Guild Wars 2

Is there any visual difference between armor sets and races? For example, as Asura, do i have the same visual appearance as Sylvari or Norn, if i wear the same type of lvl 80 set?

I’m asking this because i like to create a Sylvari, but i’m afraid that i will look like a Human at lvl 80 (with exception of my face and skin color). I would like to look like Sylvari from character creation menu …
sry for english …

Each race gets 3 sets of racial armour for each armour weight group, which for Sylvari looks like leaves – so if you want to look like sylvari from the art, you’d probably want to get hold of that.

Otherwise each armour set seems to look similar on human/norn/sylvari, and then charr/asura have the same set of armour for male and female characters.

One example of Sylvari light cultural armor

Ty:) And may i ask, how do i get these 3 sets of racial armor?

There are vendors on your home city, they’re identified on the map with blue armor icons. Look for 3 of them close together.

I think we need one or two outfit for sylvari… i hate leveling my sylvari with human armor….. and is to expansive remodel all armor when you leveling.

At 80 is easy make a plant armor.

Here is my sylvari 80

Fairy Mother – she is a mesmer

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sylvari_cultural_armor for the previews
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:The_Grove_map.jpg on the right of “the song bower” you can see the 3 blue helms (cultural armor vendors)

Good overview here. Many sets look similar or course, but some still better on a few races then others.

http://argos-soft.net/GW2/ArmorGallery/

Edit: Do check the picture thread in the sylvari forum! Or the mix-n-match in this forum.

Cultural clothing is the best way to quickly distinguish your race. However, no Asura will ever be mistaken for a Norn. The body shapes are too different. I think the only time anyone is ever unsure of a character’s race is with very short slim Norn women, because you have to check nuances such as hair style and tattoos to be sure it’s a Norn.

Also the idle animations are very distinctive between races and even genders within races.

Back to clothing: Charr and Asura get a lot less armor differentiation because very few armors get “female” versions for them. The women wear the “male” sets. Sylvari get the dimorphism but be advised there are some issues with male sylvari in that shoulder pieces can be grotesquely oversized and floating above the shoulder, and skirts on robes and coats tend to bell out in a bizarre manner.

Note that if you hide your helm and have a very distinctive sylvari head, with branches and twigs or whatever, you will be quite obviously sylvari no matter what armor you’re in. Especially at night if you have set your glow brightness to full when creating the character.

Altariel.4610:

I think we need one or two outfit for sylvari… i hate leveling my sylvari with human armor….. and is to expansive remodel all armor when you leveling.

At 80 is easy make a plant armor.

Here is my sylvari 80

Fairy Mother – she is a mesmer

There’s the cook outfit. I bought it for another character for his level 80 look (Charr thief, I love how it looks on charr), but using it on the sylvari elementalist I’m leveling now.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Cook%27s_Outfit

With the correct dyes, it’s easy to mix match different armor pieces with sylvari cultural pieces to have something that still fits a sylvari.