Why are there no in game characters in a dress or tunic?

As some know.. I collect MCOC action figures that I have displayed on a book shelf (check my history if you'd like to see the collection).... I've added Gorr and Valkyrie this month, but then noticed Gorr in game doesn't match either the figure or the on screen character.

In MCOC Gorr is wearing pants... you can see the top of his tunic properly drawn in by Kabam.. but then it oddly turns into normal pants below his belt. I know this doesn't matter to most, but as someone who collects figures based on the game, I'd like them to be as accurate as possible (I know I know, nerd stuff)...

This made me curious.. is there a single character in the game that has a tunic or dress at all? Surely there has to be some female in a dress... someone like Mordo or Wong has to have their Tunic's rendered fully right? Nope lol..... the closest we have in the game are split tunics that allow them to cheat a separation for full animation...

IE.. I don't think Kabam can animate characters unless their legs have separation. I've been playing this game since 2015... I had zero clue on this lol..... did anyone else?

Now please proceed to either call me an idiot for not already knowing this or dumb for even caring haha

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winterthur

Hard to find.

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Mauled

I presume animation must be a part of it, maybe it’s difficult to predict how the legs/robes would ride up/bunch when doing kicking actions which is what a lot of the heavy attacks seem to be built around.

It’s not something I’ve noticed to be honest, it’s kind of a shame, certainly for some of the more mystical characters would be cool to be properly robed up.

Malreck04

I presume animation must be a part of it, maybe it’s difficult to predict how the legs/robes would ride up/bunch when doing kicking actions which is what a lot of the heavy attacks seem to be built around.

It’s not something I’ve noticed to be honest, it’s kind of a shame, certainly for some of the more mystical characters would be cool to be properly robed up.

It's definitely because of the animation, it might not be extremely difficult because we have robes(not that they look particularly amazing) but it's definitely more work than...pants, where the pants are just legs with some extra polygons and a shader.

I'm not trying to trivialize the work the designers do, none of it would be easy if I were to try and do it rn. Just trying to make a comparison

Shiroihara

After voting Herc from the beginning I was gutted when they first showed us the first look of the champ. That man bun, dude…
Must be the animator’s choice though when there are other champs that are so richly designed and exquisitely animated, e.g. BWCV & Sunspot

World Eater

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World Eater

So I struck out on the dress … i would imagine super-hero fighting in a dress isn’t practical

You did ask about a tunic and I believe Ms Marvel would qualify. If I’m wrong , well I’m not perfect

SkyLord7000

A dress is the last thing anyone should where to combat. That champ would trip over themselves walk in!

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Colinwhitworth69

A dress is the last thing anyone should where to combat. That champ would trip over themselves walk in!

Makes sense.

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Eb0ny-O-M4w

Just assume they don't exist here. These aren't the comics, neither happen in the same universe

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Squirrelguy

This probably isn't why, I assume that it has to do with animations be easier, but here is a reason that I prefer them not to: it is typically easier to track movement visually if their leg are separate. Kicks, preparing to dash forward, and separate moves might be more difficult to anticipate if you didn't see minute tells of when a character is preparing to do something. It also makes it easier if everyone in game has roughly the same basic shape (eg. separate visible legs) so that you don't have to track their whole body but your mind can simplify them into a basic ball-stick model being. Just a theory though.

You'll notice that we never got a playable version of characters like Lockjaw because I imagine that both it would be harder to animate, and possibly a lot harder to fight.

Qwerty12345

a long dress would make for some real PITA to do a proper kick. Fighting outfits should be more about function.

Buttehrs

The real question is, does any of this actually matter

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GrassKnuckles

Who cares?

SuelGames

Who cares?

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Skiddy212

Who cares?
this

This^ an the difficulty of dealing with a flowing piece of champion on mobile....

Sundance_2099

why'd my comment get deleted? All I did was point out Kamala's costume is based on a burkini. It's LITERALLY in the comics!

FiiNCH

I always thought this needed addressing

DNA3000

I presume animation must be a part of it, maybe it’s difficult to predict how the legs/robes would ride up/bunch when doing kicking actions which is what a lot of the heavy attacks seem to be built around.

The animations in the game have to be either hand crafted or physics driven. Things like dresses probably create all sorts of problems in both cases. Hand crafted animations have to anticipate all sorts of interactions across hundreds of champions and actions. And while physics can attempt to do this automatically, it tends to be subject to all sorts of strange clipping and occultation errors. Plus, driving dresses with physics would be computationally expensive, for a game that already has issues running smoothly consistently.

I suspect the complexity cost is deemed too high for too little return.

Hammerbro_64

I always thought this needed addressing

I appreciate the pun