Curse

Eskimo Bob · Jul 14, 2005, 10:14 PM // 22:14

S0 dye remover gives that color? pfft...and I just bought it and dyed it yellow +purple to make a similar brown. Wish I had known that...

Anyways, my male ranger has officialy joined the KGB. For mother russia!

Kash Zeppelin · Jul 14, 2005, 10:28 PM // 22:28

Here is another pic of it
It looks disgusting without dye though

Alathys Tylderaan · Jul 14, 2005, 10:41 PM // 22:41

It does seem that the male version is a bit 'thick'. I dont know how those rangers cope in the heat...

the females, well, they've NO problem. Be thikning of them in the shiverpeaks though.. brrr

Kashrlyyk · Jul 14, 2005, 11:19 PM // 23:19

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Originally Posted by pintpointfive

Kinda like the female druid... Makes her look like a nymph... That is, of both the forest and -omaniac variety.

But a druid is more like a priest and not a nymph! The armor looks nice, it just doesn´t fit the profession! And I don´t think ANet should cater to the needs of people that didn´t hit puberty by now!

And it most certainly doesn´t belong in a RPG!

Oni No Arashi · Jul 14, 2005, 11:37 PM // 23:37

Hmm... seeing as how proper druid armor from the lands we now call Britain would be kinda like the monks tatoos without the diaper/loin cloth... uhm... it's more Druid like then the non-15k set.

Driuds are NOT preists in the sense of a church, but in a sense of nature. Wearing bulky clothing is not in the doctrine, but more 'natural' wears are.

Personally my characters are now broke after just buying 15k for my Ele... but the ranger is next.

Thanato · Jul 15, 2005, 12:35 AM // 00:35

well here's my ranger in 15k druid's (all except the leggings, didnt want to run out of cash lol)
Picture

the first 2 i used dye remover to get the tan like color

as for the 3rd, well its just your basic green dye (although i prefer the tan color

i blend in with sand now :3)

Chyra Deathblade · Jul 15, 2005, 01:09 AM // 01:09

I actually dont mind the 15k druids. It gives the rangers more a savage look... And, if your thinking realistically, it must be much easier to move in that armor.

As well, i've already had people ask for my picture :S

Anyways, here they are:

MM

DarkWasp · Jul 15, 2005, 01:13 AM // 01:13

When I look at a female ranger with that armor, my first thought isnt ranger. And I dont know why. I think its because its more of the amazon look, but if you thought of an amazon super woman or something, you would think warrior. So I find it unfitting.

The males however, once you get used to it (And use black dye) its kind of cool. Looks like your one of the Minute Men or something. And when you got the mask on, you look like an assasin. Well atleast my character looks that way, the face and hair mean everything with this armor. And I no longer look like a bean pod from the back.

If it were up to me I would change everything but the males druids. Cause the males gladiator is eww.

Blow_Holez · Jul 15, 2005, 01:47 AM // 01:47

Can some1 post a picture of the 1.5k male druids armor right next to the 15k male druisd armor? I gota female but just wanna see the difference between the male's armor.

DeadxxEye · Jul 15, 2005, 06:46 AM // 06:46

After messing around with all different colour mix, I finally got something that I like.

Black everywhere except the boots(I'm broke

) and Yellow+Silver for vest(it looks lighter tan than the dye remover's colour and also blends with my hair

)

Kashrlyyk · Jul 15, 2005, 07:40 AM // 07:40

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Originally Posted by Oni No Arashi

Hmm... seeing as how proper druid armor from the lands we now call Britain would be kinda like the monks tatoos without the diaper/loin cloth... uhm... it's more Druid like then the non-15k set.

Driuds are NOT preists in the sense of a church, but in a sense of nature. Wearing bulky clothing is not in the doctrine, but more 'natural' wears are.

Personally my characters are now broke after just buying 15k for my Ele... but the ranger is next.

So a priest in sense of nature implies running around half naked? Do the druids in NWN run around halfnaked? Do you actually think that a real female druid would run around half naked? This is a RPG, not a game about beach volleyball!

Any proof for the looks of druid armor in Britain?

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Originally Posted by Chyra Deathblade

I actually dont mind the 15k druids. It gives the rangers more a savage look... And, if your thinking realistically, it must be much easier to move in that armor.

As well, i've already had people ask for my picture :S

MM

Druids were not savages! They were in fact the complete opposite! The were sages and priests, who had a high rank in celtic society!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid

Oni No Arashi · Jul 15, 2005, 09:31 AM // 09:31

Dude, I'm a practising Petti Wittan, of which a Druid would be a priest. Yes... the Celts were NOT at the same level as the Romans in using metal for armor or anything like that. And typical wear for them coverd just the esencials. They didn't wear long flowing robes or anything like that.

The Picts, Guals, Breetons and that, before the Roman invasions wore completely differnt clothes and were noted by Roman historians for dressing like "Savages". Sometimes they only covered themselves with skin dye, made from clay and such. They'd draw designs on the bodies and wear a loincloth for ceremonies.

Sages and Preist they may be, but at the height of druidic europe, they were only a few hundred years ahead of the Native American's on our side of the water. They didn't get 'civilized' (harsh word meaning broken in their ways) until the Romans came to their land and took it over for the most part.

The one good thing form the last King Arthur movie... Look at the Picts that Guenivier and Merlin are denoted as being members of... those were the Celtic people... and yes, that Gwen wore less then the GW druid armor, that's for sure.

But as much as that movie is camp... the costuming was highly acurate for that time period.

Kashrlyyk · Jul 15, 2005, 09:48 AM // 09:48

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Originally Posted by Oni No Arashi

Yes... the Celts were NOT at the same level as the Romans in using metal for armor or anything like that. And typical wear for them coverd just the esencials. They didn't wear long flowing robes or anything like that.

I never said that they wore robes!

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Originally Posted by Oni No Arashi

The Picts, Guals, Breetons and that, before the Roman invasions wore completely differnt clothes and were noted by Roman historians for dressing like "Savages". Sometimes they only covered themselves with skin dye, made from clay and such. They'd draw designs on the bodies and wear a loincloth for ceremonies.

Sages and Preist they may be, but at the height of druidic europe, they were only a few hundred years ahead of the Native American's on our side of the water. They didn't get 'civilized' (harsh word meaning broken in their ways) until the Romans came to their land and took it over for the most part.

Could it be that some Picts and so on, were dressed different to show their social status?

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Originally Posted by Oni No Arashi

The one good thing form the last King Arthur movie... Look at the Picts that Guenivier and Merlin are denoted as being members of... those were the Celtic people... and yes, that Gwen wore less then the GW druid armor, that's for sure.

But as much as that movie is camp... the costuming was highly acurate for that time period.

How do you know that the movie is accurate? Please, give a viable source! Is there a male druid show in the movie, is the difference between male and female dresses equally huge as in the game?

GranDeWun · Jul 15, 2005, 01:30 PM // 13:30

My ranger in
Vest - new 15k Druids, Grn+Blk
Leg - Desert collector, Grn+Blk
Boots & Gloves - Druids 1.5k, Grn

(maybe in a moment of fiscal weaknes I'll get the new boots & gloves...but those pants have a superior rune in them!)

dansamy · Jul 15, 2005, 08:39 PM // 20:39

If we are going to operate on the Merlin/Guinevere model (which admittedly the female 15k seems to at least resemble), then the male should be *much* less bulky than the female set.

Mattemeo · Jul 16, 2005, 01:04 AM // 01:04

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Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

So a priest in sense of nature implies running around half naked? Do the druids in NWN run around halfnaked?

Actually, when an NwN druid polymorphs, they tend to be completely naked. Besides which, if you had a head for customisation in NwN it was relatively simple to design outfits of dental floss with full Armor value.

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Do you actually think that a real female druid would run around half naked?

Yes. But if I recall, in popular (read: not neccesarily accurate) druid mythology, the females tended to be the ones getting sacrificed. Don't need to wear a stitch for that druidic role.

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This is a RPG, not a game about beach volleyball!

This is a fantasy game, not interactive RL semantics. Fantasy, you know, that stuff that's seperated from reality by dint of it being fictitious? Bloody hell, if you argue about the likelyhood of some amazonian girl in a leather bikini described as 'druidic' I really do have to wonder where you stand on people raising the dead and casting meteors from the heavens...

MoldyRiceFrenzy · Jul 16, 2005, 04:51 AM // 04:51

lol intersting

Kashrlyyk · Jul 16, 2005, 08:40 AM // 08:40

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Originally Posted by Mattemeo

Actually, when an NwN druid polymorphs, they tend to be completely naked. Besides which, if you had a head for customisation in NwN it was relatively simple to design outfits of dental floss with full Armor value.

There is a difference between official and inofficial! Nobody can stop you , from drawing a female ranger that is nearly or completly nude! But something like that should not be introduced from the offical source!

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Originally Posted by Mattemeo

Yes. But if I recall, in popular (read: not neccesarily accurate) druid mythology, the females tended to be the ones getting sacrificed. Don't need to wear a stitch for that druidic role.

You are talking about sacrifices! I am talking about the druid itself! The druid was not the one who was sacrificed, she was the one who did the sacrificing!

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Originally Posted by Mattemeo

This is a fantasy game, not interactive RL semantics. Fantasy, you know, that stuff that's seperated from reality by dint of it being fictitious? Bloody hell, if you argue about the likelyhood of some amazonian girl in a leather bikini described as 'druidic' I really do have to wonder where you stand on people raising the dead and casting meteors from the heavens...

Yes, this is a fighting fantasy game! I want people to look like they are trying to fight and protect their body!
Raising dead and casting meteor is fantasy, but fantasy, imo, doesn´t include running around half naked fighting monsters!

Cunning · Jul 16, 2005, 05:07 PM // 17:07

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Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

running around half naked fighting monsters!

That's what I call fantasy.

ChoKaBow · Jul 16, 2005, 06:59 PM // 18:59

deadxxeye that's awesome color combo