BentOrgy wrote...
I think its funny that you decided to quote this post, rather than the one I made later that addressed a few of the points you've brought up. (Quarian resources, Liara's outfit, changing iconic outfits, etc.)
Well that's because at the time when I wrote that post, I didn't know about you later post. Usually when I respond to some older posts, I just answer or response to post I see at the time. After answering it, I'll continue reading onwards. Though it seems to be back firing in some cases, like this one. Oh well.
Although your reasons why the VS and Garrus received new outfits makes sense, from a development standpoint (Which includes aiming to please either a select group, or various ones, depending on how large/small your title is and the direction the title's theme is going.) when designing a game like ME3, which has a extremely large, vocal, and mixed fanbase, it makes little sense to ostracize one character, despite that character being a fan favourite, and one that's been in the frachise since the beginning.
Well I think that BW is going to change how Tali will look in ME3. However what they are changing is underneath that suit as it's now likely that they might show her face and what I have gathered from some older interviews/articles, BW had never really had much thought about how Tali really looks underneath that suit before ME3.
So, it's not that BW is going to concentrate to Tali and her looks, it's just possible that they are more focuced on what's underneath that suit. Also it's also quite possible that Tali's ME2 is just simply so popular that BW didn't see any reason to change it (again). Then again, who really knows at the moment. Maybe BW will sometime explain, why Tali wouldn't get a new looks in ME3.
But on the subject of a Quarian's suit being too complex to change; I think that makes little sense; you would think, from a cultural standpoint, that a race of people that can't even see themselves in a mirror on board their own homes would do more with their suits, to differentiate eachother and promote the individuality that they've lost.
And like I said in my previous post, its not like changing their suits once every few years would kill them, because (Again, like I said.) Tali did a lot more than just change clothes in my Shep's cabin, and only got a little cold. So you can't really argue that they wouldn't do it for safety reasons. Besides, quarians grow just like humans, so they would need to change suits eventually. Not that this is an issue for Tali, but it is another valid point.
Of course changing their suits won't really kill them (after all like you pointed, Tali had lots of "outsite suit activity" in ME2 romance paths). However I didn't referred to safety or health issue. But I think of problem here is that Quarians just can't afford for people changing their suits in every few years or so. All of those Quarians suits and all the technology in them must really had expensive for Quarians.
Because of this it's unlikely that Quarians will change their suits that often. I mean it seems that even is cases where there would be some suit puctures all they do is paths up their suits in various ways. Now if they could afford changing theirs suits, I'm sure every Quarians would change their suits after there are some puctures, like other races change their armors after they got too damaged.
Also what comes to Quarian and their growing I can't say anything sure. However I have got impression that there are only few times/moments, when Quarians actually got new suits. First one is of course the moment they got their first suit. But the next one could very well be the moment they will return from their pilgrimage. First of in that time pretty much every Quarian are already matured and most likely reached the point, when they won't be growing that much anymore. Second, it's possible that every Quarian might got totally new suit as gift or sign of achiving adulthood or complete membership of the fleet. Now if this would be the case, then those suits would hold some symbolic meaning, which in part would explain, why Quarians would want to just patch up their suits and not simply ask new one. Sure all Quarians could change their suits adornments and accessories, but basic suit will stay the same.
Anyway it's more of that Quarians just can't afford changing suits and that way spending/wasting resources, so it's not really a safety or health issue.
In the end it might be a case of Bioware not wanting to design another outfit, because it wouldn't be like human armor, where you can be very basic in your approach and still have it turn out nice looking. "Oh, just add some pads here, some masculine pauldrons here, maybe some folded plating here.... Done. Yeah, that looks badass." They would have to work within the cultural aesthetic they've developed for the quarian people, and designing multiple customizable pieces for such a character might have been too much of a bother for them, considering they had other things to worry about.
Indeed. Especially as Tali is pretty much only Quarian, who even had specialiced suit in ME2. And somehow I can't see BW really making any extra efford for making Quarians looks different from each others in ME3.
But again, as I said in my previous post on the matter, I wouldn't be so against this non-change, if Bioware had simply updated her model. It takes less than a few seconds to realize that the Tali in those ME3 screens, is ME2 Tali. Keep the outfit if you must, but when every character (Even Anderson!) is getting a poly count/texture overhaul, and one is obviously not, that's not just lazy, its fairly ridiculous.
I guess that's possible. I just don't understand why Bioware would show Tali in her ME2 suit in this point, when only two months before the game is out. I can't think any good reason for doing this.
Now I can think of some crazy reasons like Tali having completely transparent suit in ME3. In that case it would be totally understandable if BW wants to keep that secret.
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