Guild Wars 2

I’ve heard the culture armor for Sylvari has a glow effect. Is that just for T3? Or do you have to have a complete matching set? I have a mix of T1 and T2 and I don’t notice the glow effect.

Vitu.3580:

I’ve heard the culture armor for Sylvari has a glow effect. Is that just for T3? Or do you have to have a complete matching set? I have a mix of T1 and T2 and I don’t notice the glow effect.

some sylvari T1/T2 armors don’t glow (T3 are all guaranteed to glow) and you don’t need the whole set for it to glow
the glow isn’t as intense as the sylvari skin glow but it’s noticeable if you dyed the glowing parts a bright color

Yup, as Arrow said some do some don’t. Namely the T1 armours don’t, or at least I haven’t noticed any difference. Medium T2/3 do slightly, as does the T2 light. I’m not entirely sure about the others.
I have the male T2Heavy/T3 Helm combo and they glow but only when my ‘shader’ setting is on medium or high – As you can see from the pictures. When on low my guy’s facial markings/eyes still glow just not the armour. Maybe toggle with your graphics settings to see.

I see. Thanks for the replies guys! I’ll give your suggestions a shot.

One more question though: Is the armor glow the same color that you made your skin glow during character creation?

I think it does, or at least gets as close to your chosen glow as possible. Mine is a really light blue called ‘riverlet’ or something of the sort, but it looks white there. Might be different for other colours as I tend to stick with green/blue glows on my Sylvari.

Glad to hear the T2 light glows – that’s the one I have in mind

Vitu.3580:

Is the armor glow the same color that you made your skin glow during character creation?

the glow is the color of the dye that you dyed the glowing part
so if you dyed the glowing part green, it’ll glow green despite the fact that your sylvari’s skin glow is, say, blue

I remember the T1 medium coat having some light glow in the waist area. Not sure, though, that armor has been in the past for me for a long time.

Rouven.7409:

Glad to hear the T2 light glows – that’s the one I have in mind

Bear in mind that only the female version glows. The male T2 light does not have any glow at all. Rather disappointing, though it still looks cool anyway.

It does leave a fair amount of your skin showing (especially in the back), however, and that of course glows as Sylvari skin does.

T1 medium female coat glows, if I’m not mistaken on the arms and the little flowers on the waist.

Electro.4173:

Bear in mind that only the female version glows. The male T2 light does not have any glow at all. Rather disappointing, though it still looks cool anyway.

It does leave a fair amount of your skin showing (especially in the back), however, and that of course glows as Sylvari skin does.

It looks awesome, very nice on the front. Check out the sylvari screenshot thread, I just posted my jalapeno