Guild Wars 2

I’d like to start by saying thank you Anet for all the money I’ve been saving lately thanks in part to your creative genius. One outfit one look no matter the gender or profession I was both very desapointed and happy at the same time. Crystal Nomad thanks but I’ll pass.

Hybarf Tics.2048:

I’d like to start by saying thank you Anet for all the money I’ve been saving lately thanks in part to your creative genius. One outfit one look no matter the gender or profession I was both very desapointed and happy at the same time. Crystal Nomad thanks but I’ll pass.

And I would like to thank Arenanet fot the Crystal Nomad Outfit. I have had a ton of fun with playing with contrasting colors for this outfit. Love it, love it, love it to pieces.

Lisa.

Never bought an Outfit, and I never will. I don’t care how nice they look, I don’t want to look just like everyone else.

Hamfast.8719:

Never bought an Outfit, and I never will. I don’t care how nice they look, I don’t want to look just like everyone else.

I agree with this. I thought half of the reason gw2 toons are so customisable were to make them look individual. I and a few of my guildies are disappointed that we can’t mix and match outfit pieces anymore, or dye the different pieces separately.

@OP sarcasm won’t get you far with Anet.

Hey, to each his/her own. Some people like outfits, some people don’t. Personally, I am waiting to see tons of peeps in crystal nomad outfit with wings.

Then, my world will be complete.

Outfits are just a sing of Anet’s mindset: Fast cash fast.

They don’t want to spend the time to make a polished game with armor that doesn’t clip, so they go the quick and dirty route and make entire outfits that can’t be split up into armor pieces.

:shrug: Who can blame them, they are making millions of dollars doing it. The game majority is comprised of people who don’t care or don’t know any better, and until they change their minds and close their wallets, we will continue to get the cheap and easy solutions.

Neural.1824:

Outfits are just a sing of Anet’s mindset: Fast cash fast.

They don’t want to spend the time to make a polished game with armor that doesn’t clip, so they go the quick and dirty route and make entire outfits that can’t be split up into armor pieces.

:shrug: Who can blame them, they are making millions of dollars doing it. The game majority is comprised of people who don’t care or don’t know any better, and until they change their minds and close their wallets, we will continue to get the cheap and easy solutions.

Holy cow, that is one heck of a broad brush that you’re using in your sweeping generalizations. Who knew that you actually had an accurate handle on what the majority of players in this game think/feel. Is that just for the NA servers, or both EU and NA servers?

Neural.1824:

:shrug: Who can blame them, they are making millions of dollars doing it. The game majority is comprised of people who don’t care or don’t know any better, and until they change their minds and close their wallets, we will continue to get the cheap and easy solutions.

That sounded very elitist.
Yes, GW2 is working great because the majority of players just play and don’t expect miracles.

Neural.1824:

They don’t want to spend the time to make a polished game with armor that doesn’t clip

…And so instead they’re whipping out Outfits that clip.

I never bought an Outfit, but I won the Ancestral Outfit in a contest.

The Ancestral Outfit! The very first Outfit they released after killing off Town Clothes. Their vision of the future. And yes, its sash clips with its skirt. Reported on day one, and still an issue.

That is how much ANet cares about our characters’ looks. If they can’t be bothered to fix even the supposedly-easy-to-make Outfits, then I can’t be bothered to buy any. The whole thing disgusts me.

Hamfast.8719:

Neural.1824:

They don’t want to spend the time to make a polished game with armor that doesn’t clip

…And so instead they’re whipping out Outfits that clip.

I never bought an Outfit, but I won the Ancestral Outfit in a contest.

The Ancestral Outfit! The very first Outfit they released after killing off Town Clothes. Their vision of the future. And yes, its sash clips with its skirt. Reported on day one, and still an issue.

That is how much ANet cares about our characters’ looks. If they can’t be bothered to fix even the supposedly-easy-to-make Outfits, then I can’t be bothered to buy any. The whole thing disgusts me.

You can probably fix that by using a different body type with the makeover kit if it bothers you that much.

Hamfast.8719:

The whole thing disgusts me.

Uh, it is JUST a video game, not some sort of life changing, soul enlightening experience.

I don’t think I have ever played any video game on my pc that didn’t have some clipping and/or graphic anomaly somewhere in it.

CETheLucid.3964:

Hamfast.8719:

Neural.1824:

They don’t want to spend the time to make a polished game with armor that doesn’t clip

…And so instead they’re whipping out Outfits that clip.

I never bought an Outfit, but I won the Ancestral Outfit in a contest.

The Ancestral Outfit! The very first Outfit they released after killing off Town Clothes. Their vision of the future. And yes, its sash clips with its skirt. Reported on day one, and still an issue.

That is how much ANet cares about our characters’ looks. If they can’t be bothered to fix even the supposedly-easy-to-make Outfits, then I can’t be bothered to buy any. The whole thing disgusts me.

You can probably fix that by using a different body type with the makeover kit if it bothers you that much.

And then I have pipe-stem legs… no thanks.

But this is only one instance. I have read of other Outfits with clipping issues, and so I cringe whenever I see someone support ANet’s decision as being an action to avoid clipping. It just isn’t true.

While I do like mix and match armor, you have to admit that outfits are very popular now. And for understandable reasons: wearing a different armor type, and overall not spending any transmutation charge. I mostly play pvp so I have a ton of those but for those who don’t, outfits are a cheap alternative.

I know that when I am out playing GW2, you can hear me for miles when I yell and scream about some player/npc I just killed, and their arm on their dead body just disappears into the ground, or their sword slightly protrudes through their hand, or the hair on the back of their head slightly shows through their head armor.

Makes me want to beat the family dog.

I won’t even mention how nuclear I go when I run through an npc or other player, or, god forbid, a substantial tree branch.

Teon.5168:

Hamfast.8719:

The whole thing disgusts me.

Uh, it is JUST a video game, not some sort of life changing, soul enlightening experience.

I don’t think I have ever played any video game on my pc that didn’t have some clipping and/or graphic anomaly somewhere in it.

It isn’t the little bit of clipping that bothers me. I lost my share of real-life money when they took away Town Clothes. Yes, I got “store credit”, but I (and many other people) were rightly disgusted and remain so to this day. The sentiment against Outfits is far older than this little thread.

Hamfast.8719:

Teon.5168:

Hamfast.8719:

The whole thing disgusts me.

Uh, it is JUST a video game, not some sort of life changing, soul enlightening experience.

I don’t think I have ever played any video game on my pc that didn’t have some clipping and/or graphic anomaly somewhere in it.

It isn’t the little bit of clipping that bothers me. I lost my share of real-life money when they took away Town Clothes. Yes, I got “store credit”, but I (and many other people) were rightly disgusted and remain so to this day. The sentiment against Outfits is far older than this little thread.

Hold a grudge for long?

Geez, dude, lighten up……you’ll live longer.

Teon.5168:

Geez, dude, lighten up……you’ll live longer.

If I don’t get my Town Clothes back, I don’t WANT to live longer!!!! What’s the fun in looking exactly like every other Tom, kitten, and Harry? It isn’t LIVING if I have to go on this way!!!

How’s that? Any better?

EDIT: Tom, Kitten, and Harry? Oh, brother!

The main reason I like outfits is that they let me swap looks quickly and easily, without having to worry about transmutation charges. Personally, I think the system is bunk. We shouldn’t be paying to swap out armor skins. Transmutation charges need to go away, and anyone who thinks they need to exist in order for ArenaNet to make money hasn’t been paying attention to other successful cosmetic systems like the ones in Lord Of The Rings or DC Universe. They would make MORE money by ditching consumable charges and allowing us to purchase something like permanent extra appearance tabs instead.

Since that obviously isn’t going to happen, though, I’ve accepted that the only way to be able to swap looks for free is outfits, so I’ve learned to settle. The majority of them look nice, and I’ve learned to accept them for what they are.

Hamfast.8719:

Teon.5168:

Geez, dude, lighten up……you’ll live longer.

If I don’t get my Town Clothes back, I don’t WANT to live longer!!!! What’s the fun in looking exactly like every other Tom, kitten, and Harry? It isn’t LIVING if I have to go on this way!!!

How’s that? Any better?

EDIT: Tom, Kitten, and Harry? Oh, brother!

LMAO!!!!!!! Touche’……….lol…..perfect.

P.S. you forgot wings….WINGS!!!!! Guild Wings 2 forevah!!!!

Tanks for all the laughs guys but I’m still not gonna buy a crappy outfit that was done the exact same way for both gender and all 3 types of armor because for me it symbolizes a tottal lack of effort in order to make a quick buck wich makes this outfit not worth 10 gems.

I spend money in the gem store. I NEVER buy outfits. Doing my part to make them a small enough percentage of total sales that finally encourages ArenaNet to STOP MAKING THEM.

Teon.5168:

Neural.1824:

Outfits are just a sing of Anet’s mindset: Fast cash fast.

They don’t want to spend the time to make a polished game with armor that doesn’t clip, so they go the quick and dirty route and make entire outfits that can’t be split up into armor pieces.

:shrug: Who can blame them, they are making millions of dollars doing it. The game majority is comprised of people who don’t care or don’t know any better, and until they change their minds and close their wallets, we will continue to get the cheap and easy solutions.

Holy cow, that is one heck of a broad brush that you’re using in your sweeping generalizations. Who knew that you actually had an accurate handle on what the majority of players in this game think/feel. Is that just for the NA servers, or both EU and NA servers?

What brush. It’s pretty easy to see that is what is going on. Otherwise Anet would be doing something different.
If the majority are happy with outfits for one reason or another, there is no incentive whatever on Anets part to do something different. They are raking in cash.

Look at the wings. Love them or hate them, Anet made a kitten-ton of money in the 24hours they were available on the store. The majority was easy to see for the next couple days, because everyone and their brothers Mordrem Mini was wearing them.

If the majority are spending lots of real life cash, Anet isn’t going to change a thing.

I love all the complaints about clipping, when using a skin mesh for armor is a thousand times worse, and far more immersion breaking.

All hail bouncing breastplates!!!

Still waiting for male Swimsuit Outfit to throw money at so I can swim freestyle like Haruka Nanase.

I hate outfits and they will see no money from me for a long time because of those lazy texture packs.

Unfortunately until scrubs stop paying for bad product we will see more of this cheap and lazy outfits.

You guys seem to forget that there are no monthly fees to play this game.
Should we point fingers and be outraged if a business is trying to make money?

What world are we living in?

I want to pay them but only for good product. Like armor skins. I got every one of them from gem store and only 2 for gold to gem conversion. This is my problem with outfits, they don’t care about quality, why should I pay them?

If a restaurant you know doesn’t serve you the best meals, do you just not spend money there?
Or do you go around shouting about it, outraged that their meals are horrible?

You might not like outfits, but apparently an overwhelming amount of players like it enough to buy it. It’s a success, so they’ll continue doing it because it brings in money, and A.net is a for-profit business.
How many hours have you guys spent on this game for 50$? And then complain about the lack of quality?

If I am disappointed with the meal I have a way to complain to the staff about it.
This is what I’m doing right now – complaining about how I feel about lazy texture packs called outfits. They have no value to me and I want to be heard. Once they put new armor skins in gem store and I will be satisfied with them I will shut up.

I don’t care about your opinion because you are noone. You have no power to change their minds or especially mine. I only care about red posts here because they are the only ones that matter.

The point is, you probably don’t spend your money in this game and you still play as much as you want, without any monthly fees. How are they going to bring in that income?
It’s easy to complain without offering solutions. It’s just a game, and spending your time observing the tiniest details on your character is pointless. This is not a high-end premium quality real life outfit that you bought. It’s a bunch of pixels.

(And it’s ok if you don’t care about my opinion because I’m “no one”. Most people feel the same about yours too I guess.

PS: and ironically, this isn’t a “red post” that you are commenting on.)

I bought every outfits because I love outfits.

I won’t convince you to buy them but ANet has my money when they continue making them.

Some like outfits while others want more customization. I am in the middle, I like to customize, but I also like some of the outfits.

I am sure Anet will make more armour pieces at some point, but to be fair to them, it is probably much easier to make a whole outfit than to make separate pieces. With outfits they do not need to worry about clipping issues with other armour pieces, so they can produce outfits in less time and therefore release them more frequently.

Styxx.1564:

The point is, you probably don’t spend your money in this game and you still play as much as you want, without any monthly fees. How are they going to bring in that income?

The last thing I’m going to do is sending you my bank account checks proving how much I spent on GW2.

Styxx.1564:

It’s easy to complain without offering solutions. It’s just a game, and spending your time observing the tiniest details on your character is pointless. This is not a high-end premium quality real life outfit that you bought. It’s a bunch of pixels.

Already offered a solution – give me armor skins in gem store and I’m going to buy them. What’s more there was several threads about outfits already and I’m not alone with this demand.

Styxx.1564:

I don’t care about people.

Styxx.1564:

PS: and ironically, this isn’t a “red post” that you are commenting on.)

Just because I’m spending my work time answering you doesnt mean I care about you or find your opinions valuable. It’s just that there is no other funny discussions going on.

Rin.1046:

it is probably much easier to make a whole outfit than to make separate pieces.

This is why I call them lazy. With no customization value outfits should be 300 gems each not 700 which is almost a price of an armor set.

Many.8419:

Rin.1046:

it is probably much easier to make a whole outfit than to make separate pieces.

This is why I call them lazy. With no customization value outfits should be 300 gems each not 700 which is almost a price of an armor set.

You missed my point. They are most likely working on both outfits AND armour peices, but because outfits are (most likely) faster and easier to produce, we are seeing more of them being released lately than armour pieces.

I am fairly confident we will see more armour sets in the gem store, at some point in the near future.

So once they are released and I am satisfied I’ll shut up.
I don’t see anything interesting for me in gem store right now and I’m complaining. I’m not holding my breath for anything clouded in future especially nothing substantial for me wasnt announced. Even balthazar armor is going to be an outfit which means my wallet stands closed tight.

People refuse to buy outfits because they will look exactly like other players. Hmmmmmmm. So you either care so much about what other peoples idea of a good looking/themed character is that you don’t want to look the same OR you care about your own look and its needs to be original?

That dwayna back piece, that t3 norn/human, that legendary…. i could go on. Someone will always have the same look as you no matter how unique you think you are at designing.

I was lucky enough to receive Shadow Abyss dye yesterday..together with Burgundy Dye, this looks AWESOME on my Human female Guradian wearing Ancestral Outfit, together with Belinda’s greatsword skin <3 <3 <3

Panites.6798:

People refuse to buy outfits because they will look exactly like other players. Hmmmmmmm. So you either care so much about what other peoples idea of a good looking/themed character is that you don’t want to look the same OR you care about your own look and its needs to be original?

That dwayna back piece, that t3 norn/human, that legendary…. i could go on. Someone will always have the same look as you no matter how unique you think you are at designing.

I don’t think that’s necessarily true. Sure someone will have the same items and the more prestigeous or rare or Special they are considered the more of them will you see around, ironicly. But with mix and match you can create several “unique” styles. Of course it might be that there is someone out there who wears the same Combo but you wont look like “everyone” (for example those with T3 human and a legendary :p) That beeing said I don’t mind outfits simply because I don’t have only one single clothset for each char but several and so an outfit is another one on top of that.

Dont speak about ppl unless you have a data.
I want to mix n match armors, dont care how other ppl look because i have standard models enabled. Outfits are limiting MY choice in customizing a character.

So mr panites speak for yourself only if you want to be treated seriously.

Many.8419:

Dont speak about ppl unless you have a data.
I want to mix n match armors, dont care how other ppl look because i have standard models enabled. Outfits are limiting MY choice in customizing a character.

So mr panites speak for yourself only if you want to be treated seriously.

I have only one complaint about outfits – I want to mix armor head pieces with outfit bodies and vis-versa. (This should be possible, since we know outfits have separate head pieces.)

I don’t really understand what you are complaining about. If you don’t like the outfit, just don’t buy it? I bought it, because I liked it, on others I will pass because they don’t match my taste, like the jungle explrorer one for example.

I use mine mostly to level alts, once they hit 80 I get them a real set of armor(except for my Mesmer, that one still uses the noblemans outfit, if I recall the name correctly, because it looks just perfect for that class).

outfits – no mix n match
armors – mix n match

outfits are now beeing released often and they stopped releasing armor sets in gem store

is there anything else you dont understand so I can write it again for you?

I don’t mind outfits. I have a couple (bought the noble, earned the hex during Halloween), and there are a couple others I’d like (but I’m no hurry to buy, I’ll get em eventually). So, I don’t mind them making them / selling them. (Waiting for the balth right now, I’ll get that one as soon as it is available). I do wish they had the separate headpiece functionality, but maybe with time…

I do want to see more armor sets, in game. Likely we’ll get a few more with HoT (I think they’ve basically said as much when asked about new skins in the interviews), but I’d like to see maybe a new set (or 2?) come out between now and then as well. Not holding my breath though. I believe that_shaman has datamined at least 1 new set for each weight; crossing my fingers on seeing more.

Still waiting for polearm datamined 2 years ago.

Many.8419:

Still waiting for polearm datamined 2 years ago.

To be fair, most of the things datamined recently have actually come to fruition, but not all. So I have hopes for the armor and the balth outfit.

Still, I think in the future we’ll see polearms. Maybe not exactly as designed 2 years ago though.

i dont care until they announce it officialy. Now I want new armors.

Many.8419:

outfits – no mix n match
armors – mix n match

outfits are now beeing released often and they stopped releasing armor sets in gem store

is there anything else you dont understand so I can write it again for you?

Man, you’re annoying. There is a way to discuss a topic without being a condescending kitten to everyone. But if that’s what your style, who am I to knock it.

Anyway, plenty of people love outfits. I love outfits. I also love skins, but my outfits get far more usage as they are free to switch between. I have plenty of outfits still locked that I’m hoping get released soon so I can pick them up.

I find most outfits to be ugly… So i just got the ones that looks alright.

I really hope we start getting more armor pieces rather than outfits. I want to customize my characters looks, not look like everyone else that uses the same outfits. I want to mix and match. I would love if they scrap Outfits and incorporate them into armors wardrobe. I can finally wear pants on a light armor.

Or better yet, keep outfits like they, but i would love it if they scrap the whole armor weight restriction, instead replace it with armor proficiency. Meaning you could wear any armor you want, but your class determines how much protection you’ll get from the pieces. It’s as logical as Rangers using Harpoons underwater but suddenly forgetting how to pull the trigger on a Rifle on land… or how we can use spears underwater, but not on land. Fits with the game.

I’ll only buy an outfit if they release Borat’s mankini.