Quote:I've played WoW nearly as long as I have CoH/V, and I've seen pics from other games like Lineage and whatnot. I'd say that City of Heroes/Villains has such a broad range of fashion choices (running the gamut from string bikini to long skirt and trenchcoat) that COH/V is both more and less modest than any other game when it comes to costuming your character. More so than any other game, you make what you want to see.
the availability of more conservative/modest fashion choices for female toons..
As to "Digital Butt" syndrome. I'll certainly own up to some of that. But curiously, I tend to not go for extremes of sexy attire. In fact, my females tend for some reason towards modesty. They almost never show lots of skin. I've only recently made a couple of characters (Kara Skye, Diamond Lily) that do. And they both have decent reasons for their "provocative" attire.
Kara's standard response to people who ask her if she's cold in that outfit (it's effectively a one-piece backless leotard, boots that expose her upper thighs, and a pair of gloves and shoulder pads: "I need my back free for my wings. They're real and part of me. I can't just dismiss them. They're not made of energy or something. I can and do wear clothing with custom slits for them. But do you know how much of a HASSLE it is to get in and out of those?"
Lily has less excuse. I think - like Silverbolt, that she's a bit of an exhibitionist, but she can get away with it because she's made of translucent crystal and you can't really see anything anyway. Also, she doesn't feel heat or cold like a normal human, so wearing clothes for comfort isn't an issue for her. She'd wear something to be social if it was a big event or something. Maybe.
But if characters don't have an excuse like above, I tend to make full neck to foot outfits.
I like female characters too. For some reason I feel more attached to them more often. I'm not sure why. Sometimes I do come up with a cool concept or an homage character takes over my brain and they'll be male, (Stalnoy Volk and Cyberman 8 ) so this isn't a feeling that is exclusive to female characters. But it does happen more often with my female characters.
-Logan
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