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Etrian Odyssey ones look right on the money.
Practical is boring. It's a game so screw practicality and give me interesting.
Different tastes I guess, but I find practical armor more attractive then rest of the skimpy "armor" stuff out there. Thanks for this thread.
Am I the only person in GAF that always thought the Judge Armors in FFXII looks terribly ridiculous?
What if the skimpy armour is practical given the context of the setting? E.g. Climate, material technologies, cultural values.
What if the skimpy armour is practical given the context of the setting? E.g. Climate, material technologies, cultural values.
Joke post?
She fights in an ornate bikini.
If the armor is skimpy it is not doing the primary thing it was created for providing protection. Then there is no practical purpose to even wear it in that case. Might as well go into battle in just standard clothing and save yourself some money and weight.
I am trying to think of real world examples from any time period or region that I would consider skimpy and practical, but none come to mind. All armor I can think of at least covers and tried to protect the vital organs.
Now with that said I don't mind most of the armor shown in the thread. Since it is just a video game I will give the creators a break if they want to make armor that is a less practical if it is cool looking. The only female armor that really annoys me would be the one that are pretty much chain mail bikinis. No one would wear something like that into battle. On some of them they might as well save the extra weight and fight naked. They would still get the same level of protection.
I liked Chris Lightfellow in Suikoden 3:
That hair isn't really battle friendly. Just imagine some of it getting caught in your armor and you turn your head.
shrudder*
Her only problem is that she's literally TOO BADASS.
If you're not careful, she'll solo the entire enemy army early on and your other dudes won't get any XP.
Many tribal cultures have worn armors that would be considered skimpy by many standards I would believe. Native Americans for instance used alot of light weight materials,
Aztecs:
i'm sure many African tribes also have used similar types of armor. In many cultures light, and ease of movement outweigh bulky heavy equipment. Of course it also comes to the technological level of the culture during the period.
There's a lot of good examples of practical armor in here. Nice job everyone.
Going by what I’ve seen from Tactics Ogre, Tsubasa Masao seems to have a problem with drawing women standing upright half the time. For some reason, a good chunk of them are floating about inexplicably with feet pointed straight downward.CorvoSol said:Ozma, of the same game, looks okay, despite her Liefeldian feet:
Does that count as armor though?
I ask because I also was arguing with myself as I was making that post about the ancient Egyptians who from what I understand went into battle like this:
But like those pictures you posted couldn't decided if that counted as them wearing armor or not. Like with the two pics you posted I am personally leaning towards it being them fighting with no armor on rather then them fighting in skimpy armor.
I did not know that, I'm not a very hardcore Fire Emblem fan to be honest. Still, she isn't very useful early on in the game, since she'll siphon up experience. I'll definitely use her more the next time I play Path of Radiance.Hmm yeah, but in FE10 you can user her completely without screwing over your entire team because she's on the same level as them. (She can still solo teams there too, except in like 1 chapter hehe)
Some fun FE10 Titania facts:
-She wields an axe and rides on a goddamn horse. Boss.
-She's arguably the "best" non-Haar, non-laguz royal unit in the game.
-Her growths are incredible. To non - Fire emblem fans, growths determine the likelyhood of a stat going up when leveling up. For example, if "PK Gaming" has a strength growth of 45% (the average), "PKGaming's strength will go up 45% of the time every level up"
Here are Titania's stat growths (Fire emblem 10).
HP: 60% STR: 60% MAG:15% SKL: 55% SPD:50% LUK:40% DEF:20% RES:30%
Now BELIEVE ME when I tell you that those stat growths are amazing. In most RPGs, Women usually get predictable stat distribution. They tend to have low hp / strength, but excel in speed or magic (blegh). Titania says FUCK that and has stat growths that basically trump the majority of FE10.
You all know who Ike is right? (what am I saying, everyone here has played Brawl so of course you do.)
His stat growths are:
HP: 65% STR: 55% MAG:10% SKL: 60% SPD:35% LUK:30% DEF:40% RES:15%
Yes, Titania actually has better growths than the main character of FE10 (the leading man basically.) Without getting into base caps, classes and other finer nuances, the end result is that game designers were comfortable with giving Titania sky high growths despite her gender (and lets be honest, RPGs are usually incredible stereotypical in terms of stats)
TL;DR Titania is a fucking badass.
<3
God i'm just Titania fanboy
Well to some extent I would agree with you that many of these men, and women were fighting not armored at all, but you do still have situations where the armor does become more apperant.
you also have to remember that many tribal cultures use whats around them as their crafting materials. Native americans would often use things like leather, bone, tree bark, etc when crafting materials ment for war.
So in the picture I posted above he would be wearing leather/ or animal hide to cover his legs. There are examples of chest guards, and some other types of armors used but in almost all situations it was always minimalist, or very light. I think atleast to some extent it comes down to perspective, Would a medieval Knight consider the types of armors that a Native American would have used "real" armor, I would think probably not.
For instance:
To many in modern society this would not be considered proper armor, but within the Native American culture it was, because it's what they had and could make.
So... where are the Selvaria pics?
While conventional, Selvaria doesn't have any armor.
To many in modern society this would not be considered proper armor, but within the Native American culture it was, because it's what they had and could make.
Okay, so it's not exactly practical. I just thought it would be funny to go towards the other end of the spectrum.
Okay, so it's not exactly practical. I just thought it would be funny to go towards the other end of the spectrum.
Okay, so it's not exactly practical. I just thought it would be funny to go towards the other end of the spectrum.
Eh, most armor throughout history didn't provide leg protection. The only warriors in history who had heavily armored legs were mounted knights and Samurai to a lesser extent. Your basic footman couldn't afford it, and couldn't really move well with it, they would be more likely to have greaves, a helmet, maybe gauntlets and bracers if they could afford them, and a big ass shield. Maybe they'd have a mail coat or a breastplate, but not much else.
That's exactly the thing most people don't seem to realize: Full body armor, especially heavy plate armor, was rare, expensive, and most of all, highly impractical. And especially warriors specializing in heavy weapons would typically wear extremely light armor or no armor at all.Eh, most armor throughout history didn't provide leg protection. The only warriors in history who had heavily armored legs were mounted knights and Samurai to a lesser extent. Your basic footman couldn't afford it, and couldn't really move well with it, they would be more likely to have greaves, a helmet, maybe gauntlets and bracers if they could afford them, and a big ass shield. Maybe they'd have a mail coat or a breastplate, but not much else.
Yeah, most "skimpy" armor would probably offer a much better chance of survival than the heavy ass tin cans posted in this thread. Heavy armor was usually only worn by cavalry units, and the moment you got them off their horses (which was very easy), they were dead.But the heavier and bulkier the armor, the more impractical it is.
This thread is proving that there's barely any practical female in games.
Heavy armor for females in DA:O was pretty decent. The Souls games were also nice, and if we can include fighting games than Hilde has nice armor.