Can we talk frankly about pants?

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anubite wrote:

It's more old school/hardcore to play a character that doesn't use pants.

That sums up these forums quite well^^

Wait, are you guys saying the OP was actually being serious?

ahem, my signature says it all for me

I used to complain about pants, until I got full chainmail for my templar. The pants that come with full chainmail are like skinny jeans with a chainmail texture, and make my templar look rather creepy.

I think the pants-less chainmail doublet is the best looking armour on a templar. It does the Greco-Roman aesthetic quite well. When GGG eventually makes graphics for the higher tiers of armour, they should keep them pants-less.

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anubite wrote:

I wonder what the female Marauder would look like!

i wonder how much points i have to spend for the upcoming nude patch...

push, push

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OnmyojiOmn wrote:

4. How do you think it would reflect on PoE if the gaming press got wind of the fact that GGG expected players to pay extra for pants, given the popular criticism that three of the six classes appear half naked otherwise? How would you compare this situation to Oblivion's horse armor debacle? Do you think it would make a difference to outside eyes if purchaseable character skins were significantly cooler overall, but many players were clearly only interested in them for the pants?

Only responding to this question because it's the only one I have an opinion on/answer for.

Oblivion was a full priced boxed single player game. The horse armour DLC was a small addon that for previous games in the series were released for free. Charging money for updates like this was a fairly new thing back then, and people were accustomed to getting them for free, especially considering the active modding community for the elder scrolls games. But I think the main issue was that horse armour was perceived as a crappy addon to begin with, and not worth paying for - I don't remember any jokes about the other DLC.


PoE by contrast is a free online game. GGG have chosen not to sell power like almost every other free online game on the market, instead only selling cosmetic items. Cosmetic micro transactions are common enough now that the press will probably only mention it in passing, and many reviews are superficial enough that most probably won't even notice the lack of pants.

I'm just glad there's a game out there that reflects my pantsless lifestyle.

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OnmyojiOmn wrote:

How would you compare this situation to Oblivion's horse armor debacle?

Oblivion was a sixty dollar game with $2 clothes for your horsie.

Path of Exile is a zeroty dollar game with (assuming) $5 alternate leg coverings for the guy you stare at the entire time you play the game.

The comparison is a non-starter.

The complaints certainly give the developers a map to what their first alternate clothing sets should look like, I guess.

relevant video is relevant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NNLZOWN5TI

The hypothetical ultimate troll by GGG:

Pants are added as a cosmetic option in the microtransaction store. However, equipping them makes all your other armour invisible.