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Nevin · Sep 27, 2006, 11:22 PM // 23:22

Just a little oddity. For some reason the Necromancer and Assassin on the website are characterized with black hair, neither of which are available in game. (They should be) Just thought it was odd, considering either they were photoshopped before being put up or Anet actually went through the trouble to make black a possible hair color then just remove it?

http://guildwars.com/gameplay/professions/assassin/
http://guildwars.com/gameplay/professions/necromancer/

Pkest · Sep 27, 2006, 11:44 PM // 23:44

my Factions female necro has black hair.

Theus · Sep 27, 2006, 11:49 PM // 23:49

Chances are,those character models were but prototypes for said class.

Since that page was probably made before the actual Factions release.

Former Ruling · Sep 27, 2006, 11:50 PM // 23:50

Um...I just rolled a Necromancer, both as a male AND female, and could get my hair to look exactly like that >_>

Maybe the fact that on the Guildwars.com site they are on a black background is messing up your color vision. The shading and such can get distorted by your eye when on a black background as opposed to in the lighting effects the game provides.

Nevin · Sep 28, 2006, 12:07 AM // 00:07

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Originally Posted by Former Ruling

Um...I just rolled a Necromancer, both as a male AND female, and could get my hair to look exactly like that >_>

Maybe the fact that on the Guildwars.com site they are on a black background is messing up your color vision. The shading and such can get distorted by your eye when on a black background as opposed to in the lighting effects the game provides.

Umm... That is the darkest a Necromancers hair can get in game (Right). As you can see its not nearly as dark as the site picture. There is no arguement.

Gwmaster · Sep 28, 2006, 12:23 AM // 00:23

those pics in the website are realy realy old...and dont forget that they improved the lightning and shades for nightfall/factions

Quid Pro Quo · Sep 28, 2006, 12:25 AM // 00:25

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Originally Posted by Nevin

Umm... That is the darkest a Necromancers hair can get in game (Right). As you can see its not nearly as dark as the site picture. There is no arguement.

Neither is the armor or the red on the armor. To me it just looks like the lighting is very different all around.

Just look how much darker everything is.

vinegrower · Sep 28, 2006, 12:25 AM // 00:25

judging by the rest of the body, I'd have to say they adjusted the saturation and/or contrast among other things. Even in that pic you posted, the blacks on the armor are much darker and the reds are much richer on the website version.

prodigy ming · Sep 28, 2006, 12:50 AM // 00:50

I wat irrated that my assassins couldn't get black hair and have to settle for some ugly dirty brown... same thing with some of the ele hair style which would only give you some dark gray.
Its weird how alot of faction toons don't have dark black hair when the very setting it was inspired from (Asia), everyone has black hair. Seems like somebody at Anet have a problem with making "Asian" characters look Asian. Even the faction promo girl assasins looks latino with purple hair.

gamecube187 · Sep 28, 2006, 04:47 AM // 04:47

Anyone notice how Nikka, the assasin that is on the factions box (and many other places), has purple hair, yet we can't have purple hair for our assassins? She is sort of like a representative of assassins, yet we can't even get purple hair like her!

I know it's something really small, but it annoys me so much...

vinegrower · Sep 28, 2006, 07:30 AM // 07:30

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Originally Posted by gamecube187

Anyone notice how Nikka, the assasin that is on the factions box (and many other places), has purple hair, yet we can't have purple hair for our assassins? She is sort of like a representative of assassins, yet we can't even get purple hair like her!

I know it's something really small, but it annoys me so much...

ummm...that is the way things go with all proffession. Ele's can't look like Cynn, Necros can't look like Eve, Rangers can't look like Aidan, Warriors can't look like Devona, Monks can't look like Mehnlo, etc.

Seriously, why are you letting something as small and pointless as not being able to look like Nikka or not looking exactly like the images on the website make you so angry? If that is the worst thing going on in your life, you are doing pretty well.

Malangyar · Sep 28, 2006, 07:36 AM // 07:36

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Originally Posted by vinegrower

ummm...that is the way things go with all proffession. Ele's can't look like Cynn, Necros can't look like Eve, Rangers can't look like Aidan, Warriors can't look like Devona, Monks can't look like Mehnlo, etc.

Seriously, why are you letting something as small and pointless as not being able to look like Nikka or not looking exactly like the images on the website make you so angry? If that is the worst thing going on in your life, you are doing pretty well.

It annoys me too.

Aegeroth · Sep 28, 2006, 07:40 AM // 07:40

I think its so that people cant look remotely like the games "heroes".

Sekkira · Sep 28, 2006, 08:39 AM // 08:39

I dunno about you but this is pretty close and I wasn't trying to get my Warrior to look like Devona.

Align · Sep 28, 2006, 09:36 AM // 09:36

It's just a trick of the light.

No black dyes were used on this armor. In fact, it's standard collectors armour.

Carth` · Sep 28, 2006, 10:53 AM // 10:53

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Originally Posted by Nevin

Umm... That is the darkest a Necromancers hair can get in game (Right). As you can see its not nearly as dark as the site picture. There is no arguement.

lol it's exactly the same, just slightly different lighting

Nevin · Sep 28, 2006, 11:03 AM // 11:03

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Originally Posted by vinegrower

ummm...that is the way things go with all proffession. Ele's can't look like Cynn, Necros can't look like Eve, Rangers can't look like Aidan, Warriors can't look like Devona, Monks can't look like Mehnlo, etc.

Seriously, why are you letting something as small and pointless as not being able to look like Nikka or not looking exactly like the images on the website make you so angry? If that is the worst thing going on in your life, you are doing pretty well.

He doesn't want a look alike, what he wants is the hair color. Sure you can't make look alikes of Devonna, Cynn, Eve, Aidan, Mhenlo. But you can get their hair colors and in some cases their hair cuts.

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Originally Posted by Carth`

lol it's exactly the same, just slightly different lighting

I assure you no matter how dark the lighting is. The one on the left is jet black, while in game you can only achieve a dark grey with a purpleish hue. I've taken a character like that to dark areas of the game like Echovald Forest, faced him away from the light source and still not nearly as dark as a true black hair color.

Align · Sep 28, 2006, 01:08 PM // 13:08

It's not jet black. Look closer. Those bright spots are not reflections on his head.

Age · Sep 28, 2006, 11:22 PM // 23:22

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Originally Posted by Sekkira

I dunno about you but this is pretty close and I wasn't trying to get my Warrior to look like Devona.

Devona's hair has more body to it.It would be nice if all our could.