at this point there's basically no way i would switch bodies because i've spent years now buying everything in maitreya sizing, as many designers split it up so you're only buying 1 body / fit
I switch between maitreya and legacy, I like the curves on legacy a lot. I might try kupra and see. Unless it's gacha, or they specialize in maitreya only, newer stuff has multiple body fits. I have not looked at kupra at all. Have you?
✴Sparkling✴
: kupra is like WAY too exaggerated proportions for me. I fussed a LOT with it, might revisit at some point. I'm honestly a bit bummed because I've seen brands that used to support freya stop and switch in kupra
I love freya's curves. I can't get maitreya legs to be as shapely as freya, they just get THICKER, not curvier. I like having a slim but super curvy figure and freya and HG are the only ones I've seen that do that for me. I refuse to do Legacy for reasons I won't go into here.
I wore slink for the last couple of years but ended up buying maitreya after I accidentally bought a couple of fat-packs that were maitreya back in October. I was not about to not wear them, since I don't buy a lot of clothes. It felt like so much was maitreya only for a long time.
I was surprised Mait was only as popular as it said on that survey. Its got longevity- so clothes for years that you own, as well as lifetime updates and it has consistently been updated to keep up with the times.
I really liked hourglass as well when it came out, but kept having to switch back to Mait because clothes were not made for it. I don't love switching bodies, so usually stay with Mait.
i'd take the results with a huge grain of salt - wasn't there a survey recently where it was found out that the fans of a rather underground body had rallied to vote it up?
Honestly, I shop those stores on occasion and it seems pretty in line with their client base. I personally do the same as Sparkles and switch between Mait and Legacy. Mostly Legacy, lately.
🌈Chandni (They)
: i first heard about it a month ago. Not sure how long it’s been around but in recent weeks noticed brands that usually support Freya drop it and pick up kupra
Kupra is definitely gaining in popularity. They were decently supported from day one which helped it a lot. That said, there is a HUGE push in their discord every time a survey like this comes out. I’m not sure if other body brands push like that or not. So I’d definitely take it with a grain of salt.
Some people with more popular/supported bodies likely don’t feel the need to fill these out since they feel like they have a lot of support and likely won’t be dropped. Of course a big chunk with the popular ones will still fill it out, but I’m wondering just how accurate the results really are.
Asia Ristow
, what was the method used? Area search, with attachments included? If looks like that method is a lot more thorough and reliable than a survey.
Oh, at first I thought it was a creator reporting what bodies/heads sold most in their gacha machines. I think that would be useful information as well. You know like when a creator has 4 or 5 button choices on a gacha machine and we pick the one we want to try for.
Lette
: That’s what it looks like, though I’m not the one who did it so I can’t confirm. They said they used a head/body tracker and visited a variety of popular events then combined the data to get those results.
Asia Ristow
, the fact that they refer to a "head/body tracker" makes it sound like a custom scripted device. Probably similar in principle to area search, though. Thanks for the info!
Lette
: You’re welcome! IzzieButton posted about this last month and in the thread another user mentioned they could write a similar script. I’d guess it’s similar to the What Is She Wearing HUDs just on a massive scale.
TLDR she tracked bodies and heads at popular events in December. Here’s some of her findings:
I’d love to see results gathered this way regularly tbbh.