Guild Wars 2

Xanthia.7209:

Warning: High concentrations of salt-skip to tl;dr to avoid

So something interesting to note, I’ve been seeing posts saying how some people still see the old version of the skin (in all of it’s glory) while others here unfortunately have the new watered down “new” version of it.

Turns out the reason for the two conflicting accounts is due to the fact that the skin is heavily influenced by the shaders setting in the graphics option. So if you want the old version you need to set shaders to “low”. And if for some reason you want the “why-even-bother-wearing-it” new version for it, set shaders to “medium” or higher.

Of course the downside to this is that the game looks awful with low shaders.
Edit: Picture added to demonstrate difference.

TL;DR-Adjust the “shaders” under the graphics option to change how the skin looks.

Not sure if op is using the same charr face as us, but if so it might be a problem with the face. Honestly it probably won’t be fixed if it is, as they still haven’t fixed the problem with our heavy t3 cultural helm. Here is a thread I made 2 years ago about that. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Buyer-beware-new-Charr-faces-hair-problems/first#post4247613

Are Unidentified Fossilized Insect’s still dropping? 200+ chests opened on my girlfriends account, and one still hasn’t dropped. Just want to confirm that we aren’t wasting our time. If they are is this the norm, or is it an edge case?

storiessave.3807:

This was actually complained about a lot when it came out. That’s why I didn’t get it for my charr, though I usually don’t use helmets to begin with. You should always check bug reports and such when new stuff comes out for charr, since they have so many clipping issues with armor and faces. -.-

That said, it’s really kittenty that they refused to refund the gems, considering you can’t always see clipping issues in the makeover kit window…especially since they hardly ever fix these things for charr.

Yeah, I should have looked for bug reports. I just thought I was safe considering it is T3 Cultural armor, the armor specifically designed for our race lol. Oh well it’s really not a huge deal just wanted to let people know that they won’t refund for that reason.

Yeah I’m going to file the bug report also. I just think it’s kinda shady they don’t refund the gems so you can redo the process. If they do fix the clipping though I will be happy.

I just recently purchased gems to get a makeover kit, so that I could change some features on my charr. I noticed the new faces, and decided to use one of them. During this I had my armor hidden, and didn’t think to check for clipping issues. After accepting the changes I noticed the new face clips through the T3 helm, which kinda ruins it for me. I contacted support for a gem refund and was told they cannot refund the gems and to file a bug report. I just wanted to provide the community with a warning regarding the issue.