[1.06.019] Merchant Shops only sell some items to male champions

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I don't think this is by design, but I've recognized female champions are not allowed to purchase specific armor from the shops such as the Barbrute Helm or the Travelers Cloak.  At first I thought maybe it was a strength thing until a female with 18 strength also could not purchase these items.  I entered the shop as a male then rotated to the female for buying the item, but the shopkeeper takes the money and the item doesn't show in her inventory.  Also if a male purchases the armor or cloak and then attempts to trade it to a female the item vanishes!

So beware the shopkeepers are sexist !

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Haven't had any items vanish completely, but they aren't able to be equipped. I was still able to trade them back or sell them. It's like boots: Some people can buy them, some can't, some can wear them if traded to while others can't at all. 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Some items have race/gender restrictions due to the models or techs used.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Is that why Men (race) is the only race able to spend character creation points on boots?

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I was curious about that too. At last it would be nice to have a tooltip info about this.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting kryo, reply 2
Some items have race/gender restrictions due to the models or techs used.
End of kryo's quote

The game shouldn't be deleting the item when trading to a female champion... either the item should appear in red as unusable or a message pop-up prevents the trading.