Do you put helmets on your characters?

[The_ModeRazor]

Yep. Helmets are hardly heroic and all that, but my characters in RPGs tend to be the pragmatic mercenary type with a loosely defined but certainly existent sense of morals. Helmets fit in with that.

 

[Therumancer]

I tend to go with the helmets unless they look really ridiculous, at least when I play a warrior. With mages and rogue types it's usually less of an issue.

For some reason game developers seem obsessed with armored beanies.

 

[llew]

if i can help it no, if my character looks retarded without it yes. Im the sorta "massive sword/gun" type and the cooler i look the better i tend to fight, in oblivion i had a claymore and some standard iron armour but i looked EPIC and i did the final main quest with no problems (asides from the deidra god arriving and me running in fear for the first time in history)

if you did the main quest right away of course it you wouldn't have had problems. oblivion makes all types of enemies super weak if you are low level so running through the main quest isnt hard at all if you stay weak

nah i didnt do the main quest first, the deidra warriors were not a major pain in the ass just more an inconvenience on my health item stash

 

[Biek]

My characters only wear helmets if they look good. Im a bit of a realism nut sometimes, so I consider going into medieval combat without a helmet on is suicide.

 

[SilentCom]

If it is first person, then I will wear a helmet. If it is third person, I will hear a helmet or hat not just for the stats but also for aesthetics.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

A purple one with a slit on top.

Horay! 5 pages in and someone finally says it. I was thinking that I would have to be the one to make that joke.

OT
No never, unless it gives me +1 Perception or Rad resistance it's a no go, sunglasses though should be an option in all games.

 

[hoboman29]

Not really for many of the same reasons above I like being able to see my character

 

[Suicida1 Midget]

Well yes, cause you know, ya kinda need in when your in space, fighting the covies..... oh those games. Well no. Helmets just kinda suck in stats and usually look stupid. There was only two guys who pulled off helmets- Anthoney and Claton Carmine. Ben is kinda effy, what with being eatten by the wrom and stuff.

 

[BLAHwhatever]

Bandanas all the way! Nothing says Banzaiiiiiii! better than a nice red Bandana

 

[brainslurper]

I don't usually, but for the final fight in new vegas my character wore his usual white suit, and a 2000 cap combat helmet. Looked SO cool. Other then that, if the helmet covers my entire face then I'll wear it.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Do I get stats? If yes, then yes.

 

[MisterDyslexo]

I usually will take the aesthetic feel over the practical value. Besides, from a developer perspective, it makes you feel the consequences of your personal choices/actions by the gameplay, which is usually a hard thing to achieve. Sure, its a visual thing, not some sort of moral choice, but w/e I forgot where I was going with this.