Guild Wars 2

So the Sylvari are a very alien race, and a lot of us players prefer to dress them up in leafy cultural gear, because it seems so much more natural than heavy plate or stiff leather on them. They do, after all, have bark for skin and leaves for hair… It might just be me, but I imagine putting a set of chainmail on an actual tree and it just feels wrong in my head.

SO… Obviously, to start with, our options are pretty limited. Tier 1, 2 and 3, as well Twilight Arbor dungeon gear for whatever armor-type we wear. (That’s another thing, one I won’t be focusing on, but I REALLY wish we could mix light/medium/heavy to give us a wider range of customization. Also crossing my fingers for more cultural gear to be released, I feel like the racial identities are being lost in all of these hoodies, quaggan backpacks and Aetherblade steam/clockpunk gear…)

BACK TO THE POINT… This is, in fact, about a glitch / bug and not just my hopes / frustrations with the game.

Mixing Sylvari Cultural gear with Twilight Arbor dungeon gear (the only other leafy armor) produces some pretty awesome and yet disappointing results. For one, in the right lighting, I can have my character look like this:

(Warden Dhiirin, “Right Lighting”)
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/514422/pics/original/1752109.jpg

But… In the WRONG lighting (…also MOST lighting…) I get this, much different result… Which actually leads me to be constantly seeking the “right” lighting, which I find incredibly tedious… I’m slightly OCD about my character looking perfect to me, so you can imagine how frustrating this is.

(Warden Dhiirin, “Horrible Bad Disgusting Obnoxious Lighting”)
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/514422/pics/original/1935064.jpg
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/514422/pics/original/1935062.jpg
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/514422/pics/original/1935063.jpg

I’ll admit, I don’t know what kind of work it would take to fix this issue. But, just looking at my first screenshot, aren’t you a LITTLE eager to encourage that? Isn’t it worth the effort to expand the available “looks” for Sylvari players and make sure that they’re done flawlessly? Personally I think this combination of pieces is perfect for a Warden character, the massive TA Shoulders and T2 Helm work together in a way that the T2 Helm and T2 Shoulders just don’t. So having my character’s chest and shoulders blacked out, while the rest is colored perfectly is REALLY disappointing, and it actually makes me feel unable to play my character sometimes. Please, please, please, take a look at this issue and see if anything can or will be done.