Any thoughts of adding sex to the class?

[TyphonBaan]

I was trying to remember and I can’t.

It was released 23 years ago though. Damn, doesn’t feel like that long ago. That said, pretty much everything was fairly abstract then though, right? I go to D2R and watch the walking/running animation and smile because it’s charming.

But back then I was all, “Oooooooo SO real!” Lol.

[Kulze]

@Yasaman

dude Im not talking about they just need to add 1 model and thats it, of course we need some armor and other adjustments, but its not like ground up new implementation of new system

And dude… people are saying reasonably so that this is not how it works.
For a reason.

There’s more work behind it then you think simply.

Pick up any random drawing program and try to make a pixel character with a single animation. 8 states we say (which is low).
Now re-do it in female.
Now add 3 armor pieces.
Now ensure each piece stays fitting with each frame of the animation.

Then lets talk again how much effort is behind it. That’s a simple starter job taking 2 hours for a professional.

LE has several hundred animations currently + over a dozen armor pieces to remind you.
Animators are paid better then illustrators even. We’re talking about 7-15k Dollar cost for your ask, the cheapest route.

And that’s not talking about voice lines. There’s at least 10-15 hours of work for the voicelines there per class. That times 5 since we now need the opposite gender. That’s another 10k easily.

Stuff’s expensive dude!

@TyphonBaan

And they consciously decided to make their models look like a cross between a gorilla and a homo sapien, so you don’t really expect them to move like a human (male or female).

But so true

@TyphonBaan

Dungeon Siege did that, I think. They also didn’t have classes, so it made sense there as well. In hindsight I feel like Dungeon Siege didn’t get enough credit, probably because MS was the publisher. A shame.

DS 1 was a masterpiece of the time and actually well loved! Gonna need to pick that up again.