Guild Wars 2

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I really like some of the medium skins, but I prefer playing a warrior. I’m pretty sure Anet might net more cash in the skin department if they made skins able to apply to all armor. It is a fantasy realm after all.

fantasy or not, it would kinda ruin what realism there is.

on the other hand, they could make more armour skins that sort of look like the other two types but still remain firmly in one of them.

what they should do, is make skins bought from the gemstore unlocked in the character tab like some reward skins are

Torivaei.7480:

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I really like some of the medium skins, but I prefer playing a warrior. I’m pretty sure Anet might net more cash in the skin department if they made skins able to apply to all armor. It is a fantasy realm after all.

I am with you on this 100% on this for the armor skins to be made for all armor types. There are some awesome light armor skins that would be perfect for my medium armor wearers.
The armor would still be light, medium or heavy depending on the profession but the look of it will be the only change. I don’t see why we couldn’t use our transmutation stones, whatever to transmute like a light skin armor to a medium skin. It’s just the style not the stats that will change.

smekras.8203:

fantasy or not, it would kinda ruin what realism there is.

on the other hand, they could make more armour skins that sort of look like the other two types but still remain firmly in one of them.

what they should do, is make skins bought from the gemstore unlocked in the character tab like some reward skins are

I don’t see how it would ruin anything.

Normally I would be with you. However, in pvp and wvw, it can be a huge advantage to run around with different armors (light/medium/heavy) than what your class really is.
Think about it, would you suspect that sweet little raggedy clad human of being a warrior dealing massive dmg?

Again, I would normally be with you, but for many obvious reasons, I would never back this up. Fighting players need to have some indicators of whom to target. Maybe if it was a PVE only change, then I’d be fine with it.

smekras.8203:

fantasy or not, it would kinda ruin what realism there is.

on the other hand, they could make more armour skins that sort of look like the other two types but still remain firmly in one of them.

what they should do, is make skins bought from the gemstore unlocked in the character tab like some reward skins are

Realism? Is it realistic that a hunter can’t wear a piece of cloth armor? That’s absolutely RIDICULOUS.

I often choose character according to: armor type, weapon, gender, class

I am an aestetic person, and not the only one who spends hours and hours customizing my characters.

TES made it so that all classes can wield all weapons and wear all armors, only making it so that some classes draw more benefit from certain weapons or armors rather than forcing a specific class to be played in a certain way.

Dietzen.6127:

Again, I would normally be with you, but for many obvious reasons, I would never back this up. Fighting players need to have some indicators of whom to target. Maybe if it was a PVE only change, then I’d be fine with it.

Easy fix: Make it so their class shows when interacted with, rather than having to guess what class it is by their armor type.

A character wearing heavy armor can either be squishy while dealing massive damage OR be as thick as the earths crust. IMO your argument is moot.

iFocus, you completely missed the point of what I said and i am fairly sure that it is not what the OP was saying either.

all I am arguing about is that light armour should look like light armour, medium armour like medium armour and heavy armour like heavy armour. you want heavy armour made of cloth and leather? ok, but show me why that warrior or guardian would pick that over a trusted and tried set of full plate.

on the other hand, i agree with you that there should be no limit to what type of armour or which weapons each profession can use (though i’d expect tweaks in order to make sure there are bonuses and drawbacks to each choice of armour type). rangers should be able to wear cloth, warriors should be able to don leather, no arguments there from me.

i spend tons of transmutation stones to get the armour and weapons just right for each of my 8 characters, i use specific colour schemes (based on guild, profession and order) and each piece reflects part of what the char is about. usually i keep about 10-15 slots of alternatives as well

iFocus.3781:

Dietzen.6127:

Again, I would normally be with you, but for many obvious reasons, I would never back this up. Fighting players need to have some indicators of whom to target. Maybe if it was a PVE only change, then I’d be fine with it.

Easy fix: Make it so their class shows when interacted with, rather than having to guess what class it is by their armor type.

A character wearing heavy armor can either be squishy while dealing massive damage OR be as thick as the earths crust. IMO your argument is moot.

A zerker light armor has less armor than a zerker heavy armor. My point is not moot.
Again, you judge what you’re facing depending on armor. You can create confusion based on this, and I don’t believe Anet would want that, based on their “equal footing” way of dealing with equip.

Dietzen.6127:

Normally I would be with you. However, in pvp and wvw, it can be a huge advantage to run around with different armors (light/medium/heavy) than what your class really is.
Think about it, would you suspect that sweet little raggedy clad human of being a warrior dealing massive dmg?

Again, I would normally be with you, but for many obvious reasons, I would never back this up. Fighting players need to have some indicators of whom to target. Maybe if it was a PVE only change, then I’d be fine with it.

When I’m in PvP or anywhere for that matter I rarely even take notice if the armor is light/medium/heavy. Heck I don’t even know what all the armors look like nor do I care. I look at my target and see what prof they are and can tell by their skills.
I have a female warrior and unless you saw her using a hammer you’d think she was wearing light armor if not paying attention. Some of the karma armor you get in Orr is very scantly clad to humans so at times it would be difficult to know what armor it is. And since I don ‘t show the Helm, it makes it even harder to detect. Besides, you can’t even see that armor on Asura characters unless you have the resolution on your screen so low that all you see is their armor.