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Bwsk8 · Jul 22, 2005, 12:45 AM // 00:45

Lol, it looks like your not even wearing a top.

dansamy · Jul 22, 2005, 07:20 AM // 07:20

You could wear Fissure armor.......

Kashrlyyk · Jul 22, 2005, 11:35 AM // 11:35

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Originally Posted by Shoujo

In that case, you can wear the other 15k ranger armors or just the arm and boot pieces of the 15k druids, possibly the leggings as well if you need the statistical benefits.

Why should I not be able to be dressed decent, while wearing the druids status armor? Why is the female druid the only character, that has to be a bikini model, when you want to wear the status armor?

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Originally Posted by Shoujo

So you're saying that unrealistic items can behave in a realstic fashion? Or that items can look realistic (gladiator's armor), but behave unrealistically? Realism has no connection with function then. What's wrong with bikini armor in that case?

How does the gladiator behave unrealistic? You have a fully armored arm and a shield! That is enough to protect yourself! The bikini armor protects the druid only where the armor is! She can not use her arms to defend her too, since they aren´t armored! If a bikini grants AL of 60, how much AL should the 1.5k armor have, since it covers more than the 15k?

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Originally Posted by Shoujo

You mention iron a lot. How is it that superior quality cloth and leather items can have comparable or better AR than items containing iron? Take Droknar cloth/leather items and compare them to the lower quality warrior armor available in Ascalon. The latter has iron in it, but doesn't provide better protection. Superior quality or no, cloth is cloth, and leather is leather. How do you explain this without magic? If you can't, and have to rely on magic, then why can't bikini armor provide protection?

You pay more money, you get a better armor! How difficult is that? The blacksmith in Drognar is better than the blacksmith everywhere else! That is how that works!

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Originally Posted by Shoujo

Rangers are servants of nature and command nature spirits. Mages don't have a specific spell that augments their armor (not the same as AR), but you make the connection between their magic and the protective qualities of their clothing. How is it far-fetched to assume that it nature spirits that protect rangers regardless of how much they're wearing? You yourself make a similar argument to explain the protection from elements.

Mages have a lot of spells to increase their AL and to slow down groups of enemies, why would they be depended on armor as much as a ranger, who doesn´t have that? Ranger have spells that only affect people in the range of the spirit!
Ever wondered why the ascetic armor of the monk doesn´t show much bareskin? Because it is too far fetched to explain the AL, but with tattoos, the AL is explainable!
The spirits protecting the ranger would protect her even, when she is wearing something you can actually callk armor! So in that case the ranger should have a very much better AL, but that isn´t the fact!

Shoujo · Jul 22, 2005, 09:10 PM // 21:10

Meh, forget this. It's obviously going nowhere

Kaleido Katie · Jul 23, 2005, 05:13 AM // 05:13

There's too much fighting going on about this armor. You either like it or you don't. If you don't like it, don't buy it. Just use the 1.5 stuff. I personally really like it. I think it fits well with the whole Rangerness. I'm glad I bought it.

It somewhat makes me think of this too:

Teelana Singh · Jul 23, 2005, 06:42 AM // 06:42

Here's my Ranger's 15k Druids armor, dyed purple. I want to dye the whole armor purple/silver mixed, but for now I have 2 purples and no silvers

I personally love the armor. Just looks cool IMHO.

Kashrlyyk · Jul 26, 2005, 05:39 AM // 05:39

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Originally Posted by Kaleido Katie

There's too much fighting going on about this armor. You either like it or you don't. If you don't like it, don't buy it. Just use the 1.5 stuff. I personally really like it. I think it fits well with the whole Rangerness. I'm glad I bought it.

"If you don´t like it, don´t buy it"? Why should my female druid not have her 15k armor and look decent?

What does "running around half naked" have to do with rangers?

Night Daftshadow · Jul 26, 2005, 05:28 PM // 17:28

one thing i dont like about the 15k druid is the shoes. why does the female have to be bare foot? i prefer the 1.5k druid shoes. i've seen a ranger with 15k chest and leggings combo with 1.5k shoes. looks pretty awesome.

raven214 · Jul 27, 2005, 02:19 AM // 02:19

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Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

What does "running around half naked" have to do with rangers?

It seems to be more of a female thing in GW... not just with rangers.. (ex: 15k glad, ele)

maxpower · Jul 27, 2005, 05:34 AM // 05:34

dansamy · Jul 28, 2005, 07:47 AM // 07:47

Wow! Talk about being camoflauged!

Kashrlyyk · Jul 28, 2005, 07:17 PM // 19:17

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Originally Posted by raven214

It seems to be more of a female thing in GW... not just with rangers.. (ex: 15k glad, ele)

Male Galdiator is half naked too! Male Tatoo and scar is half naked, too!
Only with the druids and elementalists the females ones are half naked and the males not!

But while all of the elementalists armor look similar revealing. Only the 15k druid "armor" is revealing, the 1.5k armor is an armor!!

Ranger life in the woods. Would anyone of you run around in a bikini in the woods and tame a wild animal while doing that?

DFrost · Jul 28, 2005, 09:39 PM // 21:39

No matter what the armors look like, there is always somebody you who doesn't like them. Looks like you got the basket o' lemons this time. Live with it, create another character or buy Droknar's/FoW. I personally like it, and will buy at least the leggings and the chestpiece (or the bra, if you will) when I have the cash.

Think about how much whining would ensue if they changed the design? "OMG I liked it, WTF why change it, aNET SUCKS!!" etc etc etc.

Kashrlyyk · Aug 01, 2005, 04:10 AM // 04:10

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Originally Posted by DFrost

Think about how much whining would ensue if they changed the design? "OMG I liked it, WTF why change it, aNET SUCKS!!" etc etc etc.

Maybe the change it, because it is the right thing to do? It is more important to do the right thing, than to satisfy your customers!

lawman · Aug 03, 2005, 06:51 AM // 06:51

here's my ranger. I tried to a close as I could to Gohan from dragon ball z.. Green vest, black leggings and white boots and gloves. All i need now is some spiky gold hair

Jhyphi · Aug 20, 2005, 12:15 AM // 00:15

I do like that 1 comment by someone saying something like is this the Hillary Clinton thread in disguise? Haha.

Whine whine whine. Go wear something else like everyone else said.

I could similarly start a thread whining about too much padding on 15k male ranger armor making my guy "unrealistic" and too bulky to move swiftly and stealthily like how I imagine a ranger to.

What about the fact that your great IRON armor running at same speed as someone wearing cloth and armor? Where's the realism in that?

As everyone pointed out, tattoos(not sure where you live but tattoos never protected anyone either, yet you someone "logic" your way about this), etc. are all quite "naked" similarly. Clearly you only have a problem with female ranger 15k druid armor where many other classes are the same. So you go and make up lots of ideas about your own imagination of fantasy to try to explain why everything else is logical except for this 1 thing which you didn't like in the first place.

Kashrlyyk · Aug 21, 2005, 10:38 PM // 22:38

Changed my mind!

emil knight · Aug 22, 2005, 03:45 AM // 03:45

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Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

Why should my female druid not have her 15k armor and look decent?

What does "running around half naked" have to do with rangers?

Ok... I'm going to stop you right here.

First off, you're a RANGER, not a DRUID. It's Druid's ARMOR. That doesn't make you a Druid.

Second, if we are going to debate the fact that this IS Druids armor, then lets look at the Male stuff. That doesn't exactly scream "Druid" to me either!

So now we've established that neither of these are true "druid's" armors, so let's leave that argument for another thread. You can Petition ANet to change the name of them if that's the issue here.

Third, what does "running around half naked" have to do with ANY CLASS? And more to the point, WHO CARES? Again I say to you... if you don't like it, DON'T BUY IT. Prestige is a POOR excuse to buy armor in this game. Just becuase you bought expensive armor doesn't mean you're a good fighter. How long did it take you to get them money? Did you do it with this character or do you have others? How does expensive armor = great ranger?

Sorry, your points are NOT valid. Come up with a GOOD reason to change this and maybe you'll get more people on your side about it.

Kashrlyyk · Aug 22, 2005, 11:22 AM // 11:22

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Originally Posted by emil knight

Ok... I'm going to stop you right here.

First off, you're a RANGER, not a DRUID. It's Druid's ARMOR. That doesn't make you a Druid.

Second, if we are going to debate the fact that this IS Druids armor, then lets look at the Male stuff. That doesn't exactly scream "Druid" to me either!

So now we've established that neither of these are true "druid's" armors, so let's leave that argument for another thread. You can Petition ANet to change the name of them if that's the issue here.

Third, what does "running around half naked" have to do with ANY CLASS? And more to the point, WHO CARES? Again I say to you... if you don't like it, DON'T BUY IT. Prestige is a POOR excuse to buy armor in this game. Just becuase you bought expensive armor doesn't mean you're a good fighter. How long did it take you to get them money? Did you do it with this character or do you have others? How does expensive armor = great ranger?

Sorry, your points are NOT valid. Come up with a GOOD reason to change this and maybe you'll get more people on your side about it.

Would sexism be a good enough reason?

Storm Crow · Aug 22, 2005, 11:32 AM // 11:32

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Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

Would sexism be a good enough reason?

If you are implying that emil is a sexist, I think you might have problems. I believe he makes a good point, it is druid's ARMOR and just because you wear said armor, doesnt make you one. I think his third point is his best, and I agree entirely.

point made. I'm done.