110388-whats-with-all-the-loin-cloths

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Anyone else notice that a big majority of the chest pieces of gear in this game all have loin clothes coming down the front or giant floating pods on your sides?
 
Personally, I don't like the look of them at all, half the time it'll be like shining metal armor, but oh look, a torn raggedy loin cloth hanging down in front of my crotch that also can't be dyed half the time/doesn't match the dye shade of the rest of the gear, oh and the pods, that do nothing but clip with your weapons/hands as they hang down the sides.
 
Also please a suggestion, get rid of the belt with everything hanging off the sides for the highway mans coat plox.
 
Anyone else also hate all the extra stuff on the hips chest armor?	
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			I have no idea what LMGTFY is supposed to stand for.	
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"Let Me Google That For You". I'm not entirely sure why they posted that, though.
 
I agree with you, OP! It seems 75% of the time the front cloth bits are more of a nuisance. And they really don't make much sense. Why does a hoodie have cloth hanging down in front? That's not how that kind of clothing is cut! :S	
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			I have noticed that a lot.	
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			Seems like they borrowed it from SWTOR Jedi/Sith gear. It was really common.	
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"Let Me Google That For You". I'm not entirely sure why they posted that, though.
 
I agree with you, OP! It seems 75% of the time the front cloth bits are more of a nuisance. And they really don't make much sense. Why does a hoodie have cloth hanging down in front? That's not how that kind of clothing is cut! :S
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			Mudflaps in space?	
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They wanted a Teen rating, so Mechari got gold paint on their bits, Chua got boxer briefs from Abearzombie and Finch, and most armours have butt flaps and front flaps and boobs were reduced by 50%. (the 50% that was removed was given to Kit Brinny to hold onto)
 
Almost no cleavage or 'sexy' style armours in game. (although a curious exception is the SS raid chestpiece, guess that one made it through).	
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They wanted a Teen rating, so Mechari got gold paint on their bits, Chua got boxer briefs from Abearzombie and Finch, and most armours have butt flaps and front flaps and boobs were reduced by 50%. (the 50% that was removed was given to Kit Brinny to hold onto)
 
Almost no cleavage or 'sexy' style armours in game. (although a curious exception is the SS raid chestpiece, guess that one made it through).
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 Wow has bikini plate armor and is Teen so I call bollocks on that.
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They wanted a Teen rating, so Mechari got gold paint on their bits, Chua got boxer briefs from Abearzombie and Finch, and most armours have butt flaps and front flaps and boobs were reduced by 50%. (the 50% that was removed was given to Kit Brinny to hold onto)
 
 
Almost no cleavage or 'sexy' style armours in game. (although a curious exception is the SS raid chestpiece, guess that one made it through).
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I cry everytime. They really need to revert the Boob nerf.
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(Though I was one of the people who cheered when they shrunk the chest sizes...)
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Never really understood that concept over someone else's artwork. If that's what they and it attracts a certain audience then let it be. It's better than 24/7 fan service you find in a lot of anime.
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To be fair, though, I don't think it hurts to have less bewbage all over the place, especially when we're all ostensibly playing combat roles.  I mean, fan service is good and all, but plenty of us wonder when they started making breast implants out of kevlar.
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To be fair, though, I don't think it hurts to have less bewbage all over the place, especially when we're all ostensibly playing combat roles.  I mean, fan service is good and all, but plenty of us wonder when they started making breast implants out of kevlar.
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Yeah this is why games should start focusing on body proportions sliders. It eliminates the issue with no problem, but if it still continues even with solution right in their face. Then it could be something personal..who knows?
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			IMO the armor in this game doesn't look much SCI FI. I started to get some theme based armors at lvl 30 for my Engi but still not good enough. From lvl 1 to 30 i was dressed more like a medieval warrior than a futuristic / alien engineer.	
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on the bewb nerf, that is pretty silly that they did that, if people wanted to play a character with smaller chests there were those options as well.
 
I'd say it's pretty obvious that since everyone was playing the models that were bigger, that it was the more popular setting of the game.
 
EDIT:  I am also a shameless supporter of scandalous armor, it's a video game, not a documentary, we have a costume system, make some of the armor actually look good.  That way we can costume for either practical looking or crazy looking.
 
It's pretty silly to want the only option to be the practical one, give us all the options, and if everyone is running around looking ridiculous?  Well then that's what everyone wants obviously.	
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on the bewb nerf, that is pretty silly that they did that, if people wanted to play a character with smaller chests there were those options as well.
 
I'd say it's pretty obvious that since everyone was playing the models that were bigger, that it was the more popular setting of the game.
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Proportion doesn't bother me, the armor always did.  I played wow where I got cool chain mail and the female human playing next to me was wearing a BDSM chainmail bra.
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Gods, yes. It is something that I mention with regular frequency when I am trying to assemble a new costume.
 
What is it with the blooming loincloths...? What sort of fashion statement is this? And who thought it would look good to give shorts for armor? My first granok stepped out of the ship into the snow wastelands and the first quests had her decked with ridiculous looking shorts. My whole teen experience was spent changing from one pair of shorts to another.
 
But though we outgrow shorts once we get past the teens the loincloths make their appearance through the whole game. Nothing says futuristic armor like having a flap coming down to the knees.	
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			Loincloths are comfortable and they hide your junk while still keeping your junk accessible.  They look good.  Leave them alone.	
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Thank you OP!  This is something I noticed too and really don't like it.  Some chest pieces that I really really really like otherwise are almost ruined by those god awful  front and back flaps.  On almost every single piece.
 
Not that this rates very highly on the lists of problems with the game, but definitely a personal pet peeve.	
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			Some pieces look great with the "loincloth" whereas other pieces, like the light armor hoodie sweatshirts, I don't think really need them. 	
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The one  thing that i wish i could transmog back n WoW, was the Ripped ogre loincloth.
 
too bad it was grey and they finally removed it. :(	
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'Cause I'm free!
 
Free-ballin'!	
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			It's like how 80% of the light armor helms are either a sock with a starfish glued on to it, held on your head by some swim goggles (seriously, that's an accurate description and not an exaggeration) or a welding mask, which makes zero sense for cloth.	
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It's like how 80% of the light armor helms are either a sock with a starfish glued on to it, held on your head by some swim goggles (seriously, that's an accurate description and not an exaggeration) or a welding mask, which makes zero sense for cloth.
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			Hah you think medium is bad? try playing as an engi and see the heavy armor you get. Lion cloths..and more lion clothes. It is as if Wildstar was being developed as medieval MMO and then suddenly made jump to sci fi.	
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I would say they are a Tasset, they have the shape and provide protection as a Tasset would.
 
Don't know what a Tasset is, google is your friend.	
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			But tassets are plate. These are quite clearly made of fabric.	
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I say all this, mostly just because I have found 0 skin tight, long sleeve chest pieces that don't have all kinds of wacky things on the hips or hanging or flying around all over.
 
I just want to make a super hero costume latex style with this.
 
IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK!:!?!?!kjjfk:djkJ/KJ/KJ/K~?~?~?
 
But for real I need chest piece that fits like the exile cryo suit leggings for a super hero outfit plox thanks.
 
And capes please.
 
I know you guys feel me on this	
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			Maybe Carbine just doesn't want to mess with moose knuckle or camel toe models.  They just decided to play it safe and lay a piece of cloth over the goods.	
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Maybe Carbine just doesn't want to mess with moose knuckle or camel toe models.  They just decided to play it safe and lay a piece of cloth over the goods.
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i started a thread about this a week ago when i was costuming a new alt, found cool pants, but then... THE CHEST HAD THIS FLAPPY THING that covered my cool pants. SO i shopped around for something that didnt interfere with my awesome pants. annnddd... no dice 99% of the stuff in game has a flappy thing in front AND back, completely ruining any sense of pants pride i could have.
 
WHICH btw, sucks for Aurins a LOT. They thread the tail thru that back flap, which looks realllllly dumb... T_T
 
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and here is that thread, because i posted pics in progression, everything looks good... very scifi, then... dat chest with a blue cloth in front, just shatters the image.
 
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/110131-to-the-devs-in-charge-of-armor-models-my-aurin-hates-your-chests-please-let-her-show-off-her-tail-you-heard-me/	
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I would say they are a Tasset, they have the shape and provide protection as a Tasset would.
 
Don't know what a Tasset is, google is your friend.
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But tassets are plate. These are quite clearly made of fabric.
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Maybe Carbine just doesn't want to mess with moose knuckle or camel toe models. They just decided to play it safe and lay a piece of cloth over the goods.
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I think we should all just run around shirtless in-game as protest.
 
*nod*
 
*tries to think of a new item to replace the underwear in her icon*	
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Not only does 90% of the gear in this game have loincloths (light, medium, and HEAVY armor), but they also ignore dye channels 95%+ of the time.  This stupidity of this fact leaves me completely dumbfounded.  On most of my costumes, I had to intentionally adapt to whatever shitty dye is stuck on said loincloth.
 
So. Ugly.	
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The fact that they often don't dye is one of the worst aspects of this "feature" on gear models. :S
 
Carbiiiiiine, what were your artists thinking?!	
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			We should all embrace this fashion! Tomorrow, we all should wear hoodies and a loincloth in the real world. Surely, it will be a success.	
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