Monotonous male armor

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Posted by: Bearhugger.4326

Bearhugger.4326

My female asura looks like a girl.

I’m glad you’re using one of the three armorsets outfits that actually display the female version.

Still, I want to be a man if I can’t be a girl.

Oh okay I’m sorry.

My Asura looks like a girl.

If anything, I’d call that another problem with armors in general: SKIRTS!

Because that armor really isn’t supposed to be feminine…except it’s a skirt-type light armor. Are you saying males wearing that same armorset are girlish?

But this I find is a problem with GW2 armors in general…and with a lot of MMOs now-a-days, they put in so many butt-capes and skirts, it leaves little option for variety…it’s like people think those skirt dealies look good when your avatar is running around, jumping and kicking stuff…it’s not.

To be honest warriors in the time used to wear long hauberks that goes down to their knees or lower thighs which might look like a skirt with a belt. Not to mention roman centurions. Skirts and kilts for heavy armor never struck me as odd or feminine, personally, even on dudes. I’m actually surprised that other MMOs don’t use that style of armor much.

But yeah, I think it’s more the sheer number of them that’s problematic. Like I said in a previous post, in the case of skirts/kilts, I think it would have been better if they at least had more bare legged ones to break the monotony. There’s only Pitfighter. More armors like Pitfighter would be nice for heavy.

That also goes with what I said about missing variety. We talk about skirts for heavies but medium are stuck with lots and lots of trenchcoats so it isn’t much better their way. I know this is mostly to avoid potential clipping between the legs and the chest when mix-matching, but it hurts variety.

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Posted by: icy.5628

icy.5628

Yes, please add more scantily clad options for male PCs!! This is one of the reasons most of my friends play female characters. They want to express themselves in Tyria more revealingly but are limited to trench coats, thick suits and robes. Sure, there are three bare-chest male light armors but compared our females’ selections, the number is off balance!

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Posted by: Lunar Sunset.8742

Lunar Sunset.8742

Arena Net just released a preview of the new design of male tribal armor that’s going to be released in the gem store soon. Hope you guys like it as much as I do!

here’s the link:
http://i.imgur.com/qXhNYZG.jpg?1

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

Arena Net just released a preview of the new design of male tribal armor that’s going to be released in the gem store soon. Hope you guys like it as much as I do!

here’s the link:
http://i.imgur.com/qXhNYZG.jpg?1

> 9000/9000 would buy.

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Posted by: Coldtart.4785

Coldtart.4785

It’s kind of bizarre that the only revealing options for male toons that don’t make you look like a clown or that you forgot how clothes work are in heavy.

I mean I consider these two to be my best offerings to the eyes of passing ladies and the supposedly more heavily armoured guardian there is wearing quite a bit less.

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Posted by: Leo G.4501

Leo G.4501

My female asura looks like a girl.

I’m glad you’re using one of the three armorsets outfits that actually display the female version.

Still, I want to be a man if I can’t be a girl.

Oh okay I’m sorry.

My Asura looks like a girl.

If anything, I’d call that another problem with armors in general: SKIRTS!

Because that armor really isn’t supposed to be feminine…except it’s a skirt-type light armor. Are you saying males wearing that same armorset are girlish?

But this I find is a problem with GW2 armors in general…and with a lot of MMOs now-a-days, they put in so many butt-capes and skirts, it leaves little option for variety…it’s like people think those skirt dealies look good when your avatar is running around, jumping and kicking stuff…it’s not.

To be honest warriors in the time used to wear long hauberks that goes down to their knees or lower thighs which might look like a skirt with a belt. Not to mention roman centurions. Skirts and kilts for heavy armor never struck me as odd or feminine, personally, even on dudes. I’m actually surprised that other MMOs don’t use that style of armor much.

But yeah, I think it’s more the sheer number of them that’s problematic. Like I said in a previous post, in the case of skirts/kilts, I think it would have been better if they at least had more bare legged ones to break the monotony. There’s only Pitfighter. More armors like Pitfighter would be nice for heavy.

That also goes with what I said about missing variety. We talk about skirts for heavies but medium are stuck with lots and lots of trenchcoats so it isn’t much better their way. I know this is mostly to avoid potential clipping between the legs and the chest when mix-matching, but it hurts variety.

You’re right! And I actually like the armor that takes direct inspiration from that style like the pitfighter and barbaric and such, but it’s just so prominent even with stuff not using the style! It’d be like putting an armor skirt on a US army BDU.

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Posted by: viennapleads.1784

viennapleads.1784

The armors in this game lack variety in general. You speak about armors for females as an exemple of variety but those lack variety just as much. I play a female warrior and if I wanted to look scantily clad my only option would be to look like a cave girl. And on the complete opposite, if you play a female caster and you DON’T want to be half-naked, well… that’s not happening.

If Anet’s artists are out of ideas they should hire some of the Skyrim modders on nexusmods. There are some really really cool and varied lore-friendly armors for both genders.

EDIT: Also, what happened to the armor artists of Guild Wars 1? That game had some of the best variety of armors of any game I played, for both genders, from caster armor to soldier armor.

I disagree with the cavegirl statement.

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