monks are the smallest of the lot. Saying this, the tallest possible male monk is only about the size of the smallest possible female paragon.

My warrior i pushed a rank or two higher, my ele is one below, i think, and my monk is average.

Mace Gridlock

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Empire Of Corrupted Souls

21 Oct 2007 at 11:15 - 4

My monk and my ranger are short and the other 8 are full scale.

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

21 Oct 2007 at 11:23 - 5

Ele - smallest option

Assassin, Paragon, Dervish - Average

Necro, Warrior, Ranger - tallest (all female)

I have a mini monk as a mule and an average male rit as a mule.

Kahlindra

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

England

Anthems to the Welkin at [Dusk]. 2 man guilds are king.

N/Me

21 Oct 2007 at 11:23 - 6

I put everyone up to the tallest. I wanna see my characters! More armour for my money....

Viruzzz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

21 Oct 2007 at 11:27 - 7

all of mine are the smallest possible, i just prefer it that way, they seem so huge when they are tall.

netniwk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Bellgium

W/E

21 Oct 2007 at 11:34 - 8

warrior-biggest
elle-biggest
monk-smallest

Diddy bow

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

Jawsome!!!!!!!!!!!

looking for one :p

A/D

21 Oct 2007 at 11:36 - 9

I dont even think i changed it except for my para who i made the biggest =D

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

21 Oct 2007 at 11:39 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viruzzz

they seem so huge when they are tall.

Zoom out a little then?

Toutatis

Walking Wiki

Join Date: Nov 2006

Isle of Medication

Visitors from Aranna [VFA]

Me/E

21 Oct 2007 at 11:45 - 11

Quote:

Maybe some sickos like to watch young girls in skirts kill stuff? or something?

You just described the general plotline of goodness knows how many anime movies

All my characters are as tall as I can make them. A max height male mesmer is just a shade taller than a max height male warrior - makes quite a visual impact, towering over most other characters and dressed up to the nines.

Unlucky

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

Unforgiven Outlaws [swag]

E/Mo

21 Oct 2007 at 11:50 - 12

Female ranger is my smallest, warrior I pushed to the max making him my tallest.
Strangely, I managed to somehow get my Dervish AND Elementalist (both male) the EXACT the same height, both at about 3\4ths up the scale. (Dervish higher up the scale I think.) Ritualist is roughly middle sized, smaller than the other males but taller than my female. PvP don't count, because i just wham them down to smallest to make it harder to click on. :P

Muspellsheimr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

21 Oct 2007 at 11:54 - 13

Always the shortest. Larger just seems... off.

foo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Scars Meadows [SMS]

N/

21 Oct 2007 at 12:25 - 14

most of my toons are below average, cause I've started with some small toons, and then I've set the rest to be in line.

Coridan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

US

Old Married Gamers {OMG}

W/

21 Oct 2007 at 13:03 - 15

Well my warrior is almost max height...necro and monk are normal height for thier class.

I personally am fairly short 5'9 and about 190lbs so maybe i am trying to make up for it my RL stance...in VR....maybe an interesting theory.

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

21 Oct 2007 at 13:04 - 16

All of mine are just over the middle line. I don't like the big ones because they didn't properly scale the bodies, just made them all round bigger, and the small ones get lost in a crowd.

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

21 Oct 2007 at 13:15 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kahlindra

I put everyone up to the tallest. I wanna see my characters! More armour for my money....

LoL! I like that logic. My characters usually hover about an inch (on the scale) lower than max.

Spazzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

USA

Team Asshat [Hat]

Mo/E

21 Oct 2007 at 13:20 - 18

I usually like to make my characters the shortest. It compresses the textures into a smaller area, so my characters generally look more detailed even when they're technically not.

The exceptions to this rule are my male warrior and male ranger. They're giants.

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

Mo/

21 Oct 2007 at 13:24 - 19

My monk is the smallest as can be. My others are around 2-5 on a scale of 1-15. For the most part I didnt like the look of characters taller than that in relation to objects in the game.

lacasner

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

21 Oct 2007 at 13:25 - 20

I never make my characters the biggest, because I try to most closely depict how I am in real life and try to match it. Im like 195 cm's or so, and I always make my chars a lil less tall then the max because I want them to represent me.

MrSlayer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

United Kingdom

Quit Whining And [PLAY]

Mo/

21 Oct 2007 at 13:33 - 21

All smallest!

FTW

(Ok those who know the second version of what that's an abbreviation of should find that moderately amusing <.<)

Dirty Savage

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Saskatchewan

21 Oct 2007 at 14:36 - 22

All my characters are created max size.

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

21 Oct 2007 at 14:53 - 23

All as large as possible with the exception of my monk who is as small as they come.

October Jade

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

drifting between Indiana and NorCal

21 Oct 2007 at 15:51 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisterDutch

There are 15 different options from small to big, which you can set at character's creation.

Slight correction...there are sixteen variations. Not fifteen. Check it out.

Steboy93

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Feb 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] | Ex-Officer [TAM]

W/

21 Oct 2007 at 16:16 - 25

Most of mine are about medium, except my warrior who i think is about 2 or 3 under max height.

MelechRic

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

RA

[ODIN]

N/Mo

21 Oct 2007 at 16:26 - 26

A female chars and all the smallest size. I get a kick out of running up to a max male warrior w/ my female necro and only reaching his elbow. Then I think about the ways I'd kill him in pvp.

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

21 Oct 2007 at 16:33 - 27

I have a pocket monk =D [shorty]
My others are all at or around 75%, except my storage sins which are all as short as possible.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSlayer

FTW

(Ok those who know the second version of what that's an abbreviation of should find that moderately amusing <.<)

Huh?

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

21 Oct 2007 at 17:00 - 28

The only one of my characters to the best of my knowledge who is NOT at maximum height is my original: Chae Soon .... and he is about 2/3rds of the way there, if not 3/4.

Lon Zi (my elementalist) tends to tower over everyone else irrespective. I can't help but wonder why male elementalists are so damned huge....

I suspect Monks are smaller so they're more difficult to spot (because everyone wants to go for the monk).

leprekan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Posers and Wannabes [nubs]

W/E

21 Oct 2007 at 17:49 - 29

I came from fps games ... all but warrior are as tiny as possible. Even if it bought only a 1/4 second from someone clicking on a toon as a target of opportunity in pvp ... 1/4 second is part of a cast.

A Leprechaun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

21 Oct 2007 at 18:04 - 30

As you can guess from my name...and the names of all my chars, they are all very..very..small, except one of my necros, who is really tall by mistake. ^^
My male warrior is so small compared to most male warriors, I get loads of comenets about it, most female warriors are taller than him. ^^

~A Leprechaun~

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

21 Oct 2007 at 18:43 - 31

My female warrior and elementalist are the biggest size possible. Rest I don't really remember.

free_fall

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

21 Oct 2007 at 18:56 - 32

My first 2 chars are medium height but every one since then I've made as short as possible to reflect my RL stature, except 1 warrior which I deliberately made maximum height.

Max height male mesmers (and eles, to a lesser extent) are pretty creepy looking for some reason - they give me the willies.

ヽ(??ー｀)ﾉ

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

21 Oct 2007 at 18:58 - 33

Petite female warrior.

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

21 Oct 2007 at 19:34 - 34

Max Size: Warrior, Paragon (both Male)
(Max - 1 click): Dervish (Female), Monk (Female)
(Max -2 clicks): Necro (Female), Ranger (Female), Elementalist (Female), Ritualist (Female), Mesmer (Female)

Assassin (Male): Must be Max or near maximum height.

I do not understand why people make monk and ranger girls even smaller. They are so small, even at maximum size.
There is already a lot of variety in size depending on class or sometimes even hairstyle, even small elementalist girls are really tall.

Lilanthe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

21 Oct 2007 at 19:43 - 35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirty Savage

All my characters are created max size.

Yeah, same here.

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

21 Oct 2007 at 19:44 - 36

I try and create all my characters at a medium height, which I base off my Ranger. I make some of them smaller so they look right compared to him, and some of the smaller classes like monks and ele's taller, so they don't like tiny.

I hate when you see the freakishly tall warriors and such, but even worse is the tiny little female monks. They look like aliens! especially with that naked/tattoo armour.

Sir Seifus Halbred

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

21 Oct 2007 at 20:25 - 37

I always had them at the default, that is until Nightfall came out that the scale was always set randomly.

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

21 Oct 2007 at 21:08 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind

I hate when you see the freakishly tall warriors and such, but even worse is the tiny little female monks. They look like aliens! especially with that naked/tattoo armour.

The pocket monks look CUTE! Which is why I have one.

I don't see why everyone has max height. How unoriginal. Especially for sins, the shorter the better. They need to be light!

Molock

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Qu??bec

Legacy of Angels [Halo]

E/

21 Oct 2007 at 21:23 - 39

I usually place the scale bar about half-way..

Peter Panic

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

ct

Scars Meadows [SMS]

W/

21 Oct 2007 at 21:27 - 40

all males for me (i feel creepy otherwise), and i like to have my casters really short, and my meele really tall. the only exception is my sin who is short too. my paragon is medium height (for a paragon that is) and my warrior is about 3/4, but only bc i didnt make him, a friend of mine did. if it were up to me, hed be as tall as possible.