Female hero overload

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skinnay wrote:

statistics from the ladders:

http://poestatistics.com/standard/
ranger 17.85% + witch 28.21%
46.06% of top 15000 characters in standard are female

http://poestatistics.com/hardcore/
ranger 16.38% + witch 19.91%
36.29% of HC ladder is female

http://poestatistics.com/anarchy/
ranger 11.73% + witch 32.24%
43.97% of anarchy ladder is female

http://poestatistics.com/onslaught/
ranger 12.45% + witch 29.9%
42.35% of onslaught ladder is female

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Cyten wrote:

I also hear a lot of people won't play Transistor because you are forced to play as a female.
Most people just don't like virtual transvestism, they want to be immersed in their games.

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brgillespie wrote:

What amuses me is that we'd see many posts asking for female characters if there were none in the game. When someone asks for another male character in a gender-locked game, the "sexism" insinuations and outright accusations get carted out by the Political Correctness Police.

Troll or not, I'm with the OP in not wishing to play as female characters. Back when I was single and deeply into nerd fantasy, I would play female characters whenever possible (using the very common reasoning that "if I was going to be staring at someone's ass, I'd rather it be female!"). One day I changed my mind and stopped playing female characters. It was around the time I started interacting with actual real females, lol.

My mindset switched from a "male sex fantasy" in playing an armored, beautiful (not that any females in PoE are beautiful, to which I applaud GGG for taking a realistic stance upon) female that "kicks ass"!

Now I play a dude.

Take my thoughts for what you will.

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skinnay wrote:

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SlixSC wrote:

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Bunnu wrote:

There are a lot of female gamers online who generally hide their gender because of how females are treated. This makes it seem like males are the vast majority when they actually aren't. It is more even than you think, and 4/3 male/female characters is probably a pretty accurate breakdown.

Well, people have posted various links to statistical analysis in regards to this issue and it seems that only 25% of the player base in MMOs or RPGs play female characters. So who to believe?

statistics from the ladders:

http://poestatistics.com/standard/
ranger 17.85% + witch 28.21%
46.06% of top 15000 characters in standard are female

http://poestatistics.com/hardcore/
ranger 16.38% + witch 19.91%
36.29% of HC ladder is female

http://poestatistics.com/anarchy/
ranger 11.73% + witch 32.24%
43.97% of anarchy ladder is female

http://poestatistics.com/onslaught/
ranger 12.45% + witch 29.9%
42.35% of onslaught ladder is female

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Ishiga25 wrote:

The entirety of this thread is inane and stupid. I'm so done here. XD

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SlixSC wrote:

It doesn't really matter. If we can assume that 25% of the player base plays female characters, it makes no sense to have 43% female characters in the game. It is disproportionate and does not reflect the choices made by the players, irrespective of their gender.

Let me reiterate what I said earlier, to me personally the character's gender doesn't matter. I play most of my races as Ranger, purely based on the gameplay and only recently switched to Templar. However, if we are going to argue the statistical side of it, the facts actually matter, not our personal preferences or even just our opinion.

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skinnay wrote:

that makes 4 male and 3 female classes

this must be a troll. pls nobody respond after this post