When arguing against having beautiful female characters in-game due to lore, you ignore that the game offers customization in the first place. Clearly the developer aims for player input and creativity. An effective system would encourage diverse options, and the opposition here mainly stems from argumentativeness rather than embracing inclusivity.
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Iâm crying of laughter at this reply. In the thumbnail of the first video the person on the right is transgender. I wouldnât use a video that shows transgenders doing womens competitions as an example of what a strong female body looks like. Itâs a manâs body
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The solution to marginalization isnât to reverse the imbalance, just as replacing one form of exclusion with another fails to achieve true equality.
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I commend you for sharing your story even though it is completely unnecessary. However I do not like that you focus on your story as the main state of why the anatomy should change. The world is bigger then you I agree with you that there should be sliders to adjust them & everything else breasts, butt, & gutt. If I want a chubby chaser or twig yes I should be able to change them to look like that.
With all of this you took your kudo points and threw them out the window with your brain. 1. Blizzard isnât promoting obesity & anorexia you may see in D3, & D4 the Necromancer is anorexic & The druid in D4 is Obeast. D2 male druidâs anatomy was pretty muscular so when you were saying he looks like he just ate at the all you can eat buffet I wonder if you need glasses?
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That donât look fat to me back to my main point they are not promoting it you donât see ads in games or commericals on the internet of any blizzard characters eating food. Could you imagine Thrall from Warcraft screaming Lok-Tar-
Ogarr while holding a subway sandwich?
Making up lies like obesity is a major public health problem in America & mentioning the cdc & the neda just to get your message about Diablo 4 characters across is just sad. When you try to put fake statistics with opinions well itâs bad mâkay?
The default option for Druid really looks like an elementary school lunch lady instead of an adventurer to me.
Strong women, like the most popular argument that keeps getting tossed around here states, tend to be barrel chested but still have obvious definition to their arms, legs, and body while being bulky.
Iâm not seeing anything that really screams âstrongâ on the druidess. She just looks unhealthy.
I honestly think the best thing to do here is to have a few body types per gender per class⌠or just let us use, say, the barbarianâs body shape on the druid or vice versa.
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Well said. I literally called my Necro âNo Nipsâ because the male version had larger breasts than the female version. I think inclusivity in this manner is an immersion killer.
The concept of a Hero or a special character looking like a perfect specimen is a human desire. The want to see a character as the best version of itself usually means them being of ideal weight & look. No one should kid themselves either. There is an established norm of what is considered peak beauty and the char developer here is on the lets keep it ugly side of things.
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In before they put pleasant looking body options on the real money shop.
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This is a pretty bad example to use as body building isnt natural. If the focus was purely on muscle mass you would be right but if the very same people in the videos tried running and living wild in the woods they would find their strength isnât ideal for the environment.
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Even in the Diablo 2 pictures the necro looked male and female and the druid looked far more closer to what someone that lived in the wild would actually look like.
I think it is hilarious that people think body builders are representative of someone that would live in the wild.
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Reading many of these topics make me realize, that itâs not about art anymore, but about politics. Western people, especially from the US, are so brainwashed by the media, they canât enjoy art anymore. Same is true for comedy, thatâs why there arenât any good comedies anymore, everything is âoffendingâ now.
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For small indie company, itâs so hard add sliders for breasts and shouldersâŚ
And we not need anime DD+ cup
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aaah⌠a clown-trophy farmerâŚ
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Iâm sorry you went through this along side your friend. While its true eating disorders exist and are a very serious case.
I have to say the body types for the Necro and the Druid are pretty spot on and I dont know maybe its just me but I rather like the looks of the body styling for both the male and female.
Canât say I have a problem with either. I think for druid itâs probably about needing mass for their transformation. Like if someone is 120lbs while wet and turns into a giant bear, it doesnât really make sense. Where is all that extra mass coming from? When you watch the druid animations, you can watch their skin tear itself apart, showing you their muscles and stuff, so I imagine thatâs what theyâre going for.
Donât have any problems with necro either. Not what Iâd want my partner to look like of course, but I think thematically the female necro looks very good.
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I have been loathing these threads, and have been staying away from them, but Iâd like to finally weigh in as a woman (and as a woman who is old enough to have played D2).
It may come as news to men, particularly younger men, that itâs generally a joke amongst women that when you lose weight (whether through diet or exercise) your breasts and backside are the âfirst to goâ. Now with targeted exercise you can build your backside up again, sure. But nothing short of surgery is going to help your top half.
All of these perfect instagram bodies you fawn over ARENâT REAL. They are filtered to high heaven, they are manipulated, the people have had surgery.
âThese bodies arenât realistic! Where are the boobs?â Look at any serious long distance runner and let me know what you see. That is the level of body fat we are looking at on the necromancer, and that is what normal UNENHANCED female bodies look like at that level.
So unbelievable tired of (mostly) men on this forum crying about the fact they donât have anime fantasy women wandering around their screen. You are all crying ârealisticâ, but no, your requests arenât ârealisticâ, many of you just donât understand what female bodies look like without filters/surgery.
As for the eating disorder aspect⌠There are people everywhere in the world that look exactly like these characters. It could also be argued that sticking massive breasts on the necromancer would trigger those whoâs body dysmorphia is expressed through excessive amounts of surgery. I donât even feel that the necro looks anorexic. As I mentioned above, she reminds me of a long distance runner physique. She represents the dead, necromancers (or their equivalent) across cultures have always been portrayed as gaunt. If you really want to play a necromancer but hate the body type, stick some furry/bulky clothes on her rather than have her run around half naked. My necro honestly looks no different to my sorceress ingame at the minute due to the clothing they are wearing.
Honestly, as a female I find these (ridiculously numerous) threads more offensive and demeaning than the characters. I donât live up to any of the ârealisticâ standards that most âmenâ are espousing in these threads. I question how much access many of you have had to actual female bodies, or whether you are basing your opinions on media.
Iâm tired of it.
All of the female bodies are fine. All of the female bodies are ârealisticâ. Perhaps you should all go outside more. All of you people screaming âwokeâ should go out a whole lot more. Just put the mouse down, step outside. You can do it, I believe in you.
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You can do it! Try it⌠Look out of the window, itâs wonderful out there!
I believe in you 
Congratulations! You entirely ignored my valid points! The usual keyboard warrior who shrinks away from conflict when logic gets thrown in their face! Also. No, the world is a piece of trash out there.
In this day and age, there is barely anything worth going outside for.
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pats and hugs
There, there. Itâs all good. Iâm here for you.
(fantasy enough for you?)
dude, really?
The druid is not obese, he has the body like a powerlifter, as someone mentioned before. He is even wider in the shoulders than the wraist. And even if it is obese for you, just don´t use it. At least you are not gender locked in Diablo like other MMO games.
ââWokeââ comments like yours doesn´t help at all
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Diablo - fantasy game- i play game for looks at fantasy world, magic, and ect
In Diablo 4 - i cant choose like my character looks like
(Blizz say :âdude itâs fat unhealthy F-druid, playâ) btw - 11 hairstyle same for M and FâŚ
i want hedonism, and chance to create / chose more personality in game.
if i want necromancer, bone hand and ect - ok pick it
if i want beautiful necromancer - ok pick it
But i dont have a chose, your understand?
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