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ManiSan

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

Me/

18 Nov 2007 at 23:05 - 1

I wonder if our chars are under diet while they arent on our screens.
I got a surprise recently, my ele was happy with her new fow armor, and i was taking a look at, then i noticed that she lost one or two polygons.
The bad thing is, she was thin already, and now she start to look like a bone minion, starving for weeks.

Plz Anet, I want to see her more healthy, the sooner the best.

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

18 Nov 2007 at 23:06 - 2

give steriods , ,, , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , ,

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

18 Nov 2007 at 23:11 - 3

hmmm, well if they were fat peple would be complaining, but yeah, most female char's are too thin, i just looks stupid, and as for sins... not all asian people are like "|"

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

18 Nov 2007 at 23:26 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by dont feel no pain

hmmm, well if they were fat peple would be complaining, but yeah, most female char's are too thin, i just looks stupid, and as for sins... not all asian people are like "|"

Assassins do not represent the entire Asian populous.

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

18 Nov 2007 at 23:32 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sekkira

Assassins do not represent the entire Asian populous.

I think that's why he said, "Not all Asians are sticks." =/

Blessed Winds

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

I live in Panda Land. It's wonderful.

PLU (Panda Lovers UNITED)

Me/Mo

18 Nov 2007 at 23:50 - 6

Sumo wrestlers are certainly not sticks.

Omg that'd be an awesome profession.

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

18 Nov 2007 at 23:54 - 7

Lol @ OP. I have to agree though. I think the character models are anorexic and I'd be more happy looking at some more robust female character models. I look forward to making a Norn female wammo in GW2. :]

And hell yea the assasins in GW are like twigs...

Thom Bangalter

Grindin'

Join Date: Dec 2005

MO

E/Mo

18 Nov 2007 at 23:56 - 8

I wish I could make a really, REALLY fat warrior.

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

19 Nov 2007 at 00:15 - 9

lol.

Okay, here is the deal. Each piece of armor actually REPLACES your characters skin/body. Its easier to code. ALL characters will have the same body shape it one armor, and change slightly in another (except it can be stretched vertically). Just check out how gigantic warrior's hands get wearing primeval.

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

19 Nov 2007 at 00:17 - 10

they never DO eat....so that's why they are so thin!

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

19 Nov 2007 at 00:18 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blessed Winds

Sumo wrestlers are certainly not sticks.

Omg that'd be an awesome profession.

Sumo wrestlers are called Warriors in Guild Wars

Also LOL's from thought of Slang term "eat"

Also Im skinnier than the assassin >.> IRL

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

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

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

19 Nov 2007 at 00:22 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

lol.

Okay, here is the deal. Each piece of armor actually REPLACES your characters skin/body. Its easier to code. ALL characters will have the same body shape it one armor, and change slightly in another (except it can be stretched vertically). Just check out how gigantic warrior's hands get wearing primeval.

I suspected that. My monk has cheap Kamadan farming armour and FoW armour. Wearing the farming armour gives my monk a AA cup whereas FoW gives at least a DD. I'm sure it's neither padding nor implants.

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

19 Nov 2007 at 00:24 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by makosi

I suspected that. My monk has cheap Kamadan farming armour and FoW armour. Wearing the farming armour gives my monk a AA cup whereas FoW gives at least a DD. I'm sure it's neither padding nor implants.

Where the one with the DD's....gives me something to look for in game.

ManiSan

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

Me/

19 Nov 2007 at 00:24 - 14

Well, im not complaining about the supposed weight of female chars, the point is, recently models have changed, and with them, my characters too, and i dont like that.

edit: and no, its not armor related, or it could be, it doesnt matter, the fact is my ele has changed, her fow armor has changed. btw ele fow armor is a texture applied on the body.

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

19 Nov 2007 at 00:35 - 15

See this is what happens when you jog everywhere, then you eat the red bean cakes to fatten up and you run even faster.

Sumo characters hmm dont have an objection except the dance emote might be hard to do.
Wouldnt mind a sumo hero character to hid behind when the arrows start flying.

guildwars101

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

19 Nov 2007 at 00:39 - 16

i wish you could adjust wieght in GW id make a 500lb ELE

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

19 Nov 2007 at 00:45 - 17

Most of the characters in the game are not realistically proportioned. This is true of many, many games. At least GW provides a diversity of unrealistic proportions. You have stick thin assassins, absurdly busty rits, gargantuanly over-broad male warriors, etc etc.

DreamRunner

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

19 Nov 2007 at 01:07 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vinraith

gargantuanly over-broad male warriors, etc etc.

Its to bad some people think that the male warriors are actually FAT, when they are actually just muscular.

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

19 Nov 2007 at 01:10 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by DreamRunner

Its to bad some people think that the male warriors are actually FAT, when they are actually just muscular.

Muscular/fat Who cares? The Hulk isn't as big, and has a better Rep >.>

AaronSwitchblade

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

19 Nov 2007 at 01:27 - 20

Although I like the idea of making fat/thin characters, in my experience it doesn't make any difference. Star Wars Galaxies and Phantasy Star Online both had options for character build and weight, and very few people took anything other than "tallish, thin".

It was kinda irritating running around in a universe entirely populated by people with the physical characteristics of hollywood movie stars, but it's just what most people want.

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

19 Nov 2007 at 02:33 - 21

Ever seen a female sin? Eles are skinny strippers, sins are bulemic cheerleaders.

arsie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2007

N/

19 Nov 2007 at 02:40 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronSwitchblade

Although I like the idea of making fat/thin characters, in my experience it doesn't make any difference. Star Wars Galaxies and Phantasy Star Online both had options for character build and weight, and very few people took anything other than "tallish, thin".

It was kinda irritating running around in a universe entirely populated by people with the physical characteristics of hollywood movie stars, but it's just what most people want.

For a space game, you can blame it on the gravity.

Yeah, like how many female dwarves and tauren do you see in WoW...

HardWonFame

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Seven Samurai [SvnS]

N/Me

19 Nov 2007 at 02:43 - 23

Who would honestly want to play a fat person in a fantasy game? Plenty of those IRL already.

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

19 Nov 2007 at 02:48 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by ensoriki

Muscular/fat Who cares? The Hulk isn't as big, and has a better Rep >.>

What?

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

19 Nov 2007 at 03:15 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by DreamRunner

Its to bad some people think that the male warriors are actually FAT, when they are actually just muscular.

I'm not sure whether you're referring to me here, but I'm talking about bone structure. I think they're horrible looking, but I don't think they're fat.

arcady

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

San Francisco native

Mo/P

19 Nov 2007 at 07:02 - 26

Unlike many gamers, the toons they are playing are not spending 12+ hours per day sitting in a chair clicking a mouse.

While the proportions of female toons are not realistic, they are certainly not too thin for where active women on a low to no beef diets tend to come in. Live in Asia or Europe sometime and you'll come to think even fit Americans are fat.

The only toons in GW who I think are too/thick would be the male warriors - who are too fat.

Bankai

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Bubblegum Dragons

Mo/E

19 Nov 2007 at 07:55 - 27

Quote:

Originally Posted by makosi

I suspected that. My monk has cheap Kamadan farming armour and FoW armour. Wearing the farming armour gives my monk a AA cup whereas FoW gives at least a DD. I'm sure it's neither padding nor implants.

I think you're talking about istani. In that case, that's correct. The istani armor is wrapped very tightly around the body, so the breasts get squashed. That way it looks like they're not... well-endowed at all.

Edit: on the topic of sins, can you imagine a really fat asian shadowstepping in front of you and then trying to assassinate you?

Sins need to be agile, hence anorexic.

prism2525

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Among dead bodies.

The Republic of Sky Pirates

E/

19 Nov 2007 at 07:56 - 28

A fat, earth elementalist TANK...

now that would make some ppl chuckle

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

R/

19 Nov 2007 at 08:05 - 29

Having a bit more robust female characters doesn't necessarily mean fat. Weird how people always go for either anorexic thin or overly fat. I think that characters in the GW universe would never really be fat due to all the excercize they get running around smiting things, but there's still space in there for the more naturally rounder female figures.

Really, I'd love to have a normal-sized mesmer/ele with some proper soft curves on her (and not just in the chest/hip department). One of the reasons I like mesmer primeval armor so much, it actually makes them look more like a normal woman.

Zabe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

In world with nothing to do except poker

W/Rt

19 Nov 2007 at 08:19 - 30

Oooooo yeah! I want real fat male monk, so I can blame the slow prots for the fattines of the monk, not my mistakes ;d

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

19 Nov 2007 at 09:59 - 31

Yeah I want to play a middle-aged mother of three with cottage cheese ass and thunder thighs.

Oh wait, I have Livia...

Please...there's a reason this is a Fantasy game, not a life simulator. If you want a chunky sprite, go play the Sims.

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

19 Nov 2007 at 10:07 - 32

I wander why the Hulk's pants never get torn to pieces....

anyway,
I think its time to have body weight selectors in your character creation screen.

like the height adjuster, this ones is side ways. i think it would be fun to see some chubby characters running around the town.

Sims don't have chunky sprite.... they are all slender, even the fattest one, the chunky ones are Custom Made.

tmakinen

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

www.mybearfriend.net

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

E/

19 Nov 2007 at 10:39 - 33

The currently available 'height' slider on the character creation screen actually controls a uniform 3D scaling factor instead of height, and there is a technical reason for that (it's called 'armor'). The implemented system is not terribly realistic since in reality the head doesn't scale with body size, and apparently, people would want to have non-uniform or even body part specific scaling options. While it would certainly be fun (and I bet that some people would like to have even more 'fun' than the others - a good reason if any for not enabling it

), from a technical point of view it would become a nightmare. There are already clipping problems and other graphical glitches in the one-(scaled)-size-fits-all approach, now multiply that with all the possible combinations of body shapes that the extended customization interface would allow.

And yes, when comparing the Vabbian and Canthan female elementalist chest pieces, it is quite apparent that the Canthan version has at least an inch of padding in strategic places. I prefer Vabbian, even at the risk of a major wardrobe malfunction

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

19 Nov 2007 at 10:44 - 34

Female monks have JUST the RIGHT ammount of body fat.

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

19 Nov 2007 at 11:39 - 35

I don't like the idea that games support the overly anorexic female bodytype. It gives a horrible message to the youth and people in general. The male models ingame are certainly much more well rounded compared to the female ones and just having a more rounded female model doesn't nessecarily equal fat but brings some much needed variety. None of the ingame models are really fat atm. They all look pretty toned and as for the warrior males it's a matter of having nothing similiar to compare them with that makes them stand out. Like a box amidst all the sticks. :d

A healthy well rounded female is imho the most attractive bodytype. I just think the female models' waist especially is very unrealistically thin like they were wearing a fetish corset 24/7. Just looking at my norn female para made me think this. Pretty sure this is not so much an issue with GW2 since there will be several races that all look different.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perynne

One of the reasons I like mesmer primeval armor so much, it actually makes them look more like a normal woman.

I think that might be the reason I really like it too.

Steboy93

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Feb 2007

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

W/

19 Nov 2007 at 17:18 - 36

Maybe the reason that you can't choose fatness is because the REALLY chunky characters would have more of them to get AoE'd.

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

19 Nov 2007 at 20:02 - 37

We do this to save GPU power, and cut the costs on animators.

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

19 Nov 2007 at 20:19 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by makosi

I suspected that. My monk has cheap Kamadan farming armour and FoW armour. Wearing the farming armour gives my monk a AA cup whereas FoW gives at least a DD. I'm sure it's neither padding nor implants.

Same goes with the starter armor for female Rits, hey chest looks huuuuuge in that armor and just big in other armors.

Cammy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

WA

zulu

Mo/

19 Nov 2007 at 20:45 - 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by HardWonFame

Who would honestly want to play a fat person in a fantasy game? Plenty of those IRL already.

I agree.

Just like how you'd never have to run during a zombie apocalypse in America as all the undead would be obese.

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

19 Nov 2007 at 20:50 - 40

yeah we can only make them tall or short at charater creation, why cant we make them wide or thin ^^