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[Casiella]

* Casiella huggles my Minmatar specialness closely

[Seriphyn]

Guess it's a CCP compromise...

The chron Tattoo says that Gallenteans are fond of using Minmatar tattoos, which is not surprising given their cultural habits and the population of Minnies in the Fed...but if CCP allowed Gallente to have Minnie tattoos, then you'd have the oddities of a Caldari and Amarr having Minnie tatts as well.

I think CCP wants to keep the racial lines intact, for their own measure of believability.

[Crucifire]

First there were players that complained the new portraits all looked too similar and racial identities were lost. Now I see there's players complaining that not all tattoos are available to everyone. It's clear that CCP is never going to please everyone (except for the removal of learning skills) but really now, come on.

I'm happy that they differentiated the racial tattoos, I think it will help return sense of cultural differences to even those that don't actively RP.

[Casiella]

It's okay, what I really hear people saying when they complain is, "hot DAMN the Minmatar are the best race in EVE!"

[Crucifire]

Yeah, I really can't deny that I'm even happier now I did pick Minmatar.

[Saede Riordan]

I was forced not to roll minmatar by minmaxers before I started RPing >_< and I rp Nikita as a mutt character who is just registered to CONCORD as Gallente, and is technically more minmatar then anything else. but everyone immediately profiles her as Gallentean, which is just plain annoying, and I can't fight that by making her look minmatar in the picture, since I can't make her picture look minmatar. I really there was an option to just not show the race description tab

[Misan]

I was forced not to roll minmatar by minmaxers before I started RPing >_< and I rp Nikita as a mutt character who is just registered to CONCORD as Gallente, and is technically more minmatar then anything else. but everyone immediately profiles her as Gallentean, which is just plain annoying, and I can't fight that by making her look minmatar in the picture, since I can't make her picture look minmatar. I really there was an option to just not show the race description tab

Wait, why aren't you Achuran then? Not like there were ever any actual restrictions on what ships could be flown, hell my alt can barely fly Minmatar ships as a Sebiestor (who was almost as good as an Achuran stat wise, when it mattered).

[Lyn Farel]

Yah it would be so nice to be able to hide this damn useless race description tab.

[Seriphyn]

The only reason the bloodlines MIGHT look the same is the homogenized clothing.

Otherwise, really? Jin-Mei males/females looked IDENTICAL. It's far better than the joke of the first char creator.

[Lyn Farel]

What makes people look sometimes the same, even with different bloodlines, are the haircuts and most of all, the beauty standards, not the creation engine. Of course you will always have a "eve" feel when you look at any eve new character, because there is an artistic direction behind, but thats all.

[Borza]

I just hope they include the full selection of original tattoos. Extra new ones would be nice too.

[Seriphyn]

Actually, in terms of everyone looking the same, for example, Intaki people, that might be because they are of the same ethnic group...

Europeans (and by extension Americans) are all over the place, so a British person will not look consistent with another. But if you sort out all the Westerners by historic ethnic group (Slavic, Nordic, Celtic w/e) then you might find they all "look the same".

However, if Intaki people all look the same, then this assumes that one singular ethnic group in the year 8000 settled the Intaki system...even the whole thing about "French settlers from Tau Ceti" is BS because a lot of French today are black and/or Muslim...so...

/overanalyzing!

[Saede Riordan]

Actually, in terms of everyone looking the same, for example, Intaki people, that might be because they are of the same ethnic group...

Europeans (and by extension Americans) are all over the place, so a British person will not look consistent with another. But if you sort out all the Westerners by historic ethnic group (Slavic, Nordic, Celtic w/e) then you might find they all "look the same".

However, if Intaki people all look the same, then this assumes that one singular ethnic group in the year 8000 settled the Intaki system...even the whole thing about "French settlers from Tau Ceti" is BS because a lot of French today are black and/or Muslim...so...

/overanalyzing!

well there are two forces at work here, differentiation and homogenization. Yes the Gallenteans were originally "french settlers" but in the thousands of years since settlement, homogenization and minor adaptation to their environments causes them to be largely similar. The ethnic gallenteans aren't french, they're gallente, that is their ethnicity.

[Casiella]

20 000 years is a very long time. Not long enough for significant evolution but certainly for ethnic mixes and changes.

Besides, capsuleers have apparently a limited set of tastes in hairstyles, which in my view has a significant effect. And the fact that the engine doesn't support varying heights will only make this worse.

[Seriphyn]

Besides, capsuleers have apparently a limited set of tastes in hairstyles, which in my view has a significant effect. And the fact that the engine doesn't support varying heights will only make this worse.

Is it a case of engine limitation or no feature implemented?