EVE General Discussion

Legend tells of a mythical swirl of grizzled rug, drooping from a man-face that might itself have been chiseled raw out a barren ice moon. Glimmering slightly in the gloom of deep space, it beckons women-folk with an undeniable, mystical allure, while simultaneously forewarning their masculine counterparts that much wood-chopping, non-wood-related manual labor, beaver pelt skinning and general backwoods shenanigans (typically beginning with a stern nod and ending with a good pipe smoking) has rendered its bearer a near weapon capable of yielding scornful backhand-laced beatdowns.

I speak, of course, of the space-beard, and wonder why it is not present in EVE. Why (or, perhaps more accurately, HOW) do the denizens of the four empires fail to heed its mighty call, and how have the women not been driven to the tantalus by its absence? How, indeed, has any procreation gone on without it? Surely much beard stroking might ensue as we contemplate these questions EXCEPT THAT THERE ARE NO REAL BEARDS IN EVE ONLINE.

*Heavy breathing.*

I'm just... confused. They're so manly. I could see entire corps based around beardly deeds and derring do and yet... nothing. The stars echo with their absence, CCP!

I condone this message!

Procedurally generated beards that continue to grow every day!

Don't worry about getting pod goo in your beards. My dreadlocks are the real problem here...

The Hipster Pogroms destroyed the majority of bearded knobends and flatcaps in New Eden.

Thank ****

I think to remember the system they used was based on some kind of NVIDIA skin/cloth simulation demo, and to my memory that system was good only to render cloth, skin and also metals, but very poor at simulating hairs.

In game, if you notice, not only you have a very short beard in all its variation, but you pass from buzzed / shaved hairs to long hairs / tied hairs, which are nothing more than a tissue - type render. English is not my main language, I'm sorry, but what I mean is your hairs are rendered like some kind of Velvet, with a different texture.

What i would do for a decent beard...

A braided beard would provide an excellent and stylish solution to this technical limitation.

We demand more beards!

more seriously i modeled benny after reading his subrace's lore entry

if i remember right, it said beards went in and out of style, so i gave him the short-hair one. i might have chosen a fuller beard but the only proper one comes with a moustache which i dislike

benny's young but artificially greys his chin hair to look fashionable

Because Vogue is a woman's magazine.

As soon as the beard mechanic is clarified I plan to engage in this play style. I'm waiting for the loops to be closed, bugs to be stomped and exploits to be plugged. Perhaps a goateé, or maybe a balbo.