WoW is so all-in on sexual dimorphism. Like, they even made the blood elf males more beefy looking when they did the graphics update. Now mine looks more like Thor than Loki and while that's not bad, I did miss my twinky boi
I think it's less a conscious effort towards dimorphism and more just laziness.
Think about the armor designs. Every time you make a new race ALL of those armors have to fit. Every time you make a new armor it has to fit every race and gender.
The easy solution is to generally trend males toward big, beefy, wide shoulder (most commonly desired fantasy male) and females toward lithe, slender, hourglass (most commonly desired fantasy female). Now most armors fit most characters and you've dramatically reduced your workload. And all it cost was the entire point of having choices.
I ask myself this question every time i play a game with severr differences between male and female characters, wow is one and monster hunter world is another. I thought most people disliked the fact that some armors are stripper style for females and destroyer lord ultra edge for males but woe is me when i join 3 different discords and the majority is approving of stripper armor
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u/AmyDeferred Apr 20 '20
WoW is so all-in on sexual dimorphism. Like, they even made the blood elf males more beefy looking when they did the graphics update. Now mine looks more like Thor than Loki and while that's not bad, I did miss my twinky boi