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draxynnic · Aug 17, 2007, 03:12 AM // 03:12

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Norn are not humans.

Their skins are thicker. I don't see you complaining about Charr armor coverage.

This is the same, they do not need Templar-like armor. They are not weak puny humans with paper-think skin.

Charr armour is more of a case of covering strategic areas while lacking either the technology, resources, or the inclination to wear full armour. There are plenty of precedents for that sort of thing - for instance, before Roman equipment got standardised and legionnaires were expected to supply their own equipment, there was often a hodgepodge of having whatever pieces of leather and metal they could afford in strategic areas - because it was better than nothing.

Jora's "armour", on the other hand, seems almost specifically designed for the maximum loss of mobility with minimum protection. Even Sif comes across as better armoured than Jora does - Sif's outfit comes across both as more protective (even with the bare midriff), less restrictive, and less fetishy than Jora's.

I'll accept that Norns may have thicker skin - but it still makes sense that if they're going to wear armour, they'd at least wear armour that actually helps. Best explanation I can think of is that they have a cultural feeling that they're all a race of gladiators and hence they'll fight gladiator-style even in serious situations. That doesn't mean I have to like it, though - and I don't - so I really do hope there's at least one alternative armour option for her - that isn't too hard to get - that doesn't look like fetishware.

Shriketalon · Aug 17, 2007, 03:34 AM // 03:34

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Shrinking Armor makes so much sense now...

Curse You · Aug 17, 2007, 03:41 AM // 03:41

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Originally Posted by draxynnic

Jora's "armour", on the other hand, seems almost specifically designed for the maximum loss of mobility with minimum protection. Even Sif comes across as better armoured than Jora does - Sif's outfit comes across both as more protective (even with the bare midriff), less restrictive, and less fetishy than Jora's.

When you can turn into a bear, does it really matter how much armor you have?

Besides, in normal combat, there are very few times that you need to bend backwards (which is the only thing that strap restricts). You'd be surprised how much properly treated leather can move.

FenrirOfSleipnir · Aug 17, 2007, 06:42 AM // 06:42

I take it no one even bothers reading the lore before they jump into a discussion =.=

1. Norn are a warrior race, they like (ill-favored?) battle. It's been said in the lore and so it reflects upon the game.

2. They're shapeshifters. Think about Jora shapeshifting into a bear while she's wearing full body covering armour. If she shapeshifts back, she'll have nothing to cover herself with, since her armor burst to pieces when she changed into a bear.

And thus, I take it from that view that the armor has a functional purpose rather then just a visual one.

Winterclaw · Aug 17, 2007, 07:01 AM // 07:01

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Originally Posted by Shriketalon

Shrinking Armor makes so much sense now...

WTB bosom-stylist NPC.

Markaedw · Aug 17, 2007, 08:13 AM // 08:13

didn't we settle this with the factions rit/sin debate?

Drag0noX · Aug 17, 2007, 08:32 AM // 08:32

Cmon guys, calm down, its an ANIMATED CHARACTER

no need to get all excited

She prolly has huge ones because she's supposedly NINE FEET TALL

lucifer_uk · Aug 17, 2007, 08:37 AM // 08:37

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Originally Posted by FenrirOfSleipnir

Think about Jora shapeshifting into a bear while she's wearing full body covering armour. If she shapeshifts back, she'll have nothing to cover herself with, since her armor burst to pieces when she changed into a bear.

Wasn't there a video showing game play, with 2 norns in the background hinting at the fact she can't shape shift in the quest talk you get on-screen.

Or was I drinking too much red bull that night?

mazey vorstagg · Aug 17, 2007, 08:42 AM // 08:42

Nah it's not good. It doesn't matter how big a norn's boobs are, they're not sexy. They've got nothing in their head but how to fight, girls have got to be clever, funny and smart to be sexy. Boobs don't change it.

Face it Anet, you should have made a mesmer with big boobs ;P

Drag0noX · Aug 17, 2007, 08:43 AM // 08:43

I dunno about red bull, i was drinking vodka last night

If she cant shapeshift, she must be one lame Norn...

P.S- red bull and vodka is an award winning drink

around · Aug 17, 2007, 08:50 AM // 08:50

Don't you know the success of a game is directly proportional to the amount of cleavage you can see in that game?

Cowboy · Aug 17, 2007, 08:54 AM // 08:54

maybe she can't shapeshift into a bear, but she can shape shift her boobies obviously.

WinterSnowblind · Aug 17, 2007, 09:15 AM // 09:15

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Originally Posted by spawnofebil

Don't you know the success of a game is directly proportional to the amount of cleavage you can see in that game?

Tomb Raider? Yeah, the first game was great, but most of its mass appeal came from the fact it was one of the first mainstream videogames to feature a female lead character.

Sjekster · Aug 17, 2007, 10:23 AM // 10:23

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Originally Posted by Taurucis

I'm probably the first female to comment on this...

How do women put up with these horribly distorted, male-created objects representing us in media? -.-*

The concept art, she looked like a man.
The box art, she looks stoned

The ingame render... totally out of proportion, she's actually about as chubby as she(he?) was in the concept art.

Anet, get more women in your art design =_=*

Less drooling 13 year old boys please :|

The bigger / taller the woman / person, the more out of proportion they usually are

. And Jora is effin' huge!

Takeko Nakano · Aug 17, 2007, 10:51 AM // 10:51

Lol, I don't believe this. So what if the designers made them bigger? It's a non-issue.

Besides, art-work sometimes exaggerates certain things.

Matfei · Aug 17, 2007, 10:53 AM // 10:53

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Originally Posted by Farcry Deathblade

lol...does he really care?

I wouldn't. Granted they were real and not contained in a computer.

kradens · Aug 17, 2007, 10:58 AM // 10:58

tut tut people. im ashamed at the lack of........(stares) srry was i saying somethin?

lol

u guys haven't realized something, jora has HUGE boobs for a normal human sized person, THEN she's a giant, so those huge boobs are like x3 XD

jora could quite possibly have THE most hugest boobs ever created on ANY game character since the dawn of man.

*stands in salute*

respect.

Kakumei · Aug 17, 2007, 12:05 PM // 12:05

Guys guys guys breasts are a terrible and shameful thing and Anet is terrible for making voluptuous women I mean really every single woman in there should be flat as a board because girls having curves is incredibly unrealistic and anyone who could ever appreciate the female form is a drooling thirteen-year-old male.

lucifer_uk · Aug 17, 2007, 12:13 PM // 12:13

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Originally Posted by enxa

You really don't want to know what the bear is doing in the background...

MithranArkanere · Aug 17, 2007, 12:21 PM // 12:21

See the 'tatoos'?

I bet that her bear shape, once she regains it.