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[Iakus]

Meh, it was a minor detail, but didn't really care for it. Found myself wondering when elves turned into hobbits.

[fightright2]

I dunno, perhaps it's just me...but I always thought that the city elves should have worn shoes because they would have hated feeling of the concrete beneath them instead of grass and earth.

I understand that they were supposed to be poor but somehow I don't think the humans would have wanted them to be barefoot working in a tavern and in their homes.

Much the same way that maids have a uniform in a hotel or some rich person's home.
Because a uniform displays subservience and also represents the establishment of where they work.

It would have made sense that the employers would have wanted them to have shoes (they would just provide them but initially made them work to cover the cost).

But I always thought that when the elves were not working or outside of the Alienage, they would have took off their shoes.
And that when given a chance to runaway, they would have left their shoes behind so to as run free from the bonds that humanity had placed on them.

In a sense, shoes were their chains.

Modifié par fightright2, 31 janvier 2013 - 05:38 .

[Cutlass Jack]

My objection wasn't that they were shoeless. Its that they complained about that fashion choice. Fenris continually looked like he just stepped in something, and Merril continually comments that she should have worn shoes.

If you make a fashion choice, own it. You don't hear Isabela complaining about cold thighs, or Varric about his exposed chest hair.

[nightcobra]

Chris Priestly wrote...

I quite liked them walking barefoot. I felt (and this is my opinion, I've never asked a designer) that it was because they were such a "nature" race. Wanting to be so intouch with nature, the idea of wearing shoes would seperate them from the earth they loved, so they go barefoot. And after generations as well as being raised that way from childbirth, their soles are basically as thick as boots anyways.

Even city elves continued to wear no boots as a lingering vestige of their ties to their past, one of the few things that couldn't be taken away from them.

zevran: but the smell and feel of fine antivan leather caressing my feet...ahh the simple pleasures in life

[LobselVith8]

phyltybo wrote...

Please, could it be possible for you guys to actually give shoes/boots to the elves, especially ou companions?  T'was pretty weird and mood beaking having Fenris and Merrill walking around almost barefooted the whole game...

Thank you!

Yeah, that really didn't make any sense at all, especially given that we already had elves wearing shoes in Origins and Awakening.

[LPPrince]

Cutlass Jack wrote...

My objection wasn't that they were shoeless. Its that they complained about that fashion choice. Fenris continually looked like he just stepped in something, and Merril continually comments that she should have worn shoes.

If you make a fashion choice, own it. You don't hear Isabela complaining about cold thighs, or Varric about his exposed chest hair.

Thats cause Isabela's thighs being cold gives her an excuse to find someone to "warm" them and Varric's chest hair keeps his chest coarsely covered and warm.

Duh. 

[Chris Priestly]

I think most Zevran fans would agree that he is singularly unique.

[LobselVith8]

Cutlass Jack wrote...

My objection wasn't that they were shoeless. Its that they complained about that fashion choice. Fenris continually looked like he just stepped in something, and Merril continually comments that she should have worn shoes.

If you make a fashion choice, own it. You don't hear Isabela complaining about cold thighs, or Varric about his exposed chest hair.

To be fair, I don't think the writers were too happy with the decision, either.

[Dutchess]

Chris Priestly wrote...

I quite liked them walking barefoot. I felt (and this is my opinion, I've never asked a designer) that it was because they were such a "nature" race. Wanting to be so intouch with nature, the idea of wearing shoes would seperate them from the earth they loved, so they go barefoot. And after generations as well as being raised that way from childbirth, their soles are basically as thick as boots anyways.

Even city elves continued to wear no boots as a lingering vestige of their ties to their past, one of the few things that couldn't be taken away from them.

Fenris doesn't seem too fond of "tramping around in the dirt".

[Zombie_Alexis]

LPPrince wrote...

While Zevran, who doesn't really care for elvish past, can be gifted boots to remind him of Antiva.

Yet he's barefoot in DA2. I guess that can be chalked up to the redesign, and no one's gonna give it THAT much thought. You know, screaming, "Y he wear/no wear boots? NAOOOOO!"

I can understand your mindset Priestly. Though I'd rather they wear boots and shoes, its cool to see how others perceive things.

Zevran wears boots in DA2. Also, Huon wears boots for some reason.

[Sylvius the Mad]

I didn't like the barefoot thing, either. I avoided using the elf characters for exactly this reason.

Hopefully, in DA3, we won't be stuck with them being barefoot, given that we apparently will be able to equip gear on our companions again.

[Fraq Hound]

I liked the barefoot thing, at least with Marrell. It made sense to me that a Dalish Elf would have no problem walking around barefoot.

Fenris being barefoot was a little more confusing, (as far as I know he was City born though I could be wrong about that. I didn't use him much) but it didn't bother me to the point I come here and start a thread about it.

[thats1evildude]

One wonders why Adaia bothered to craft boots for her child in the City Elf origin. Perhaps they were supposed to hang them over the fireplace in place of stockings when Santa came to visit?

I can appreciate the barefoot thing amongst the Dalish elves, who actually do live close to nature, but for city elves the lack of footwear is just bizarre. City living is not conducive to going barefoot all the time. It's one of the few things I dislike about DA2.

Modifié par thats1evildude, 31 janvier 2013 - 06:22 .

[nightcobra]

i wonder... if city elves used boots and dalish didn't. would the first thing a dalish elf say to a city elf "recruit" be...

Dalish elf: "The boots...take them off"

[LPPrince]

Zombie_Alexis wrote...

Zevran wears boots in DA2. Also, Huon wears boots for some reason.

I stand corrected. (just checked, been a while since I've seen DA2 in any way)

[BouncyFrag]

Hmmm...never noticed this, but it will now bug me to no end now. Just another reason to leave them back at their homes when off adventuring (i'd still leave them anyways).

[LPPrince]

BouncyFrag wrote...

Hmmm...never noticed this, but it will now bug me to no end now. Just another reason to leave them back at their homes when off adventuring (i'd still leave them anyways).

If you think that's bad, God forbid you look at Merrill's hands.

[BouncyFrag]

LPPrince wrote...

BouncyFrag wrote...

Hmmm...never noticed this, but it will now bug me to no end now. Just another reason to leave them back at their homes when off adventuring (i'd still leave them anyways).

If you think that's bad, God forbid you look at Merrill's hands.

*shudders*

[fightright2]

Interesting.

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[LinksOcarina]

Never noticed it on Fenris...they kind of looked like sandal wraps anyway on his feet.

But eh, its a minor thing if you ask me. If you change it you change it, it doesn't affect much of anything in the end. 

Modifié par LinksOcarina, 31 janvier 2013 - 06:41 .

[BouncyFrag]

LinksOcarina wrote...

Never noticed it on Fenris...they kind of looked like sandal wraps anyway on his feet.

But eh, its a minor thing if you ask me. If you change it you change it, it doesn't affect much of anything in the end. 

True, but think about those feet in that house that he never, ever cleans. He just left those bodies there this whole time.

[LinksOcarina]

BouncyFrag wrote...

LinksOcarina wrote...

Never noticed it on Fenris...they kind of looked like sandal wraps anyway on his feet.

But eh, its a minor thing if you ask me. If you change it you change it, it doesn't affect much of anything in the end. 

True, but think about those feet in that house that he never, ever cleans. He just left those bodies there this whole time.

Maybe he likes dancing on corpses. Remember he supposedly choreographs elaborate dance routines. 

[TheInquisitor]

Just don't make the elves look like they do in DA2 in general.

[LPPrince]

BouncyFrag wrote...

LPPrince wrote...

BouncyFrag wrote...

Hmmm...never noticed this, but it will now bug me to no end now. Just another reason to leave them back at their homes when off adventuring (i'd still leave them anyways).

If you think that's bad, God forbid you look at Merrill's hands.

*shudders*

Pretty much this but with red nail polish which makes it worse.



So while we're on the boots/shoes topic, lets add to it-

GLOVES.

[LobselVith8]

Fraq Hound wrote...

I liked the barefoot thing, at least with Marrell. It made sense to me that a Dalish Elf would have no problem walking around barefoot.

Fenris being barefoot was a little more confusing, (as far as I know he was City born though I could be wrong about that. I didn't use him much) but it didn't bother me to the point I come here and start a thread about it.

It really doesn't make sense for the People to be barefoot, especially if we compare them to nomadic tribes in the real world. This was mentioned ad nauseum when it was brought up that the Dalish would now be barefoot.