Nah someone asked about female soldiers getting an advantage by having a smaller frame, and thus being harder to hit, but the devs were very much against giving any sort of advantage. The only difference would be how they look....I just hope that doesn't mean we'll get amazon women =P

Been playing some mAss effect lately, and fully support this idea.

I believe that everyone has in mind the famous shower scene from Starship Troopers :Q___________

I believe that everyone has in mind the famous shower scene from Starship Troopers :Q___________

the real question is : When?

This is something I would like to know, as would some of my friends who intend to play this game. I'd rather be able to make one day 1, instead of have to make a brand new character weeks or months down the line and lose the active and passive SP and ISK I've accrued on the other character that I'd be abandoning in favor of the female one.

If it's not done in time for release, could we have an option to set up a female placeholder character at release? Something that we select "female" but have to have a generic stand-in until females are implemented, and then we can do all the appearance customization as a female and keep the progress we had on that character.

Considering they will be resetting everything on more than one occasion, I don't imagine you'll really need to worry about. When they release female characters, it will likely coincide with a major character reset at which point you'll lose all of your saved up junk anyway.

We have no idea yet, but I hope it'll be copy and paste so we don't end up with people choosing the Female character because it has an advantage; usually in F2P FPS games on PC they make the Female characters faster, and sometimes have more stamina, and things like that. I hope thats NOT what CCP is planning for Dust 514.

it wouldnt make sense for females to have an advantage as speed and stamina are the only things actually based on the players physical abilities, other than those just about everything is based on ur gear

I second that!
Also, these are not normal humans but super troopers with a splice of Lion, Cheetah and Platypus genes, so not normal men and women.

Right, now sing along:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saag5yKhv_s

(Ps. Yes I know it's Trouper and not Trooper in the song, but all life's a stage, even Dust 514)

...On a sidenote, I have no problems playing as a female character in a game as I've done so in past Halo, Mass Effect, other FPS, Fighting, Adventure, RPG & whatever else genres that have had females as alternate or primary playable character. The main focus of a game should always be about gameplay & NOT the race or gender of a character. Anyone that complains that they "can't" play a game due to the gender of a character isn't an actual gamer & is only playing for the "popularity" of it.

Agreed. I've got a couple of Female friends who are interested in Dust, but are very leery of harassment in MMOs (let alone an FPS MMO) already.

if u see a dropsuit with t**s its a woman

I wonder how a Heavy female Dropsuit would look like...

http://www.dust514.com/media/fiction/stranded-part-seven/

" GÇ£A stock clone,GÇ¥ the coat screams, as I throw him bodily across the room. And then from behind the safety of a flashing terminal, GÇ£e-everyone gets a stock clone to-to keep costs down.GÇ¥ "

"Cala was... is, a woman. Fiercely patriotic, she had jumped at the chance to be among the first of the RepublicGÇÖs new breed of soldier. Unlike the rest of us, she knew they would put her into a stock male body."

already breaking lore?

Just because the Minmatar can only afford stock clones doesn't mean the other empires and independent merc corps have to go that route.

LOL....like a beefed up amazon woman on anabolic steroids....YUK....

and a fat a**

This discussion is just funny...Anyway, I think Female characters should have hair that moves when they walk. It'll add that nice detailed touch to the game.

We have no idea yet, but I hope it'll be copy and paste so we don't end up with people choosing the Female character because it has an advantage; usually in F2P FPS games on PC they make the Female characters faster, and sometimes have more stamina, and things like that. I hope thats NOT what CCP is planning for Dust 514.

How many other FPS have Female characters?

I believe that everyone has in mind the famous shower scene from Starship Troopers :Q___________

Not sure why that matters.

I know that currently selecting a Female character is not an available option in the current beta build. With that said, would having a female dropsuit have any differneces to the male suits or will it be copy and paste stats?