Curse

Vulturion · Nov 07, 2009, 01:00 PM // 13:00

Firstly: This is intended as a sincere & practical suggestion for the Live Team, not some crazy "make new item art & maps!" scheme.

The Prizes

A set of Unique (green) rarity armor per native profession, per campaign.

Each set has an unlock in the Monument of Resilience, per campaign and not profession obviously (so 4 total).

Armor Names
Flameseeker's Armor for Prophecies.
Envoy's Armor for Factions.
Lightbringer's Armor for Nightfall.
Armor Of The North for Eye of The North.

Armor Art
Taken from multiple sets and not necessarily prestige ones, but does need to look good.
Coherent color scheme and cannot be dyed.
Where feasible (= not requiring work to implement), borrow from NPCs, Heroes & Hench variants e.g. Aeson's ink-less Luxon armor, Dervish robes that companions wear.

Armor Runes
Integrated and cannot be removed or replaced.
A full set of Minor runes, with the headpiece granting a further +1 to primary attribute.
Assassins, Dervishes, Paragons, Rangers and Warriors get -20% Blind/Weakness for 5th piece.
Mesmers, Monks, Necromancers and Ritualists get -20% Dazed/Deep Wound for 5th.
N.B. It wouldn't be fair - to the economy - to give Superior Vigor, and meaningless to give less (if this were Diablo there'd be a +50 Health bonus for wearing a full set, but I don't think that's possible in GW engine

).

Armor Insignia
Integrated and cannot be removed or replaced.
For novelty and appeal, these insignia are ones not normally available to that profession.
> Bloodstained, Lieutenant's and Stonefist are off-limits.
> Prismatic and Sentinel's just wouldn't translate easily.
> Monks, Rangers and Warriors cannot have X-mancer insignia as would trump their own Elemental armor insignia.
> Insignia have to be native to each campaign with EotN serving as wildcard, so Ritualist insignia effects would only appear on other armor in Factions and EotN.

The Challenge Quests

There'd be five per campaign, all given by an NPC in a key outpost - only after completing that campaign.

The challenges have to be deliberately bordering on outlandish, but completable by all professions in a one-player party (so H&H) and not reliant upon 55ing, Shadow Form etc.
> All combat elements to be done in Hard Mode.
> May recreate non-repeatable quests as necessary.
> May make full use of established GW trackable elements e.g. party size, inclusion of specified Hench & Heroes, defeat of specific bosses.

Examples include completing a mission or quest, handing over a stack of X items, vanquishing a map.

The Illustration: Prophecies

Elementalist insignia effect: Armor +5 while 1|3|5 skills recharging.
Elementalist look: red Hydromancy coat with black pants from another set.

Mesmer insignia effect: Armor +10 vs Elemental and +10 vs Fire.
Mesmer look: red and black.

Monk insignia effect: Armor +3 for each equipped signet.
Monk look: baggy red clothes with black tattoos on hands and feet.

Necromancer insignia effect: Armor +15 while suffering from a Condition.
Necromancer look: black scarred upper body and red pants.

Ranger insignia effect: Physical damage -3.
Ranger look: red skull-coat.

Warrior insignia effect: Armor +10 but Holy damage increased
Warrior look: red gladiatorial upper body and plate mail lower body.

1. Safeguard Ascalon's immediate future by turning in 250 Charr Hides.
2. Galrath has returned (with a sword dang it!) and his quest must be re-run in HM starting from Lion's Arch.
3. A true hero elevates their comrades; help Little Thom regain his honor by vanquishing Regent Valley with him in your party.
4. Lay [YouKnowWho] to rest in HM with a party that includes Aidan, Cynn, Devona, Eve and Mhenlo.
5. Forces are spread thin battling the Titans, so must re-run Defend Droknar's Forge in HM with no more than 5 party members.

Thoughts, flaws?
I'm not entirely secure in the static insignia & rune set-up nor the irregular insignia gimmick, but will the armor be very special without them?

Ketchup Prince · Nov 07, 2009, 01:57 PM // 13:57

those sound pretty sweet...

BlackSephir · Nov 07, 2009, 02:08 PM // 14:08

Yeah, what this game needs at this point is MEWR pointless textures.

Xsiriss · Nov 07, 2009, 03:58 PM // 15:58

How about NEW armour that doesn't clip and can easily be mixed and matched (preferably with areas that you can choose what colour you dye it). However that is not going to happen in GW1,neither will a reworking of useless insignias. The dev's don't care/have bigger concerns.

Scarlet Aurora · Nov 07, 2009, 04:22 PM // 16:22

I'd loooove to see some new armor in the game. And not a rehash of old stuff. I'm sure the Anet staff are putting in a lot of time and dedication into GW2, but perhaps a new core armor set... maybe an Underworld/DoA set or something that requires different rare items (not just ectos/shards again).

Xsiriss · Nov 07, 2009, 04:52 PM // 16:52

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Originally Posted by Scarlet Aurora

I'd loooove to see some new armor in the game. And not a rehash of old stuff. I'm sure the Anet staff are putting in a lot of time and dedication into GW2, but perhaps a new core armor set... maybe an Underworld/DoA set or something that requires different rare items (not just ectos/shards again).

And especially not this,we don't need anymore e-peen.

jonnieboi05 · Nov 07, 2009, 08:56 PM // 20:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xsiriss

And especially not this,we don't need anymore e-peen.

This... Thx.

~LeNa~

Eragon Zarroc · Nov 07, 2009, 09:48 PM // 21:48

that's a lot of armor... 4 whole new setsX10 proffesions=40 newly skinned armors.

if they were to ever implement a new armor set, i would be happy with just one...

**Marty Silverblade** · Nov 07, 2009, 10:23 PM // 22:23

/notsigned.

1) Don't like the concept.
2) Don't want to be locked into something I can't modify in any way whatsoever.

Vulturion · Nov 07, 2009, 10:27 PM // 22:27

I'm a bit confused by all the references to new art & textures work - as I said in the OP, just looking to make-use of the existing armor art with Unique rarity collectibles and maybe a little stat bending.

I'm absolutely not suggesting dozens of new looking armor sets, as the devs have been quite clear that's never going to happen.

Zahr Dalsk · Nov 08, 2009, 12:09 AM // 00:09

>armour that can't be modded

Why, exactly, would we want that?

/notsigned

MagmaRed · Nov 08, 2009, 05:46 AM // 05:46

Unless there was a farming build using the exact runes/insignias placed on the armor, nobody would use that. I often place Superior runes on PvE armor, sometimes multiple Superior/Major runes. Not having things like Bloodstained and Stonefist would be stupid.

New armor is wanted, but I sure don't want this.

Tenebrae · Nov 08, 2009, 12:30 PM // 12:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk

>armour that can't be modded

Why, exactly, would we want that?

/notsigned

Pretty much that. Even armor that dont used to have insignias now have one , dont think the whole storyline and quests are bad but that part of static armor stats is.

Red Apple · Nov 11, 2009, 03:13 AM // 03:13

The armor could not be obtained by pvp only chars and they cannot replicate the combination of amor plus other profession insigneas ... so... pve cannot be > than pvp.

/not signed

The Drunkard · Nov 11, 2009, 04:19 AM // 04:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk

>armour that can't be modded

Why, exactly, would we want that?

/notsigned

To be fair, I don't mind new armor to play dress-up. BUT, since gw1 is maintained by two people atm and not the design team like with the campaigns, I highly doubt that this would be implemented

/notsigned

Joe Fierce · Nov 11, 2009, 06:30 PM // 18:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Apple

The armor could not be obtained by pvp only chars and they cannot replicate the combination of amor plus other profession insigneas ... so... pve cannot be > than pvp.

/not signed

lol, guild wars at one time was a pvp game with pve in it, these days, it's a pve game with pvp in it, so pvp being shafted by this one, would be typical, but understandable, provide for your market. Pvp people these days are whiny prudes or cack waiving showboaters these days even worse than they used to be, I say give them something to whine about that's legitimate for once.