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In response to post #25811829. #25812254, #25812534 are all replies on the same post. They are just following the example set by the FO3 Super Mutants: why consume the countless amounts of 200 year old fresh food and water you are surrounded by that's perfectly safe to consume when you can struggle to get it off of other folks?

In response to post #25811829. To be fair, nuking Megaton cannot be that evil if you can wash the bad karma away by giving a random hobo a thousand bottles of purified water.

So perhaps I am not the only one who considers replacing some of Skyrim's background music with background music from Amnesia? I think that alone would make the crypts and such a fair bit creepier.

@redhorizon09 - To play a "devil's advocate" of sorts, let me argue said annoyance as due not to a lack of consistency with reality, but to a lack of internal consistency. A fantasy world is all well and good, but generally any decent fantasy environment establishes its own rules of logic. The examples you provided concerning small arms and grenades don't mesh with reality, certainly. However, said films and the like generally do not have similar weapons function dramatically different without a rational enough cause. They may not be realistic, but they are consistent with the internal logic of the world the story is set in. The thing which annoys some concerning the at times dramatic difference in armor styling between male and female characters is how the sheer difference in armor effectively breaks the fantasy world's internal consistency, thereby hindering suspension of disbelief. It is difficult to believe males wear armor apparently operating on one set of logic, then see females wearing metal bikinis and believe both types provide the same kind of protection without some additional explanation to explain the inconsistency. If being females granted them magical barriers or something for protection, then this would be well and good. In most cases though, such explanation is never given; we are to believe the metal bikini provides the same protection as a full suit of plate. Skyrim, thankfully, does not possess such glaring schizophrenia. However, it still seems like male plate armor operates on logic somewhat close to reality, while the female plate armor operates on a much different set of logic. It makes it more difficult to suspend disbelief in what I see, which makes me thankful mods which alter such things (one way or the other) exist. They allow us to alter our entertainment to suit our preferences and go back to being entertained, which is what really counts.

@myrmaad - With respect, I feel quite certain the concept of boobs = no stamina is not being pushed here. I believe Wolbryne is attempting to present that a female with sufficient physical training to engage in continuous all out physical combat in heavy plate armor and other gear for significantly long periods will be of such a low body fat ratio that chest size will likely not factor into the shape of a practical breastplate in any significant manner. This does not necessarily mean nonexistent breast mass, just that body fat simply tends to work that way. We cannot generally compare our experiences to historical example because the differences with modern combat, and the fact reenactments and such simply do not compare to the intensity of combat in the style of old western martial arts, tend to leave us with a bit of normalcy bias. I am quite certain any two people in this discussion (including myself) could throw on full plate armor plus the prerequisite padding and take swings at each other for a good long while. That does not mean that an individual fully physically trained for combat in full plate could not come over, easily defeat both aforementioned individuals in short order and continue on with his or her deadly business. My thanks to all those who have posted in this thread. I myself am a stickler for these sorts of subjects, and I am happy to see others share my aggravation concerning such things. The linked article by Ryan Consell was a particular delight, as I enjoy reading the thoughts of modern day armorers and weapon designers concerning their work and how the public eye tends to see it. Slightly related, I am happy to see that 747823 seems to have returned to modding, and hopefully the comment section for his mod (which was apparently the impetus for this thread) will be cleaned up and reopened minus the trolls.