Suggestion: Elemental Armor

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Posted by: Griffin.5379

Griffin.5379

We have a lot of fire based outfits, armor and weapons,
like:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/f/f1/Lunatic_Guard_Outfit_human_female_front.jpg
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/7/7f/Hellfire_armor_%28light%29_human_female_front.jpg
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/4/4c/Molten_Greatsword.jpg

also a lot of “light” based stuff:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Radiant_armor_(light)_human_female_front.jpg
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/c/c2/Crystal_Savant_Outfit_human_female_front.jpg
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/8/86/Chaos_Greatsword_Skin.jpg

some earth/nature based:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/3/3e/Orchid_armor_light_sylvari_female_front.jpg

(to show a view)

But there are basically nothing even remotely based on other “elements”,
like ice, water, earth, lightning, air, etc.

I mean I can imagine that there will be a view ice based things if a far shiverpeak addon comes out and something earth/sand/crystal based if we get a crystal desert addon,
but even without those I kinda miss the option for those other clothes.

And yes I know there are a view weapon skins here and there with other elements than fire/steel and light, but not many.

(I could give a view pictures but you can all take a look yourself by googling things like “ice mage” or “earth mage”)

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Posted by: Perez.1670

Perez.1670

Even though i agree that there is more fire stuff (and tbh i like fire)
I’ll mention a few other elemental stuff.

water armor: zodiac, leyline (its a nice mix looking like water+air-ish?) winters pressence shoulder.
water weapons: corrupted, kodan, shiverstone, frostfang, moonson, jormags breath, leyline, winter’s.

Air armor: leyline, wind+lightning catcher (backpack), zephyrite wind+lightning helm.
Air weapons: tempest, wings of dwayna, leyline, fractal, Metrorlogicus, bolt, mystic/inquest (a bit tech looking but also lightning fille), chaos.

Earth: pretty much anything sylvari or similar.

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Posted by: Griffin.5379

Griffin.5379

A view of them are more “pure magic” than any element, specially leyline and fractal.

No critic towards weapons anyway, since there are plenty of designs, even more when you count the Black Lion stuff.

But focus on Armor, I have a view options when I want to look “fiery”.
All the Citadel of Flame armors, the Flame and Frost stuff (forged), Hellfire Set, Flamekissed armor,

Now maybe lighning? the Tempest shoulder thing and zephyrite stuff but no real armor

earth or rather nature/plant: sylvari cultural and twilight arbor sets

My thought are more in a direction of those set’s but heavily focused on an element, for example:

heavy ice armor:
http://img15.deviantart.net/e1a4/i/2012/173/f/5/sinestesia__ice_mage_by_beaver_skin-d54f2zi.jpg

http://atg1ns5wag90b2j1y2tldc5jb200.g00.photobucket.com/g00/TU9SRVBIRVVTMSRodHRwOi8vaTg1NS5waG90b2J1Y2tldC5jb20vYWxidW1zL2FiMTEyL255Y3QzYS9HdzIlMjBEeWUvSGVhdnlBcm1vcjAzLmpwZw%3D%3D/$/$/$/$/$

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Posted by: mXz.4512

mXz.4512

Even though i agree that there is more fire stuff (and tbh i like fire)
I’ll mention a few other elemental stuff.

water armor: zodiac, leyline (its a nice mix looking like water+air-ish?) winters pressence shoulder.
water weapons: corrupted, kodan, shiverstone, frostfang, moonson, jormags breath, leyline, winter’s.

Air armor: leyline, wind+lightning catcher (backpack), zephyrite wind+lightning helm.
Air weapons: tempest, wings of dwayna, leyline, fractal, Metrorlogicus, bolt, mystic/inquest (a bit tech looking but also lightning fille), chaos.

Earth: pretty much anything sylvari or similar.

I wouldn’t consider the Zodiac armors to be or show any resemblance to water elemental. They have similar if not the same astral/space/star/constellation design as Astralaria and Eternity.

Leyline armors resemble more rock/stone/earthy armors just lightly magic infused. Because look at the leyline weapon skins, there’s no water; only rock formations similar to how fractal weapons move/float.

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Posted by: Fancypants.9705

Fancypants.9705

I’d like to see something liek this also. Like an armor type that would make you into a treefolk lol. Kind of like Melandru’s backpiece.

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Posted by: Orpheal.8263

Orpheal.8263

I for myself would love to see finally wind based gathering tools..

i want to get finjally a Sonic Sicle, Wind Spirit Logaxe and and Stormcloud Pickaxe, wind elemental magical looking gathering tools..

we have already fire based, water/ice based gathering tools.. but wind elemental is nothign there sadly

Would be soo cool looking to summon some razor sharp sonic sicle winds that cut for you your herbs, or to summon a wind spirit with an overlarge sonic scythe similar like that cool Wind Weasel from Naruto that cuts down for you all kinds of tree for you and to let rain down with a wind based pickaxe mighty concentrated lightnign strikes, that crush out for you the mining materials out of the rocks in a more magical looking way, than that other “technical” looking pickaxe that generates some kind of lightnign effects

I’d so instant buy a gathering logaxe thats windbased, that summons somethign like this that cuts down for me all trees for wood material with style xD

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65afu_kuchiyose-kirikiri-mai_creation

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Posted by: JaddynnStarr.5201

JaddynnStarr.5201

I think OP is talking more about particle effects and things that give off light. Yea we have a few in all elements, but there are tons in fire and give off flame or heat waves etc… Would like to see air armor that has crackling lightning coursing thru it, or water armor that reacts like jelly when you move etc… I think that’s more along the lines of what the OP is getting at. Maybe some earth armor that has little rows of stalagmites that ripple through-out the armor etc… I understand that is difficult to do, which is likely why you only see fire in the amounts that we do.