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Gender specific costume slot

nephtnepht Posts: 6,898 Arc User
edited July 2013 in Champions Online Discussion
Just a thought how about a costume slot that allows you to have a "costume" thats a different gender than your toon normally is. Would help with toons that are shapeshifters and are bound to sell well.

Yes I do see the irony of myself asking for a gender swap token U__U"
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  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Posts: 2,078 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    CoH certainly did a service to shapeshifters with the ability to switch genders between costume slots. Provided, of course, you bought the Mad Science Booster Pack or the Super Tailor function on the Paragon Market. It's a shame CO doesn't allow for this as well. What kind of shapeshifter can't switch sexes? You think Mystique could masquerade as Senator Kelly if she was limited only to the female form?
  • fudgemonstafudgemonsta Posts: 1,532 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Heh, I'd be all up for this.

    Although that would make my main shapeshifters excuse of 'If I turned into a girl, I wouldn't be badass anymore.' go out the window.

    ...Course, he is supposed to be a villain, so...Really, throwing him out the window is a good thing!
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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,002 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I have a female toon who's a (small-sized) mech robot pilot. However since I find the female model being far too slender even with max slider settings for a huge, beefy mech look, I had to make a seperate male toon for that purpose. The option to switch genders on a single toon would really make me happy since it will let me switch between pilot and mech without having to switch characters.

    Or if you want to troll people with your genderbending toon similar to this guy:

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  • pallihwtfpallihwtf Posts: 656 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    jennymachx wrote: »
    I have a female toon who's a (small-sized) mech robot pilot. However since I find the female model being far too slender even with max slider settings for a huge, beefy mech look

    I agree with this. You jus't can't make dem Powerarmor girls.
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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,002 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    pallihwtf wrote: »
    I agree with this. You jus't can't make dem Powerarmor girls.

    Actually, I wouldn't mind making a power armor girl with a sleek look who's the female equivalent to Iron Man. What I went for was something similar to for e.g. a female pilot in a huge Zaku suit from those Gundam series, with the flexibility of presenting the pilot both in and out of the suit.
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  • cybersoldier1981cybersoldier1981 Posts: 2,501 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I would not use this, but I don't object to it at all.

    I could also see it done for things like werewolves, where the females are limited to making unimpressive versions of that or furry grinwolves.
  • meedacthunistmeedacthunist Posts: 2,967 Arc User1
    edited July 2013
    Would be great for making more bulky PA characters.

    Current settings are fine indeed, for Iron Man female equivalents in skin tight "armors".

    Not enough to make a more crude PA, something in style of ingame PRIMUS/UNTIL/Steelhead/MARS armors. Or Mechwarrior universe PA's.
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  • isometryisometry Posts: 148 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    This is relevant to my interests. :biggrin:
  • alexofspades#2085 alexofspades
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    edited July 2013
    I dont think i have any character that could use this as a feature but you know what?

    /signed


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  • bluhmanbluhman Posts: 2,411 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I support this.
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  • jerax1011jerax1011 Posts: 974 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Interesting idea!

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  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,540 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I want this very much :3

    So I can make a bad-arse power armor girl in a mean killing machine and not a girly mecha with bewbs

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  • fantasycharacterfantasycharacter Posts: 457 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Something like this could be fun. I have a cross dressing toon...could take it a little further:cool:
  • battybattybatsbattybattybats Posts: 799 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I would use this on at least 2 of my existing characters and make several new characters to use this (and thus fill up my available character slots) and i would also buy several of costume slots, quite a few, for several of those characters.

    So lets review:
    If they did this i would buy:
    Several of these gender-specific costume slots for at least 4+ characters
    More than one per character so more than 8 purchases
    More character slots as a consequence.

    *Throws money at screen*
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  • variatasvariatas Posts: 141 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    This would be AWESOME for my female Lemurian, since she's (correctly) using the male model for her lizard form. I'd love to be able to actually make a human-form costume without making an entire other character.

    (The "Transform Refashioned Lemurians" mission makes it pretty clear, the big ones are the females. Gogo semi-accurate interpretation of sexual dimorphism in reptiles!)
  • supersharkssupersharks Posts: 103 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    jennymachx wrote: »
    I have a female toon who's a (small-sized) mech robot pilot. However since I find the female model being far too slender even with max slider settings for a huge, beefy mech look

    This would be great for female PA characters. the female model doesn't work well for bulky robot suits.
  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,743 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Would be cool for some concepts. I remember reading a comic book a loooong time ago about these two superheroes, a male and a female, who could, for some reason, only exist one at a time. I always thought that was a cool concept, and would maybe try something like that.
  • crypticbuxomcrypticbuxom Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I have an illusionist who can look like anyone. It would certainly encourage me to by more costume slots.
  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,216 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    klitty wrote: »
    I want this very much :3

    So I can make a bad-arse power armor girl in a mean killing machine and not a girly mecha with bewbs

    Yeah that is freaky.
  • sistersiliconsistersilicon Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    klitty wrote: »
    I want this very much :3

    So I can make a bad-arse power armor girl in a mean killing machine and not a girly mecha with bewbs

    With the right chest piece, bewbs aren't the problem. It's the itty-bitty waists every female character is forced to have. Prime has a heavy armor kit that uses the Tesla chest to give the top some androgyny, but she looks like she'll snap in two at the abdomen.
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  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,540 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    sistersilicon wrote: »
    With the right chest piece, bewbs aren't the problem. It's the itty-bitty waists every female character is forced to have. Prime has a heavy armor kit that uses the Tesla chest to give the top some androgyny, but she looks like she'll snap in two at the abdomen.

    Yes, I want to play with a nice muscular woman with this type of body:

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    But all I can make are this type of women :( :

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    That makes me a SAAAAAD Kitty :(

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  • akirasanbeerakirasanbeer Posts: 228 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The first chick is totally make-able; it's when you get to Juggernaut/Hulk/gorilla levels that's the problem. Though I'd prefer powerguys/girls to look more like Colossus myself; Hulk and company look grotesque.
  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Posts: 2,078 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    klitty wrote: »
    Yes, I want to play with a nice muscular woman with this type of body:

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    But all I can make are this type of women :( :

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    That makes me a SAAAAAD Kitty :(

    Uhhhh.... yeah, I'm gathering you've never slid the muscle slider to max before. As Akira said, the first picture is totally doable.
  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,540 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I mean, look at the wait level difference!

    Why do all the women has to have a waist like that?

    (Maybe I should revive the old "Big women needs love too" into a new thread)

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  • akirasanbeerakirasanbeer Posts: 228 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Blame that on the lack of Abdomen slider (hate it too, could really solve alot of issues); abdomen depth and width would be a nice addition, as well as waist depth. And with the first picture, I was talking about arm size and general girth.
  • jellycupsowbugjellycupsowbug Posts: 378 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Try sliding it the other way. The curves on the body and limbs will be subtler. The hands and feet will also be able to scale larger. You might have to increase chest depth a little, in order to avoid looking skinny.
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