Male or Female?

[ITOS]

I'll probably make a female main character if the voice acting is good enough. I don't identify myself with my character so I might as well mix things up a bit.

Originally Posted by Forsaken One

I'd much rather they have just scraped females like most war games do and spent that time and effort on entering and exiting animations imo.

I disagree with your opinion that female models are a waste of time for the devs. This game is going to get most of it's income from cosmetic customizations. Being able to choose gender is an important part of making the character you want.

[bcraft]

As many have said, my main will be male character but my alts are fair game for either gender.

[Nefarion]

Male or female?
Screw you, Oak!!!

[Dropshockmedic]

• Female

Because im male and like to watch my female character.
Thats not a lie but I really think there is an additional reason that is reasonable in PvP.
Females got a thinner build, they are technically seen harder to spot.
With passive camos on the stuff you use or the Infiltrators active camo.

I guess the Hitbox will be the same seize to prevent unbalance but still I think its very good that female polygons are available so that you really get the feeling you are fighting "a mankind" here and not just stupid fictional factions that consist out of men only.

[Baneblade]

Note that there is no TPV for infantry this go round.

[Katalliaan]

Just comparing the concept art for the female models to the male ones, I'd say that there's very little difference between their builds. If the women are thinner, it's not enough to make a difference.

As far as Planetside 2 goes, there doesn't look to be an advantage of playing one gender over the other, since they're probably the same height and look to be nearly the same proportions. Additionally, since you're locked to a first-person view (unless you're in a vehicle, but most of those obscure your character anyway), you'll never see yourself.

[Slide Surveyor]

Originally Posted by Nefarion

Male or female?
Screw you, Oak!!!

I see what you did there

[Russ]

Im a male, i go male. I dont need some pixel ass to look at. Not to mention its an FPS (think about it).

[Xyntech]

I voted male instead of both, because I'll probably only focus on one character in PS2 for the most part. I had several alts in PS1, and a few of them were female just for variety, but I don't see doing that as much in PS2 due to how certs now work. I may still have an alt or two on other servers and one of them may be a female, but it's not a plan at this point.

I don't really have much of a reason why I play as a male rather than a female other than that I'm a guy and it just seems like the natural default choice. It is amusing the amount of butthurt that happens over peoples characters gender choices. Always amusing to see people who feel the need to justify playing as a female or people who think a guy playing as anything other than a male is wrong.

[NewSith]

Male because of immersion.

[QuantumMechanic]

I voted male, because 99% of the time I play male characters. Although in PS1 I do have an alt char who is female because I love the voice macros she does:

(ditz blonde voice)
GREETS!
Right on target!

[pablofiasco]

Male here,
tend to play either, depending on the mood

[Ratstomper]

Originally Posted by GreatMazinkaise

It becomes a problem when a female player makes a request for female toons that don't look like lingerie models and is subsequently shouted down by the devs who deliberately miss the point (Blizzard, recently). Female toons should not be manufactured to satisfy the male sexual fantasy in MMOs, and women should not have to choose male toons just to be taken seriously. The art team for PS2 is taking the high road for this game, thankfully.

I agree. Although, I've know some women who played MMOs that specifically chose characters because they're sexy. I mean, no one wants to play a dumpy or plain looking character. There has to be a way to make female models look good without specifically catering to male fantasies.

Originally Posted by Forsaken One

Honestly the female "toons" feel like a waste of art, resources, time, and effort from the devs atm.

"tasteful" female toons since they all wear armor anyway should just be a unimodel. Take the males model, stick a females head on it.

Its highly retarded to make a whole new model, just so you can place a super bulky chest piece thing on it so it kinda looks like a butch female thing.

I'd much rather they have just scraped females like most war games do and spent that time and effort on entering and exiting animations imo.

I think this is going a bit too far. There should be SOME difference between male and female characters, because that's realistic. I'm not sure if just cutting all female models out of games as a "waste of time" is more or less insulting to women than making overly sexualized characters. Both would be catering to the male fanbase.

I think unisex models would just be pretty boring.

[Forsaken One]

Originally Posted by Ratstomper

I'm not sure if just cutting all female models out of games as a "waste of time" is more or less insulting to women than making overly sexualized characters. Both would be catering to the male fanbase.

This is how I view the whole bs insulting issue.

Originally Posted by Ratstomper

I think unisex models would just be pretty boring.

unisex=no one can bullshit, feminists can't say jack. Saves time, resources and effort as well.

As for customization they can still sell whatever they want to add to a char.

[GreatMazinkaise]

Originally Posted by Forsaken One

What I read: the classic bullshit "double standard" defense of misogyny

It's not an issue so easily dismissed. We had male/female toons before and it suited just fine.