Always find it fascinating where the realism lines are drawn on a game where unrealistic stuff happens on a turn by turn basis.

Taking 1 damage from a lightning bolt smacking you on the head is okay. Fighting at full power when you're a paper cut from death (1 HP out of 100) is okay. Breasts and curves on armor is "going too far".

Should I, as an Asperger, feel offended by this?

If you want autists to play that are already hard core gamers, not offending them wouldn't hurt, and don't call them 'Klingons'.

Is she wearing iron leggings? What is protecting her upper leg?

If I think female armor than this is as female as I would get.

What ever happened to gaming being fun? Everyone's getting so offended and politically correct here. I play games to ESCAPE and AVOID that reality.

Now we're putting people into "Female Armor Approval Committees", submitting suggestions for approval, and can't make Star Trek jokes. Sickening...

I guess my "Man Law" book should just burned too, eh? lol.

/0.5 joking

Anyways, like the poster above me said, if someone wants more interesting armor... let him or her have it! Let the game be OUR game and YOUR game. Let everyone have fun with it.

Boudicca
http://www.unc.edu/celtic/catalogue/boudica/catalog.html
"She was huge of frame, terrifying of aspect, and with a harsh voice. A great mass of bright red hair fell to her knees: She wore a great twisted golden necklace, and a tunic of many colors, over which was a thick mantle, fastened by a brooch. Now she grasped a spear, to strike fear into all who watched her...…"

-Dio Cassius (Dudley and Webster, 54)

Akil and I are working on making female versions of all the male armor in the game. It's just refitting mostly.

I understand that the majority of people who play these types of games are male and hence it's pretty much the case that most of the developers in the industry who also make these kind of games cater toward what males like to see.

Which seems to be things like http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7190/cmwa1zh2.jpg

Which would be completely fine. It's not the blatant, ceaseless objectification of women that's the problem.

It's the imbalance of it. I'm never given anything to see like this http://vampjac.com/lj/humor/gygax/pointless_armor.jpg

What if I want to build an army of hunky men in thongs to drool over while I watch them sexily lay waste to my enemies.

Unfortunately for me and anyone who prefers looking at men, it's not happening. Ever.

Therefore I can't really tell you how much this annoys the **** out of me.

The point is, as long as I'm partially in control of what armor is getting put in the game, you probably won't be seeing anything like that. I can agree that we could use some cooler armor concepts (for both men and women) but if you're just out to see some naked chicks, make a mod, because I won't be catering to that ridiculous double standard.

...Unless brad tells me to. In which case I will be. But I will be frowning as I do it, and cursing you all!

Someone needs one of those official Stardock badges to show up under their name.

How much would it take to get Brad to do that? 

How about making it available as a DLC?

I'm actually just surprised that it took a whole page for someone to complain about that.  It was 50/50 on whether someone would claim to be offended as a Klingon or an Austistic, so congratulations: you beat the Klingons.

This type of thing bugs me too. It's just silly. Caster armor can look sexy because caster armor isn't really armor. It's clothes.

But plate? If you're a front line melee unit who is going to get pounded, you probably want armor that actually functions like armor. You can make armor that both looks good AND looks like something that could plausably work. So no chainmail bikinis. Please.

I couldn't care less if the armour is realistic* or not. I certainly don't dislike armours that mark the feminine curves, like that of Arielle (the Capitar female warrior). I dislike "armours" that are nothing but a excuse to "sell more" and are not worthy the material they are made of. I also dislike "cows" but I don't think we will be seeing them here, mods or not.

All that said, I still like O-Ushi...

*from a functionality point of view. Enchanted Glass armours are fine to me

or

Is this a good time to point out that the existing male plate armour looks absurdly unrealistic as things already stand?

SD has never marketed the game as a realistic medieval wargame. What I want is for my units to look cool. Beyond that I want to have varying styles of armour so that my army is not just one homogenous entity.

I don't want nude characters or bikinis. You can have topless 6-pack men - but not women. So fortunately for SD_Zebrafox and anyone who prefers looking at men, it has happened. Ever. Already.

I'm talking about plate armour, and anyone that has ever seen much of it can tell you that historically there is a ton of evidence for decoration and embellishment. Either to enhance the prestige of the wearer or to give a more imposing appearance. Japanese armour is a good example of this actually, so is Roman armour.

There is nothing wrong with the shape of a woman's body! This forum seems to have an unnatural number of 13 year old sheltered-youth christian boys who are afraid to get their wrist slapped and a lecture on onanism when mommy catches them playing dirty games.

I'm sure this has all started due to that elf queen from Aow2:SM (Julia?) who had the hypnotic swirly nipples. I agree that was stupid.

PS: I really don't think that L5R was much influenced by anime, but if you just don't like the style then fair enough. It's not the Japanese's fault though.