Guild Wars 2

I for one would love to see more cultural armor skins added into the game in order to give races more flair and make players feel like they would/could have options, in order to establish some sense of individuality. My guild mate; was going into detail the other night about how the Norn from the original Guild Wars were sort of like Vikings mixed with Native Americans in terms of clothing. They had metal armor, but they favored using leathers, furs, feathers, etc. While I also love the cultural gear already in place; I and many others would simply like options. However; I for one feel the cultural armor should feel more attuned to lore. For instance; there was a interesting NPC conversation in Lion’s Arch that went something like this:

Norn: We wear clothing to honor they spirits
Human: Well; you certainly don’t wear them for modesty.

This lends itself that Norn prefer to be more on the skimpy side of armor; covering only what they feel is important. Another reference of this is the new short story for Rox, the Charr. There is a small segment in jest that everyone has seen a Norn naked at least once, due to them favoring either not wearing clothing or barely anything at all.

It would also be an interesting development if in the future gem store; we could get historical clothing from some of our favorite heroes from the original Guild Wars. For a short example, I will post an image below of some of the options I would like to see:

There could also be an alternative to the gem store by making these new (historical) cultural gear available by a vendor that could use achievement points as a currency. I’m thinking somewhere within the range of 600-1000 points for one piece of gear, as to give people who have been within the game a while some sort of incentive for doing many of the achievements.

I am all over more cultural armor for my norn… and I would KILL for some of those shamanstic town clothes they have!

Dressed in a pieces of bear, wolf, or possibly warthog skin/fur?

Pff…

I want a full Charr one-piece for my Norn. Complete with horns. The only thing that would show is the face.

Something like …