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Post by Brick on Feb 9, 2011 18:31:37 GMT -5
Anyone other than me wondering why only Male characters get options for Huge/Huge Beast stances, or why females with maxed-out Body Mass barely seem to get much bigger than default size, unlike their male counterparts? Men swell up into walls with facial features (literally, in the case of my rocky-skinned Behemoth guy Brick), while women only get a little bit puffy, like they're just retaining water or whatever.
Seems a bit unfair, I think. I can't be the only one who wants a Big Barda-style pumped-up Amazonian ass-kicker.
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Post by crashfu on Feb 9, 2011 21:06:41 GMT -5
I'd say it's for the same reason that we can't make characters who are fat by any sense of the word. Now, whether you believe that reason is because the devs have something against the idea of an overweight superhero or a woman so large she looks like a man, or if the reason is something to do with the models/skins "not fitting right", is up to your personal level of cynicism. :-p
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Post by Brick on Feb 9, 2011 22:01:55 GMT -5
I'd say it's for the same reason that we can't make characters who are fat by any sense of the word. Now, whether you believe that reason is because the devs have something against the idea of an overweight superhero or a woman so large she looks like a man, or if the reason is something to do with the models/skins "not fitting right", is up to your personal level of cynicism. :-p I said Big Barda, not Big Bertha. I'm not asking for obesity, just mass befitting the role. They're superheros, not super-models. Creating a powerset that can possess incredible strength but only being able to make a character who looks more at home strutting a runway than hurling cars at villians just seems, I dunno, weird. I'm not saying the change should be as (forgive the pun) massive as that of the guys, just that it be somewhat more noticeable that it currently is - right now, there's next to no difference at all between the default and max. Having even just doubling of mass would be a marked improvement, compared to the current, which is barely even a quarter increased...
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Post by Admin on Feb 9, 2011 22:12:26 GMT -5
Seems a bit unfair, I think. I can't be the only one who wants a Big Barda-style pumped-up Amazonian ass-kicker. You CAN make a character with the same build as Barda or Wonder Woman or even She-hulk. Just turn height, muscle, and body mass all the way up, and then increase arm or leg size as you want.
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Post by Kieran on Feb 9, 2011 23:23:49 GMT -5
That's scary...
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Post by Brick on Feb 10, 2011 2:25:24 GMT -5
You CAN make a character with the same build as Barda or Wonder Woman or even She-hulk. Just turn height, muscle, and body mass all the way up, and then increase arm or leg size as you want. Ah, apparently I've been doing something wrong, or maybe my video settings are wonky, cuz tweaking Muscle doesn't seem to do much. Either way, I'm glad to see this, because at first I was thinking Cryptic was yet another victim of Supermodel Superhero syndrome, where the men are all huge and muscled, but the women were all slender and willowy, with no reason behind it but that someone on the design team thought women with mass were ugly. I mean, call me weird, but if a character is strong, they should look the part. Nobody would believe Hulk was "strongest one there is" if he looked like someone's high-school history teacher wearing green makeup, so why should we be expected to believe a slender female with an arm barely bigger around than a soda-can is capable of punching holes through reinforced concrete? Nice to see CO didn't fall into that rut.
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Post by leon on Feb 10, 2011 8:50:53 GMT -5
Seems a bit unfair, I think. I can't be the only one who wants a Big Barda-style pumped-up Amazonian ass-kicker. You CAN make a character with the same build as Barda or Wonder Woman or even She-hulk. Just turn height, muscle, and body mass all the way up, and then increase arm or leg size as you want. Thats one chick that I would stay away in a dark alley.
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Post by Zed Brightlander on Feb 10, 2011 18:51:23 GMT -5
Seems a bit unfair, I think. I can't be the only one who wants a Big Barda-style pumped-up Amazonian ass-kicker. You CAN make a character with the same build as Barda or Wonder Woman or even She-hulk. Just turn height, muscle, and body mass all the way up, and then increase arm or leg size as you want. I'm not afraid of her. I grew up with six sisters. Okay, so check out CrusHer. Where is her definition? I'm betting it's my PC again, I'm just asking to be sure. Just so you know, I put the throttles all of the way over on every muscle group to max her muscles. She is also as tall as she can be with CO "magic." While your She Bulk looks like she could crack walnuts with... ...her knees, I think CO wants the woman to still look like woman. Hourglassish even bulked up. Only guys can look like... ...well, this. Purple Brick AKA a Brick Wall Actually, I'd love to be able to make a fat guy. Then CO could create a bouncing travel power and add a "Sit Upon" attack group. Like I said, grew up with six sister and four were older. I've been both the sittee and the sitter.
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Post by Brick on Feb 10, 2011 19:10:40 GMT -5
Actually, I'd love to be able to make a fat guy. Then CO could create a bouncing travel power and add a "Sit Upon" attack group. That could work both ways, y'know... **edit** You can't truthfully tell me that this sort of character doesn't look like she'd be fun to play/RP as, as the Behemoth AT. "MAMA BEAR CRUSH!"
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Post by Admin on Feb 10, 2011 19:18:53 GMT -5
Actually, I'd love to be able to make a fat guy. Then CO could create a bouncing travel power and add a "Sit Upon" attack group. That could work both ways, y'know... **edit** You can't truthfully tell me that this sort of character doesn't look like she'd be fun to play/RP as, as the Behemoth AT. "MAMA BEAR CRUSH!" Sorry, but I removed that picture. Nude pics are not allowed, even if it is cartoon nudity. Although I didnt personally find it offensive, someone else might.
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Post by Brick on Feb 10, 2011 19:41:01 GMT -5
Sorry, but I removed that picture. Nude pics are not allowed, even if it is cartoon nudity. Although I didnt personally find it offensive, someone else might. Sorry. kinda figured the fact it was an offsite link would avoid problems - forgot the thumbnail still showed. Any way we can work around that problem, like a thumbnail-free link? The image IS relevant, even if the bodypaint-on-boobs is her only chest-cover.
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Post by Admin on Feb 10, 2011 19:44:52 GMT -5
Sorry, but I removed that picture. Nude pics are not allowed, even if it is cartoon nudity. Although I didnt personally find it offensive, someone else might. Sorry. kinda figured the fact it was an offsite link would avoid problems - forgot the thumbnail still showed. Any way we can work around that problem, like a thumbnail-free link? The image IS relevant, even if the bodypaint-on-boobs is her only chest-cover. No, whether the pic shows or not doesnt matter. We cant have people linking to any kind of nudity for others to click on. I understand the relevance of the pic to the discussion at hand, but you'll have to find another to make your point.
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Post by Brick on Feb 10, 2011 19:56:02 GMT -5
carmessi.deviantart.com/art/Gotcha-163552549?q=gallery%3Acarmessi%2F25178142&qo=13This isn't the same outfit as the wiped pic (it's a bit silly, I think because of the hat), but there's no nudity, and actually a bit of fighting to show. Anyone wanting to see the original, or other pics, can look through the artist's gallery under "Grizzly". Anyway, this is what I picture when I think of a female version of the "fat guy bruiser" that Zed described. Looks like fun.
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Post by Zed Brightlander on Feb 10, 2011 19:59:12 GMT -5
Sorry. kinda figured the fact it was an offsite link would avoid problems - forgot the thumbnail still showed. Any way we can work around that problem, like a thumbnail-free link? The image IS relevant, even if the bodypaint-on-boobs is her only chest-cover. No, whether the pic shows or not doesnt matter. We cant have people linking to any kind of nudity for others to click on. I understand the relevance of the pic to the discussion at hand, but you'll have to find another to make your point. Having not seen the pic I cannot say what point Brick was trying to make, but if you're looking for a clothed pic of a female bodybuilder Google Cori Everson. With few exception in her pics, she is clothed. And then there's Chyna.
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Post by zwild on Feb 11, 2011 17:20:25 GMT -5
Now this is scary... [
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