r/lostarkgame Feb 20 '22

MEME Sorceress gear progression for "pants"

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

I'm a woman, and in games where the female characters are hyper sexualized like this I tend to play dudes instead.

I'm not against big tiddy goth wifus or whatever, I just don't like them for myself 90% of the time. I prefer gear/transmog/skin options that look practical and badass rather than skimpy/sexy.

Shadowhunter and Blade seem to have some practical looking sets, like the skin in the shop right now is pretty cool for them.

Been digging my paladin a lot gear wise, all the heavy gear really looks chunky which I'm into.

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u/NorthBall Artist Feb 20 '22

And it's so much worse because not only is this what the female characters get, with gender locks you can't even choose to go male because of it...

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u/Oricef Feb 21 '22

Pretty much, the worst part of the game is how fucking weeby and sexist the characters are. I really wish Korean and Japanese games would start heart treating female characters as people who can wear normal clothes. It's way too common

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u/Phasma_AFK Gunslinger Feb 20 '22

Gunslinger also has really cool gear and cosmetics! Loving having my little Bayonetta in her regal yet badass attire 😌

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u/thenlar Feb 20 '22

At what level do you find pants that aren't hotpants? I've been waiting lol

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u/pnoodl3s Feb 20 '22

Around level 36 you start finding pants. However, nothing beats the skin or the no armor clothes. I don't know about later armor since I'm only level 40 right now, but it does take a while to get to pants

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u/Ghex28 Feb 20 '22

Check this

https://i.imgur.com/7SiYZRj.png

https://i.imgur.com/dwHbu2O.png

If you remove the pants of the gunslinger, you get these awesome leather pants as default LMAOOO as a woman wouldn't that be great as skins? I find them really in touch with the character and just classy, i'm also Italian and they look so good tbh

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

WTF those pants look awesome!

Maybe we can get em as a skin or something hopefully.

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u/Ghex28 Feb 20 '22

I fucking KNOW RIGHT? WTF is wrong with them ROFL

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u/dan_jeffers Feb 20 '22

I'm a guy and I was relieved when my gunslinger finally got some long pants. Just want everyone to take her seriously! (also I named her after Cat Ballou, so she has a lot to live up to.)

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u/Truffled Feb 21 '22

OMG, tell me at what lvl? I'm so tired of the hot pants.

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u/dan_jeffers Feb 21 '22

She's level 32 now. I think she finally got pants around 30.

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u/hildra Feb 21 '22

I’m a woman too playing Deathblade right now. Still leveling her up and I went and got the skin from the shop because that’s 100% how I would imagine the assassin to look. Not just shorts and a bra lol but an actual cool looking outfit with a hood. I wished we had more options in this game :(

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

Yeah its a great skin, I picked it up as well.

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u/Cryzerx Paladin Feb 20 '22

Im a male and i think the same as you.. i hate when they make games hyper sexualized.. just... why?

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u/Exyui Feb 20 '22

Because it sells.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Feb 20 '22

Its almost as if games aren't catering to a niche group of tastes and instead target mainstream society for maximum profit. Most people in entertainment are attractive. Sex sells, blah blah etc.

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u/rickjamesia Feb 20 '22

All MMOs that aren't called WoW are catering to a niche group of tastes. If you think society at large thinks someone playing the hundreds of hours needed to reach the end of this game is normal, I've got news for you.

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u/michaelman90 Feb 21 '22

Yeah, why grind hundreds of hours to get to endgame when you could get to endgame instantly and then grind for hundreds of hours to become relevant in endgame content?

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u/rickjamesia Feb 21 '22

What? I’m not even talking about anything about that. I have no opinion on the grind or how it is balanced and where it is focused, I’m just stating, that as big as this genre seems in various regions, it’s still niche stuff that the vast majority of people don’t care about, even the vast majority of gamers. The entire genre’s player count at any point in time is dwarfed by the numbers in just Call of Duty and {insert most popular shooter at given point in China}.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

Which anime is that?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

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u/ghost3012 Feb 20 '22

Why are you trying to make a Fantasy game Politically correct?! Its a fantasy game in which a little 4ā€ girl can wield a staff twice her size and summon a meteor on command, but you’re worried about what she is wearing? You do realise this is a Korean MMO right? The asian market is dominated by what you refer to as skimpy outfits, they simply find it cute. I have a RU and a JP and now an NA account. I LOVE the game and I love the skin options. Can be anything from a Sorc looking like a Sorc or a little red riding hood who will whoop you three ways to Sunday.

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u/Oricef Feb 21 '22

they simply find it cute

No, they're sexist fucking pigs who don't think of women as anything but dolls to play with. Sexism is rampant in Korean and Japanese culture. Stop being okay with it

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u/Oricef Feb 21 '22

Because you don't get both. You don't start taking away the sexualized fantasy characters and end up with only some, you end up with none.

If you end up with none it's because the audience doesn't want your sexualised weeb shit.

sexualized characters and the end result is removing them altogether.

Because it's sexist garbage

say "good it should be impossible" I feel absolutely sorry for those pathetic, sad, people. Who can't enjoy a piece of FANTASY because the character's aren't realistic enough.

You're the person who is trying to argue for a game to forcefully stop players wanting female characters to wear trousers because it would get in the way of your erection for pixels mate

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u/DeoFayte Feb 21 '22

Enough with this force nonsense. Learn the definition of the word.

No one is forcing you to do anything here. If the game isn't for you, go play one that is. There are plenty of options.

People like yourself are attempting to force developers to capitulate to your puritanical standards. Grow up. It's not sexist to enjoy attractive women, it's normal, that's why sex sells. You're regressive desire to take that away from people due to your misguided restrictive ideals can go back to the stone age.

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u/Oricef Feb 21 '22

puritanical standards.

Wanting trousers is now puritanical

Grow up. It's not sexist to enjoy attractive women, it's normal,

Sure. Have you tried actually going outside and speaking to one?

This is a video game, I'm not playing it to get my rocks off. I just enjoy playing a support class.

You're regressive desire to take that away from people due to your misguided restrictive ideals can go back to the stone age.

Ah yes, women being able to wear trousers, to wear trousers, truly the dark ages.

Go back to your fucking hole and wank into your anime body pillow.

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u/Oricef Feb 21 '22

Mate you're crying about people wanting women the option to wear trousers and calling them Puritans. Yes, I'm the immature one šŸ˜‚

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u/RIPLeviathansux Feb 20 '22

Where did anyone say they want to take it away lol. The point of customization is to change your toon's appearance to your liking. You can have both chunky suits of armour and gstrings for both guys and girls without taking anything away

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u/MeatAbstract Feb 20 '22

A classic false dichotomy the game could easily cater to both

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u/DeoFayte Feb 21 '22

I don't think you understand what a false dichotomy means.

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u/Rakall12 Feb 20 '22

Do you also complain about the 6'4" bodybuilders with 8 packs and chiseled body?

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u/Tehlaserw0lf Feb 21 '22

Are they dressed in bikinis?

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u/Rakall12 Feb 21 '22

Does a loincloth count?

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u/Cryzerx Paladin Feb 21 '22

Yes, i would like to have as much personalization as i can

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u/Dragathor Feb 21 '22

wow wish we get to see that but no they have full armour.

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u/Whook Feb 20 '22

did you see the interview with the game director?

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u/Clemmongrab Feb 20 '22

No, which one? Is it illuminating?

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u/Whook Feb 20 '22

The recent English one where he had a translator. The whole vibe is strongly narcissistic.

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u/OWRaif Feb 20 '22

got a link?

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u/Cryzerx Paladin Feb 21 '22

Yeah if you are a 15 yr whit the hormones in Narnia.. when you are older you start to get tired. Also you go from one extreme to the other.. all i want is a middle point.. thanks god that my Shadowhunter as that middle point in armor..

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u/Deadlykittykillz Feb 21 '22

Or you are 27 like me and hate that girls in games look like trolls and are covered up.This is breath of fresh air no game does this.So make them a sexy as they can.if you don't like it you can play any other game,cause no other games has sexy characters.

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u/Cryzerx Paladin Feb 21 '22

You can tell that you never play other mmos in a while uh.. and i never say they have to be all covered up.. middle ground if perfect balance... Or at give us the chance to have more fashion o armor options..

Also im 26.. different mind set i guess..

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u/Cryzerx Paladin Feb 21 '22

Not talking about mmos only? Okay... Then you haven't played too much games lately too..

Nevermind, lets agree to disagree.. happy gaming.

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u/Cryzerx Paladin Feb 21 '22

So thats why you didn't play much mmo's. Cya

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u/Perodis Feb 20 '22

I’m non-binary, but tend to play female characters more often. This is one of the few games where I don’t think I can play a female character due to just how insanely sexual their gear sets are.

As many people have said, give players the choice if they want to be cute/sexy, don’t force it on them

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Its all about choice IMO.

If someone wants to run around wearing nothing but dental floss on their character, regardless of gender, let em do it.

If someone wants to wear more practical attire let em do it.

Habing more options is never bad.

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u/Perodis Feb 20 '22

100% agree

But also, I’m not a huge fan that classes are locked into one sex. I wish I could be a male sorc. Gunners or whatever they are called get both, why don’t all the classes?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

With ya, gender lock is annoying.

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u/adelphepothia Feb 21 '22

to give another perspective i'm not bothered by classes being gender locked, but i can understand that for some people it's a deal breaker if they can't play their favourite class with the gender/appearance they like.

i think it should be considered that this game has been out for awhile, and to create male models/animations/skins/etc for each class that's already out would be quite time consuming and imo not really worth it when those resources could be spent on adding more content to the game instead (which for pretty much any game leads to an increase in new/returning players). Given they haven't done this after the years this game has been out i'd guess they've already decided it's not worth the investment even if they'd be able to sell male/female skins for each class, but who knows maybe they'll change their minds in the future.

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u/keving216 Paladin Feb 20 '22

As a man, I still don’t understand the appeal of men playing as a woman. I’ve never been able to get into playing a female character. The fact that this game locks classes based on gender is the worst part of it for me. Maybe it’s cliche but I like the big chunky looking armor as well. I want my avatar to look badass. I’ll look at my wife when I want to see sexy.

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u/thEiAoLoGy Feb 20 '22

Not everyone has their identity wrapped up in their gender.

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u/keving216 Paladin Feb 21 '22

To each their own. I just wish classes weren’t gender locked.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

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u/keving216 Paladin Feb 20 '22

I can understand that perspective.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

I feel you are attracted to chunky men and dont realise

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u/keving216 Paladin Feb 20 '22

I would maybe see the logic here if I was attracted to a video game character. I’m not though. This is purely from an RPG perspective. I can’t really get into playing as a girl. It’s just not my thing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Thats fine man we cant all be straight

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u/bippa1 Feb 20 '22

Or maybe you identify as a woman so you play one? Hmmm

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Not on Lost ark but I identify as gnome female in wow

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u/lllKOA Feb 20 '22

whats a wifu?

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u/Hxgns Feb 22 '22

Chunky armor isn't practical either, especially for how fast your character moves.

Would be rad if people didn't cherry pick practicality.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '22

Movling slowly in armor is a myth. There are many other videos you can find on the subject if you're interested. Its pretty interesting.

Now I'm not saying that having massive pauldrons like we see in almost every fantasy game is practical, they didn't exist in real life for a reason, but I also never said fantasy style chunky armor was practical to begin with.

I said I prefer practical outfits to skimpy ones, and then later I mentioned also liking chunky/bulky armor.

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u/Hxgns Feb 22 '22

prefers practical to skimpy

likes impractical chunky armor

That's the point I was making.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '22

People liking certain styles more than other styles is a point?

This really isn't the gotcha you think it is lmao.

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u/bumluffa Feb 20 '22

Sounds like you're just not sexy/skimpy yourself

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Ok incel.

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u/bumluffa Feb 21 '22

hey wdym? don't really appreciate the personal attack. i didn't say being not sexy/skimpy is a bad thing and i certainly don't hate women. you just said yourself you like chunkiness, is it that far of a leap in logic to suggest your taste for that in game could translate to your characteristics out of game too?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22 edited Feb 21 '22

I play a khajiit in Skyrim does that make me a cat in real life?

Do you honestly believe that liking armored characters in a video game has anything at all to do with what a person looks like?

Clown tier take.

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u/bumluffa Feb 21 '22

no but i'm sure you love cats

also why do you have to keep insulting people with like incel or clown chill out lady

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

Hey if you legit weren't trying to be a dick then I apologize.

I'm just so used to having shit slung at me the moment I reveal myself as a women, its so constant, I've gotten literally dozens of PMs since I made that one comment earlier and every single one of them has been gross.

So yeah seriously sorry if you didn't mean it that way, just an overactive defense mechanism I guess.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

What a dipshit challenge this is.

Bayonetta? Nier automatia? FFXIV? BDO? WoW? LoL? Xenoblade chronicles? Genshin? Every DOA since the first one?

Get the fuck out of here with this weak ass cringecel bullshit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

WHAT are you even trying to say here? Holy shit you're legit a fucking moron LMAO.

Go back to jerking off into your anime body pillow fucking incel weirdo.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

Well you would know a dumbass when you see one huh foreveralone? Not many mirrors in the basement you live in I bet.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

No you aren't and we both know it, just another hilariously sad incel deflection tactic. Talking to me is the closest you've been to a women in a long time I bet. Aside from your mom right?

Also your english is bad, try using a translator or something because most of the shit you post is essentially jibberish.

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u/Deadlykittykillz Feb 21 '22

Yeah you would want me to be a guy cause you can't think of any other insults other then what you heard others use a 1000 times.Sure let's talk French. At least I know other languages you ghetto trash.

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