You roll females because...

I needed Vabbian armor for HoM, had a female derv, easiest decision I ever made. (don't like most of the other vabbian armours anyways.)

QFT: I will on occasion be called a pedo, tranny, or even have it assumed that I am female just because I'm on one of my female chars. When I make a char I first decide the class, then the armor I want as a final goal looking at both male and female armour sets. All spellcasters I make (other than rit) are automatically female (don't like the male versions), then the rest just falls into place.

Mostly, I'm on my main anyways. The alts are rarely used, most haven't even finished a campaign.

My 2 mains (one is my bro's that I'll never delete in case he wants to play JQ for hours and benefit me , I let him have a slot or two when I got the game) are both male. The only reason my pre-sear char is female is because I've done every combo of male warrior for proph imaginable over the years and I wanted to be the "Valkyrie of Pre" when I made a perma.

Balance is always considered but really its just a matter of what I want to do with the character.

M R (main)
M W (bro's main)
F Me
F E
F N
M Rt
F D (made just for vabbian)
F W (pre)
F P (dudes looked too fruity, didn't want gold nipple curiass)
F A (want to delete but too much work has been done, also don't think its too big a deal so I'm not bothering with the makeover, sins lack customization anyways)
empty slot used for pvp chars normally, always changes.

so it's 3:7, big whoop. Doesn't make me a pedo, perv, homo, etc. does it? Trust me I hate Asley Graham as much as the next guy! *LEON HELLLP!!!*

If you're so insecure about your sexuality that you stare at your PC while playing guild wars, you should really just come out of the closet.

I agree with Reddog91. If I roll female characters I spend all my cash making the glamorous. I originally rolled a female character so I didn't have to stare at a guy's butt for my playing time. After constant harassment I changed to a male character haha.

Boobs > no boobs. Until Anet allows men to show off their assets, they are fighting a losing battle here.

Like others, it comes down to individual looks.
Or just chance.

F Necromancer - Goth chick > goth dude
F Elementalist - males just look stupid
F Ritualist - Female spirit spammer > male spirit spammer
F Mesmer - female, mainly because they all look so elegant compared to the guys who look too dandy-ish

M Assassin - male ninja looked better than female ninja
M Dervish - started a male for the hell of it, and haven't tried anything else
M Ranger - could have gone either way, but I wanted a male so I could reference Robin Hood

M/F Warrior - I liked the male elite Kurzick and primeval armor better, and I liked the female elite Luxon and elite gladiator armor better.
I've taken different approaches with each, using the male as a spearchucker and axe wielder and the female as a swordswoman and Earth shaker.

My count is:

- Male: War, Ele, Sin, Ra, Derv
- Fem: Mez, Nec, Para

Before I roll a toon, the looks play big part on that choice. For example, all male paras look bad, no matter the gear they have, so I rolled a female para.

My only regret is the male Ele. The model looks awesome, but male ele armors are teh suck. Tried full sets and combos and none seemed to satisfy me. Female ele armors look way better. A lil "Lamp Genie" sometimes. But overall better than males.

But my real problem is with the sins. F have better looking armor. But the model is obnoxiously anorexic. M sins are just a bit less anorexic, but the armors are plain ugly. I remember using that Shing Jea kimono like for ages untill I found an (at least) acceptable combo (what happened only in GWEN).

Almost like that, are the necros. M/F, both look great. F looks better overall. But sometimes I found M armors more [email protected] - namely the Necrotic or Elite Luxon.

ahahahahahaha good point there RedDog!! i really liked ur answer!!

I play all female characters because I am a woman myself, and I find it easier to immerse myself in the game when I can relate in some way to the character I'm playing as.

Also, because I like the female character's appearances and armor better, for the most part. The only profession I'd make a male of is Mesmer, and that's just something I do to mess around in PvP sometimes

(also, about female assassins...skinny does not automatically mean anorexic)

I chose male/female based on alot of factors, looks is simply one. My last toon was a pre warrior. I really wanted a male named Orion (based on the constilation) but the pre warrior is in a skirt, so the toon might as well look good, so it was female named Tio. Since my next pre will be ranger he will be the male named Orion.

I also have evey profesionin both genders. When I do make a toon I generally decide on the profesion, then the name wich detemine the gender.

It did take me long time to get around to keeping a male necro, they generally are ugly and the way they run just freaks me out.

My m/f decision is simply based on the available armour designs for that profession and the hair/face combo's offered.

There are simply to many ugly / similar male armour designs compared to female options.

Most of my chars are female for the simple reason they have far superior armour sets and better customisation ( I have one of all profs except rit & assa).

Only males I have are pre monk and ranger. The monk because he's useful and rangers are pretty cool regardless of being male/female.
I also have a Mesmer bloke as I rather like the dashing, dandy look they have, and a bloated Warrior tho he's only useful as a mule.

Think i'll get a spare char slot and start up a male rit, they seem to have better appearance/armour options than the females do. ^.^

well, i have 8 character slots, 4 have a male char and 4 a female.
However, only 4 characters i consider main characters.
3 of those r female, and 1 male.

The biggest reason if I decide male or female is how he/she will look.
I ended up with;
- male Ele (Prophecies)
- female Mesmer (Prophecies)
- female Necro (Prophecies)
- female Ele (Nightfall) (becos fem ele elite sunspear armor looks soooo HOT )

(yeah, i prefer to play caster classes )

I find that the female versions of most armour sets are superior. Female mesmers, for example, have the better version of nearly every elite set. Female necros and warriors are able to put together some quite nice combinations.

Already had a male of every profession(except male mesmer I dont like them) so I started rolling females on the extra slots.

I have all female characters because I dislike the looks/animations of pretty much every single male version more than I dislike every single female version.

I hate how male mesmers, necros, and monks run. I like how female rangers shoot their bows more than males. I like the general look of female warriors over male ones, although I do prefer the male hammer animations over the female ones. Pretty much every single profession has better armor on females than males. I'm generally just really picky and minor things that others don't notice will annoy me to the point where I refuse to play my character. Females just seem to have the least annoyances about their looks and animations.

I choose polygons if they exist to be chosen. Simple.

I pick based on looks of each class. Before I roll a character I look at male and female faces/hair of both genders, see which ones look best, and pick that one.

• Female assassin because male assassin armor is retarded.
• Female Factions necro because male necros look retarded; I like NF necros better but it was a farming character and Factions is faster.
• Male Proph warrior because it doesn't look retarded vs Factions & NF warriors.
• Female rit because... she's nicer to look at than a guy rit.

Et cetera.

I play all male characters because I am a guy and I see my characters as a representation of me in-game. I had a female PvP character once, but it just felt... wrong.

Smells like troll....

I am a man so, I enjoy looking at women over men so i roll females

I haven't seen too many male characters in games, at all, looking good enough to be my free choice. For example, the all-manly Kratos looks quite decent in GoW 3, but simply because he fits the game, and because the player gets used to his appearance (facial expression, especially) after two hours of playing. When compared to female characters in game (Aphrodite, Poseidon Princess), his model just isn't looking too good - while Aphrodite and her, hmm, friends are idealised as well, they still appear more realistic, eye-catching and so forth - even to my fiancee.
That dissoinance is even more visible in MMOs. From Lineage 2, to Runes of Magic, to Aion, to Guild Wars, there's always something wrong with the male models. Be it they're too idealised, too perfectly looking, making them look transsexual, not to invoke the word 'gay'; be it they're too manly, overmasculine even, like Kratos, being more laughable than enjoyable to play with; be it the mix of those two, probably the worst option.

It surely has something to do with the mass media that flood us with images of beautiful, photoshopped women all the time. We got used to the appearance of idealised females, even with some artifical touch to them, while there's no male ideal of beauty (or attractiveness, or handsomeness, or 'decent-lookness' for their role in the game...), especially one that'd be easily applicable for a computer game.

Probably the only male character from video games i'm willingly playing - and enjoy the visualisation, most of the animations, expressions and so on - is Geralt from The Witcher. Vesemir from the first Witcher is cool - and fits his role, not to mention the book description. Varric from Dragon Age 2 looks fine, at least his looks fits his personality and the role he plays in the game.
Still, it's much easier for Isabela to be appealing for - both male and female - players than for Varric to be appealing (credited?) for either.

I know i'm picking a troll track of an idiot, but...
It's actually the other way around. If your character of choice looks like Kratos, if you enjoy staring at male butt for hours every day, then there might be something 'wrong' with you. Preferring to look at female curves is quite normal, even for females - the truth is, the argument of 'i'm a female so i play female chars' is only one amongst many, other being eg. 'female chars are made/animated/... better'.

That said, if i may choose to, i always pick females.



I always found that odd, actually. Sure, it's normal to become fond of one's character, to like it, to treat it like a virtual pet or somethin - and it doesn't matter how it looks like, what that character is. However, identifying oneself with his avatar is beyond me.
Maybe i got the necessary distance by playing lots of pen and paper RPGs. Yet even then, when i roleplay - or, maybe, especially then - i prefer to play as someone different than i am, including different looks, different outlook on the world, different sex even. It's also reflected in my naming habit - i never name my characters with my real name or the nickname i use here and there, it's always something different, something personal for that character, not for me.

Ironically I find it easier to immerse myself with a female character, despite being male. So they end up female.

Save the ones that have really bad armor sets. I'm looking at you, Paragon. At least the Assassin gets ancient armor...

Nothing wrong with paragon armour.

Male character because i am male. And dont dig the slutty look of females.
I do not enjoy being hit on by other guys.

I don't know how I do it, but in 6 years and all female characters, I have never been hit on by other players who think I am a female. I think some of you are making a big deal about a very rare issue, or you spend way too much time in outposts...

When I roll a PvP Nec I always go for female. Male necromancers have terrible posture and gnarled necks.

The appeal of cross-dressing is universal.

There was a poll about this a long time ago and I think the Majority of Female Players ran just Female characters.

The other options were a lot closer but I think males playing both sexes were the largest section.

You might be able to find that poll if interested.


Found the ancient poll

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/m...ht=gender+poll

You know, just because someone plays as a male does not mean they stare at the character's butt. That's kind of weird to imply such a thing.

agreed. I hardly look at my own character because I'm too busy looking at the entire screen while I play. I doubt people who spend the entire game staring at the 2% of the screen occupied by the character ever actually accomplish anything.

He was quoting another person......

And at the risk of stating the obvious, the games camera angle is generally from "behind" the char, so mostly you will see the butt/back of your player, if you were to focus on the char, which most people do not. No-one is "implying" anything.

By having characters that are female exclusively, I don't have to alt-tab or switch monitors to fap.

Haters gonna hate.

^this

The female shape is more pleasing on the eyes than the males. Theres nothing wrong with having a character of the opposite sex unless you are actually telling people you really are that sex in real life when your not. Then things smell like Buffalo Bill

looks are it i want my char to look good i find the best looking char i can be it either male or female i have both female and male chars. then when i buy armor i look for the best looking set for my chars want everything to look sharp

Wow, yep... 50% (over 1200 votes) went with I'm Male, with both Female and Male Characters

which I would have voted as well.

You got my post out of the context, as it was in reply to another post.
To reword it - implying that something's 'wrong' with me, aka coming outta the closet, just because i roll female characters is silly. Especially that, if we're talking about having 'issues', it's much more possible if you roll a male char being a male - one may either enjoy looking at other males' butts or one may need to pump up his masculine ego by having a muscular, strong, Kratos-like, or Aragorn-like, or Legolas-like avatar in game.
It actually reminds me of one of Friends' episodes, where Joey wore female underwear just because he feels fine and secure about his malehood.

Furthermore, if they also say that the character actually represents them... it may not be OTHER males' butts they (possibly) enjoy seeing.... it's THEIR OWN. LOL!

Although my (_|_) is epic I wouldn't want to stare at it for hours on end. Female Mesmers in short skirts and hot pants on the other hand... ^^

I do that with my male and it's one of the reasons I feel weird playing a female. Because I envision myself as the person in the game and with the way ele's and mesmer's walk I feel like a complete ditz while I'm playing mine. So in essence, I am roleplaying as someone different than I am, with a different outlook on the world (course that goes along with how the gameplay goes, story, etc.) and a different name (it's me, but not me..I don't want it to relate to the real world).

But I can't put myself inside a female's shoes to roleplay.

Looking at male ass = bleh

it's not about preference. it's about staring at an ass (regardless of gender) when there are much more important things to stare at.