Curse

Winterclaw · Mar 10, 2009, 05:46 PM // 17:46

I used to have a male warrior (1st char), but I recently deleted him to make a female ranger.

Now it's all females chars for me.

CHannum · Mar 10, 2009, 05:59 PM // 17:59

I've got a mix of both (Male: Warrior, Monk, Paragon, Necromancer, Dervish, Ritualist; Female: Ranger, Assassin, Elementalist, Mesmer).

A lot of it came down to considering my inclination for what I felt the class should be, the character models, animations, and armors available. For instance, I started off with a male assassin and, after an hour or so of watching what I believe to be the worst running animation in the game, deleted the character and started over with a female - no way I could keep looking at that weird, hideously animated running forever. Similar thing happened with my Dervish (just in reverse) - I just didn't like female animations so I deleted her and went for a male version. The ritualist was purely about being able to get the male version of the Norn armor. I hated the male mesmer armors so a female it was. The necro was more of a toss, just decided I liked the male models more after creating a few variations of both. And so on and so on...

I'm not playing the game for eyecandy, at least not in that sense

, so it's more about what particular model most entertains me for that class.

kostolomac · Mar 10, 2009, 06:17 PM // 18:17

2 chars, both male. I get my portion of tits and buts from just by going to Kamadan.

Lux Aeterna · Mar 10, 2009, 06:19 PM // 18:19

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Originally Posted by Martin Firestorm

Psss, over here dude--hate to tell ya, but they're mostly dudes too.

Probably about half and half. I've played internet games for a while, sometimes as a girl, and like I said it's easy to tell.

The ele who carefully dyed her suntouched spear and default paragon shield purple wasn't, neither was the ele with the word princess in her name... etc.

Mostly I don't care. AB usually means 3 curvy females standing next to me.

Lux Aeterna · Mar 10, 2009, 06:20 PM // 18:20

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Originally Posted by kostolomac

2 chars, both male. I get my portion of tits and buts from just by going to Kamadan.

This.

Sometimes they run up and stand next to you.

refer · Mar 10, 2009, 07:40 PM // 19:40

I usually make male characters since I'm male too... I would feel weird if others didn't know I'm not the gender I play in game. That and female characters run kinda funny IMO... I made a female Mesmer and her arms were flopping all over the place. Too bad this isn't like Perfect World... I would just try to create myself in game then.

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Originally Posted by Alexander Burn Victim

If I have to stare at the backside of something for the hours I play, I'd like it to have curves please.

I always hear this lame excuse...

iVendetta · Mar 10, 2009, 08:05 PM // 20:05

Males look hideous.

brb, sexchange

EPO Bot · Mar 10, 2009, 08:10 PM // 20:10

I play mostly females because they just look so nice. And there is that "make your ideal virtual girlfriend" thing.

Rocky Raccoon · Mar 10, 2009, 08:16 PM // 20:16

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Originally Posted by naughteblonde

But I dont like the endless parade of male chars who hit on my female chars as its perfectly possible I could be a male gamer who prefers a female char. Its pure squick.

Don't play Perfect World where people can get married, it's really kind of creepy. As to the OP, 14 characters 8 male, 6 female.

HawkofStorms · Mar 10, 2009, 08:52 PM // 20:52

8 characters, 6 males, 2 females

People who claim its creepy for a guy to play a female character at all are the ones who are insecure. Believe it or not, some men do not treat women automatically as sex objects and actually have a female character because they like the armor/appearance better then the male counterpart, not because they are umm.... excited by a digital character.

sph0nz · Mar 10, 2009, 10:14 PM // 22:14

Males: Paragon, Assassin, Ranger, Ritualist, Necromancer, Dervish: 6
Females: Warrior, Ranger, Elementalist, Monk, Mesmer: 5

Although I kind of regret making a male Ritualist now.

Verene · Mar 10, 2009, 10:22 PM // 22:22

All of my characters are female. Number one, I'm a girl myself, so it just feels more natural to play a female character. Number two, they simply look better. The male characters just are too big and bulky and look so off to me.

namhvo · Mar 10, 2009, 10:22 PM // 22:22

Males: Monk, Warrior
Females: Warrior, Ritualist, Elementalist, Mesmer, Assassin, Paragon, Monk

My two first characters were both males, didn't like the look but didn't feel like deleting

SmartBomb · Mar 10, 2009, 10:26 PM // 22:26

I heard a guy on the 1UP Podcast say he would rather play as a character that represents grace and agility (female) rather than raw strength (male). I agree with this.

Hanging Man · Mar 10, 2009, 10:27 PM // 22:27

I got 6 chars all males
I am a male, so I prefer to play male chars

Martin Firestorm · Mar 10, 2009, 10:59 PM // 22:59

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Originally Posted by Lux Aeterna

Probably about half and half.

Probably more like about 80/20, even though the characters themselves are probably about evenly divided between male and female.

*Darcy* · Mar 10, 2009, 11:50 PM // 23:50

I am female and all my playable characters are female. Only two males in the bunch are PvP mules.

**cosyfiep** · Mar 11, 2009, 12:19 AM // 00:19

thought so...there was a thread about this awhile back----

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10209813

draxynnic · Mar 11, 2009, 12:42 AM // 00:42

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Originally Posted by glacialphoenix

My PVE charas are all female because I don't like the male armour sets. Half the sets that look pretty on the female characters look AWFUL on the male.

I'd argue that in some cases the reverse is true, except replace 'pretty' with 'functional'...

I have a 50/50 split, depending on what armours were available and which I liked for each gender when I made the character. This does mean that there are some that I probably would have made differently if I'd made them now - for instance, when I made my Warrior I knew the build I was planning would require a high maximum Energy and that was when looks were tied to functionality, and I figured that female Glad's was at least better than male. Once Factions and Elite Canthan appeared, though... the female elite Canthan isn't bad, if you substitute some elite Luxon leggings for the hot-pants, but that substitution wouldn't have been necassary with the male elite Canthan. And that's without even considering Silver Eagle - decent armour for the guys, fetishwear for the girls.

Ryssul Sylverhart · Mar 11, 2009, 12:45 AM // 00:45

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Originally Posted by Junato

Hey what do the actual women who play this game have to say about this?

As a woman, I have to say that my character line-up is pretty much female. Cosmetics IS a big decision that goes into my character creation, and some professions just look prettier than others depending on their sex (for example, male Warriors faces are ugghhh! to me

).

That being said, my Paragon, Dervish, and Ranger are male, with my Monk, Elementalist, Warrior, Necro, Mesmer, Assassin and Ritualist being females (although I am thinking about redoing my Mesmer and making her a man because I think they look handsomer... The only reason why I'm stalling is because I really want to dress her up in Elite Kurzick armor, lol. Armor is another deciding factor for sex determination, as some armors don't appeal to me as much depending on the class's gender).