Guild Wars 2

You forgot spikey and Joan Collins style shoulder pads.

SuperSpicyCurry.2415:

I just think fire+black stuff = a 12 year old’s idea of cool.

Then there must be a LOT of 12 year old kids playing this game, because half the people I see are wearing CoF armor with Abyss Dye.

darkace.8925:

SuperSpicyCurry.2415:

I just think fire+black stuff = a 12 year old’s idea of cool.

Then there must be a LOT of 12 year old kids playing this game, because half the people I see are wearing CoF armor with Abyss Dye.

That’s the point. I personally don’t know any mature players who like this
style of gear. Another problem with this is that it kind of lessens
the armor diversity among players. If so much of the high end armor
looks this way then many people will wear it, be it the one or the other set.

The Jade weapons were a step in the right direction as they were mainly green and golden with the occasional splash of silver. The only other green weapons
in the game that i know of are priory.

Edit: I can understand Anet wants to cater to the majority of the playerbase
and that seems to be the kids or at least those who think black with flames looks
“cool”.

Anyone else feel like the textures look pretty bad on the gloves and stuff? Like it seems really faded and low quality compared to the chest. :/

Maybe thats the way fire stuff usually looks. I dunno. lol

But yeah, never been a huge flaming equipment fan. I like flashy stuff as much as the next person. But flames are pretty commonplace and not that interesting. Especially when paired with “black.”

Hopefully there will be more variety in the future for skins. (Need more leafy/Nature gear :x)

I didn’t realize there were that many fire things, but to be fair I do love my fire sword.

Fire sword and a plant shield, I like to think that I’m constantly on the verge of burning my own shield.

Katreyn.4218:

Anyone else feel like the textures look pretty bad on the gloves and stuff? Like it seems really faded and low quality compared to the chest. :/

Maybe thats the way fire stuff usually looks. I dunno. lol

The only “new” gear in this picture are helmet gloves and shoulders. The rest
is cof.

Let us reskin the fire to blue at least.

I think it looks cool but really they should start making some ice themed armor too.
Something like the armor of the Son of Svanir woman they later scrapped: http://www.theroundtablet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/guild-wars-2-norn-svanir.jpg

Crovax.7854:

Katreyn.4218:

Anyone else feel like the textures look pretty bad on the gloves and stuff? Like it seems really faded and low quality compared to the chest. :/

Maybe thats the way fire stuff usually looks. I dunno. lol

The only “new” gear in this picture are helmet gloves and shoulders. The rest
is cof.

Well thats what I was saying. The helm and gloves quality looks different then the chest. I guess its just because its a different set. Things don’t universally match in the dye department always.

Sorry for the confusion. My english seems to be bad today.

You can never have too many destroyer themed armors and weapons. I also loved the Dragon Jade weapons, but anything related to the elder dragons and the old destroyer weapons is awesome in my book.

Yeah, they need to think about something other than Dark Fire themed. it’s getting old.
Especially since they don’t have any Kralkatorik themed weapons.

Wind, Lightning, or Light themes are what we need.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Wind, Lightning, or Light themes are what we need.

hah, good point. I’d rather they do several more racial sets that are available to all races.

I think that screenshot is not a new armor. probably a new enemy

exacttly what i thought when i saw it

… though those glowing peices in a diff picture is atleast different to everything (but dwayna braces)

Headless.3718:

I think that screenshot is not a new armor. probably a new enemy

It is new armor, check the release page.

They explained how you can earn new armor skins with achievement points and post a picture of this armor right beside it. Surely that means we are talking about a new helmet, gloves and shoulders here.

I’m glad this thread was already here, because I was ready to launch it myself if it wasn’t:

GET OVER THE FLAMES ALREADY

It’s like your armor designer is suffering some kind of OCD / fugue state.

Hermes.7014:

I think it looks cool but really they should start making some ice themed armor too.
Something like the armor of the Son of Svanir woman they later scrapped: http://www.theroundtablet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/guild-wars-2-norn-svanir.jpg

This looks pretty cool, but it was probably scrapped because the Sons of Svanir are misogynists. It wouldn’t make sense to have women that were Sons of Svanir.
Still, awesome armor. I really wanted to see something like that.

Maybe more ARMOR. And not like, you know, LUMPS OF STONE or VEGETATION!?

i have incinerator and i agree… To much fire stuff. i still love my incinerator, but its enough now Anet

Xzaander.4123:

Maybe more ARMOR. And not like, you know, LUMPS OF STONE or VEGETATION!?

LOL truth.

It looks just like CoF armor to me

The armor designers fans of Chrono Trigger, I take it?

Chest yes, looks like CoF, but shoulders and a helm and gauntlets… not sure, but i don’t think so. Yet another lava/fire themed armor? How original. Pyromaniacs took over the AN!

Nike.2631:

I’m glad this thread was already here, because I was ready to launch it myself if it wasn’t:

GET OVER THE FLAMES ALREADY

It’s like your armor designer is suffering some kind of OCD / fugue state.

At least they’d sooner get over flame than they do their massive trenchcoat obsession though. :< My kingdom for a shirt/vest/breastplate

darkace.8925:

SuperSpicyCurry.2415:

I just think fire+black stuff = a 12 year old’s idea of cool.

Then there must be a LOT of 12 year old kids playing this game, because half the people I see are wearing CoF armor with Abyss Dye.

People wear CoF because it’s the easiest dungeon in the game, they have the tokens from autopilot gold runs and because the stats are desirable (all CoF sets are glass cannon DPS sets).

CharrGirl.7896:

It looks just like CoF armor to me

I haven’t checked, but isn’t it just new helmet, shoulders and gloves with CoF chest and leggings? I thought they just used the chest and leggings because it was also flame themed and thus matched better to the new set.

I don’t think they are adding all new armour sets, just individual pieces or mini sets.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Wind, Lightning, or Light themes are what we need.

https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/0478aBotFW-screenshot-04.jpg

And no one thought that it may be a new villain enemy, and that those three pieces are to be NPC-unique.

Well, I hope not, as that head is rather sinisterly cool, but what’s wrong with having some fire themed stuff so long as it’s not all fire themed? And this is speaking without knowing what the dyeable areas are… dyeable fire would be neat…

I would love some lightning, ice, and hell, lets have some Branded Crystal themes going. But fire is probably just the easiest kind of elemental-themed armor to imagine while looking “cool” or “sinister” (the later definitely the intended look).

I don’t blame them. Anet probably has the stats to show that Fire-themed equipment is popular enough to make more of it.

GW2 does have other themed gear, but hardly anyone talks about them.

Frost – Corrupted, Kodan
Lightning – Mystic
Undead – Arah, Ascalonian
Sea – Orrian
Nature – Verdant
Steampunk – Steam, SkyPirate, Dredge

Personally I’d prefer more Armor-themed armor…

There isn’t a single frost/ice armorset in the game. Or nature.

Weapon wise, you forgot Warden for nature, and Krait (perhaps Pirate) for sea, and Inquest for lightning (basically red version of Mystic though).

I’d personally love to see branded armor or jormag based armor design. The arah heavy armor is a perfect comparison of what i’m getting at. Literally making or taking armor from the enemy to use against them.

I’d like an angel-style dress but fit for females, I’ve accomplished this somehow by using cultural t3 light armor on my sylvari with celestial dye on most parts and a bit of wine ice, it’s like a true magical elementalist.

Perhaps the armor sets of Lady Kasmeer and Marjory Delaqua will also become available, since players demanded so much for them.
Kasmeer’s armor looks like light type while Marjory seems like a medium type. Both are pretty cool for sure anyways.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/d/d6/Kasmeer_Meade.jpg
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/f/f9/Marjory_Delaqua.jpg

Why more fiery armour?
Because this game is trying increasingly desperately to appeal to the lowest common denominator who have no taste beyond “OOOOO SHINY”.
ArenaNet must think their userbase are a bunch of Skritt.

They gotta keep the edgy kids playing after all.

I would like more armor types like this with no cool lighting/fire effect.

Don’t we have plenty of that simple armor already?

spikes + fire.. oh lovely.

Hermes.7014:

Don’t we have plenty of that simple armor already?

Sure, but there’s third option to the “simple, plain, ordinary” armor and the “spiky, glowy, particle effect-laden” armor. Some of us would love some ornate-yet-practical looking armor (long the lines of cultural armor).

Why are you guys focusing on the fire stuff if you don’t like it?

Did no one else notice the picture of the slyvari with the amazing looking staff or the human female with ornate looking armor that isn’t fire themed?

Nope? Just saw the fire stuff and your first reaction was to complain? Righto.

https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/0478aBotFW-screenshot-04.jpg

https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bb697BotFW-screenshot-05.jpg

Well my vote goes for the next set to have dark ethereal fx – something like the necro’s death-shroud would look good on a sword.

I want a blood and bone armour set + weapon. It would look really cool and different.

Yah, I definitely wish they’d get away from the fire stuff for a while.

If they want to go for the elemental type armors because they can utilize neat looking particle effects (which some people seem to really love), why not ice armor? Lightning armor? Or even just something energy-based but not nessicarily elemental. Those would be completely unique, and yet instead there’s yet another fire suit.

This one looks pretty sweet.
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/0478aBotFW-screenshot-04.jpg

If you read the ANet post about the new system, it says you can unlock armor and weapons “including Radiant armor, Hellfire armor, and the Zenith weapon set.” Emphasis on “including” mine.

So the fire set is likely Hellfire but there is also Radiant which to me has a much more promising name.

ANet article: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/new-account-achievement-rewards-incoming/?utm_source=client

The Radiant armor will most likely be the one in the screenshot posted by Rouven.

I kind of like it, but the fire is a bit too over the top, but I will get it, my guy is fire themed because I think it fits the Charr look (though maybe not the lore so much) and I’m not 12 years old either so there you go, someone likes it.

All I want is for PvE versions of the armors that are currently only available for PvP. It would be so easy to make them available, and yet I know they wont.

Something like this maybe?