Not that I'm complaining but I imagine some players want to play a female character that isn't running around dressed like a prostitute. So what do you think? Are female character's oversexualized?

I think you are being a little sensitive here. It is a Fantasy MMO. Actually GW2 and GW1 are not bad compared to Tera, Rift, etc.

I voted no but then my female characters were a human warrior and a human engineer.

The clothing for the femaies was actually designed by females  so I don't see an issue

Originally posted by Cromica

The clothing for the femaies was actually designed by females  so I don't see an issue

lol...

Anyway, here's a nice sexy pic for reference...

Originally posted by botrytis

Actually GW2 and GW1 are not bad compared to Tera, Rift, etc.

Why is it that AoC managed to avoid a lot of the "my inner feminist is offended" posts and it has full frontal? It really seems that people see oversexualization when there is the least bit left to the imagination, but when it's all out there, it's almost refreshingly 'honest'. Very, very strange stuff people.

I voted boobies, btw.

If you want to see sexualization... look no further than Tera... I hear one of the bosses is pedobear. 

Most games are like that :) But in gw2 you have plenty of options to not "oversexualize" your character, medium and heavy armor classes are better at that it seems.

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Female chars in GW2 are a sorry excuse for anything remotely "sexy".

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Personally i think espescially the female cloth stuff looks way to Asian.... but there are some pieces that save the day..

No female character is ever oversexualized enough

This is most mainstream of mainstream high-fantasy production. 

What did you expect?

If you dig  realistic fantasy production non-indie production, then hmm you're out of luck.

No game like that at horizon.

Well there are some 'in the making' that don't have that much revealing clothes and more realistic looking armor, but they are 'ligh-mood' silly style in other ways.

Sigh. I voted yes because the poll was in general, but if you're referring specifically to Guild Wars 2, I disagree.

I'm a feminist, and frankly I think it's just as sexist when people call women in revealing clothing "dressing like prostitutes". Slut-shaming is just as crappy as oversexualizing women, people. 

I find your post overly simplistic. Yeah, lots of women don't want to play a character in revealing clothing. Lots of women do. A very small portion of the starting female armors are skimpy, and there are plenty of early-level alternatives. Guild Wars 2 has a fairly progressive set of armors. There's variety, so you don't feel like you're at a Mormon convention, and you're given the choice of whether or not you want to wear something skimpy, super skimpy, or church-appropriate. And frankly, even most of the skimpy outfits are not particularily sexualized--they're revealing for both male and female characters without looking like lingerie (the starting human cloth armor being a major exception).

I think you should honestly do some research into just what the GW2 armors look like before grumbling about "I don't want to look like a prostitute". There are tons of options and you aren't forced into wearing any of them.

Originally posted by Bubbaganoosh

Not that I'm complaining but I imagine some players want to play a female character that isn't running around dressed like a prostitute. So what do you think? Are female character's oversexualized?

I voted no.

My toon is a female thief, and my toon at lvl 47 is showing nothing. She is completely covered up to her neck. Full body flowing coat as well as leather leggings and body armor.

There is nothing suggestive about her appearance at all.

Originally posted by atziluth

If you want to see sexualization... look no further than Tera... I hear one of the bosses is pedobear. 

That's the funny thing.  Regardless of the obfuscation, GW2 is every bit as bad as TERA in regard to over-sexualization.

I think they are to a degree, GW2 definitely has some skimpy womens outfits which I normally do not like but some of the higher end stuff covers more area.

Originally posted by colddog04

Originally posted by Cromica

The clothing for the femaies was actually designed by females  so I don't see an issue

lol...

 

Anyway, here's a nice sexy pic for reference...

looks fine to me, so why is this always an issue? I do agree would be nice if you had more choices at creation. Like if you wanted to create a curvy guy/gal. Just be happy your not creating the freak people in TSW?

That girl in the blue outfit several posts above this?

Thats not even an attractive outfit... thats an embarrassing outfit.

Hideous.

Originally posted by CujoSWAoA

Thats not even an attractive outfit... thats an embarrassing outfit.

Hideous.

Agreed, Lady Gaga comes to mind.

Yep. Even a male friend of mine complained, he plays a lot of females in games and he hated the starting outfit for the necromancer. Compare to the male necromancer, who has a huge ass robe... lol