When Blizzard recently announced their new paid character recustomization, I honestly did not think twice about it. Then… I realized something. Human men are ugly. Just plain ugly. If you aren’t a “beardo”, you look like you were slapped in the back when you had bitter bear face.
I have always played female characters. In Final Fantasy XI my main character was a Mithra. Yeah in that game you are forced into a female role. Well, my theory has always been, you play how you want to play. Personally, I believe being able to look at your avatar and not cringe at its ugliness, or being willing to wear such ugly helmets such as the Battleworn Tuskguard because the alternative looks worse, are both signs that things need to change.
So yes, I “recustomized”. My warrior is now a girl. Human females got the shaft in the new hairstyles added in the barber shop. Yet, I like my new cut. As our only “real” female warrior called it, “Its the Soccer Milf Mom look, its so cute!”
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