Scarlet Blade, the future of microtransactions (NSFW)

[Sky]

The second game he performs one-handed surgery in.

[Sir T]

This should really go into the funny pictures thread, but it probably belongs here too

[rk47]

hey, they're coming in with a new male Arkana, I think - Chaser class.  I wonder what his armor looks like.

[Sir T]

Reinforced pants, I would imagine.

[Lantyssa]

"Chaser" class.

[SurfD]

How the hell would that work?  They would have to re-do like 95% of their quest dialogue and pretty much ALL of the voice acted bits they have, because pretty much none of the dialogue or over the top innuendo works properly if you imagine your avatar to be a buffed beefcake adonis, instead of a barely dressed bimbo.  Also, I have to wonder what the reaction of that quest hub guy with the harem of sex kittens would be when the first male arkana shows up on his door.

[Signe]

Maybe they'll all be night elves.  Nothing more girly than a boy night elf.

[Ginaz]

Maybe they'll all be night elves.  Nothing more girly than a boy night elf.

Yeah there is.  A male Blood elf.

And good lord...6 pages now.

[stabby the mime]

Well, I'm mildly disappointed in knowing the answer to how scantily clad bishie boy is going to be, and judging from the character creation you have the armor choice of Cyber-Ninja or Cyber-Knight Of more interesting note is the choice of yummy-undies: Nice & Tight Speedos with (Ugh...) mild tribal tats, or something closer to nineteenth-century Victorian Beachwear.

Linky-Poo if y'all don't believe me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ySuO9oIFw

[Ratman_tf]

How the hell would that work?  They would have to re-do like 95% of their quest dialogue and pretty much ALL of the voice acted bits they have, because pretty much none of the dialogue or over the top innuendo works properly if you imagine your avatar to be a buffed beefcake adonis, instead of a barely dressed bimbo.  Also, I have to wonder what the reaction of that quest hub guy with the harem of sex kittens would be when the first male arkana shows up on his door.

It would be hilarious if they left the quest dialogue intact and just dropped a male Arkana in there.
I imagine they'll redo the quest text and voiceovers. Hell, the American version is capped at level 29, while the Korean version is at 44, so there's a lot of content still being localized, and the male Arkana isn't even out in Korea yet. So it's a ways off.

*Edit* Ooh! SB avatars! I'm down for that.

[Ratman_tf]

May 22 patch notes.
http://www.aeriagames.com/forums/en/viewtopic.php?t=1964879

Level cap increase - Arkana can now reach level 34 and use brand new skills and equipment!

New Level Permissions - In an effort to combat third-party sales activity, the following levels must be reached to use various game functions:

The Consignment Shop (Auction House) is now available to characters of any level.
Level 10 - Use area chat or whispers
Level 25 - Participate in a trade with another character.
Level 25 - Send mail to another character (you can still receive mail at any level, so your alternate characters and low level friends/guildies can still get items to help them level up)

Ranking Boards - Compete with other Arkana for the top spot on our new ranking boards! Simply click the "Rank" button in the bottom right corner of the interface!

Barbiron - Adventure in a brand new zone and complete new quests for gear, experience, and other prizes! Recommended level 30+

Subterranean Factory - Explore this level 30 dungeon by yourself or with a group and take down FOUR powerful new bosses!

Viledon - Complete exciting new escort missions across a dangerous open-PvP zone while fighting tough new monsters.

Improved new database stability systems.
Fixed a large portion of reported quest dialog/localization issues.
Addressed a random issue with skill resets (points should now be returned correctly when used).

Level 32 Defender Gloves mislabeled as Kneeguards.
Some minor localization issues still need fixed (set for next patch).
Missing Character Information (Click here for more information)

Servers are still down from last night. I'm stuck playing shitty D3 and not getting to see boobies. 

[rk47]

  I got too many games to revisit Scarlet Boobs atm.

[Ratman_tf]

I got too many games to revisit Scarlet Boobs atm.

Your Arkana will be waiting for you...

[Samprimary]

for every dollar people give this game, i will kill everyone.

[Bzalthek]

Perfect excuse to give them a dollar. 

I eagerly await the Samprimary Apocalypse

[Cadaverine]

I eagerly await the Samprimary Apocalypse

I concur.  How much do I have to spend to bring this about?

[Lakov_Sanite]

At some point the irony stops and you realize you are looking at a grown man playing a big titted cyber bimbo.  It's at that point you need to make a choice, side of the head , under the chin or in the mouth.

[Bzalthek]

That's pretty harsh.  You got issues yo.

[rk47]

Yes I always have this issue when playing hentai games where I play female characters. I prefer to be male and do the insertions myself.

[Goreschach]

At some point the irony stops and you realize you are looking at a grown man playing a big titted cyber bimbo.  It's at that point you need to make a choice, side of the head , under the chin or in the mouth.

Probably not the best thread in which to go posting things like that.

[SurfD]

At some point the irony stops and you realize you are looking at a grown man playing a big titted cyber bimbo.  It's at that point you need to make a choice, side of the head , under the chin or in the mouth.

Pretty sure you could take just about any hobby short of hunting big game with a buck-knife and distill it down to a snide crack at someone's manhood if you really wanted to without spending much effort on it, so I am not really sure where you are going with this.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Wow, some of you people are seriously out of touch.

[SurfD]

Wow, some of you people are seriously out of touch.

Not really.  I just accept the fact that I am a grown man who has managed to derive several hours worth of entertainment from driving around a scantily clad cyber bimbo and killing stuff with suggestively named combat moves.  Not sure why this realization would prompt a sudden urge to gargle a gun.  Unless I missed some subtle green text back there.

[Lakov_Sanite]

And some people think there is nothing wrong with talking about their favorite loli doujinshis in public.  I go to conventions and I see it all the time, people so divorced from society and spending so much time online they have no sense of boundaries.  There's nothing wrong with porn but there's a creep factor and people who cross that threshold never know it.

[stabby the mime]

Yes I always have this issue when playing hentai games where I play female characters. I prefer to be male and do the insertions myself.

Uh-huh. Weren't you the one who suggested that I play the X-Change series, hmmmmmm?


Any~hoo, gotta say that after 24 levels of playing the Amazon Tank with improved Lung Capacity (by request I mean, since for some reason my reasonably clothed* Gun-Loli with non-high heeled combat boots was deemed 'not a proper fit' for the party, not that I'm still bitter about the fact *grumble*) it definitely comes off as at least a mechanically sound, grind-happy MMO that is at least getting more than half an ass in localization due to how decently the writing was translated. As much as I'd rather not, I must definitely give them some credit for that as a cheap cash in would have probably done the trick as well.

That said, grind-happy MMO is still too grind-happy for my tastes, even if Bishie boy is showing up in future. 

[*No, seriously. She seems to be the only one out of the group who gains clothing & coverage when she gets a new armor set.]

[Ratman_tf]

And some people think there is nothing wrong with talking about their favorite loli doujinshis in public.  I go to conventions and I see it all the time, people so divorced from society and spending so much time online they have no sense of boundaries.  There's nothing wrong with porn but there's a creep factor and people who cross that threshold never know it.

Oh, I know it. That's part of the fun! 

[rk47]

Yes I always have this issue when playing hentai games where I play female characters. I prefer to be male and do the insertions myself.

Uh-huh. Weren't you the one who suggested that I play the X-Change series, hmmmmmm?

Thats because you weren't sufficiently indoctrinated to the weaboo faction. You haven't even watched Ranma 1/2, you can't call yourself a true Weeb without watching all of that and read fanfics with alternative pairing. Panda sweat chemical composition, Ranma's female menstrual cycles etc.  

[Kail]

And some people think there is nothing wrong with talking about their favorite loli doujinshis in public.  I go to conventions and I see it all the time, people so divorced from society and spending so much time online they have no sense of boundaries.  There's nothing wrong with porn but there's a creep factor and people who cross that threshold never know it.

There's a difference between an internet forum and a public venue, IMO.  That's why we talk about this shit here and not IRL, or at least why I do.  I mean, start having a conversation on the bus about murdering people in CoD and watch how uncomfortable other people get.  MMOs in particular are not exactly chick magnets, it seems kind of odd to play the "hey guys, this kind of talk is a bit creepy" card when you're talking about a hobby where everyone is by default already assumed by society to be some unholy cross breed of the Simpsons comic book guy and a sea cow.

That's sort of the role of places like this forum, to be able to talk about super nerdy shit with anonymous internet ghosts whose opinion of you is completely irrelevant to your life.  Nobody's going to walk in to work with a pink slip because their boss thinks they're a psycho, they're not scaring away women who they'd otherwise have a chance with, it's just random talk with people who ultimately don't really matter to them.

[Ratman_tf]

[*No, seriously. She seems to be the only one out of the group who gains clothing & coverage when she gets a new armor set.]

The Sentinel was given addtional coverings when they localized the game.

I've seen... the lvl 25 Shadow Walker armor (I think that's the one) and it covers up the Arkana neck to boots.

http://images.mmosite.com/my/upload/c9/1f/bfa1a79c402a2c2f27252f2582e3460e/theme/74b0fff7fa3a4fc4fcba9400499217f4948.jpg

It's more modest than some costumes in Rift or GW2.

[stabby the mime]

The Sentinel was given addtional coverings when they localized the game.

Say whaaaaa? 

*googles*

Ah, the extra undies. How this seems to be an issue with some people across the internets, I don't know nor am I going to try, but seeing the armor given at lv15 or so without those extra hexagons is more than a little creepy considering the game's perspective. So yeah, that works. 

As for my previous comment on the armor... err, rather the lack thereof for the most part, I do stand more than a little corrected after a more level-headed look into the game. It was definitely fueled more by the mind-blowing WTF!-ness of the Defender getting glorified high-tech nipple armor as her second set, and seeing the starter sets for the Shadow-Walker & Whipper didn't exactly start out with much of a clothing budget. Punisher seems to get better coverings as time goes on, and I noticed that the Medic seems to get a fully-buttoned up grey military jacket with red armband.

.... Gotta say I'm more than a little curious to see if that one makes it across without alteration.

Aw crap. That probably means I'm going to reinstall it sometime in the near future. 

Thats because you weren't sufficiently indoctrinated to the weaboo faction. You haven't even watched Ranma 1/2, you can't call yourself a true Weeb without watching all of that and read fanfics with alternative pairing. Panda sweat chemical composition, Ranma's female menstrual cycles etc. 

Tsk tsk, that's not how I remember the context of that conversation. Silly boy.

[Ratman_tf]

The whipper stays slutty all the way up to 25. 

[Draegan]

I'm downloading this to play tonight so I can see what horrible things I am missing. So what's going on with this game? Is it a free to play quest-clone (with big boobs on robots)?

[Ratman_tf]

I'm downloading this to play tonight so I can see what horrible things I am missing. So what's going on with this game? Is it a free to play quest-clone (with big boobs on robots)?

Got it. Korean grindfest with pay to win and it's own innovation, pay to get nekkid.
Once the novelty of the jiggles physics wears off, it's pretty bog-standard. Kill 12 thornmechs so you can kill 20 thornmechs and collect 10 mech anuses.

[Draegan]

Played this for 5 minutes last night and it was awful. At least it downloaded pretty fast.

[Mrbloodworth]

You now have herpes. I hope you are happy.