Originally posted by: CVSiN
Red Sonya..
Conan the Barbarian
Conan The Destroyer
D&D the Movie..
Scorpion King
and many others...
this is the type of High Fantasy Bliz is after....
Female Heros have always dressed outlandishly and been tough as nails in fantasy...
hell Conan didnt even wear armour at all yet he had an AC rating of 6000000000000 =P
that metal Bikini ought to be good for 69999999999999 =P
Conan didn't need armour and high ac cause he killed em before they killed him

But that puts the emphasis on player skill over equipment, which of course doesnt work in MMOs cause people need loot to accumulate and you lose a huge chunk of playerbase (read revenue) when you focus player skill. And what's the point of loot if it doesn't
do anything, hence AC is born (talking mutliplayer here, I know about single player rpgs). Don't get me wrong though, loot is awesome.
Mal do a google search for Fantasy Art.
within 2 secs i found pages like this
http://www.arthistory.cc/html2/fantasy_main.php
that show girls in skimpy plate mail...
im 33 years old and I remeber alot of this growing up.. this was the way females have always been depicted in fantasy movies and TV..
Ya ya I know the arguement. Did you read my entire post?
You know what, there's another problem with this aside from what i've mentioned. If I played a female character and had armour that barely showed on my toon at all, i'd feel...cheated. Like when you buy a high priced "gourmet" meal and stare at the 4 carrots and 1 oz of salmon on your plate.