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Pyrea · Jul 20, 2007, 02:13 PM // 14:13

I created my monk with the possible smallest size as I think it's funny when a small invinci-monk is beating on huge Attaxes ^ ^

Kuldebar Valiturus · Jul 20, 2007, 02:46 PM // 14:46

Tab targeting aside, smaller avatars have a very slight advantage when it comes to escaping human player attention.

Smaller avatars are a tradition that goes back fairly far in online PvP games. In DAoC and, later in WoW, this habit of making certain classes as small as possible (if you had a choice) was fairly common.

In DAoC for instance, you could hide in a bush or clump of trees in order to ambush enemy players or at least get the drop on them so you could fire off your AoE CC.

vergerefosh · Jul 20, 2007, 03:45 PM // 15:45

I dunno, I've just always made small characters, except for maybe my 1st two, can't really remember, but if not smallest size, they're pretty tiny.
Like playing on my war who's small sized, then standing next to war some of the other warriors in my alliance and coming up to their chest. Quite funny

But big monks do look a little odd, armour looks a little stretched on them. Plus the old belief that it's possible to get hit less if tiny. I just like being the smallest char in the alliance with her

The Bard · Jul 20, 2007, 05:05 PM // 17:05

i dunno but i made all my characters smallest possible, huge characters look wierd imo ^^ but that's just me

populationcontrol · Jul 24, 2007, 07:08 PM // 19:08

guess since your obviously going to get targeted its some subconcious inclination to avoid attention, seems a little silly though. i mean would you also dye your monk armor green to avoid detection... seriously. make big monks! size matters, really.

Jumping Is Uselss · Jul 24, 2007, 07:25 PM // 19:25

I dont care about the heights of my characters. I just make them and use the preset height, I hardly ever touch the height meter. However when I made my warrior I was thinking of Master chief from from Halo who was like 7ft tall, so i made my warrior huge

. My monk is average height (same height as Rurik

). What height is considered huge for female ele? Max? My ele's height is a bit taller than Cynn.

Age · Jul 25, 2007, 07:04 PM // 19:04

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Originally Posted by Aphraelyn

Big monks just look weird =P

....to me anyway. I don't think I've ever made a monk over half the scale.

My Monk is as big you can get them and look fine in fact I had a few comments on her in game and no big Monks don't look weird.If you want to see mine it is in the screenshot forum.Most Monks are a medium sized.

Did you ever notice how tall Alesia and Lina are?

Another Felldspar · Jul 25, 2007, 07:28 PM // 19:28

The first monk that I created was medium height -- the exact center of what could be made. After deleting that one I made a new monk that was as small as possible because I wanted to see as much of the screen as I could at any given time. Having a big body taking up a bunch of pixels just was't efficient. Then my play partner made a male necro as small as was possible and I made a female monk as large as was allowed, just for contrast... Guess what? The necro is still just a tad taller. For some reason GW doesn't believe in tall female monks.

Healers Wisper · Jul 25, 2007, 09:15 PM // 21:15

This is kinda a funny observation to me. I have a monk (female) who is as small as they come, she looks like a pigmy elf. And a warrior (male) that is as big as they come.

Why? couple things. I know about tab to switch targets, truth is most poeple use c space. So having a small monk allows you to hide from people who dont use the Tab tecqnique. Does it always work? No actually most times it doesn't but those one or two times it does great. But then again I don't pvp much, and rarely monk in PvP. So why did I make her small?

Simple, she looks cool small. Spec standing next to a huge warrior. Thats it. most of my female charactors are small (Monk, ele, Necro, sin,rit and derv) and my male charactor (War, Ranger) are big. call it sexist but maybe something Froidian is comming out in me

Jul 20, 2007, 02:13 PM // 14:13	#21
Pyrea Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Outer Rim Guild: Initiates of Maat	Short is cute I created my monk with the possible smallest size as I think it's funny when a small invinci-monk is beating on huge Attaxes ^ ^

Jul 24, 2007, 07:25 PM // 19:25	#26
Jumping Is Uselss Jungle Guide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: -... . .... .. -. -.. / -.-- --- ..-	I dont care about the heights of my characters. I just make them and use the preset height, I hardly ever touch the height meter. However when I made my warrior I was thinking of Master chief from from Halo who was like 7ft tall, so i made my warrior huge . My monk is average height (same height as Rurik ). What height is considered huge for female ele? Max? My ele's height is a bit taller than Cynn. Last edited by Jumping Is Uselss; Jul 24, 2007 at 07:33 PM // 19:33..

Jul 20, 2007, 02:46 PM // 14:46	#22
Kuldebar Valiturus Desert Nomad Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Garden City, Idaho Guild: The Order of Relumination (TOoR) Profession: R/	Tab targeting aside, smaller avatars have a very slight advantage when it comes to escaping human player attention. Smaller avatars are a tradition that goes back fairly far in online PvP games. In DAoC and, later in WoW, this habit of making certain classes as small as possible (if you had a choice) was fairly common. In DAoC for instance, you could hide in a bush or clump of trees in order to ambush enemy players or at least get the drop on them so you could fire off your AoE CC.

Jul 20, 2007, 03:45 PM // 15:45	#23
vergerefosh Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2006 Guild: Englishmen Don't Drink [Tea] Profession: W/R	I dunno, I've just always made small characters, except for maybe my 1st two, can't really remember, but if not smallest size, they're pretty tiny. Like playing on my war who's small sized, then standing next to war some of the other warriors in my alliance and coming up to their chest. Quite funny But big monks do look a little odd, armour looks a little stretched on them. Plus the old belief that it's possible to get hit less if tiny. I just like being the smallest char in the alliance with her

Jul 20, 2007, 05:05 PM // 17:05	#24
The Bard Metal Machine Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Scions of Carver [SCAR]	i dunno but i made all my characters smallest possible, huge characters look wierd imo ^^ but that's just me

Jul 24, 2007, 07:08 PM // 19:08	#25
populationcontrol Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2007 Guild: USSR Profession: D/	guess since your obviously going to get targeted its some subconcious inclination to avoid attention, seems a little silly though. i mean would you also dye your monk armor green to avoid detection... seriously. make big monks! size matters, really.

Jul 25, 2007, 07:28 PM // 19:28	#28
Another Felldspar Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2006 Guild: Alchemy Incorporated Profession: Mo/E	The first monk that I created was medium height -- the exact center of what could be made. After deleting that one I made a new monk that was as small as possible because I wanted to see as much of the screen as I could at any given time. Having a big body taking up a bunch of pixels just was't efficient. Then my play partner made a male necro as small as was possible and I made a female monk as large as was allowed, just for contrast... Guess what? The necro is still just a tad taller. For some reason GW doesn't believe in tall female monks.

Jul 25, 2007, 09:15 PM // 21:15	#29
Healers Wisper Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anaheim, CA Guild: BoMB Profession: N/	This is kinda a funny observation to me. I have a monk (female) who is as small as they come, she looks like a pigmy elf. And a warrior (male) that is as big as they come. Why? couple things. I know about tab to switch targets, truth is most poeple use c space. So having a small monk allows you to hide from people who dont use the Tab tecqnique. Does it always work? No actually most times it doesn't but those one or two times it does great. But then again I don't pvp much, and rarely monk in PvP. So why did I make her small? Simple, she looks cool small. Spec standing next to a huge warrior. Thats it. most of my female charactors are small (Monk, ele, Necro, sin,rit and derv) and my male charactor (War, Ranger) are big. call it sexist but maybe something Froidian is comming out in me