Guild Wars 2

^ Yeah, but that is just three out of… so many awesome GW skins that would benefit greatly from refreshing.

And Profane being the worst light one to pick from.

I think that asura T3 heavy uses very strong envinroment texture which gives the metal parts this chrome, polished feel, and it has nothing to do with a dye. AFAIK, it’s usually a small texture taken from… well, the environment you’re in. A picture of the horizon usually, might as well be the skybox texture, anything that imitates a reflection on the surface of the armor. Or a random forest, haha.
Same as the specular, those materials look the best in neutral lighting (like the hero panel), or slightly shadowy places.

As the OP figured out already, they’re visible at medium/high shaders.

Darfod.9375:

Queen Jennah’s Final Word(s)…

“I should go”.

bhagwad.4281:

If you’re trying to demonstrate women’s power, we don’t need such blatant visual cues shoved down our throats.

QFJ, before it gets lost. These are my feelings towards what I dislike in art design in modern VG in general, put in one sentence.

Pretty sure that watchknights could be designed differently, but with the same number of detail. But currently “enhanced” feminine traits just make them look grotesque and repulsive to me.

@OP:

( the light one is amazing)

To each their own.

I don’t like any of it.
/s

@Above posts.
Honestly, we don’t have much choice atm. I think we should have an equal choice from functional and fantasy skins, for now:

- In light skins, we have a large variety of battle lingerie, abstract art lingerie, very few functional and very very few elegant (“noble”) skins.
- In medium skins, trench coats everywhere.
- In heavy armors, lots of uninteresting, but practical skins, then again, not enough skimpy ones.

Vec.2054:

Here’s my human thief

This is great, she looks like one of my dervishes from Nightfall preview weekend. Also this skin is so awesome. I wish we had all GW1 skins available someday.

Actually it never was a Canthan district*. Not according to the lore at least (which is kinda silly, because some in game dialogues, something connected to Whispers, I don’t remember clearly, suggest there should be one).

*Yes, I know about the pre-release Canthan architecture that didn’t make it to the release.

Calae.1738:

Changing armor also changes the geometry of the models in GW2. It’s not a model on top of a model like it was before. I assume this was implemented to avoid clipping issues.

Clothes and armor in GW2 aren’t… worn like I think you think they are.

(boring part here)
Unclothed body model is a completely different thing – something like a separate suit of armor. There’s no actual… body under any armor. This is what WOULD cause many clipping issues, more than you can imagine, considering how actually low poly GW2 bodies are.
Body is split to few parts: hands, feet, upper and lower torso, and head. Accordingly, armors are made of few pieces, gloves part, chest, leggins, boots that are loaded upon your model (as in swapped with the currently worn piece). All these pieces have the same skeleton and proper rigging, so that when combined together, they animate properly.

As far as I understand, this is why the armor segments are usually of the same size, so mixing them would be easier and more seamless. If they have skin showing, that’s not because there’s a “body” under it, but because a body part is actually an armor itself. A pro could explain that better, but since we have no 3D artists visiting the thread…
(/boring)

So the thing with breasts changing size is rather a result of how actually the separate armor sets were sculpted for different body types. There were more than one person working on different sets. They can’t all be identical. They can be fixed I presume, but apparently it’s not that important.

AFAIR, Shining blades wear Banded armor set but with Draconic torso instead of Banded. Very nice combo btw.

Ebons I can’t recall at all. Wasn’t that the Ascalonian Catacombs dunegon set?

Fallen Angels on the pics I found wear another dunegon set – Nobleman’s from Caudecus’s Manor iirc. With Banded helmet.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Fallen_Angel_Makayla.jpg

Esplen.3940:

Marge.4035:

Gals and guys, can anybody tell me what is the cost of converting the kite to the “guild” one and is this change permanent? The NPC doesn’t exactly say anything… And I’m afraid to click beyond the “agree” part.

The NPC just becomes a merchant.

Thank you very much!

Gals and guys, can anybody tell me what is the cost of converting the kite to the “guild” one and is this change permanent? The NPC doesn’t exactly say anything… And I’m afraid to click beyond the “agree” part.

Short answer: no.

Below: thx for correcting me. Was thinking of the glow only since we have three variants of it and we’re unable can’t change the color.

Oh I know one Azura! Long time ago, during my vacation trip to Morrowind…
/ot

Gadd’s funeral, anyone?

Not all asura in sight are secretly planning to take over the world, y’know.

Yep, barely discovered both waypoints, every jump is a death sentence, someone rezzing me but no one to thank to due to NPCs and PCs disappearing from field of view, spent 20 minutes there maybe, not going back anymore.

Underworld EU. Connecting from Poland.

Rest of the world works fine! Awesome.

Atlas.9704:

That brings up a question I’ve been meaning to ask: What is it with people and this affinity for white hair? lol

There was a whole thread on it. But mostly – it looks best with a lot of armor color combinations.

@summourn: looks a lot like few of the GW1 male haircuts, some players will be happy.
There’s also this. Elegant bun adorned with flowers, I’m sorry for crappy textures setting. And another male haircut.

What about asura? ;(

There are people, who will like the “heavy” skin, despite the race/class/taste. Just like glacial/stone/destroyer/dragon/Chaos gauntlets in GW1 were.

I highly doubt this will be ever a complete set (I don’t see them as a pieces of a light set anyways), just like the gauntlets, it seems like these were made especially to give us more options to mix/match.

At least Chaos/dragon gloves were dyeable.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Common_armor

I’ll just leave this GW1 concept art here:

http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-05/gwf-env-tengu-hut.html
http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-05/gwf-env-forbidden-city2.html

I believe this is dunegon skin, from Ascalonian Catacombs.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascalonian_Catacombs_armor

With transmutation stones, you can find and use cheap gear beyond your current level.

While “good looking” is relative, I can recommend

From crafted skins: Reinforced Scale, Banded armor, Splint armor

From loot: Banded armor.

And sets from karma traders around the world: Heavy Plate, Dark Plate, Superior Duelist, Pit Fighter, Barbaric armor (which is also craftable IIRC, and pieces can be bought cheaply on TP)

Also more info, pics and locations here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_armor_sets

You can go to The Mists through your PvP panel, there’s an armor locker there, where you can preview all skins on your toon.

Not necessarily, we may be looking at two different problems here. I’m running a legacy driver, the same one for last few years (thus normally I’m not even bothering listing it, but there, Radeon 4870 HD, driver version 8.771.0.0, Win7 32 bit, Pentium Dual-Core E5200, 4GB RAM (3,25 used due to 32 bit system), AsusP5QL Pro).

Problem appeared for the first time (in my case, yesterday), and for now, only once. There’s no errors, no crash. The screen: the world, interface disappears, only mouse cursor remains, and is responding. I think the environment sound is still heard too (birds, music etc, no interface sounds or my toon’s sounds), but nothing else. I dunno if I can be even more specific.

Edit: anyways, when this happens again, I’m going to try and see if my issues aren’t similar to this problem: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Network-Issue-Causing-Black-Screen
Now I remember I did had problems with connection at that time.

I had a similar occurrence for the first time today, but the screen remained black and I had to restart the client.

I’m running the same setup since game’s launch, no changes lately.

Donari.5237:

and the Priory guy in the Commoner house upstairs.

I have two of them.
/ot

Being a fan of the GW1 HoM (And the 250-years-after one as well, it’s very nostalgic and although I know it’s impossible, I’d like it to be a kind of a home instance), I can’t wait to see what are the devs planning.

The “bug” is not exclusive to waypoints only. Actually, to me it doesn’t occur after WP travel in one zone, just between zones.

I’m guessing it has a lot to do with desktop performance. My graphics are okay, but I know my processor isn’t sufficient and my RAM isn’t used effectively.

It usually happens to me when environment still loads up after logging in/porting to another zone, stops usually after a minute or two, when a certain SFX is finally heard. Not sure which one though, as my desktop just plays all “lagged” sounds in one moment.

Funny, no other race has these or similar issues.

I love swords, scepters, shields, staves… This class + asura race is my favorite combo, visually and gameplay wise

Mejo.3198:

The proportions of the human females are what makes reallife girls having body complex.

On the top of that, once you pick one of the two, maybe three more realistic figures, it turns out the armors look just weird on them. Bottom parts like skirts and gaiters are huge, like taken from a norn mesh :/

I’ve found these old pre-release screens, where you can gush over Anise’s corset top. I like it a lot, mostly because of this comparison with the elite Kurzick armor. Once I too thought it will be available, mostly because it was presented in mesmer class video.

Also, earrings. Where are all the pretty earrings?

regonz.1378:

As for Doern, I’d have to go back and confirm, but I though he was from Elona, not Cantha.

Please do, I’d appreciate that, because I dumped all my screenshots from that convo. I did used wrong words though, he was rather hinting he’s from somewhere else than Kryta. I thought Cantha, because he looks canthan rather than elonian to me (I mean, IMO he doesn’t look elonian at all).

Both surnames sound similar, I’m a bit homesick for Cantha, thus I made this quick assumption.

Also I’m sorry for that, but… Delaqua, Velazquez… Am I the only one seeing similarities in those surnames? Doern was even hinting something that he’s Canthan.

Qin.7325:

felt this was relevant
(see pic)

Aaand there you go, the completely unnecessary boob window from the concept art covered with a nice scarf, which looks like colorable armor part. Can I get more of such solutions?

Her armor reminds me of the basic Shing Jea/Canthan necromant robes. With less teeth, more feathers and dragons.

This is why I like my T2 or Heritage sets. Despite of the second one being lately altered to the point it looks like someone mismatched body types.
Hopefully the future steampunk set isn’t the only one that’s coming… And that they won’t be just dunegon sets.

Normally I don’t like bright hair, but it’s true that they go with most of colors. I gave my asura a total makeover, changed some proportions, maybe I should’ve make the eyes smaller (tip: it seems that in smaller eyes all the specular and environmental effects look a bit better), but I got used to them like this, too much change would be off-putting.

I also made another asura, a ranger this time!

…and improvement suggestions. I do not quite understand why the armor art sticky was removed, so I’m creating a separate topic as instructed. If a mod considers it necessary, please merge this thread with other appropriate thread. Also, please forgive me my wonky English, it’s not my first language.

I decided to consider some features I point out here as bugs, though they’re not jarring like excessive clipping of some other armor art out there, but they’re annoying on another level.

My suggestions are only this, suggestions, I was trying to suggest changes that would be least intrusive to the original design, to which users of this armor already got used to, and as much detached from my personal preferences as I they can be.

1. (Bug) The earring is barely visible due to dyes almost completely having no effect on it. It’s the only armor witch such feature, yet it’s completely invisible under some hairstyles (this is I guess unavoidable) and hair colors (as seen on middle picture, I didn’t noticed the earring on the previews, I saw it only after looking on other players closeup pictures).

Suggestion:

• making the earring brighter and dye accurately to used color.
• creating fourth dyeable area just for the earring.

2. (Bug) The skirt is stiff. Its stiffness and balloon size looks completely silly while character is moving around, especially from behind, and the back of our PCs is the thing we look on for the most of time!
I’m not sure if the size is connected to character’s body type of choice, but it seems like for this particular body type, all leggings seem a size too large, resulting in huge gaps between upper and lower parts of the armor at the waistline, and often holes: http://i.imgur.com/FzCEGgZ.jpg

Suggestion:

• changing the size of the skirt to make it less puffy, of gather some parts into folds to make it resemble cloth, and not paper.
• rigging the skirt to add more cloth-like and not a sculpture feel, preferably by making use of Havoc, like for many other armors in the game.

3. (Bug) This part is still a sleeve. It also successfully prevents player from possibility to mix with gloves from the other sets. Also, when gloves are hidden, or used with particular gloves set, part of the wrist mesh disappears completely, creating a gap of invisible mesh of doom on character’s hand.

Suggestion:

• separating indicated part from the sleeve mesh and attaching it as a part of the glove, making the part dyeable along with the ring.

4. (Suggestion) Highlighted part of the gaiters dyes along with the ornament on the belt, which resembles more metallic material than a cloth. Consider separating this part of the gaiters as fourth dyeable area.

5. (Suggestion) The skin visible on character’s back is distracting and seems completely unnecessary. It also makes the “cut at the waist” armor parts more jarring, and discourages from mixing armor sets. While the front looks great, the back resembles me this: http://i.imgur.com/DlyXT4l.jpg
Consider matching the length to the front, similar to Heritage corset, which just covers the waistline.

6. (Suggestion) This part of the sleeve is connected to the stripey part #3, it could be nice if they were separated, and with added animation like the sleeves of the cabalist armor.

While I know nothing of this may be considered by devs as an issue, I silently hope for some improvements to this set of armor. Cultural armors represent, well, culture of the race, and some level of prestige, and while T2 light is already pretty and detailed (because don’t get me wrong – I adore this set), it’s also completely stiff like made of cardboard. I chose it as I like my toons to look elegant, and practical, without the need to don a battle lingerie.

Just like for her GW1 counterpart, I end up picking white, teal and silver dyes.

Defora, you just made me wanna go and get this. But not until the gloves get some kind of a fix. I don’t like the striped sleeve thingy, I’d like to wear other gloves with it, and the lace on the back doesn’t seem to be sewed to the skirt, it floats, but this is the only set with some kind of a jewelry. Also, the baroque mask is a great addition, I also have an access to that.

I miss GW1 earrings. 1k female ele Luxon was my favorite set.

EDIT: And so I did, after few weeks of break from the game. T2 light female is a lovely set, though with few weird solutions. I knew about them of course while buying the set, but if someone wonders:

• The stripey part just over the gloves is actually part of the sleeve. This part dyes… differently than you would expect.
• The set doesn’t like itself with most of gloves from other sets and gaiters can clip with some boots (at least on the body type I’m using).
• Absolutely no hiding the gloves – there’s an ugly gap in the mesh where wrist should be.
• The corset is short, so there’s a bit of bare skin on the back of the waist.
• Front of the armor is detailed, but the back lacks in my opinion. Whole skirt is kind of poofy and looks silly while running.
• The earring is barely affected by dyes. It’s dark and does not draw attention, sadly.

Despite that, I enjoy it a lot, because apart from student’s, heritage and cabalist there’s no other set I like. If someone considers changing the leggings, I recommend to try student’s (last pic on the left).

(The mask is from heritage, presented dyes are ancient gold, iron and blue ice)

I’d laugh if femsuras started to style their hair just for (probably only human) bookahs to stop mistaking them for males.

I, for once, am grateful for lack of gender dimorphism in asuran (and charr) armors. But in EotN they were all wearing the same glaring colors, patterns, beads, necklaces, hairbands and similar details we don’t get to see much because of poor choice in cultural armors. Three tiers and one dunegon skin (considering class only), come on. :/

Quite happy with my glyphic/T1 combo though I couldn’t match dyes for few days. I’m hiding shoulders and helmet for a bit more “lightweight” look, switching them on for demanding fights.
Also it’s so difficult to take good screenshots at 1600×900 (which is the max I can play with), where did the tiledshot option that I heard about go?

Lower row, second one for ele (7 according to the OP) and lower row 4th one for guardian (9 according to the OP). Those seem most proportional to my taste, and the visible muscles line is just an extra flavor. Ele runs and dodges a lot, more than my guardian I think. x)

Data: all same as in this post

Issue: to put it simply one of two reported issues was fixed and it’s highly appreciated, but now my ele’s body looks disproportionately too large for her head - it seems like model’s waist was thickened a bit too much. Which made me chuckle a bit, my first thought was "wait, did she gained weight during those few months offline?"

I know that this doesn’t matter in the end, but I preferred the previous mesh. This outfit is classy, and I really love it, but the skirt is already "puffy" enough and now without the waist it looks like... a marshmallow, for lack of better word, and, like I mentioned, it creates a disproportion when head’s size is taken into account.

Also I see many reports of seams on female casters waists. It seems like it affects all human female light armor users?...

Valior.4712:

Like it, not sure if it’s just my imagination but I have the feeling it’s same voice as GW1 female player character. (only annoying part is the phrase after minion dies)

Not your imagination, it’s April Stewart, who voiced female lead in GW:N and EOTN, also was a GW:P narrator. She does a great job imo, her voice is pleasant, I can take it even when she over-dramatize sometimes during the PS.

“The Tengu Wall” is among my favorites, but I’ve yet to hear it in the game. Then the “Farhar”, everything that plays in snowy areas, especially “Call of the Raven” at 1:43, whole soundtrack is amazing and I don’t feel the need to replace it with a custom one.

It’s Jen Hale and I’m disappointed of her performance in GW2. Either the direction resulted in something not in my taste, or I just heard better of her as Shep, or Naomi or Trishka or…

In other words, in my opinion there are other female sylvari with better VO than the PC.

Nothing more to add than as someone who loves to make screenshots I agree on the idea to bring this option back.

If I feel like playing, I’m jumping in after dinner.

I’m doing everything associated with completing maps, so hearts, vistas, jumping, etc, daily in the meantime, but my desktop doesn’t let me enjoy dunegons and I avoid bigger events, if I’m sure there’s going to be lots of people and FX there. The dragon chest is tempting thou, so if I’m close, I’m just running in randomly pressing buttons. To simply put, taking part of something in 2 frames per second isn’t fun.

After 4 of 5 rezones my client tends to crash, it’s usually when I’m done with playing for that day.

Lady Vireo.5189:

/snip

So sad, and what a waste of the artists’ wonderful efforts.

Wow. Wow. Thanks for finding those. I’ve browsed the thread and suddenly felt that revisiting Cantha was the thing I hoped for the most… Pre-release PVP Factions event was when I tried the game for the first time. The first Dragon Festival was around my birthday, I loved that expansion.

Yeah, I won’t bring much to the discussion, as I indeed feel a little homesick and sad now.

I haz it. My significant other decided to order me a copy, so when I saw the package from Direct Song, I couldn’t stop giggling like a little girl.

Well aside the fact that it makes me cry sometimes, I can’t really put to words how much I like it. I also love that GW music was reused, I’m a nostalgic person.

So this is what I’m doing with a Masquarede set, before she gets any exotics someday. I didn’t liked the skin so much, I slapped Heritage on it. ^^ Also, my favorite GW staff made it to GW2! Nostalgia much?

So I’m guessing she’s staying like that for another few months.

Some people barely have time for main toons, not sure about making alts.

Now looking at the list of updates, probably the best thing will happen: “With our new selectable achievement system, you’ll have a chance to set new daily challenges for yourself and to choose what kind of content you want to be rewarded for playing.”

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/february-2013/

Just leaving it here.

Anise is of the Shining Blades, not Seraph. I found that outfit fitting her attitude.

But yeah, Shanna answered your question. I find this outfit very similar to GW1’s Lunatic Court Finery, so I guess I’m waiting for the day we can get it too… Someday. :F