Lack of New Armor Skins
Wow … just wow. So there are three outfits that could’ve been 3 new armor sets instead.
If this is the way things are supposed to go from now, I will stop caring about the game entirely. I’ve already been very disappointed about the lack of armor released in the gem store prior to HoT.
Not only does the lack of new armor kill my motivation to play the game, this crap right here shows that there is something very, very wrong with the company running this game.
Still haven’t bought HoT, and I will not do so unless the game gets way more armor soon. And not as part of some updates scattered throughout the next year but as part of the content complete bundle that HoT was supposed to be.
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This pretty much says it all.. The only accurate excuse for the lack of armor is that they chose not to put skins in the game, because they could just sell them to us. Then wonder why people say the game lacks rewards.
As a new player, I was fairly dismayed to look at the rare staff I picked up at 80 and saw it had the same artwork as the staff I got at lvl 2
…i just wish stuff would be atleast like they where before the wardrobe brought the outfit curse upon the game… Let me atleast buy new (and more) skins from the gem store if you cant be bothered to do the “balance between gem store and in game” that you claimed way back then in that blog post. We didnt even get a darn full armor set per specialisation…not even that much….well the revenant got a class armor atleast, but whats with the rest? Ah right.. outfits.. forgot. Man i hate these things so much…might actually soon push me over the edge and search out new waters where i actually do get more parts to customise my characters rather then clone trooper armor sets.
I hate outfits being a one piece thing, I just want a part of something
Just stumbled on this topic. I couldn’t have worded this any better.
Fashion has always been my endgoal for doing just about anything in the game.
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I suppose Anet lives by the principle of “less gives you more”.
Can’t say I agree.
What bothers me mostly though, is that everything they did add is locked behind huge grind walls. Seriously, pretty much everything is either rare drops or expensive collections.
Agreed an Expansion is many things but the primary thing an expansion provides happens to be rewards and new loot from mobs. Fresh loot makes it a fresh game.
Went into HoT not hyped but expecting the average and it was day 3 I noticed I had no new gear whatsoever. I asked around on the map if anyone has looted any new skins at all and everyone was in the same boat aside one single person who looted a reclaimed axe I think. Yet since HoT’s launch they’ve been flooding the cash shop with skins.
Nothing says cr** expansion like everyone sitting in the old world capital city and the only new skins you see people wearing are cash shop items while people talk about old content like it’s the only thing worthwhile to do…
Bladed and Leystone are already available, there is a Guild Set in the wardrobe, doubt any guilds are high lvl enough for those yet.
Raids will have at least 1 set. On top of all else we’ve gotten, I’m happy enough.
I’m using a couple pieces of the new sets so far, a third once I get a leystone shoulder box. (And my mes looks glorious)
Could they have done more? Sure why not, but how many skins will you guys need till you’re happy……
Though yes, I do want more non trench coat tops for med armor.
And weap sets? Reclaimed, Machined, Chaak, Auric, Elite Spec skins, various more unique skins you can get from chests (lightward, ebb, etc)… all available in game and without gems.
Again there are a couple guild sets (same skins, dif color) and the raid weap skins
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Really?
Come on…take your head out of the sand for a second.
We got TONS of new armor skins during the time when there was no xpac.
With HoT, we don’t need a billion skins because we got actual content.
Ever think that maybe we didn’t get skins because the devs were busy giving us:
– Entirely new zones
– New progression for every profession in the form of Elite Specializations
– An entirely new targetting/control system (action combat system)
– Massive guild halls
– Complete new crafting profession
– 3 new Legendaries
– New legendary crafting system that gives depth to the path of getting legendaries
– Gliding system with customizeable and dyable glider skins
– New WvW borderlands
– Entirely new sPvP game mode and map
– Custom PvP arenas for guild halls
– New levels of Fractals
– Motherkittening raidsI mean come on…consider for a moment what it takes to create all of that and then consider that there are at least 2 complete new armor skins (not including the new outfit that you got for free pre-release and the new outfit on the gemstore) and several new weapon skins on top of unique weapon skins and armor skin for Elite Specializations.
If this dissappoints you, don’t ever expect to be impressed by anything a developer will come out with.
I had to laugh out loud while reading this
100% Fanboy
Really GW2 endgame is all about skins and like OP said we only got 2 (3) new armor sets in my opinion that is a big dissapointment.
Instead of releasing almost weekly outfits that are only buyable via gems release some Armor Skins for achievements or content IN GAME.
As the game released they were player friendly but after they realized how they can milk players with gem shop they released armor skins almost only via gemstore.
That makes me as GW1 Veteran very sad.
I’m expecting new sets to be released gradually. I’m sure there will be at least one for Spirit Vale.
you can feel the cheapness and corner cutting at every turn with hot (all 4 maps are jungle to reuse textures/creatures etc). expecting this team to release more armor skins is fools gold.
the concept artists have literally hundreds of designs/mockups drawn and ready to model…but are strangled by stingy management and the mindset of people like colin.
sad to say but there is nothing more coming…perhaps a set in the distant future but that’s it. the game has taken on a cynical and cashgrab feel (problem is we paid cash for it). it’s incredibly discouraging to see anet rob the game of all it’s charm and fun…but this is the way forward-very limited ‘content’ and no customization.
Have not read the whole thread but has anyone else found the new armors for medium armor wearers extremely ugly?
I looted a Leystone armor box, previewed the medium piece, I almost puked, its so kittening ugly. Such a shame.
This is a sad state of the game indeed – we’re waited almost a year for 3 sets. Really – that’s it.
Legendary armor is very very very far away in time – and it’s being added AFTER the expansion – so no – it doesn’t count.
It’s really confusing and sad to see a game that’s primarily cosmetically driven ship its expansion with such few skins.
Yes I understand the expansion added other things as well – but as long as they had time to design more gem store thing they would have had time to add in more decent armor skins as well.
Also – it’s amusingly funny that even the gem store doesn’t have any new armor skins. Seriously what gives?
you can feel the cheapness and corner cutting at every turn with hot (all 4 maps are jungle to reuse textures/creatures etc). expecting this team to release more armor skins is fools gold.
the concept artists have literally hundreds of designs/mockups drawn and ready to model…but are strangled by stingy management and the mindset of people like colin.
sad to say but there is nothing more coming…perhaps a set in the distant future but that’s it. the game has taken on a cynical and cashgrab feel (problem is we paid cash for it). it’s incredibly discouraging to see anet rob the game of all it’s charm and fun…but this is the way forward-very limited ‘content’ and no customization.
I’m curious what your reference to the mindset of people like Colin is about. I don’t mean it in a critical way, just wondering if you were read something somewhere that I’m may in the dark about?
there really is nothing to judge. they issue cryptic statements periodically but other than that it’s total silence-one gets the feeling that they say so little because there is simply nothing to say. so without any sort of statements (yay or nay) we can only judge colin and his management team by what they produce.
when comparing hot to the core game hot looks and feels so tiny and pathetic. which isn’t to say the expectations were that they could replicate all of the features of the core game (frankly the talent and will isn’t there anymore-they couldn’t do it if they wanted too).
but we did expect more from hot.. 20 armor sets, new city map… new tattoos/emotes/bodyshapes..something that says we have actually been to the jungle. but instead we wander around the jungle in our 3 year old armor and when we are finished we go back to dr. or i suppose we could go to a guild hall where everyone is broke buying chairs they cannot sit in.
it feels like they spent the majority of development time designing systems that are cruel and cynical (see here guild halls/precursor crafting/masteries…) and they forgot that players like playing the game for rewards and fun. but i honestly don’t think they forgot-the cold reality is they just cannot produce engaging content anymore.
colin has somehow managed to produce an expansion that has repulsed every segment of the game (wvw/pvp/pve/fractals and dungeons/fans of story and lore/..). the expac is paper thin and the rough edges show most obviously on the maps (everything is recycled and reused for each map). but dig deeper and it is even more apparent what a dog and pony show hot truly is.
they are milking the core game (races/emotes/animations/armor skins) for everything it is worth and adding nothing. strip mining the game we love and delivering nothing but gem store grabs. pathetic and disgraceful. to have faith in colin and his dev team after this cynical expac is simply foolish.
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Really?
Come on…take your head out of the sand for a second.
We got TONS of new armor skins during the time when there was no xpac.
With HoT, we don’t need a billion skins because we got actual content.
Ever think that maybe we didn’t get skins because the devs were busy giving us:
– Entirely new zones
– New progression for every profession in the form of Elite Specializations
– An entirely new targetting/control system (action combat system)
– Massive guild halls
– Complete new crafting profession
– 3 new Legendaries
– New legendary crafting system that gives depth to the path of getting legendaries
– Gliding system with customizeable and dyable glider skins
– New WvW borderlands
– Entirely new sPvP game mode and map
– Custom PvP arenas for guild halls
– New levels of Fractals
– Motherkittening raidsI mean come on…consider for a moment what it takes to create all of that and then consider that there are at least 2 complete new armor skins (not including the new outfit that you got for free pre-release and the new outfit on the gemstore) and several new weapon skins on top of unique weapon skins and armor skin for Elite Specializations.
If this dissappoints you, don’t ever expect to be impressed by anything a developer will come out with.
I see you’ve already been flamed into next week regarding your off-the-mark reply, but consider the MMO we are playing. Everything is based on looks. The end-game is vanity, pure and simple. Heart of Thorns has done nothing to change this notion and that’s a good thing because our super-sparkly, particle flurry weapons and armor still hold value.
When Legendary Armor arrives our desire for high fashion will be sated, but until then we have two new options to strive towards and that’s limited for a paid expansion. That’s what OP’s concern is about, and it’s a valid concern.
you can feel the cheapness and corner cutting at every turn with hot (all 4 maps are jungle to reuse textures/creatures etc). expecting this team to release more armor skins is fools gold.
the concept artists have literally hundreds of designs/mockups drawn and ready to model…but are strangled by stingy management and the mindset of people like colin.
sad to say but there is nothing more coming…perhaps a set in the distant future but that’s it. the game has taken on a cynical and cashgrab feel (problem is we paid cash for it). it’s incredibly discouraging to see anet rob the game of all it’s charm and fun…but this is the way forward-very limited ‘content’ and no customization.
I’m curious what your reference to the mindset of people like Colin is about. I don’t mean it in a critical way, just wondering if you were read something somewhere that I’m may in the dark about?
One aspect of the cost-cutting mindset probably lies with the fact Anet let go of their QA team and outsourced content to a company that screwed up big time. Whether or not they are still outsourcing to this company is unknown to me, however considering the high number of bugs in HoT the answer may be yes.