User blog comment:Jonggonzales1/Dragon's dogma: Prettiest female character creation ever ?/@comment-25604735-20141210135729

I can't resist by starting off by saying, "As a heterosexual male gamer since 1972 on the Magnavox Odyssey...

First, there is a strategic advantage to using women Arisens and pawns in the game and, second, if she looks like a dork, what's the point?

For the most part, either character at level 200 has more than enough defense without any armor to handle the small fry. The really powerful characters will squash players of either gender regardless of how much armor they have on. Thus, the most effective defensive trait becomes evasiveness and a key offensive capability is stamina management. The way the game is structured, women have the edge on that. Of course, you have to adopt your style of play to leverage those features. Thus, if your style of play is to employ a damage absorbing tank, then a large male character is obviously the way to go. However, if your style of play, like mine, is to balance lethality and survivability in a DPS type character, women definitely have the upper hand.

Naturally, my women are fashion conscious but they like to be taken seriously. So, they tend to wear dark, form-fitting attire that says, "I can take out a Cursed Dragon in less than 30 seconds with no help and playing on Hard difficulty." Interestingly, my main pawn is named Nei, after the Phantasy Star II character. In PS II, Nei wears a leotard, but my main pawn's attire is not as revealing. The noble women's corset and bikini would provide a close approximation.

More often than not, my Arisen is Dragon Forging equipment so she looks like a derelict wearing whatever she could pick up. Nevertheless, she cleans up nicely.