I was not saying with any certainty that there'd be sixually dimorphic animations, just that Fallout 3's precedent indicated a likelihood.

And the irrational pessimism alarm went off when I reached this part of the post:

Okay, my own female personal opinion on what I would like:

1. The Powers of Estrus. For one week out of the month my personality lowers by 10 points, and during that week I get a special Frenzy spell which I can only cast on myself.

2. A full kitchen so I can make Power Brownies, which work like Feather potions. But, I can just eat three a day. If I accidentally eat more, they have a Burden effect.

3. A special Charm spell which only works on men, and only if I'm not currently burdened by excess Power Brownies.

:kiss:

I'm a male player, but I'd love in-game journaling. It really helps roleplaying to be able to write down your character's thoughts.

That... actually could be done with the Perk system. :lmao: Assuming that the conditionals system introduced with FO3's spell/perk system is back again (in all likelihood, those are pretty handy).

EDIT: Just remembered that Frenzy doesn't work on the Player for obvious reasons, since the effect screws with AI settings Maybe a movement/attack speed boost?

I'm a female, and the only thing in the OP's post that I agree with is #6.

My personal take on these:
I tend not to spend time in a house - I'm too busy adventuring and questing.
I'm indifferent toward banking.
I prefer practical clothing with a dash of aesthetics. Can't fight daedra in a dress! I wouldn't put my character in a dress mainly because it isn't very impressive, it makes my character look weak and useless. Dagon would be laughing his head off as my character attempted to repair a ripped hem during a boss battle.

As a female gamer, I don't want to see armor that shows lots of skin and is meant to appeal to the male audience. I want my armor to look kick-ass. Hellgate: London got that right.

I'm indifferent about armor sets. I don't care if my armor pieces don't match. In fact, a little asymmetry can look pretty darn cool.

Male and Female are different species?

You mean sixes right?

And I agree with all your ideas, kinda sixist to say most men wouldn't want your ideas in an RPG though.

Except number 6, never noticed that one.

Is it not true? In Oblivion everyone was supposed to be looking at FORESTS While environment was done brilliantly the character models and animation are the most backwards par of the game, they are whey below the average level for the industry at the time of the games release. The same is true for Morrowind - he have advertisemants swinging in the wind, but character hair are stiff as a brick. And we have more bedding options on the bed than NPC heads of one gender for one race, I counted
Don't take me wrong - the fact that Bethesda has it's customary faults and weak points does not mean that Skyrim will be a bad game, I love Morrowind to bits despite the char models, and if Skyrim is as interesting I'll love it to, but that does not mean that I expect it to be perfect - nothing is.

I'm a mage, I can bit anything in dress (which is not to different form wearing a robe, only more stylish), and high heals (who needs comfortable footwear when levitating?) And if they don't take me seriously... Who cares when they are practically a walking corps already since the moment I got the quest? So I'm all for including varied dressing options . That sad, even I wouldn't be bashing a dragon in "metal underwear", so we may skip that. But please include fur coats, it's Cold in Skyrim.

Sure, why not.


Realistic, but not necessary I think.


Sure.


Maybe, but not essitional I think.


Would be nice. You could have two sections, one of your own, and one of the game.


I don't think it will be an issue as they are hiring more voice actors this time around.

And for me personally as a moderate combat player who more enjoys the story line, beautiful graphics, emersion into the game world as opposed to dying all the time, please keep the "difficulty" slider. Someone had suggested that they don't "dummy down the game" but have the ability to dummy it down if you want/need to. I thought this was a great feature in Oblivion and when my character got too buff to make anything a challange, I would notch the slider up a bit to spice things up.

Side note: I absolutely love what I've read and seen so far. I will drive my family NUTS talking about this game for the next 10 months!

I don't see how this pertains to mostly women.

I think it would be cool to see a all female warrior cult, dedicated to the earth mother, that run naked and screaming into battle, like the ancient Celt women. It terrified the Romans. :biggrin:

The OOO mod for Oblivion had a sort of Amazon Women faction in it. They handed me my rear on a plate at low levels. It was a blast trying to outsmart them.

I usually play male Bretons, so I couldn't wear their armor. Ladies only.

Well, Kyne is a big god for them, being the widow of Shor, so maybe there's a woman warrior cult devoted to her in Skyrim.

What is it with some of the women gamers in the Skyrim forum? You seem to be setting the your equality back a hundred years when you keep suggesting that popular concepts are exclusively the preserve of women. Or do you just enjoy pointing out that you're a woman? Because it is 2011, nobody is going to be surprised that you have learned how to use a computer.

I'm not saying this applies to Beth, but I'm sure some game developers do decide to try and appeal more to demographics they might be missing out on. A list of features to attract more female gamers specifically might be seen as a worthwhile read for a passing dev.

Hm... this is half-stereotype, half things everyone would want. Don't see the point in making it gender-related. Besides, everyone knows that all nerds are androgynous. That's what makes us cool. You'd be hard pressed to find a Hugh Jackman or Paris Hilton style nerd, I reckon.

Yeah! Although Bethesda never really went for the Useless-sixy-Armor-For-Female-Thingy, which I appreciate, armor does look too manly on females.


Deception is a warrior's ruse!

And for more grown up stuff... me want some naked nord... coz me a witch! (hairy chest and all... yeah, I'm old school, but I like men, not boys!)

So you don't want sixualised female stuff, just sixualised male stuff?

DOUBLE STANDARD ALERT!

WTF? What do you think that men care about? I think that you've unnecessarily sixualized an inane issue.

Yes please - berserks, and half naked fighting! Should be right up Nordic alley, quite manly and a good source for entertainment for female player!

This could change my mind about playing a Nord! I might actually want to now.

Great. I just love to be reduced to a vain, money and material-goods loving drama queen who loves to decorate, wants to write about it, and doesn't want to fight the bad guys! All because I'm a girl!

Way to proliferate sixist stereotypes.

:banghead:

These are all great ideas, that I do hope make it in. Especially decoration enhancements.

I happen to agree with all of your points, except that apparently I should be rethinking my orientation... as well as damn near everything else. :blink:

This is a great idea. Now that you mention it, I can't believe it hasn't been modded.




Battle Skirts! That was a mod I often used in Morrowind.

Also, I agree: men should be able to wear skirts, women should be able to wear pants. Egalitarian fashion in Tamriel, now!