Guild Wars 2

Armor: phalanx armor Race/gender: human male

So basically I was really excited about the new heavy armor, clearly an amazing concept. I logged in ready to buy the new skin, but first I previewed it on my char. To my disappointment I realised the armor is bugged (it clips with itself). I even know the reason. I’m pretty much sure almost every armor in the game is designed on a standard bodytype (the “mid” bodytype for human males). That’s why this clipping issue happens only on the biggest body types. Basically the armor is not resized correctly from one body type to a different one. This leads to clipping issues. The funny part is I don’t even think this problem can be fixed, since this happens with LOTS of armors in game (but luckily not with the t3 cultural, and the reason is simply cos that armor was already designed on a large body type – logan). As you can see in the screenshots the clipping happens only on the larger body type, and not on the “standard” mid one. This is true even for the magitech armor and many others. The clipping issue is always located in the same area (the upper legs area, just under the belt).
I know it’s too late to fix so many armors, but pls at least try fixing the new phalanx, it’s really a shame, since pretty much every guardian/warrior uses the largest body types available for humans. As I said I don’t really know if this clipping issue happens on other races and genders, since all my characters are human males.

New pictures with different colours…

Similarly, the Female Norn boots clip with virtually every legging in the game, including the Phalanx leggings.

Fix it, and you have my money unreservedly. Leave it as is and its ‘No Sale’.

greatswords also clip through on human heavy build. So do the leggings.

Well even my Sylvari medium T3 clips with itself… so nothing to see here ^^

Anyone know if this is currently being addressed? It looks great from the front, and I’ll admit I didn’t notice it in the preview.

However, soon as I equipped it I noticed it right away, the left shoulder off axis from the other. (Norn, Charr)

It’s as if the designer simply lined it up from the front and called it a day lol.

Bump. Would be nice if someone from anet came here just to tell us the designers are aware of these issues, since players are spending real money on this skin.
Or are the designers already working on new (bugged as always) armors to put on the gem store?
It’s inconceivable to me that the artist who designed this armor doesn’t care at all about these graphical bugs. I mean these clipping issues are not really “minor” and are actually annoying. I’ve seen some players around wearing this armor and the leggings clipping is really evident.

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Anyone know if this is currently being addressed? It looks great from the front, and I’ll admit I didn’t notice it in the preview.

However, soon as I equipped it I noticed it right away, the left shoulder off axis from the other. (Norn, Charr)

It’s as if the designer simply lined it up from the front and called it a day lol.

I bought it just for the shoulders. (They go well with my armor, and they are merely BIG and not TREMENDOUSLY OVERSIZED the way most other shoulder armor is in the game.)

As soon as I saw them in-game, I noticed they are floating in mid-air, off of my shoulders (they always do that! What’s the big idea?) and like you spotted, the left shoulder is off-axis. I look uneven. (Check the picture from the rear… you can see underneath my left shoulder piece a lot more than the right. It seems tilted forward.)

This is yet another bizarre move by Anet.

They release an unfinished product that only looks decent on Human Males and only if they are the correct body size.

Talk about a niche market.

And I wont even comment on the female version looking like a different set altogether.

I wont be wasting my money on this.

Bump. One month later this bug is still there. Anet I’m not asking for the moon, I don’t expect you guys to fix every single graphical bug in this game, but really can you fix at least one? I can’t find a single armor in this game without clipping issues, I’m not even kidding.