Guild Wars 2

they only look really bad if you use the whole set – there are some pretty nice individual pieces in there.

Smith.1826:

Wow. These look awful. At least medium isn’t another trenchcoat!

It’s kinda Samurai~ish. Reminds me of Suikoden type armor.

I like it but unfortunately it doesn’t like me and makes my butt an umbrella.
http://imgur.com/TFYtJR5
Wish they’d just like.. make things w/o skirts. o.O Is that too much to ask? They did it with town clothes. :O

Gotejjeken.1267:

Daecollo.9578:

The armor .. is 3 times shinier then the rest of the games armor.. and the model looks so good.

WHY DID YOU RUIN I!?

lol it looks like they ripped that out of dark souls.

It reminded me of the fat onion armor in Dark Souls when I saw it, except with less obesity. Just.. all them rolls. Looks really deformed on Sylvari.

Dendail.4896:

they only look really bad if you use the whole set – there are some pretty nice individual pieces in there.

it will probably cost you over 300g to craft one set… every piece should be stellar and even thinking about transmuting them into old skins we have for a year should be a crime but nope, all look ugly. Not surprising tho, just look at ascended weapons

That light armor set for some reason reminds me of Blue Mage artifact armor from FFXI.

I feel like most people are just going to accept its part of the game and just do the work for it and not care. Which is sad. I really do think this is an unnecessary part of the game. Im very reluctant to even go for ascended but i know that eventually it will become necessary especially with armor coming out. The percentage increase although it may not be enough to sway casuals, it is enough to sway me to actually try and get full ascended on my three mains. Too bad… i really liked this game when i first started playing because it was so simple. Get exotics and then learn how to play properly do some dungeons and have fun. Now everything is just about gear

Probably some of the ugliest armors in the game.

Bridge the gap shouldn’t mean eats up the mats you were going to use for your legendary…. just sayin’

What the kitten keeps forcing anet to give sylvari males the poofy, poodle skirt effect on all our armors? This is getting ridiculous. It’s like the art team does an amazing job everywhere else and then they just fail to even try in this one area.

Aberrant.6749:

Bridge the gap shouldn’t mean eats up the mats you were going to use for your legendary…. just sayin’

This is the entire flaw in their warped logic. The whole “bridge the gap” line was something they just fed to us so they wouldn’t have to confess that the whole system is here to get the 10 hours a day players to shut the kitten up about lack of content for a month or two.

Substance E.4852:

What the kitten keeps forcing anet to give sylvari males the poofy, poodle skirt effect on all our armors? This is getting ridiculous. It’s like the art team does an amazing job everywhere else and then they just fail to even try in this one area.

This. With the new hairstyles and the awesome new upcoming face(s), I was finally happy with my Sylvari again. And then they release an awesome looking armor that is ruined by this stupid skirt effect.

clint.5681:

Probably some of the ugliest armors in the game.

Doesnt matter to me, I already have the look I want, all I want are the stats!

Couldn’t agree more with OP. I find this as a totally stupid and unnecessary grind. For the way I see it, Exotic grade armor is enough to go through everything in the game.

For the record even the ascended weapons were unnecessary, GW1 didn’t have any gear grind and yet it went on for a good 7 years+. Just because other mmos have gear grind it doesn’t mean GW2 has to have it too.

The fact that people discovered their existence in the game file means the official release won’t be far which ain’t a very good idea considering many people still don’t have their ascended weapons yet.

Fortus.6175:

clint.5681:

Probably some of the ugliest armors in the game.

Doesnt matter to me, I already have the look I want, all I want are the stats!

That is a bit sad to me; although I did want the ascended weapon stats at one point. I think I am stopping after one weapon though, so much grind for literally nothing to use on. One dungeon path isn’t cutting it when there are massive sections of the map unused.

The medium armor looks really good on female humans imo.

Gotejjeken.1267:

Fortus.6175:

clint.5681:

Probably some of the ugliest armors in the game.

Doesnt matter to me, I already have the look I want, all I want are the stats!

That is a bit sad to me; although I did want the ascended weapon stats at one point. I think I am stopping after one weapon though, so much grind for literally nothing to use on. One dungeon path isn’t cutting it when there are massive sections of the map unused.

well, I, for one, like trying to min max damage on my guard and ele, getting the best-in-store gear stats is a must. Nothing beats the feeling like knowing you are hitting the hardest possible

I like the ascended PvT hammer looks.

I’m hoping for interesting infusions to be added.

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

TriggerSad.2597:

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

Why did they released unfinished ascended weapon textures then? this is the final version and it looks THAT bad.

TriggerSad.2597:

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

It’s unlikely that they would upload the armor to the gw.dat if it wasn’t the finished product.

Nuka Cola.8520:

TriggerSad.2597:

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

Why did they released unfinished ascended weapon textures then? this is the final version and it looks THAT bad.

1. Armor, not weapons.
2. They were data-mined, so I wouldn’t say that they were purposefully leaked.

Substance E.4852:

TriggerSad.2597:

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

It’s unlikely that they would upload the armor to the gw.dat if it wasn’t the finished product.

Except there’s been a lot of stuff added to the gw.dat that was never released, so saying this is completed, ready to ship, armor is wrong. We have no clue how finished they are, so judging them for what we see now isn’t appropriate. At least for me it isn’t.

Penguin.5197:

Loving every minute ’cause you make me feel so alive, alive~

I’m not a fan of these armors at all, but this armor looks really good on your charr.

Doggie.3184:

Gotejjeken.1267:

Daecollo.9578:

The armor .. is 3 times shinier then the rest of the games armor.. and the model looks so good.

WHY DID YOU RUIN I!?

lol it looks like they ripped that out of dark souls.

It reminded me of the fat onion armor in Dark Souls when I saw it, except with less obesity. Just.. all them rolls. Looks really deformed on Sylvari.

My asura needs that

TriggerSad.2597:

Nuka Cola.8520:

TriggerSad.2597:

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

Why did they released unfinished ascended weapon textures then? this is the final version and it looks THAT bad.

1. Armor, not weapons.
2. They were data-mined, so I wouldn’t say that they were purposefully leaked.

i know armor and not weapon but look at the weapon textures up close… its ps2 quality. The shape of weapons themselves (outside pistol) is incredibly bad looking.

Aberrant.6749:

Bridge the gap shouldn’t mean eats up the mats you were going to use for your legendary…. just sayin’

Except for getting the crafting level from 400 to 500 building an ascended weapon doesn’t use any materials that you would use to make a legendary.

It’s everything except samurai-ish…

Actually like the Medium and Light set. The mask on the Light set is awesome on female (if my hair wasn’t in the way).

Picture of all sets on human female below (sorry about the dye colors, didn’t feel like changing it. Order: Medium, Light, Heavy).

I actually liked my ascended weapons… <.< even going as far to make copies so I can skin my Zojja’s stats to Occam’s Skin…

Those armors are terrible, all of them.

Here’s a picture of the new armors on human male character.

I will definitely craft this medium armor for my thief. Heavy looks nice if you use some darker dyes, and light armor looks too much like phoenix/human cultural in my opinion.

Nuka Cola.8520:

Dendail.4896:

they only look really bad if you use the whole set – there are some pretty nice individual pieces in there.

it will probably cost you over 300g to craft one set… every piece should be stellar and even thinking about transmuting them into old skins we have for a year should be a crime but nope, all look ugly. Not surprising tho, just look at ascended weapons

That was my point behind complaining. These pieces aren’t going to be something you finish in a day. These are going to be something you work for. If that’s the case, at least make sure that they are something you would actually want to work for.

There is no need for armor on Charr to still look like my tail is ripping through the armor. It just looks bad, and on a piece that I’m going to be putting a ton of time/effort into creating I deserve something that fits my Charr. I don’t know if it would bother me so bad if it was just clipping on the front, but I constantly see the back of my Charr. He needs to have armor that doesn’t horribly clip, and that works with his tail.

My Silvari has clipping issues, and so does my Asura. I get the feeling these were only designed for the base human, possibly norn, models. I hope that these are just an extremely early model, and if so then I’m sorry for sounding like a jerk. I hope you guys can understand people’s concerns though. These are going to be very expensive, and we (the players) shouldn’t feel like “kitten I have to change the skin because that one is so bad”.

I like these armors quite a bit, but for the highest stat armor in the game it’s nothing too exciting. Thank goodness for the few really awesome-looking things they have in this game, because a good majority of the weapons and armor are really quite terrible.

Come on Anet -,-

it is part of the plan..

horrible looking armor, and then there are skins on sale at TP

are you shocked?

Subjective but yes I find it horrible. On the bright side it’s one less thing to farm/grind for in the game.

Doesn’t really matters. I already have the skin that i liked anyway.

Meh, I kinda like how you can make them look with certain dye setups. The helms and most shoulders ARE hideous, though.

fellyn.5083:

Except for getting the crafting level from 400 to 500 building an ascended weapon doesn’t use any materials that you would use to make a legendary.

Yes it does… It takes a lot of wood and metal (both in solid numbers and in the form of orichalcum plated dowels), which overlap with the gifts of metal and wood. It uses crystalline dust, used in many legendaries. It uses a bunch of obsidian shards, used in legendaries, and they even use fine materials.

In fact, literally every material that isn’t an ascended material is also used in many legendary weapons.

Not bad, not bad. Would have been nice to have more than just one look for each armor level but oh well. I do fancy the hats :P

Im not gonna sugar coat it.

This armor is by far the worst looking in the game. All of it.

Whoever is doing gear at Anet needs to be re-educated/replaced…

Really its bad looking. I feel like when it got approved its similar to how if a girl asks if a pair of pants makes her look fat. you reply no of course not you look hot! Was that the approval process these armors took? Seems like it.

I guess I should add that I play a Human Female which does kind of give me an advantage in having nice armor. <.<

Good. Seriously don’t any of you see how horrible it would be to have good looking ascended armor? You would never be able to transmute over it since it is so costly to get the skins back if you change your mind (either un-transmute stone x6 or make a new ascended set).

In my opinion Anet went the right way by making them vanilla and not nullifying all the other awesome skins in this game.

Ugly .

Wasn’t too thrilled on it when i first previewed, after i messed with the dyes a bit it didnt look too bad. Still undecided whether i’ll be transmuting though…

Lunar Sunset.8742:

Penguin.5197:

Loving every minute ’cause you make me feel so alive, alive~

I’m not a fan of these armors at all, but this armor looks really good on your charr.

Its all thanks to that empire of the sun-styled helm

I’m ok with working to get an armor, i’m not ok with ugly looks.

artsed.9702:

Yes it does… It takes a lot of wood and metal (both in solid numbers and in the form of orichalcum plated dowels), which overlap with the gifts of metal and wood. It uses crystalline dust, used in many legendaries. It uses a bunch of obsidian shards, used in legendaries, and they even use fine materials.

In fact, literally every material that isn’t an ascended material is also used in many legendary weapons.

also the 2 or so STACKS of ectos for gifts

dangles dat carrot