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The Josip · Feb 14, 2010, 03:16 PM // 15:16

Bought monument attire, dyed it silver.
Not interested in eye-patch.

The problem I'm facing right now is that I can't find suitable boots. Actually, not even hose and still experimenting with gloves. Need some advice here.

Many armor pieces dye very badly. If I buy some boots, and have no intention of having them in brown, they are useless. If I dye them, the dye will affect so small area that it's pointless. This problem I have with many armor pieces, and it kinda ruins IMO many armor designs.

So what boots look best in silver, or white, or grey? What hose? Which ones dye the most? Which ones have no annoying patterns, rainbow colors etc?

upier · Feb 14, 2010, 04:17 PM // 16:17

I am guessing your best bet is to bug the mods to move this thread to the screenshot part of the forum because it will just get closed here because supposedly "pretty" isn't discussion-worthy.
*shakesfist*

On-topic:
No idea really. I actually believe the idea that mesmers have cute outfits is cake.

The Josip · Feb 14, 2010, 06:21 PM // 18:21

Ah, and I thought mesmers mostly discuss aesthetics considering inferior skills in PvE. I mean, what else are we going to discuss in this subforum, whether Crippling Anguish is better than Migraine for general PvE area? Blackout or Spirit Shackles? Riiight.

Mesmer arsenal is in their WARdrobe!

maxxfury · Feb 14, 2010, 07:25 PM // 19:25

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Originally Posted by The Josip

Blackout or Spirit Shackles?

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blackout!....fits snugly with ap

Ontopic, cant really help with a girl mes! but my dude mes wears his fow boots. xD
*shrugs*

The Josip · Feb 14, 2010, 11:48 PM // 23:48

Talking about male mesmer anyway. And FoW is just expensive rogue armor. Besides, ever tried to dye male mesmer fow? Exactly.

Yasmine · Feb 15, 2010, 10:22 AM // 10:22

Primeval dye good (you can see the dye chart on wiki) but they have a pattern and I'm afraid they won't suit the rest. There are some other that dye decently (luxon, courty, etc) but won't suit monumental either. Deldirmor look ok when dyed silverish (dyable part with silver looks almost like the not dyable silver one but you can still notice the difference with different lights) but it has a gold halfmoon on behind. Imho you'd better change the pants as well, I would suggest deldrimor, but I don't have deldrimor hose (and no primeval at all) so it's just a guess. I can post you a screen of deldrimor boots+monumental pants and hose dyed silver later if you wish.

The Josip · Feb 15, 2010, 11:17 AM // 11:17

I was about to buy deldrimor before until I noticed yellow non-dyable patch at the back. Really, whose design was that? So I'm going to have yellow-greyish-customcolor boots and look like a gypsy.

maxxfury · Feb 16, 2010, 03:44 PM // 15:44

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Originally Posted by The Josip

Talking about male mesmer anyway. And FoW is just expensive rogue armor. Besides, ever tried to dye male mesmer fow? Exactly.

Yeah,admittedly the colour scheme may be a little limited with what balances, but that doesnt stop it looking good! iand who wants day glow pink and bright orange on all your toons anyway? exactly!!

but then its ALL personal opinion! and the colour matches the other pick and mix piece of my gear perfectly...amazing what you can do with some imagination instead of been a cookie cutter armour bot..(think d2 sorc with tals + shako as an example :P) and my guy looks stylish

So that half the battle won in this 'pve meta' with no jobs for the mes!*slight over exageration cos there is 2*

Smarty · Feb 16, 2010, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Best hose I've found for mixing and matching is standard courtly, as long as the belt is covered (there's a patch that stays green for some reason so it doesn't work with short or open-waisted attires), as the material is plain all over so it dyes uniformly with no patterns or anything. Monument attire covers the belt area so courtly hose work well with it.

Boots - my favourite are the monument, even though they don't dye, so I'm (a) biased and (b) have limited options for testing. (Most mesmer boots look awful IMO but the monument are almost unique in that they have heels and aren't skintight.) Of the few I've bothered keeping, standard luxon seem to be the best match for monument attire. The lacing on the boots matches the zigzags on the attire, the dyeable area is fairly large and in a sensible place, and the non-dyeable part isn't too fancy or a funny colour. The wrap style of the dyeable part might not be to your taste, though.

The Josip · Feb 17, 2010, 07:26 PM // 19:26

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Originally Posted by Smarty

Best hose I've found for mixing and matching is standard courtly

I just bought courtly, and checked this forum where you recommended the same.

I am amazed how simplistic design is but how well it works because it completely dies. I dyed it white, it matches very well with monument attire and I am finally more than satisfied. Now, only footwear left and gloves.

I bought standard luxon also before reading your post but I'm not sure about it. Shing Jea still wins over it IMO even though it doesn't quite match. I will look further.

Monument ones just dont fit my white-greyish combination on this armor. I have those boots, they are great, but they require specific armor set (obsidian/rogue I think) to give that full leather feeling.