Updates on the way: Steampunk, Gunslinger and Magic Packs!
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Posted on: 2012-02-13 16:44 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Actually, I'm all for getting rid of the Huge model altogether and just expanding the physique sliders. And up until fairly recently (and with an additional $10 cost), it's not like one character could make use of both of those male models.|
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
Males have 2 models, females have 1. Males get one set of clothes that works on both models, females get 2 sets of clothes that works on their only model.
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(Although, as I told someone else tonight, it'd be pretty awesome to see the entire female costume selection get ported over to Huge characters... NO ONE would screw with one dressed as a saloon girl.)
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Hey, I've got an idea.
The most common argument here is that women have more clothing options than men in real life, so they should in the game too, right? Okay. Women's clothing costs more in real life than men's, too, so therefore all female costume options should cost more than the male equivalents from now on.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Agreed. I don't play females, either, and I love this little update.|
Originally Posted by Bosstone
"I never play villains. It's not fair that people who play both heroes and villains should get double the content when we're paying the exact same amount of money."
I dunno, man. It doesn't quite track. |
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Hey, I've got an idea.
The most common argument here is that women have more clothing options than men in real life, so they should in the game too, right? Okay. Women's clothing costs more in real life than men's, too, so therefore all female costume options should cost more than the male equivalents from now on. |
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I'm not sure what clothing stores you go to, but unless you're talking about major high fashion, I've yet to see a store that charges more for female clothes than mens. At least, not anywhere where I live...
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
The most common argument here is that women have more clothing options than men in real life, so they should in the game too, right? Okay. Women's clothing costs more in real life than men's, too, so therefore all female costume options should cost more than the male equivalents from now on. |
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The Science Pack debuted a few years ago now. "Fairly recently" is kind of stretching it.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
And up until fairly recently (and with an additional $10 cost), it's not like one character could make use of both of those male models.
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Ok, quite happy with this news. It was never a huge thing for me, but i certainly can whip up some stuff with a proper female waistcoat, and the cowboy stuff may actually lead me to make a second dual pistol user, that or a ma user, ever since the tekken series, i have gotten used to the idea of a primarily kick based fighter wearing pants like the male cowboy ones(yes, Hwarang is my main 
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I will ask that if you find yourself with more time, you did such a great job with some of the older complaints, could you take a look at carnie sashes and masks for males? maybe some widow buttcapes for males as well.
overal, very happy, this was a unexpected but far from unwelcome thing.
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Why? I don't roll characters willy-nilly. I come up with a concept first and build according to that. And since I was a big fan of male superheroes growing up, that's where my inspiration usually follows--female superheroes were always too scantily-clad to take seriously. |
Originally Posted by Scythus
Well then, stop being such a sausage factory and roll some female alts.
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That said, I AM actually rolling a female alt in i22... a Dark/Dark Controller that's a conservative Japanese shrine maiden.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Woo thanks, good news to hear!
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Hyperbole. I'm still upset, and since I'm pretty sure everyone is laughing at my expense anyway, I might as well tell a few jokes.
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Originally Posted by Xzero45
I don't even know if you're being serious or not, anymore.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Thats actually another costume set i should nag for, we can kind of do a miko's outfit now, but we need the wide sleeves to fit with robes. oh, dink., have another costume request |
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
That said, I AM actually rolling a female alt in i22... a Dark/Dark Controller that's a conservative Japanese shrine maiden.
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YAY! Chaps for my main! WHooot!
I already have all three packs, so now it's just getting MORE!
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I think those disappointed with female characters getting more parts are probably making the wrong argument. Rather than complain about the conversion itself, especially since it was presented as "I had some free time so here's some stuff", perhaps you should advocate that the devs allow a thread for requesting the conversion of "obviously" unisex pieces that are currently gender restricted. The various martial arts bracers and the padded gloves have long been mentioned as being odd that only female characters can use them. This seems like a more productive path to the situation.
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So tell me, are you actually losing anything due to this decision? Is your quality of life in or out of game substantially reduced because female characters have a greater variety of costume options? You look like you're really reaching for a reason to complain here.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Hey, I've got an idea.
The most common argument here is that women have more clothing options than men in real life, so they should in the game too, right? Okay. Women's clothing costs more in real life than men's, too, so therefore all female costume options should cost more than the male equivalents from now on. |
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Originally Posted by Zamuel
I think those disappointed with female characters getting more parts are probably making the wrong argument. Rather than complain about the conversion itself, especially since it was presented as "I had some free time so here's some stuff", perhaps you should advocate that the devs allow a thread for requesting the conversion of "obviously" unisex pieces that are currently gender restricted. The various martial arts bracers and the padded gloves have long been mentioned as being odd that only female characters can use them. This seems like a more productive path to the situation.
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This.
Seriously, I had no idea the bracers and padded gloves weren't available for males. That sucks.
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I'm losing developer time, apparently. Given this latest development, it now means that the developers are now "wasting time" on costume options that 2/3 of the models in the game can't use, since they've decided to forgo their traditional 2/3 get A and 1/3 gets B and allowed for 3/3 to get A and 1/3 STILL gets B.
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Originally Posted by BellaStrega
So tell me, are you actually losing anything due to this decision? Is your quality of life in or out of game substantially reduced because female characters have a greater variety of costume options? You look like you're really reaching for a reason to complain here.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Okay, but back in the real world, what's happening is that more costume options are being proliferated to female models while male and huge models are getting the same number of costume options that they have been getting all along. In that same real world, these particular costume pieces were done on Dink's free time, as she said when she posted that thread.|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
I'm losing developer time, apparently. Given this latest development, it now means that the developers are now "wasting time" on costume options that 2/3 of the models in the game can't use, since they've decided to forgo their traditional 2/3 get A and 1/3 gets B and allowed for 3/3 to get A and 1/3 STILL gets B.
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So, you're not losing developer time. What are you really losing here? What damage is being done by the decision to do this?
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This is amazing news. Thank you so much!
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That's rather more descriptive than I think most people required.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
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Don't forget that future 'B' quantities are likely to be significantly lower than they were in the past.|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
I'm losing developer time, apparently. Given this latest development, it now means that the developers are now "wasting time" on costume options that 2/3 of the models in the game can't use, since they've decided to forgo their traditional 2/3 get A and 1/3 gets B and allowed for 3/3 to get A and 1/3 STILL gets B.
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There's a reason this is called a 'compromise'.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.
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Don't like it -> don't buy it.
| The part where it's not fair to those of us with a stable of predominantly male characters, and my $5 only buys my favorite characters 1 costume when it'll buy someone else 2, and we paid for the exact same thing...? |
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Originally Posted by Dink
Hey Guys,
Just wanted to let you know that I am very excited to bring to you something that you have been asking for, for a long time... By some small miracle I had some spare time in my schedule in this milestone. So rather than spend the day twiddling my thumbs, I have ported the following Costume Pieces over to female: Misc Jackets
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Good point. I don't play Huge characters (because they're buttugly), so every time they make a M/H only costume piece, I'm losing out TWICE! I guess I should treat the dev time wasted on Huge pieces as a personal insult and complete disrespect of my hard-earned money.|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
The part where it's not fair to those of us with a stable of predominantly male characters, and my $5 only buys my favorite characters 1 costume when it'll buy someone else 2, and we paid for the exact same thing...?
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...Or I could be too busy loving this fine coat.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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I know, right? Goddamnit. I already need to find out how to budget Staff Melee and the Roman pack...and now the Gunslinger pack needs to fit in there. At least the only one with an expiry date is the Roman pack. I can push the other two back a couple weeks if need be.
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Originally Posted by Snow Globe
I already had the Steampunk and Magic Packs, but you have just sold me on getting the Gunslinger Bundle.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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You dudes who are upset about this (even though we have two body types to choose from instead of one ) probably don't realize how fracking limited and homogeneous the game would become if the devs all woke up one day and decided to see things your way. You're not even really complaining about you getting less. You're complaining about them getting more. And that is nothing but pure unbridled childishness. Welcome to real life, by the way (those who grew up with sisters know what I'm talking about ).
Say whatever you want. Your credibility is shot.
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