Appearance over stats?

[BaronUberstein]

Actually, this happens to me in CoD games. If the gun has useless features, it really gets under my skin. The unusable bi-pod on the FAMAS and the fact that it's sights hover slightly disconnected to the gun in blackops makes it so I can't use the gun without getting annoyed. The G11's extra magazines on the sides being just part of the model and unable to be used also annoys me greatly.

Thus, I stick with something simple like the MPL.

 

[Sir Prize]

I'll take states, unless an items looks completely stupid.

 

[SovietX]

If im a good enough player (which I always am) I don't really rely on stats, so I can wear whatever I want.

 

[Ithera]

Slight upgrade? Go with Style. Really cool item? Keep for a while. Big upgrade? Switch.

 

[Capt. Crankypants]

I think it was LOTR Online that did it best. Use one set of equipment for stats, but also have an optional second set simply for appearance. This is how it should be done. Always.

I too usually pick aesthetics over stats.

 

[Woodsey]

I do it quite a lot, unless there's a huge difference. I never helmets in games for this reason though.

 

[emptyother]

I wore the mercenary armor in Dragon Age II trough half the game, because the only other thing i could find and wear was those ugly mage's robes. Those didn't fit with the personality of Female Wizard Hawke. I changed to a slightly uglier armor about halfway trough, when i finally found one armor which didnt need a maximized strength or constitution.

Who is the idiot who thought it a good idea to limit clothes to level, class or ability? Or even limit food to level? Its stupid. Except from a game-mechanical standpoint, where it actually makes sense. Maybe they should apply the same thing to the ground... "Sorry, you cant stand on grass until level 15!" Then they wouldnt need to put level-restrictive doors everywhere.

 

[nuba km]

I always go fro even the smallest stat boost, except when something looks really awesome, then I will try to convince my self using it has some tactical advantage.

 

[Bebus]

I wore the mercenary armor in Dragon Age II trough half the game, because the only other thing i could find and wear was those ugly mage's robes. Those didn't fit with the personality of Female Wizard Hawke. I changed to a slightly uglier armor about halfway trough, when i finally found one armor which didnt need a maximized strength or constitution.

I thought the mage outfits were very badly designed within the story and theme of the game. Templars everywhere, massive chantry presence, so the best thing to do as a mage is obviously to walk around in a dress carrying a staff.

Riiight...

Like you, I just wore the 'armour' mage outfits, or just plain armour.

 

[Kaymish]

well until i really need the extra stats like in a boss fight or really difficult encounter or dungeon crawl i will pick the best looking gear i can i like running around fallout 3 in a pre-war business ware with tortoiseshell sunglasses
and well all the clothes look good in VTMB so i dont have to chose

 

[Zantos]

In Fable: TLC I spent the whole time shirtless to show off my tattoo and manly manly chest. I even emphasised how shirtless I was by wearing all of Archon's armour except the breast plate. Also I swapped the helmet for a wizards hat. So I'm going with visuals. Luckily in most other games I have the luxury of the armour I like the most also being the most powerful. Nothing says badass like an entire car's worth of plate armour.

 

[Tom the Feeble]

Stats are better than appearance, in some games like Fallout you don't even need to see yourself at all. Although if the armour set provides a bonus itself like in Dragon Age I may keep the armour set than upgrade for a helmet that loses the armour bonus for 1 extra point of defence.

 

[Raddra]

Almost always visuals.

I remember getting some really awesome purple shoulders in WoW that were 2x as good as the ones I had.

Then I saw they were pink/purple and I was a Tauren wearing browns and leathers in appearance.

Sold 'em.

This is why MMO's need appearance slots.

 

[Deadyawn]

When it comes to outfits in RPG's I either want my character to look A) badass or B) ridiculous. Or a bit of both. The worst thing for me is to look completely bland. For example in my previous fallout NV play through my energy weapon character found a space suit. It had a decent dt for my level, a high passive radiation resistance and looked absolutely hilarious. For me it gave the chacter a measure of individuality and I kept it the whole way through the the game even though it ceased to be useful. I would show you a picture but I fail at the internet and have no idea how to embed. In my current fallout 3 I found the chinese stealth armor which made me litterally undetectable and looked awesome. Then I found a pre war bonnet that looked inasnely out of place especially on top of the stealth armor so I wear that all the time now. Again I wish I could embed. So yeah, I'll just go with whatever I feel like at the time.

 

[NiceLord]

Awsome looking characters is #1! I even keep old armor and clothes in my inventory to wear.

 

[Gardenia]

When i play RPGs i always have to make a decision, a few more stats towards an attribute and have to wear something that doesn't match the rest of my armor or the opposite, get some more stats and look slightly ridiculous.

In almost all of these occurrences i will choose to keep my matching appearance over an item that will give me a few more points to my endurance. Obviously if it is a huge bonus to a stat i will choose the stats over appearance, i'm not THAT stupid.

So what about you Escapist? Would you rather keep a matching suit of Finely crafted elven armor, or walk around with a pair of green shorts that do not match the rest of your outfit what so ever?

Play Guild Wars. Why choose one when you can have both?

 

[Gitty101]

It honestly all depends on either how good something looks/is stats wise. If it looks amazing - I will choose it over average or even good stats. But if the stats make the armour truly special, I will take it over appearances.

 

[The Hero Killer]

Appearance by far. If I cant look cool then I'm not wearing it.

 

[Rainforce]

as long as it doesn't kill me, I go for visual. also, I just don't NEED the best stats/gear/whatsoever, It doesn't matter if I do 260 or 240 damage, on whatever scale.

 

[Rems]

I always choose visuals/style over stats. Rpg's are about immersion the story and the characters for me. It's hard to stay focused on that if all i cant think of is how stupid i look or how out of character/style.