Hello, everyone! I’ve often been curious about this particular subject, and had several debates with friends. We’ve often wondered how it is that armor and shields, etc, stand up against magic in the world. One of the most frequent arguments brought up is how malleable the energy could be considered to be, where fire would find its way between cracks, or even electricity would just downright cripple an armor wearer (being giant tin cans of metal).
I often brought up the idea that it was possible in a world filled with magic that the armor and weapons have been designed with that in mind, where magic dampening runes or signets are engraved directly into the armor to help mediate casters damage (probably for a pretty penny, or perhaps so common it’s seen as standard), and explain why they don’t get just blown up in a few hits, given the conceivable great strength of the casters ability.
But of course, we don’t see any exact basis for this in lore. Once upon a time we saw in early GW1 development that signets were engravings that could be tapped into as spells, but that lore has since been put aside (never brought into canon, they changed what signets were before launch.)
So I was hoping for some input in on this! And if anyone has any further information regarding the lore (With links to official pages!) or if perhaps a Dev might thumbs up or thumbs down the concept! Thank you so much for your time!
I thought I was replaying it naturally but I had to hit the button!