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Hmn, where else have I been seeing this trend...?

Oh yes (sorry David) ;





It seems to be a worrying theme in general female design these days, and that also makes it an ASSUMPTION that all female characters are going to be modelled on this.

Heads up guys! NOT ALL OUR FEMALE CHARACTERS ARE *****S!

For those who want to voice annoyance with this;

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...64#post4007764

Right. I think that just about take the final straw.

It's pretty much become a common knowledge running not-joke now that, for every cool pack that comes out, the Male and Huge models will get the 'Cool' stuff, and the Females will geth the 'Sexy' version.

Someone tell me what is wrong with THIS image;



One of them is quite clearly a gunslinger. Leather chaps? Check. Thick jacket? Check. General 'Gunslingery' kit? Check and check.

And....a....uh....barmaid.

WHAT. THE. HELL?


Sadly, as most know, this isn't the first time this utter failure in design has come about. In fact, it's been with us for some time now;

Steampunk Booster 1;





Steampunk Booster 2;





Magic Booster;




Did it get any better with the Barbarian Booster? Y'know, heavy armour and furs and rags, right?
Did it hell;




Now, sure, with a bit of work you can make, say, the 'Gunslinger' saloon wench look a bit less bloody stupid;



But there are still no new jackets. No, the ladies haven't had any new full jackets for bloody AGES, and the veteran Trenchcoat is NOT enough to fill that massively lacking gap. No waistcoats, no knee length boots, nothing SENSIBLE. It's all 'sexified'.

And that's not bad...IN MODERATION. But this is ALL THE DAMN TIME! Every pack!

Yet I KNOW the Devs can do gender equal stuff! They did it in the Science pack;



-and with the Vanguard Armour;



-and PPD and IDF armour;







So WHY can they not make equal or at least variable stuff with the other packs? Why is that guys get the half reasonable stuff (the cow-skull shoulder plates still look daft as hell IMO) and then the ladies get outfits that would fit better on some sort of ******?
Im sorry, I know Comic Books are trending towards 1D, shallow and empty headed takes on previously half-decent female characters but COME THE SMEG ON! Seriously? Did the 27 pages worth of 'Oh not another corset! Where's my jacket?!' even get read? Once?

Or was it another famous case of 'We're the Devs, we know best! These players clearly don't know what they themselves want! We shall supply what we are certain they want instead!'
Because, oh, where does that sound familiar?

I, for one, am sick of this, guys. There are plenty of others who are. I know this thread will probably get ignored or, at worst, locked. But what the smegging hell. This is starting to take the biscuit.
Not amused.

...

I am not impressed.

I am REALLY not impressed. That just about does it...

*goes and fetches screenshots and his really-miffed fingers*

Unneeded. Make a civvie costume and turn on [Walk]. Sorted.

/Unsigned

What Rabbit saWHAT the HELL has happened to your avatar?! O_O

Argh, buggery! If only this had gone on a little longer I could have gate-crashed with Nightwalker for some (hopefully interesting) Nictusy flavour and perspective

Just from a quick look through (It's late and a long day here) but;

1) Well, damn me. They revamped Astoria. That will hopefully be good...

2) Ok, who did they hire from Valve? Mann Co Crate IO and Costume piece things. With stuff ONLY in those packs?
Pull the other one, guys, it has COMMON SENSE and less RIGHTFUL OUTRAGE on it. Seriously.

I understand the fact it's an entire new rig and all that, but I STILL do not see development requiring that steep a price tag for a non-combat pet.

Anyone have the tag for the Mini VG HVAS passive pet? I'm pretty sure that wasn't much over 100 or so. But 500 is just too much just on principal.

500?!
Seriously? Sorry, but...wha? For a non-combat pet I fail to see the justification for that, even bearing in mind the new rig-tech and all that. 100-120, maybe. But not nearly the price of a powerset.

Which is a shame, 'cos it is really nicely made.

/Signed. Still think the CC needs a damn good overhaul to make full use of what we could and SHOULD be able to do. So many options that could be...

Yes and hella /signed to unlocking more emotes for us, when there is no good reason for us to not have them.

And a big fat NO for needing to be wearing the 'vampire', aka fake horror stuff. Why should vampires that AREN'T Fugly as all hell be exempted from a perfectly workable emote?

Uh...what?

That doesn't sound like fun. In fact, that sounds like the total antithesis of fun.

No. HELL no. /unsigned

Hopefully a fix for the 'graphics start flashing every second you move' bug that got out. That's really annoying that one.

That is a very solid dog/wolf rig they have there. Seeing it actually moving is quite impressive.

Hope to see more of that in future.

Article featured in various Independent Paragon papers and also in the Paragon Times, 08/11/2011. By Samantha Christophe

Business with the Devil

Barry Gilford is mostly known as a down-to-business guy. He’s competitive, hard working and a solid man of the community.

He’s also been supplying the Hellions with addresses and bribe money. It’s certainly a novel way of doing business, isn't it?

Let’s review the facts: Within the space of two years Mr Gilford has gone from the small-time owner of a corner shop to owner of an up and rising specialist store, Gilford’s Goods. Not the most original name but, hey, who cares when it carries all the stuff you need? Especially since all those other shops so inconsiderately go out of business.

And why would that be? Well, folks, that would be because Mr Gilford’s rivals seem to have incredibly bad luck. Like ‘several employees murdered, shops burned down and stock looted’ level of bad.

Now sadly bad things do happen, even in this City of Heroes. But for it to happen so regularly to anyone who attempts to open another business as a rival? Maybe I really am losing it and getting overly paranoid…but that strikes me as something I like to call bloody suspicious.

Of course, no one’s really bothered to look, especially recently. Why worry about a little thing like that, especially when there’s bigger problems to deal with?

I’ll damn well tell you why; because the **** starts at the bottom of the ladder. And if you ignore the little ****, the big **** will come back and bite you in the ***.
**** like, I don’t know, the fact Mr Gilford’s lack of rivals being directly attributable to the fact the Hellions seem to have an instant vendetta with anyone who tries to open up their own place? Maybe they just really like Gilford’s Goods? Who am I to judge?

The woman who has written evidence, that’s who. Evidence and photo’s proving that ‘Good old Barry’ has been supplying these demon worshiping arsonists and murderers with both goods and bribe money in exchange for the addresses of his rivals in business and ‘stopping by sometime’.

Don’t believe me? I bet you don’t. Who wants to believe that ‘normal’ people could stoop so low?
Normal people are scum. No exception. Screw the stupid ‘angel and demon on the shoulders’. Everyone has two devils, egging each other on. Stop lying to yourself for one minute and you’ll realise just how much sense Aunty Sam is making.
Gilford is a businessman. He’s a shrewd *******, too. It’s certainly an original way to cut back on the competition. And I bet business has been really booming after the Galaxy Disaster.

Still don’t believe me? Well don’t rush to make any bets, unless you like being poor. Because I brink you nay-sayers proof.

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*The article features various photographs of Hellion gang members, hand written statements, signatures and names, including a few from Mr Gilford. And, pride of place, is a mobile phone quality picture of a man who looks suspiciously like Barry Gilford talking with a Hellion gang leader in what looks like Perez Park. *

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Still doubt? Well tough. That just means you’re a naïve little idiot who can’t face up to reality, and you’ll likely wind up dead or worse thanks to one of the various gangers in this City. Because guess what; the Truth hurts. It’s honest, unrelenting and doesn’t take prisoners. You can deny it all you want. Just don’t come crying to me when it bites you in your ignorant ***.
And the Truth is Paragon City still has its problems, tons of them. And I, dear kiddies, shall be going and finding some more later. So be prepared if you’re of frail constitution, because yeah; the Truth hurts.

And someone might want to go find Barry before he conveniently ‘vanishes’.


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Soon after the papers hit print, the PPD arrested Barry Gilford on suspicion of industrial sabotage and collaboration with known criminals. They were also seen to be tracking down various members of the Hellions gang in Atlas Park. Neither Mr Gilford nor his lawyer was available for comment.