I would be very careful with that argument because any aesthetic position appeases one group and displeases another.
I completely agree.
But that still does not change the FACT that they had a design for the female PC that they spent time on, settled on, then changed later because of complaints.
I understand they're a company trying to make a good game and a buck, and the best way to do that is appeal to as many people as possible. But they had a vision of design, then changed it. In the scheme of things I honestly think that bikini armor is hardly something to get so worked up about, especially considering how awesome Larian Studios is. But if you take the principle of the matter and apply it to anything else relating to the game you'd see a possible uproar. For instance if people kept complaining about turn based combat being too slow and boring and Larian suddenly changed it to action combat because of complaints. Or if people screamed that there should be no leveling in the game and be completely skill based.
Did any of these things happen? No. But if the developers designed the game with bikini armor I'd love to see them stick to their guns and keep the damn bikini armor. It's the principle of the matter. More than anything I just want to see the developers hold true to the vision IN SPITE of all the bitching and whining.
