Guild Wars 2

So the heavy armour reward for Caudecus Manor explorable is the Noble armour set. If you preview it, it looks pretty tatty and battle-scarred.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/1/16/Norn-NoblemansSet-Heavy-Female.jpg

But the vendor who sells it is wearing the same armour in pristine condition.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/2/25/Seraph_Outfitter_Eva.jpg

What gives? Is there any way to obtain this shiny (and much better looking IMO) version?

Anyone know?

Could be colour. Some are shinier than others.

Any news on the matter? It’s definitely not a dye thing; all the NPCs wearing noble heavy armour have this shiny version that apparently players can’t obtain. :<

If you’re positive that it’s not a dye issue you should file it as a bug since they probably applied the wrong material or pixel shader.

It’d be more compelling to put a character with undyed armor next to a guard in the same light. The preview tool’s not a great way to see how it looks in world.

Town guards never get beat on, you do!

I got some pieces of the armour, they are battleworn, i would have like the skin of the npc and the leg are buggy ( back is clipping and the central part of the belt is missing on the human male)

I hope they will fix that

I noticed this too and it looks pretty much intended. Would have preferred if we could get the shiny new looks instead of battleworn.

Are you sure it’s not a dye thing? Speaking of which, I was wondering if there is a dye for “shiny, pretty” armor. Everything I’ve seen so far looks to dark, flat, or gold colored.

it’s not a dye thing no, the only way your going to get close to that effect is with the Legendary Hammer

So there is no dye to make armor a shiny metal? really wtf AN?

I have set and i find that using silver dye is most like the NPC who sells it

I was looking forward to obtaining this armour after seeing it on a lot of NPCs in Kryta, but after previewing it the other day I’m extremely dissapointed. Even with all graphical settings maxed it looks like a low resolution, detailless mess compared to the NPC’s version (Even with silver dye). I really don’t understand why they didn’t use the same texture as the NPC armour.

I’m definitely in favour of Anet giving this armour the texture it deserves rather than the appalling excuse for one it uses currently.