Fanservice... missed :(

[Aurel]

Man, I've seen lots of pieces of armor with cool names... that end up having generic, unrelated icon-graphics, and even moreso unrelated in-game appearances.  But this... this... ! I was just strolling about lootdb, looking at the drops in Nektropos Castle: The Return out of idle boredom, and came across the following three items:<a href="http://lootdb.com/eq2/item/-413376162" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maid's White Cap</a><a href="http://lootdb.com/eq2/item/1914806405" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maid's Black Dress</a><a href="http://lootdb.com/eq2/item/827245810" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maid's Sheer Stockings</a>That could have been the sexiest outfit alive.  I can't even bring myself to take a screenshot.  <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  I know that most armor in this game is like this, but why give it such a sexy name and make it look NOTHING like what it should be?  At the very LEAST make the hat white, and the top a black robe... not that hideous thing.*sad*

[Editedmind]

Sort of like how almost every piece of headwear looks like a crashdummy hat, even though it has a name that suggests an entirely different style?

[Cusashorn]

I can't help but notice that those items arn't restricted to the female gender. There's your answer on the appearance question right there.

[Aurel]

Well, since they didn't do anything with the appearance, of course they wouldn't go and make it female-specific.  And that doesn't really matter - look at the "dress clothes" that tailors can make.<a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/article_page.php?article=g93" target="_blank">http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/a...php?article=g93</a>

[Miladi]

<cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote>I can't help but notice that those items arn't restricted to the female gender. There's your answer on the appearance question right there.</blockquote>Sorry..what? Why would them not being restricted to the female sex have anything what ever to do with its appearance? There are males IRL that dress in female clothing, maybe they would like the option to do it in the game too, as would others.. If it says its a dress and sheer stockings, the least they could have done was to make it LOOK like a dress and stockings. If they look like the icons on the items on lootdb, then they are misnamed.

[Cusashorn]

<cite>Miladian wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote>I can't help but notice that those items arn't restricted to the female gender. There's your answer on the appearance question right there.</blockquote>Sorry..what? Why would them not being restricted to the female sex have anything what ever to do with its appearance? There are males IRL that dress in female clothing, maybe they would like the option to do it in the game too, as would others.. If it says its a dress and sheer stockings, the least they could have done was to make it LOOK like a dress and stockings. If they look like the icons on the items on lootdb, then they are misnamed. </blockquote>but how many of the male characters in this game would willingly dress up like that? Some men like wearing women's clothing, but not the vast majority of the male populous in this game.

[Aurel]

Then the vast majority of the males wouldn't wear it... hypothetical "problem" solved ;p

[Zabjade]

<span style="color: #00cc00;">If they ever get those fixed visually I hope they are body drops!!!!!</span>

[LordFyre]

<cite>Zabjade wrote:</cite><blockquote><span style="color: #00cc00;">If they ever get those fixed visually I hope they are body drops!!!!!</span></blockquote>You do realize that these items being 'body' drops is a horrible pun.  <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Miladi]

<cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Miladian wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote>I can't help but notice that those items arn't restricted to the female gender. There's your answer on the appearance question right there.</blockquote>Sorry..what? Why would them not being restricted to the female sex have anything what ever to do with its appearance? There are males IRL that dress in female clothing, maybe they would like the option to do it in the game too, as would others.. If it says its a dress and sheer stockings, the least they could have done was to make it LOOK like a dress and stockings. If they look like the icons on the items on lootdb, then they are misnamed. </blockquote>but how many of the male characters in this game would willingly dress up like that? Some men like wearing women's clothing, but not the vast majority of the male populous in this game.</blockquote><p>Frankly, I don't care how many would, the point was that it's not because it isn't restricted to females only that affects the appearance. It's because the dev's probably decided that they didn't want to make a new appearance item, and not have it look like the dozen or so other dresses out there that look identical except for the coloring. Unless you were being sarcastic in your original post, that I quoted, what you said shouldn't affect what the item looks like. </p><p>Like someone else pointed out, if men didn't want to wear it in the game, then they don't have to wear it. I'm not sure, but no matter what it looked like, how many men would willingly wear an item called Maid's black dress or sheer stockings? That kind of self limits the need to restrict it to one sex or the other.</p>

[SilkenKidden]

<cite>Aurelis@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Well, since they didn't do anything with the appearance, of course they wouldn't go and make it female-specific.  And that doesn't really matter - look at the "dress clothes" that tailors can make.<a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/article_page.php?article=g93" target="_blank">http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/a...php?article=g93</a></blockquote>Well, there is at least one dev with a sense of humor who crated a writ that has you make 6 oj those dresses.  The name of the writ?  Dressing for Business.

[Zabjade]

<cite>LordFyre wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Zabjade wrote:</cite><blockquote><span style="color: #00cc00;">If they ever get those fixed visually I hope they are body drops!!!!!</span></blockquote>You do realize that these items being 'body' drops is a horrible pun.  <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote><span style="color: #00cc00;">LOL Perhaps they will fix this one, or we will bombard the Devs with horrible, HORRIBLE puns, they we will see what they are maid of <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </span>

[Untruth]

<p>So why is it perfectly okay to force females to wear the conformed to male armor, and not okay to make males wear female clothing?</p><p>Because it has nothing to do with crossdressing and more to do that they simply did not bother to actually make say, female formal wear appear properly on a male.</p>

[Chay]

<cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Miladian wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote>I can't help but notice that those items arn't restricted to the female gender. There's your answer on the appearance question right there.</blockquote>Sorry..what? Why would them not being restricted to the female sex have anything what ever to do with its appearance? There are males IRL that dress in female clothing, maybe they would like the option to do it in the game too, as would others.. If it says its a dress and sheer stockings, the least they could have done was to make it LOOK like a dress and stockings. If they look like the icons on the items on lootdb, then they are misnamed. </blockquote>but how many of the male characters in this game would willingly dress up like that? Some men like wearing women's clothing, but not the vast majority of the male populous in this game.</blockquote>They could choose not to wear it. I think gender specific looks would be a welcome change of pace (though I think females in the game already have to dress like men). I just think they need to do something more interesting than the same meshes, reused textures, and so forth.