I'm sort of new on this forum, and I never ever post anything. But I thought this was an interesting and somewhat hilarious thread, so I'll put in my 2 gildars. Also, having female armor that actually looks female is on my top ten "wish list" for this game (also being able to keep my daughters instead of marrying them off like cattle). Although it's obviously not a top priority right now, which is the way it should be.
And in case you're wondering (I know you are! Don't deny it!), I am a woman, and I am a huge gamer.
I've read every single post so far, and while most of it is funny, it seems that most people agree: there should be armor in the game that shows the female figure without showing a rediculous amount of skin. I think someone mentioned that women who play games typically like their characters to look good, it's true (although I don't want to generalize, I'm sure some women don't). I was annoyed with the vanilla armors for both Morrowind and Oblivion and I immediately picked up the mods that made them more feminized. Same is true for some of the armor in Fallout 3. I think games like Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2 actually do a mostly good job of making female armor look nice, but also not "offensive" to women (and of course I'm not including any modded material made by the community). As far as Japanese anime goes and the women on them, I won't get into that (although I am half-Japanese and I grew up in Japan, lol).
But of course I believe in "to each his own" or her own or whatever if you're the politically correct type. So I'm sure someone will make the "chainmail bikinis" somewhere on here; I won't be getting it, but I also won't mind it! So all you people out there thinking that having unshapely "masculine" armor for females somehow "attracts" women to the game or something...where are you getting that from? Unless you're a woman yourself, and think that women should also look like men as well as fight like them...
IMHO women are not attracted to "masculine female armor" but are instead repulsed by "overly feminized female armor".
Anyway, I would just love to have my female sov and my female troops look equally as awesome with full gear on instead of looking like creepy men with women's heads. And on that note, it would also be awesome if egalitarian factions could have male and female troops mixed in (I like my guys, too!)...and if I make a custom faction, why does the "egalitarian" option take a point? Shouldn't it be free? Or do they think that we should be penalized for being open-minded and not insisting that women should stay at home and have children all day?....okay, rant over...
...I love the Sisters of Battle pic that someone posted! Awesome!
