Guild Wars 2

AS a former gw1 player I miss how armor was based on what class you chose. Why not do something similar in GW2.

Here is what I was thinking. When you talk with a class trainer have them have another option to buy a set or sets of class specific armor and to purchase them use Skill points and/or gold/crafting mats. As well as have them as super rare drops from dungeon chests and world boss chests.

I was thinking about 1-4 armor sets per class and maybe have some designed around the original guild wars armor (except for engineer.) Where each set has a different rarity and getting more complex/intricate/better but more expensive.

I, like a lot of people, have almost no use for the silly amount of Skill points I have, so I think it would be a good way to use them for something I want and not have them rot away or waste them on mystic forge items.

This is a great idea . I’ve got a massive amount of unspent karma—this would be a cool way to start using it. I’d also love to see armors from GW1—in particular the Kurzick and Luxon sets

An excellent idea . I would base the look of them off area of acquisition . For instance Kryta would have 2 one vendor in Ascalon settlement and one in Kessex somewhere, 3 vendors in Ascalon 3 in Orr 4 in the shiverpeaks all with different looks to them

Class specific stats would be cool too

I dont know about class specific stats . What would that be anyway ?

Adine.2184:

I dont know about class specific stats . What would that be anyway ?

Stat combinations to match the core aspect of a class. (Primary/Secondary/Secondary)
For example, giving Guardians(healing power / Toughness / Vitality) armor
or (Vitality / Toughness / Power) to Warriors

I don’t know… armor based on the “main” stats for a class.
or just being able to have armors with different primary stats?

So basically creating 4 (different armors)*2 (gender) * 5 (races)?
That is a total of 40 new armors. Or 240 pieces all in all.

Sadly I don’t think that is possible. At least not in a foreseeable future.

lordkrall.7241:

So basically creating 4 (different armors)*2 (gender) * 5 (races)?
That is a total of 40 new armors. Or 240 pieces all in all.

Sadly I don’t think that is possible. At least not in a foreseeable future.

Well most armors there is really no change between races. They are just Morphed to fit around the body builds of each race, some more sloppily done (aka: char.)

It is still a tall order and it will obviously take some time. Its not like we are demanding it be in the next conent update. Just something for the devs to think about and work on for the future.

haha for example, melandru karma armor and draconic legs on a asuran male has a gap between the two armors

lordkrall.7241:

So basically creating 4 (different armors)*2 (gender) * 5 (races)?
That is a total of 40 new armors. Or 240 pieces all in all.

Sadly I don’t think that is possible. At least not in a foreseeable future.

i dont think any of us expects to see it in the near future but it would be something nice in a future update down the road at some point

I like the idea, but I don’t think it would work.
what if my guardian wants the sweet helm that only a warrior can have? that’s not fair! I want the devil horns too!

then it would be the same as the current cultural armors.

having class specific armor then having race specific just seems like a cool thing to do.

either follow members of your race, or your class.

raseloc.6932:

I like the idea, but I don’t think it would work.
what if my guardian wants the sweet helm that only a warrior can have? that’s not fair! I want the devil horns too!

Its just like cultural gear but instead of by race its by class. It helps people stand out and be individuals. Which is the whole purpose for have such customizable options in the first place. You pretty much see every class of the same armor type wearing the same armors anyways and nobody really stands out except for the dyes that they use.

As long as medium armor doesn’t get another stupid dress-coat, I’m all for it.

ponts.2506:

raseloc.6932:

I like the idea, but I don’t think it would work.
what if my guardian wants the sweet helm that only a warrior can have? that’s not fair! I want the devil horns too!

Its just like cultural gear but instead of by race its by class. It helps people stand out and be individuals. Which is the whole purpose for have such customizable options in the first place. You pretty much see every class of the same armor type wearing the same armors anyways and nobody really stands out except for the dyes that they use.

yes I understand that. and I would love to see more customizable options. im just saying that you will see a lot of complaining with examples like I gave if they do make class specific armor. its like the cultural armor now, there are a lot of posts that want cultural to be open to all races (which I think is a dumb idea).
just more armor options in general would be nice.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Customization-is-Key-character-armor/first#post3370496

I miss profession specific armors too, but the developers would have to release 8 armors at a time, each profession receiving only one of these. This would make for more diversity between the professions, but it might be slower getting profound individual customizability this way, unless the devs really go to town and make like… 24 new armor sets right off the bat (3 for each). In the end I guess it would be worth it, but Gw2 just needs more customization in general. It would be more efficient to keep the current system. That way, if the devs did suddenly decide to release 24 new sets, each weight class would get 8 new armors, which would be tons of pieces to mix up lots of new outfits with. Some people don’t like to mix and match but personally, I really love it….

So, profession specific or not, Gw2 just needs more armor customization options.

I like this idea. Class-specific gear is a pretty standard thing in MMOs anyway, so it’s not like it is a crazy new idea or anything. I’d like to see what they came up with to represent each class at the very least, and there just might be a few new good skins that come out of it.