Guild Wars 2

That’s a pretty good looking skin. Well done to the artist. What’s more it doesn’t feature a peplum or long tails.

Well done, nice skin. Now I’d pay gems for a light armor set for females that had no skirt or peplum. You can’t even walk fast in a ball gown. It just feels weird to wear one into combat.

I agree on the Scout’s Coat, really nice alternative to most medium armor. The Duelist coat is also very similar and works on all races.

I have to disagree with you on the ball gown thing though. My wedding dress was a floor-length blue ball gown and part of the reason I chose it was because I still had a full range of movement wearing it. I could walk, run, jump, do a high kick (that got some laughs when I tried it on in the changing room) and because it was floor length it hid the fact that I was wearing sensible shoes underneath which meant I could walk and run normally. Not that they stayed on all night anyway.

It depends on how they’re constructed. If it’s tight-fitting (like the noble count outfit) then yeah it’s going to limit your movement. But if there’s enough fabric to spread out or it’s separate pieces – which a lot of light armour is (or more often legging with part of a skirt over the top) it’s not going to restrict you.

I’m a big fan of the Duelist coat, it’s like the Scouts but all races can use it. It looks equally as good from Human to Asura. There is a lovely pattern that dyes pick up nicely too. Wish there were more tops that weren’t trench coats/with butt skirts or didn’t have a female characters top hanging out either.

Danikat.8537:

I agree on the Scout’s Coat, really nice alternative to most medium armor. The Duelist coat is also very similar and works on all races.

I have to disagree with you on the ball gown thing though. My wedding dress was a floor-length blue ball gown and part of the reason I chose it was because I still had a full range of movement wearing it. I could walk, run, jump, do a high kick (that got some laughs when I tried it on in the changing room) and because it was floor length it hid the fact that I was wearing sensible shoes underneath which meant I could walk and run normally. Not that they stayed on all night anyway.

It depends on how they’re constructed. If it’s tight-fitting (like the noble count outfit) then yeah it’s going to limit your movement. But if there’s enough fabric to spread out or it’s separate pieces – which a lot of light armour is (or more often legging with part of a skirt over the top) it’s not going to restrict you.

It may not restrict your movement too much, but long fabric in combat is definitely a bad idea. You can trip, get caught on things, and opponents can grab it and restrict your movements. Most societies that had capes / cloaks would either remove it or wind it around their arm for serious combat.

rabidsmiles.5926:

I’m a big fan of the Duelist coat, it’s like the Scouts but all races can use it. It looks equally as good from Human to Asura. There is a lovely pattern that dyes pick up nicely too. Wish there were more tops that weren’t trench coats/with butt skirts or didn’t have a female characters top hanging out either.

What really bothers me is that there have been countless threads on the forums requesting armor without skirts but Anet keeps producing more.