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shing jea crew · Oct 03, 2008, 11:30 PM // 23:30

why does everyone have the same armour in guild wars why cant every one have different armour so there are thousands of armours and the armours were AWESOME like in WOW.

zelgadissan · Oct 03, 2008, 11:37 PM // 23:37

Because it takes up too much time that should be going to GW2.

BTW comparing things to WoW is generally not the best approach 'round these parts.

Leona · Oct 03, 2008, 11:41 PM // 23:41

Yeah. You'll get shot.

Also, they're not analogous. With the exception of female Druid T3, I personally prefer most Guild Wars armor, actually. There's plenty of variation and style to choose from, especially adding color to and taking power out of the armor-mix.

DarkFlame · Oct 03, 2008, 11:45 PM // 23:45

There are at least 12 armor sets for each class(more for the earlier classes) and 5 distinct pieces to each set, that can all be combined. That the playerbase is uncreative is picking their armors(let alone in dying them) isn't sometime that can be fixed.

Covah · Oct 04, 2008, 12:03 AM // 00:03

Cool PlayerA buys FoW armor and dyes it black. PlayerB sees PlayerA and likes his armor. PlayerB goes out and buys FoW armor and dyes it black. Repeat.....

*Darcy* · Oct 04, 2008, 12:13 AM // 00:13

And don't forget that now all the "cool" ones have a bandanna and chaos gloves.

We have plenty of armor choices and something to suit anyone's taste. But, as in real life, quite often the average person has no taste.

Luminarus · Oct 04, 2008, 12:24 AM // 00:24

There are three types of armors:

1) Armor that looks good
2) Armor thats expensive
3) Armor thats fugly

The categories are not mutually exclusive. For example, male ranger obsidian is both expensive and looks good. On the other hand, other fows are expensive and look crap.

Basically, people buy an armor that looks good, or they buy an armor that expensive, but ugly.

Prestige is the most common, thats y every man and his dog is in obsidian armor, even if it looks ugly.
Then people buy the few good looking armors for that profession and stick with them.
Noone purposely wears ugly, non prestigious armors.

Thats y there are so few different armors. However if you do the math, there are probably a thousand options for each class, or more, just people dont want to experiment with them much.

dilan155 · Oct 04, 2008, 01:22 AM // 01:22

ok one) dont compare things to WoW, you will get flamed at, two) there are a lot of armor styles in GW AND you can mix and match, BUT players tend to go for e-peen. Someone bought FoW, the most expensive armor in GW, another player sees this player parading his armor becuase it was EXPENSIVE, not because it looked good, that players gets FoW and it repeats. On the other hand there are a lot of people who mix and match things and most peopel are able to make a really good mix, and three)DO NOT COMPARE GW TO WOW, YOU WILL BE FLAMED. as to above yes he has started quite a few threads so far, im hoping hes not doing it for title, but because he has genuine questions.

Elder III · Oct 04, 2008, 03:09 AM // 03:09

*Sprays Liter Fluid on OP*
*Lights Match*
.....
j/k - There are plenty of armor options out there, and the nice thing is that once you get max armor it's all just as good for playing the game... the rest is just to make people that have no life feel better about themselves. :/

shing jea crew · Oct 04, 2008, 04:25 AM // 04:25

ok i get it thanks for your help and i will never compare with WOW again and i choose wow because it is the worst game ever!!

caballo_oscuro · Oct 04, 2008, 06:19 AM // 06:19

Well it's not like the same thing doesn't happen with particular armour combinations in WoW. I have played both games quite a bit and personally, armour is a preference. There's always going to be people who start trends and people who follow trends in every walk of life, be it fashion, business, cars, in-game armour, whatever.

Sure it may appear that alot of armours are similar, some are even reskins of parts of other kits. GW armour sets can be combined, like armour sets for other games. It takes a bit of imagination. Some have it, and they express their creativity. Some don't and they just copy what they like.

WOW FLAME WOW FLAME WOW FLAME, or something to that effect.

pamelf · Oct 04, 2008, 07:53 AM // 07:53

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Originally Posted by DarkFlame

There are at least 12 armor sets for each class(more for the earlier classes) and 5 distinct pieces to each set, that can all be combined. That the playerbase is uncreative is picking their armors(let alone in dying them) isn't sometime that can be fixed.

Actually, that's a little unfair. The sets don't often go well together. They dye differently, and often have clipping issues.

I'd like the dye differences fixe. IT would definitely help with armour creativity.

On top of that, not allowing elite mixed sets in the HOM is already making it less appealing to mix.

Mr. Undisclosed · Oct 04, 2008, 08:43 AM // 08:43

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Originally Posted by shing jea crew

why does everyone have the same armour in guild wars why cant every one have different armour so there are thousands of armours and the armours were AWESOME like in WOW.

Because this isn't WoW? Don't like it, /uninstall.

DarkFlame · Oct 04, 2008, 01:27 PM // 13:27

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Originally Posted by pamelf

Actually, that's a little unfair. The sets don't often go well together. They dye differently, and often have clipping issues.

Doesn't change the amount of combinations available. That so many prefer to go the black dyed FoW with bandanna and chaos gloves route, already makes your points moot.

Though having dyes match across sets would be nice.

crazybanshee · Oct 04, 2008, 02:18 PM // 14:18

I have fow dyed red on my female ele, cause it's the only one that actually looks like armor and not a bikini/ho dress. (well, a couple aren't that bad but fow is almost armor) I don't have chaos gloves, cause I think the fow gloves look better, and I have a dread mask dyed red instead of a ninja mask. I've never seen anyone with that combo before.

Hyper.nl · Oct 06, 2008, 09:00 AM // 09:00

Why not: Because the developers designed it this way.

And yes, I would LOVE to see WAY more different item stats, like WoW and Diablo have. I also would love to have a much broader and deeper character development like for example in WoW.

But to be realistic: I don't see any of this coming true in Guild Wars. Changes this big require the whole game to be redesigned in many aspects.

I hope Guild Wars 2 will bring these features.

imnotyourmother · Oct 06, 2008, 03:43 PM // 15:43

Yea My armor is Hideous but effective. It is the Borials Station armor. I got to lvl 10 and then went to the eye with my survivor - YOU can NOT make it to Dronks and NOT die at lvl 10 as you spawn with baddies. I wanted max armor 80 and I got it CHEEP.

So i still have it. Ugly as it is. It still works

Oct 03, 2008, 11:30 PM // 23:30	#1
shing jea crew Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Sep 2008 Guild: the undead kids Profession: Mo/D	Why not why does everyone have the same armour in guild wars why cant every one have different armour so there are thousands of armours and the armours were AWESOME like in WOW.

Oct 04, 2008, 12:13 AM // 00:13	#6
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	And don't forget that now all the "cool" ones have a bandanna and chaos gloves. We have plenty of armor choices and something to suit anyone's taste. But, as in real life, quite often the average person has no taste. __________________ That's me, the old stick-in-the-mud non-fun moderator. (and non-understanding, also)

Oct 03, 2008, 11:37 PM // 23:37	#2
zelgadissan Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: The Warrior Priests [WP] Profession: Me/Rt	Because it takes up too much time that should be going to GW2. BTW comparing things to WoW is generally not the best approach 'round these parts.

Oct 03, 2008, 11:41 PM // 23:41	#3
Leona Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Madtown Guild: Mock Speed [kd] Profession: Mo/	Yeah. You'll get shot. Also, they're not analogous. With the exception of female Druid T3, I personally prefer most Guild Wars armor, actually. There's plenty of variation and style to choose from, especially adding color to and taking power out of the armor-mix.

Oct 03, 2008, 11:45 PM // 23:45	#4
DarkFlame Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ascalon Profession: E/	There are at least 12 armor sets for each class(more for the earlier classes) and 5 distinct pieces to each set, that can all be combined. That the playerbase is uncreative is picking their armors(let alone in dying them) isn't sometime that can be fixed.

Oct 04, 2008, 12:03 AM // 00:03	#5
Covah Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Guild: Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ] Profession: Me/Rt	Cool PlayerA buys FoW armor and dyes it black. PlayerB sees PlayerA and likes his armor. PlayerB goes out and buys FoW armor and dyes it black. Repeat.....

Oct 04, 2008, 12:24 AM // 00:24	#7
Luminarus Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Guild: Haze of Light [pure] Profession: R/	There are three types of armors: 1) Armor that looks good 2) Armor thats expensive 3) Armor thats fugly The categories are not mutually exclusive. For example, male ranger obsidian is both expensive and looks good. On the other hand, other fows are expensive and look crap. Basically, people buy an armor that looks good, or they buy an armor that expensive, but ugly. Prestige is the most common, thats y every man and his dog is in obsidian armor, even if it looks ugly. Then people buy the few good looking armors for that profession and stick with them. Noone purposely wears ugly, non prestigious armors. Thats y there are so few different armors. However if you do the math, there are probably a thousand options for each class, or more, just people dont want to experiment with them much.

Oct 04, 2008, 01:22 AM // 01:22	#8
dilan155 Desert Nomad Join Date: May 2007 Location: living room Profession: N/	ok one) dont compare things to WoW, you will get flamed at, two) there are a lot of armor styles in GW AND you can mix and match, BUT players tend to go for e-peen. Someone bought FoW, the most expensive armor in GW, another player sees this player parading his armor becuase it was EXPENSIVE, not because it looked good, that players gets FoW and it repeats. On the other hand there are a lot of people who mix and match things and most peopel are able to make a really good mix, and three)DO NOT COMPARE GW TO WOW, YOU WILL BE FLAMED. as to above yes he has started quite a few threads so far, im hoping hes not doing it for title, but because he has genuine questions.

Oct 04, 2008, 03:09 AM // 03:09	#9
Elder III Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ohio Guild: I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY) Profession: R/	Sprays Liter Fluid on OP Lights Match ..... j/k - There are plenty of armor options out there, and the nice thing is that once you get max armor it's all just as good for playing the game... the rest is just to make people that have no life feel better about themselves. :/

Oct 04, 2008, 04:25 AM // 04:25	#10
shing jea crew Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Sep 2008 Guild: the undead kids Profession: Mo/D	ok i get it thanks for your help and i will never compare with WOW again and i choose wow because it is the worst game ever!!

Oct 04, 2008, 06:19 AM // 06:19	#11
caballo_oscuro Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2008 Guild: Aura	Well it's not like the same thing doesn't happen with particular armour combinations in WoW. I have played both games quite a bit and personally, armour is a preference. There's always going to be people who start trends and people who follow trends in every walk of life, be it fashion, business, cars, in-game armour, whatever. Sure it may appear that alot of armours are similar, some are even reskins of parts of other kits. GW armour sets can be combined, like armour sets for other games. It takes a bit of imagination. Some have it, and they express their creativity. Some don't and they just copy what they like. WOW FLAME WOW FLAME WOW FLAME, or something to that effect.

Oct 04, 2008, 02:18 PM // 14:18	#15
crazybanshee Desert Nomad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Look out! Profession: E/	I have fow dyed red on my female ele, cause it's the only one that actually looks like armor and not a bikini/ho dress. (well, a couple aren't that bad but fow is almost armor) I don't have chaos gloves, cause I think the fow gloves look better, and I have a dread mask dyed red instead of a ninja mask. I've never seen anyone with that combo before.

Oct 06, 2008, 09:00 AM // 09:00	#16
Hyper.nl Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Defending Fort Aspenwood Profession: E/	Why not: Because the developers designed it this way. And yes, I would LOVE to see WAY more different item stats, like WoW and Diablo have. I also would love to have a much broader and deeper character development like for example in WoW. But to be realistic: I don't see any of this coming true in Guild Wars. Changes this big require the whole game to be redesigned in many aspects. I hope Guild Wars 2 will bring these features.

Oct 06, 2008, 03:43 PM // 15:43	#17
imnotyourmother Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: in a house Guild: The Knitters Guild Profession: W/R	Yea My armor is Hideous but effective. It is the Borials Station armor. I got to lvl 10 and then went to the eye with my survivor - YOU can NOT make it to Dronks and NOT die at lvl 10 as you spawn with baddies. I wanted max armor 80 and I got it CHEEP. So i still have it. Ugly as it is. It still works