Hello, this is my first time posting in the forums so please – do be gentle.
Allow me to start by saying, I primarily play – squishy classes. I do love to play other classes but I absolutely have much love and favor for my magic class (“Glass-Cannons”). My primary character I have is an Elementalist. Since I also Roleplay she has a specific taste and style for how she dresses, especially in public settings.
Much of the armor in-game I’ve noticed tends to be very revealing and while that might be fine and good for some people, I’m not always a big fan of it – unless that’s what my character is shooting for. I also haven’t been a very big fan of the Light – Human Cultural Armor.
- Tier 1 looks like a teacher who should be teaching at Hogwarts – and if that’s the look you want, by all means go for it. The pants were the only real thing I liked from this set.
- Tier 2 is okay if you are going for 2 very distinct looks. Life is always a Masquerade or Mardi Gra. The top is the only piece I liked from this set.
- Tier 3 I know some people just love this armor but – I really can’t say I’m one of them. Honestly, it looks like someone lobbed a ball of goo onto the player and it all fell and dried in specific ways and that’s how the armor was born. Also, the design of it, to me, just looks a little weird for the GW2 setting. And it also does not say to me, “Hello – I am an all powerful (insert whatever clothie class you are here). And your eyebrows just went missing.” Instead, I’m busy wondering how it’s all staying together. I know – game logic does not have to be real-life logic, but just throwin’ that out there.
Now concerning armor as a whole – as I said before, I think a lot of it is a bit – too revealing or skimpy in one way or another. Much of my armor I’ve had to mix and match for sure, using transmutation stones, into what I like. Ideally, I’d like to not have to do this so often. So with that being said, can we please see more armor skins or armor that is a little more elegant, regal, all-powerful sorceress-like (or general clothie), classy, tastfully-sexy, flowing gowns of some kind?
Honestly, the few armor or armor skin (s) I’ve liked best are the Winged Set and Phoenix. I’ve mixed and matched everything else or bit the bullet and stuck with the stuff I didn’t like until I could thankfully upgrade to something better. Actually most of the modest Armor is within the 20-30 range or so and it’s not exactly, “Phenomenal Cosmic Powers!”-esque for someone who might be an 80.
Also, thank you for taking down the Flame enhanced armor. I was not terribly happy with that because:
- I don’t like the armor set to start.
- People had a good point about it being Cultural Armor.
- I really think you guys should have just created entirely brand-new armor skin sets to satisfy those of us looking for new armor to trade in for old armor. And I mean completely new styles not just doctoring the look of it to appear differently.
Had the flame armor been made to look like something else…I might have bought it. I did like the idea, just didn’t like how it was executed.
The Trickster Armor for females looks rather, leathery to me and I also was not very interested in it (thought it looked better on the men though). If a clothie wants that look, wonderful – but maybe sharing similar looks with other armor classes might be nice for those who play a Warrior but want to wear leather looking armor and so on.
I’m just throwing some ideas out there and hope that maybe it might help the design team any – if at all. Thank you.