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Guild Wars 2 Armor

pauly6478pauly6478 Member Posts: 276
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How is it that these games come out with the artwork that a 12 year old can do? I looked at most of the armor they has been posted and its ugly. Not much of any of it makes me wanna be like "o man I look so cool, lets kill stuff."

 

Every part of this game has been epic that I have played. The environment is astounding. But then its time to make armor and weapons and they said "almost quitting time make something and wrap it up."

 

Sure not everyone will agree with me, but you gotta admit that a majority of it is just meh. 

 

And don't say most of it you wear just for short time while u level cause u can transmute now so there should be lots of decent looking options. I feel as if its gonna be everyone running around in the same 1 set of armor that looks good, thus no diversity.

 

"and thats what grinds my gears" 

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  • NeferaNefera Member Posts: 426
    Well, no... I can't even admit that majority of it is Meh. I have 19 armor sets for light armor alone that I just must have, plenty more for medium and heavy. So no, I honestly can't agree with what you wrote.
  • DarthMooskaDarthMooska Member UncommonPosts: 146
    As long as it's not like WoW and has spirits coming out of the shoulder pads, I'm good. I like realistic looking armor and from what I've seen, it looks good. Don't get me wrong. I like WoW armor, but only in WoW. It fits that game and that game alone, for me.

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  • pauly6478pauly6478 Member Posts: 276
    I dunno I just feel like they have all this cool art work from there sketches long ago and none of it ever made it into the game that looked anywhere near as good.
  • ConnmacartConnmacart Member UncommonPosts: 723
    Yes because your taste is the only one that counts in the world.
  • Eir_SEir_S Member UncommonPosts: 4,440
    The only armor that didn't look cool to me was the Asura racial armor.  I don't see anything wrong with the rest, I'm not sure what you wanted.  As for the weapons, how many other games have weapons that react to the time of day?
  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441

    Some of it looks really good to me, other not good but it is easy to stay away from that.

    The beuty is in the eye of the beholder...

  • ZylaxxZylaxx Member Posts: 2,574
    Originally posted by pauly6478

    How is it that these games come out with the artwork that a 12 year old can do? I looked at most of the armor they has been posted and its ugly. Not much of any of it makes me wanna be like "o man I look so cool, lets kill stuff."

     

    Every part of this game has been epic that I have played. The environment is astounding. But then its time to make armor and weapons and they said "almost quitting time make something and wrap it up."

     

    Sure not everyone will agree with me, but you gotta admit that a majority of it is just meh. 

     

    And don't say most of it you wear just for short time while u level cause u can transmute now so there should be lots of decent looking options. I feel as if its gonna be everyone running around in the same 1 set of armor that looks good, thus no diversity.

     

    "and thats what grinds my gears" 

    And that is where you can either buy an armor skin from the cash shop or do harder content and earn better looking gear.

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  • EzhaeEzhae Member UncommonPosts: 735
    Originally posted by pauly6478

    How is it that these games come out with the artwork that a 12 year old can do?

    Please, enlighten us and teach those misguided 12 year old concept artists that work for ArenaNet how to draw better. Show your work. 

    Aesthetics are completely subjective thing. Personally I enjoy them. In large part They aren't overdone which is a good thing in my book. 

  • AeliousAelious Member RarePosts: 3,521
    Originally posted by pauly6478
    I dunno I just feel like they have all this cool art work from there sketches long ago and none of it ever made it into the game that looked anywhere near as good.

     Like at the bottom here?

    http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Armor

    Some of it is in the game or at least an iteration of it.  Are there specific ones you don't like? The OP was kind of general.  So far we've seen regular 1-30ish, dungeon vendor sets and the racial sets.  There should be a lot we haven't seen yet.

    I personally like how the dungeon sets are themed as if you were getting the pieces off mobs as you progress.

  • Xion1985Xion1985 Member UncommonPosts: 229
    Originally posted by pauly6478

    How is it that these games come out with the artwork that a 12 year old can do? I looked at most of the armor they has been posted and its ugly. Not much of any of it makes me wanna be like "o man I look so cool, lets kill stuff."

     

    Every part of this game has been epic that I have played. The environment is astounding. But then its time to make armor and weapons and they said "almost quitting time make something and wrap it up."

     

    Sure not everyone will agree with me, but you gotta admit that a majority of it is just meh. 

     

    And don't say most of it you wear just for short time while u level cause u can transmute now so there should be lots of decent looking options. I feel as if its gonna be everyone running around in the same 1 set of armor that looks good, thus no diversity.

     

    "and thats what grinds my gears" 

    I would like to say I respect your opinion, though I disagree with you in a lot of ways.  I think especially with the dye system I have always though I could make my character look good no matter what I had on and in a lot of ways the detail on each piece of armor is just flat out amazing.  Just my two cents but I do understand where you are coming from I hope after playing it for a while you can find some armor and weapon skins that you enjoy.

  • ZylaxxZylaxx Member Posts: 2,574

    Cause none of these look badass right?

     

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  • DarthMooskaDarthMooska Member UncommonPosts: 146
    Originally posted by Zylaxx

    Cause none of these look badass right?

     

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    The bottom left couldn't be better. The one above it is boring, but other than that, they look fine.

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  • Kyus_HoBKyus_HoB Member Posts: 185
    Just speculating at the OP but this might be a knee jerk reaction to the Guild Wars 1 Armor skins in the gemstore. these have been banded around a lot over the last 24 hours and if you looked at those without knowing the full story you may come away thinking the sets in GW2 look dated.
  • HellSingsHellSings Member Posts: 185
    Originally posted by pauly6478

    How is it that these games come out with the artwork that a 12 year old can do? I looked at most of the armor they has been posted and its ugly. Not much of any of it makes me wanna be like "o man I look so cool, lets kill stuff."

     

    Every part of this game has been epic that I have played. The environment is astounding. But then its time to make armor and weapons and they said "almost quitting time make something and wrap it up."

     

    Sure not everyone will agree with me, but you gotta admit that a majority of it is just meh. 

     

    And don't say most of it you wear just for short time while u level cause u can transmute now so there should be lots of decent looking options. I feel as if its gonna be everyone running around in the same 1 set of armor that looks good, thus no diversity.

     

    "and thats what grinds my gears" 

    /Agreed

    Most are disgustingly ugly.

  • The_KorriganThe_Korrigan Member RarePosts: 3,460
    I've survived 7+ years with the ridiculous shoulderpads of most World of Warcraft armor, so most of the stuff I've seen in GW2 so far looks good to me.
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  • Zeppelin5083Zeppelin5083 Member Posts: 410
    None of the armor has made me think "Wow that's epic!" but I haven't seen any that makes me say, "whoa that's terrible." What I like about GW2 is that the armor here looks fairly realistic, my point being that, while it may take some liberties from time to time, the armor is largely what would be worn in a time period like that. Compared to WoW, where the end game armor seems to have ridiculous shoulderpads that are bigger than a dwarf, it comes as a nice change in my opinion.

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  • MyTabbycatMyTabbycat Member UncommonPosts: 316
    The armor sets I've seen so far in GW2 are reminiscent of armor from GW1. I personally like it and think that it helps keep the feel of Guild Wars.
  • gravesworngravesworn Member Posts: 324
    I can see a kings armor or maybe the legendary armor being a bit over the top but it is nice to have a less cartoonish approach.
  • itgrowlsitgrowls Member Posts: 2,951
    Originally posted by Zylaxx

    Cause none of these look badass right?

     

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    EXACTLY. I noticed he's already been reported. good thing too because claiming it's of twelve year olds is just not true.

  • GamefunGamefun Member Posts: 290
    I actually like the realistic made armor more than the eye-candy type armor. Some of the armor in those pictures were meh but there were a few that I'd definitely wear.
  • XzenXzen Member UncommonPosts: 2,607

    Armor sets I must have:

    My theme song.

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  • Matheusor1Matheusor1 Member Posts: 174
    Originally posted by pauly6478
    I dunno I just feel like they have all this cool art work from there sketches long ago and none of it ever made it into the game that looked anywhere near as good.

    All the armor artwork I've seen so far can be found ingame.

    When you have the chance (maybe today's stress test), hop into the mists, go to your PvP locker and try out some equipment there. sPvP gear also mimics PvE gear, so you'll see dungeon sets, reputation sets, racial sets, etc. And you'll recognize it from the concept art.

  • monarc333monarc333 Member UncommonPosts: 622
    For me, 80% of the Dungeon armors are must haves for me. Just look at the Nightmare set. Its pretty sick. Even the racial armor is really nice.
  • jmcdermottukjmcdermottuk Member RarePosts: 1,571

    I prefer a more realistic look to armour. Clean lines, smooth design, shaped to defelct blows away. I really don't like fantastical looking armour. All those bumps and spikes may look "cool" but really all they do is guide blows to vulnerable points. Armour like that would be worse than useless.

    I know we're playing MMO's and it's meant to be fantasy but for me that doesn't mean armour should look rediculous. DAoC got it right with their armour designs up to ToA, not sure after that as I stopped playing. WAR also had decent armours. WoW's are downright fugly. GW2's seem ok for the most part but there's a few there that are a bit suspect.

    I want my armour to look boring because then you know it works.

  • MyTabbycatMyTabbycat Member UncommonPosts: 316

    The more I see, the more I want. I need more storage space!

    http://dulfy.net/2012/07/21/gw2-armor-previews/#13

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