I thought you were more of a classic D2 fan but I was mistaken. Vague pixels? what?
Back in those days we got the manual in our hands. We opened it up and took a look at the classes, their art and vibe, what they could do, the lore, the role play, the skills, all of that stuff. On page 38 of my D2 manual is the Amazon full body art.
There’s nothing vague there in the manual. The lore is great, the art is great. The wording even says ‘lithe body’ and all that. There were D&D modules and Amazon was on the cover of one. Nothing vague there. A full animated model of original D2 Amazon was posted by original artist recently. Nothing vague there.
All of that imagery, lore and background creates a vibe for the classes. Amazon’s vibe is emotional, fierce, tall and lithe, much like an elven archer. Her appearance is well suited to the lore as well.
D2R’s vibe is an old unemotional sourpuss with a stocky lower body. It’s awful as art, its awful in supporting the lore, and completely destroys the original D2 Amazon vibe.
I mean they could make Barney Rubble from Flintstones be the new D2R Amazon and some of you would be fine with that. That’s how truly ridiculous this whole thing has become.