Turns out IRL body armor is unisex [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/interceptor.htm] and
to the best of our historical knowledge always has been [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090406/joan_of_arc.jpg].
Reason IRL armour has been unisex is because there is a high male:female ratio in armed forces and security agencies so it was never much of a reason. But with recent surge in female soldiers has led to form fitting body armour to be produced.
Also historical armour has also produced armours for female combatants, especially full plate which was almost always designed for one person.
it was a gift to the wife of Duke Siegmund of Tyrol who married Katherina of Saxony in 1484. its on display Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Women were rarely seen on the battlefield and only slightly more common in today's wars. So the majority of armour is made for the male figure, but not all (especially among the wealthy)
Also the Joan of arc picture you produced as evidence to strengthen your claims actually damages it as it is clearly form fitted (not the tighter waist).
Notice the lack of boobage on literally all of that armor, which was more my point. It completely makes sense that armor gets tailored for size and bone structure (and I was never disputing that it was - plate in particular was often designed with a specific wearer in mind regardless of gender), but you tend not to see armor that's actually used have unnecessary boob contouring. Primarily because that would defeat the purpose of wearing armor by creating structural weaknesses.
And really, the lack of context adds to the creepiness. I mean seriously, Tali basically transitions from grieving for her father to infodumping about her immune system to awkwardly hitting on Shep in the course of a single conversation. It's like the writers didn't get the memo on what her loyalty mission was about.
Don't get me started on the way female Shepard turns into some sort of succubus whenever she talks to Jacob, and I mean whenever even when your not flirting with him and have no intention of doing so...
Haha true. I think the ME team, while generally good writers, should have taken a step back after writing each romance and asked the question "does Shepard do anything massively creepy in this subplot?" and then gone back and made the necessary fixes.
Hey, at least (to be perfectly frank) her tits aren't hanging out like Miranda's and Samara's and Jack's were. I don't care about it being skin-tight, ALL human armor is skin-tight in Mass Effect, regardless of gender. And don't tell me about how it's scientifically inaccurate. Have you been to the future? No? Then how the hell do you know, for a fact, what's accurate and what's not?
Tight fitting armor makes sense. It allows for more freedom of movement and fits with the way modern body armor works as well. Modern body armor works by preventing bullets from penetrating and dispersing the force over a wider area. Also, the armor doubles as a pressure suit and air pockets in areas other than around the orifices through which you breathe is wasteful. Plus the majority of weaponry is energy based rather than kinetic mass. It needs to resist and disperse energy not bullets, and most of that is taken care of by shields.
All armor in the ME-verse is tight fitting, especially the lighter models. Males and females alike. I'm pretty sure it's because shields are considered to be the primary form of defense, while actual armor is valued more for power armor-like functions or for people who just don't give a crap about little things like dodging or cover (aka Krogan).
Its not really all that different than her default armor in ME1, to be honest (minus the stupid helmet). There is more emphasis on the bust, but when you're sharing a love interest with Miranda and Tali you have to do SOMETHING to stand out. At least it's actual armor, not the street clothes that most of the ME2 cast wore.
You need to understand.
She's not a person, she's a love interest. She has to appeal to male players. It doesn't matter if it's practical, or realistic, or whatever. As long as it shows off her boobs and curves, it's a step in the right direction as far as the developers are concerned.
boag said:
Something that really bothered me from ME2 is that nobody besides Garrus and Grunt wore armor.
They actually released armour for Miranda as DLC... and since even a massive fanboy like me thought it was a waste of time and money to download it, I doubt anybody's actually seen it in-game.
But yeah, point taken - especially since in the first game, everybody wore armour. But the bit that grated with me the most was that the non-armour wearers in ME2 could somehow get away with just wearing a little face mask in environments where the armoured characters were wearing full helmets...
Do people here not play Female Shepard? Ash's armour looks almost exactly like Shepard's N7 armour, except that Ash's designation is S1, and she wears Spectre blue rather than Alliance Marine grey.
pic for reference: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=female+shepard&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1786&bih=865&tbm=isch&tbnid=grSIrA2Q1HXS_M:&imgrefurl=http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/08/30/mass-effect-3-this-is-female-shepard/&docid=8zDw3q2rnnkxPM&imgurl=http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/08/Mass-Effect-3-the-real-female-shepard.jpg&w=1200&h=2050&ei=MUrpTvr6I4myiQLxze34Aw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1365&vpy=110&dur=2210&hovh=294&hovw=172&tx=84&ty=178&sig=114165279478868223546&page=1&tbnh=158&tbnw=121&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0
To be far its always tight fitting, male and female. Male and heavy armor just tends to be bulkier. She looks better, though I still prefer the ME1/2 model, looks more like a female marine like she is supposed to be. That being said, its just my personal nit pick.
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