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Could you please stop making high heels and skimpy armor for females?
Ashantara.8731
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Dear devs,
It is really hard to find armor sets or outfits for female characters that look fitting for an adventurer. This is the main reason I (almost) exclusively play male characters.
I mean, this is GW2 and not Conan the Barbarian after all, no? 
It would be nice to have more options to be able to dress female human and norn characters properly, namely as female adventurers and not as princesses or seductresses. 
Thank you.
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Most armor sets are pretty tame, including everything from HoT and PoF. Some others do exist, which is nice for variety, but they aren't super common either.
Outfits I might agree with you on, but they do have a premium price tag attached.
Actually I would highly appreciate they change their standard for all tier - gender armors ! cause it feels pretty redundant .
This person managed to find a good diverse woth mix n match
https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/61843/the-tempests-new-clothes-lots-of-pics#
There is already a wide variety of styles to choose from... This sounds more like you just don't like seeing the skimpy stuff on females period.
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I tend to agree, which is surprisingly why I play Charr alot for unified looks.
Unfortunately even that has started shifting with various outfits and such these days.
Though I feel the 'skimpy' problem is generally more of an issue with light armor more than anything else.
Please make more of skimpy outfits and armor. This game is way too modest.
I dunno what is the word for 'skimpy' for males, I would like those too.
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Any particular race and armour weight you're referring to? Or are you ok with someone at Anet flicking through the armour galleries and deciding there's plenty of non-skimpy options for charr, asura and medium and heavy armoured females of all races so it's fine and they don't need to follow up any further?
But even on other race/armour combinations there are a lot of options. You may need to mix and match sets to get a look you like, but that's true no matter what style you're going for.
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I think they stopped adding skimpy armors with the expansions. Some Light versions remain more revealing but it's not similar to other older sets that are way more revealing.
Take a look and form your own opinion:
Path of Fire armors:
Spearmarshal: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spearmarshal's_armor
Warbeast: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Warbeast_armor
Requiem: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Requiem_armor
Elegy: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Elegy_armor
Bounty Hunter: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bounty_Hunter's_armor
Heart of Thorns armors:
Leystone: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Leystone_armor
Mistward: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mistward_armor
Bladed: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bladed_armor
Perfected Envoy: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Perfected_Envoy_armor
I think there is enough variety here to satisfy most needs!
I find the reverse to be true, but everyone views things with different eyes.
I'm curious as to whether this issue is solely about not being able to find anything to wear at all, or if there is an issue with seeing people wear things they choose to wear that you would rather not see? Would a feature to be able to 'ignore how someone looks', like the 'block' feature, but it replaces them with a low-res look, allowing you to 'visually block' people on case-by-case basis, help? Or, would there still be an issue because you know that it's all still out there, even though you aren't seeing it yourself now?
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I cannot agree with this post. Majority of armors in the game are not skimpy. In fact, I find it difficult to find skimpy armors (that I like) for my characters.
I do not like high heels whatsoever so I would not miss them if they were somehow to not be created in the future.
How about:
Give us choice so that the people who want to have skimpy armour can have it, and the ones who want practical armour can have it?
How about not pitting people's preferences against one another?
No?
Okay.
Just a thought.
I mean, it's not like girls could prefer skimpy armour, too, or anything. That'd be insane, right? It would be completely impossible for a girl to actually WANT skimpy armour on their character, right???
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I actually wouldn't mind more knee-high high-heeled boots. Love them.
More on topic for the OP - there are plenty of respectable, practical armour pieces. Mix and match!
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There are a lot of armor sets that aren't skimpy. Takes a bit of creativity and effort to find them, mixing various armor pieces together, but that's part of the fun of playing Fashion Wars.
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If it's for you, go through your wardrobe, and find looks you like, it only costs 1 Transmutation charge per piece. If it's being offended by other people's chosen looks, nope.
This is a head scratcher ... I have 9(actually 10 but two are using the same boots) female sylvari/human/norn characters spread between light/medium/heavy armor but none of them are wearing heels.
As for skimpy ... well this is the "worst"
GW2 has had skimpy armors from its launch. That is gw2. It has nothing to do with Conan the barbarian.
The real problem isn’t that females have ample skimpy outfits but that males do not have an equal amount of skimpy outfits.
Even then though, females don’t have that many skimpy outfits either, GW2 is very good about providing a wide variety of armor appearances and for the most part is pretty modest (IE “real” armor).
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I see your skimpy and raise you mine ...
I am a very casual player.
Very.
Casual.
I use the same skirt! I just recently unlocked the Carapage light armour chestpiece, and I find that it matches with the skirt quite well.
Everyone else is doing it!!
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And im here wishing i had some more clothes that where "tribal" or "tattoos" so i could show my Charrs fur patterns off
anet: please, Tattoos like GW1s monk as armor, my wallet is ready!
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Instead Anet should take it to the next level by introducing garters and heels for men.
My Charr needs a Charrkini.
Then you aren't looking very hard. The vast majority of the customizations for female armor are fairly reasonable and modest.
Sounds like you have another agenda here @Ashantara.8731
This is more of a personal preference issue that can be resolved with outfits. The OP can buy a big bulky heavy plated tanky looking armor outfit like the "Champion of Tyria" in the link below for her/his light armor characters, no high heels involved. Me personally I think light armor (outfit and skins) should be more skimpy and revealing since they're armors made with cloth and not steel plates. Plus high heels for females looks good in light, medium and heavy armors. Yes I know this is GW2 fashion but I just can't imagine a female superhero like Wonder Woman dressed in an outfit that makes her look like Doctor Doom.
http://dulfy.net/2017/08/09/gw2-upcoming-armor-outfits-and-weapons-from-path-of-fire/
@Ashantara.8731 - it seems clear that not many people on this forum agree with you currently. Can you give us some examples of the costumes you've been able to put together so far which suit your tastes and what you think is still lacking. And/or skins you'd like to use and what changes you'd like to see which would make them acceptable to you? That way maybe we'll have a better understanding of the issue.
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And you run till night is black, And keep on going in your dreams,
And you know all the long while, It's the journey that you seek,
It's the miles of moving forward, With the wind beneath your wings."
Please don't speak for the rest of us. If you want to play something extremely covered up and modest, roll a Medium armor class. You'll have trenchcoat picks for days.
I'd like more short to medium length skirts. At the moment it's like Apprentice and Magician's. Requiem was another set of pants...
Now if the OP were asking for less flared trenchcoats and pom, pom skirts for medium armours I could get behind this
Light Armour imo has a reasonably good mix of skimpy and not so skimpy options depending on your race I guess.
Perhaps consider an outfit instead if this is still an issue to you OP.. or look at the wardrobe options (via your bank, not your character wardrobe) and see if there are things you can mix an match for your desired appearance. Perhaps there are some you still don't possess the skins for and the TP might offer them to you if the prices are right for you.
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I would like to see more skirts for medium and heavy classes. I feel restricted when playing heavy or medium, enough of covering the whole skin.
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Heavy i can understand, medium though, fully agree!
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Not sure why this is a problem; there are lots of BOTH skimpy and 'bulky' armors to choose from. 'Not skimpy' armors are not likely the answer to the problem being described by the OP.
What I desire is a small selection of less flashy or adorned armors. Sometimes, it's just too much going on.
If you think balancing is only driven by performance and justified by comparisons to other classes then prepare to be educated:
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/balance-updates-the-heralds-near-future-and-pvp-league-season-13/
Female light armor has plenty skimpy armor sure, although they also got modest options. Medium armor does not have as much skimpy armor... infact for my female sylvari ranger where I would very much like an open back, so I could actually see that beautiful glow pattern, there is a grand total of 2 options, and I like neither one. So yeah, given up on that....
Oh how I would love the elite druid armor set from GW1 on my sweet sylvari.
I agree. Female light armor has the most 'skimpy' options.
But Heels? I haven't seen anything that looks even remotely like stilettos or anything like Cinderella's glass slippers (which I would buy with real cash if we had). Everything looks like wrestler boots all the way up to the knee.
The aurora shoes are the only shoes that look like actual shoes you'd wear with a gown, but I don't think they're in bad taste at all. To me, they're the only good ones.
How can you miss something that isn't going anywhere? Or are you advocating the removal of high heels?
Now make one for a male character!
I am female, and would love to have skimpier gear for my characters. I'm tired of wearing long gowns that when running looks like a cardboard cutout that I used to put on my paper dolls many many moons ago. Every male/female warrior takes a break from the brutalities of the world and goes out on the town. They finally has the opportunity to remove their grungy heavy armor and play. But, a warrior is always prepared weather dressed to the nine or in chain mail, and if a battle happens to arise, well thank heavens for magic gear and your very best outing outfits are equipped to protect you, invisible to the naked eye. So, no, I don't agree with this suggestions and I would recommend more awesome looking (not cardboard like) outfits for females and males. Maybe some awesome capes would be great to cover up on cold winter outings or evenings.
I'll be petty and ask
"Could you please stop making these threads we had 6 of them in the last few months already"
And I'm not sure if it really was 6, but this is a joke so don't take it seriously.
I'll just paraphrase myself and say: We should have all types of armor, skimpy and full plate, skirt/no skirt a plenty!
Logging out forever.
Again a matter of taste. Personally, I would like that heavy armors propose one set a bit more girly, especially the boots.
I'm out of my mind, feel free to leave a message...
Here I was hoping they would add in the Elite Druid Armor that was in GW1: https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gallery_of_female_ranger_Elite_Druid_armor That was my armor for my ancestor, would like to use the same one in GW2(I have something close, but not identical). Now you didn't specify whether this was for Light, Medium or Heavy armor.
Yes...no...maybe...what do you want, can't you see I'm busy saving the world...AGAIN!
You, sir, are a good judge. There's a history here. Let me regale you all with tales from eons past.
A year ago, somebody made the thread "Best Looking Medium Armor." In this thread, I threw my hat into the mix with my Deadeye (now Holosmith) and her outfit. I happen to quite like it, considering how expensive it was to make. But, immediately following this, you see the OP didn't take kindly to this post.
As usual, I did what I always do, and stubbornly defended my choices with raw, masculine heterosexuality. This rubbed some people the wrong way, but after some banter my natural awe won people over. That or they just gave up. Except for the OP, though. You're probably wondering "why does this even matter?" Well, that thread was recently resurrected from the dead. And with it, the sleeping dogs did not let lie. After a piece of lettuce tried to kill me, I come to find a bunch of notifications. The argument had started up again, except the ideological tide has shifted. Instead of several people exchanging with me, several people are exchanging with Ashantara instead.
As debate just entrenches people, the end result of the aforementioned three-way rebuking was this thread. Exaggerated, and out of touch with the game, written more as a declaration than an actual idea or discussion. Whether this has anything to do with the previous Red Sonja thread is anyone's guess.
But look on the bright side. I had completely forgotten that I wrote this little diddy and had a good laugh upon reading it again.
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