In games with equippable gear do you care more about stats or looking cool?

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HighSeraph
05/17/2024
09:48 AM
#1
Gotta get that drip imo
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SauI_Goodman
05/17/2024
09:49 AM
#2
Looks don't win you games
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Whiterun_Guard_
05/17/2024
09:49 AM
#3
well you see
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Bass
05/17/2024
09:49 AM
#4
Mostly function, but I might choose to not wear a helmet for style. I love games where you can still wear a helmet hide it.
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DaxNovalis
05/17/2024
09:50 AM
#5
Transmog for the win, get the stats while looking good.
Vicious_Dios
05/17/2024
09:51 AM
#6
Min-Max always.
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Unknown5uspect
05/17/2024
09:51 AM
#7
I specifically go out of my way to look as ridiculous as possible to stack as many buffs as possible on a single stat.
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FF_Redux
05/17/2024
09:51 AM
#8
In single player. Stats. MMOs before there was the transmog/glamour things, style.
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Giant_Aspirin
05/17/2024
09:57 AM
#9
it depends on how effective the armor is. Dark Souls 2, gimmie fashion all day.
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Nintendo_Porn
05/17/2024
09:58 AM
#10
Single player style

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Elden Ring you die either way, so should go into the coffin looking clean.
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MacadamianNut3
05/17/2024
10:05 AM
#11
Fashion Souls is the endgame for every game
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RetuenOfDevsman
05/17/2024
10:07 AM
#12
Depends on the game I guess but overwhelmingly function.

If the game is just super easy I might go for fashion. Maybe.
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AuthenticZac
05/17/2024
10:09 AM
#13
Depends on the game, but usually stats > style. If it's a minor difference though, I'll swap a few items out for appearance.
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Dakimakura
05/17/2024
10:12 AM
#14
I always carry a combat set and a non-combat fashion set at all times. In unclear situations a hybrid of those two sets will do. But fashion and appearance is always on the mind.
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Seaman_Prime
05/17/2024
10:13 AM
#15
Fashion souls all the way
dummy420
05/17/2024
10:22 AM
#16
Stats almost always. I wish more games had it like DC Universe Online did where once you got equipment you unlocked the look so you could keep the look and change gear.
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RetuenOfDevsman
05/17/2024
10:29 AM
#18
dummy420 posted...
Stats almost always. I wish more games had it like DC Universe Online did where once you got equipment you unlocked the look so you could keep the look and change gear.
Honestly, I just wish they'd go back to the days where equipment was JUST stats. A handful of more recent games do this but for the most part the armor is visible.

On the other hand, it would be kinda fun to run around Tokyo beating up mysterious men in black while actually dressed in chainmail and kitten slippers.
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Joelypoely
05/17/2024
10:29 AM
#19
Stats first always

My MH characters usually look ridiculous for that reason
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HotDogMayo
05/17/2024
10:35 AM
#20
RetuenOfDevsman posted...
Depends on the game I guess but overwhelmingly function.

If the game is just super easy I might go for fashion. Maybe.

Yeah I wouldn't necessarily say overwhelmingly for me but that's pretty much where I'm at too. I do prefer to have my gear match but if I can get better stats then I'm prioritizing that
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Vicious_Dios
05/17/2024
11:02 AM
#21
Every once in a while I fuck around and create the Drippiest of Fits.

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VeggetaX
05/17/2024
11:05 AM
#22
In Elder Ring you gotta slay while you slay
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GrandConjuraton
05/17/2024
11:07 AM
#23
Giant_Aspirin posted...
it depends on how effective the armor is. Dark Souls 2, gimmie fashion all day.

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Quorthon109
05/17/2024
11:08 AM
#24
I try to balance but definitely favor function. I always hate whenever a games early gear looks more like standard/regular real-world stuff and then the endgame gear is all unwieldy and ceremonial-looking.
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Were_Wyrm
05/17/2024
11:10 AM
#25
Slutty gear has the best stats so its a no brainer.
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Tsukasa1891
05/17/2024
11:12 AM
#26
Unless it looks really bad, I'll go for stats.
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pauIie
05/17/2024
11:54 AM
#27
style. but most games that i've played, with visibly changing outfits, haven't penalized me harshly from choosing style from what i can remember. there's a few, but games seem to have set character models, glamour options, or no glamour options but you're pretty much the same whatever you wear.

from what i've played.
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Mormaurd
05/17/2024
11:58 AM
#28
Stats until youre good enough to style on enemies.
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masterpug53
05/17/2024
12:02 PM
#29
Fashion, unless the stat boosts are absolutely necessary for a winning edge.
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Jerry_Hellyeah
05/17/2024
12:10 PM
#30
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Kamil
05/17/2024
12:12 PM
#31
Function unless the style is just too good and useful stats still, overall.
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Hejiru
05/17/2024
12:14 PM
#32
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CountCorvinus
05/17/2024
12:18 PM
#33
SauI_Goodman posted...
Looks don't win you games

Stats don't win you games either.

Skills do.
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Hambo
05/17/2024
12:18 PM
#34
Style, baybee. Monster Hunter games keep locking layered armor behind the postgame and I consider that a hate crime against fashion hunters.
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