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BDZeres · Feb 09, 2007, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Hi All

I would like to suggest Anet allow players to unlock new Weapon and Armor skins from all chapters, because the old skins are getting bland after seeing them day after day in RA/TA/GvG etc, and I would rather unlock some nifty skins for my pvp chars than buy skills like Keystone Signet or <insert useless elite here>

for example, 15k Balthazar faction could unlock one piece (Head, Chest, Legs, Hands or Feet) of an Ascended skin armor (such as Tyrian Judges 15k for your monk) and a PvP character could then select the skin (perhaps have a separate tab in the equipment builder for unlocked skins) and then add inscriptions and runes. Obviously, endgame armor or the more expensive armor such as vabbian could cost more per piece to unlock.

With the addition of titles increasing your faction cap, I feel this is a viable way to encourage / reward pvp'ers for their skill rather than forcing them to grind their time away in PvE land to get gold so they can look nice, making

Simultaneously, this might take away from botter's markets - ive known people who ebay money just so they can take a pve character through the game and get unique armor, to look shmexy in obs mode.

Of course, the type of skins available to unlock would be at the discretion of the developers, and I would assume they would not let players unlock extremely rare/expensive stuff like FoW armor, runic blades etc (unless for some exorbitant amount - 100k balth faction for example)

Thanks for reading.

pigdestroyer · Feb 09, 2007, 08:07 PM // 20:07

/signed

I agree with this idea my balth faction is full since I unlocked everything (a month ago), so Im just wasting it, it would be nice if anet did add cool stuff to unlock with faction for us pvpers. But I do agree that there are some armors/skins that should be pve only.

Thomas.knbk · Feb 09, 2007, 08:22 PM // 20:22

Sounds kinda familiar, but /signed anyway.

Miss Filth · Feb 09, 2007, 09:10 PM // 21:10

/signed I LARVE IT

sasukeUchiha · Feb 10, 2007, 12:22 AM // 00:22

/signed
but there shouldnt be 15k sets that you can unlock. There should be unlockable hero armor sets and a title for total balthazar faction would be nice.

Jeff Highwind · Feb 10, 2007, 01:14 AM // 01:14

/notsigned.

We've been here before, People play PvE SOLEY because they get access to the elite weapon and armor skins. If it's unlockable in PvP then people will loose all motivation to play PvE anymore.

pOmrAkkUn · Feb 10, 2007, 06:51 AM // 06:51

/notsigned

Agree with above if PvP char can select FoW armor with Elemental Sword and click create. I won't touch PvE char anymore :P

Clawdius_Talonious · Feb 10, 2007, 06:53 AM // 06:53

use search, it's a rule you know

Series · Feb 10, 2007, 07:04 AM // 07:04

Ok sure. As long as PvE players get a Phoenix emote for getting Protector of Cantha.

The fact is, Emotes are a symbol of accomplishment in PvP and 15k armor is a symbol of accomplishment in PvE. And it should stay that way, unless the emotes are possible to achieve without stepping foot in PvP. And... use search

actionjack · Feb 10, 2007, 07:27 AM // 07:27

Its been ask befoe.. and I will /sign again.

You also forgot about unlocking pet skins.

However, I don't think you should be able to unlock certain more rare armor or weapon or pet skins, and keep it only as a PvE reward.

Navaros · Feb 10, 2007, 07:34 AM // 07:34

This has been suggested millions of times before on this board. But it still needs to be done so /signed again. Not just for 15k armor, also for Fissure armor and any/every weapon skin and armor skin in the game.

MithranArkanere · Feb 10, 2007, 04:40 PM // 16:40

Skins are PvE, sorry!

BDZeres · Feb 10, 2007, 09:05 PM // 21:05

Yes, I know it has been suggested before, but felt it necessary to rebirth this topic.
I completely agree that PvE'ers should have their own status symbols, such as 15k armor, foW, crystalines etc. All I'm asking for is a little variety beyond the current skins offered, just for a change.

If the devs would make it possible for us to unlock just the 15k Tyrian sets (which almost every pve'er has by now) for 15k faction per piece for all professions, that would be enough for me.

Perhaps these unlocks could be offered as rewards for tournaments? I, for one, would prefer this to prizes such as wintergreen weapons or transmorph potions.

EDIT:

If the only reason you play PvE is to get nice skins (that is, you dont really enjoy the experience) then why not /sign such a petition? It would save you time farming/advancing your characters, allowing more time for PvP.
On the other hand, if you enjoy both aspects of the game, it should make litte difference to you what the PvP'ers do... provided of course that the devs retain certain skins as "PvE exclusive" (which I'am 100% positive they would).

lyra_song · Feb 10, 2007, 09:18 PM // 21:18

/notsigned

PvP does not need vanity skins.

riojin · Feb 10, 2007, 09:23 PM // 21:23

/notsigned

pvp is for going against others in gameplay, not looking good. if you seriously want to look good in pvp by having nice skinned armor and weapons you have a problem. only way to look good in pvp is by winning.

maybe youd like white and black dye and dye mixing unlocked for pvp while youre at it asking for stupid things.

go play some pve

Jeff Highwind · Feb 11, 2007, 02:11 AM // 02:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDZeres

Yes, I know it has been suggested before, but felt it necessary to rebirth this topic.
I completely agree that PvE'ers should have their own status symbols, such as 15k armor, foW, crystalines etc. All I'm asking for is a little variety beyond the current skins offered, just for a change.

There is; Tyrian made PvP's get their continent's skinned armor, Canthans get access to Shing Jea, Canthan, Imperial and Exotic basic, Elonians get access to Istani and Sunspear.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDZeres

If the devs would make it possible for us to unlock just the 15k Tyrian sets (which almost every pve'er has by now) for 15k faction per piece for all professions, that would be enough for me.

LIES! ALL LIES! New players don't have 15k armors, non-hardcore players don't have 15k armors, unlucky players don't have 15k armors. It only seems like there are alot since there is such a massive player base. The average player base doesn't get these without hardcore dedication.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDZeres

Perhaps these unlocks could be offered as rewards for tournaments? I, for one, would prefer this to prizes such as wintergreen weapons or transmorph potions.

As stated, the 15k's are rewards for PLAYER VS ENVIRONMENT players. Since they decide to grind through storylines to build up their characters, The vanity armors and weapon skins are their rewards for their effort. Even if it's a Tournament prize it's still *point, click* YAY OBSIDIAN!

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDZeres

EDIT:

If the only reason you play PvE is to get nice skins (that is, you dont really enjoy the experience) then why not /sign such a petition? It would save you time farming/advancing your characters, allowing more time for PvP.
On the other hand, if you enjoy both aspects of the game, it should make litte difference to you what the PvP'ers do... provided of course that the devs retain certain skins as "PvE exclusive" (which I'am 100% positive they would).

Maybe some people don't like to PvP? Half of my guild prefers to PvE more than PvP because they don't like dealing with the arrogance and elitism of the PvP world. PvP is not the center of the universe for every player, Most players like the PvE experience. I for one love the Tyrian and Canthan environments and the Tyrian and Elonian storylines hence why I always make PvE characters.

Case closed, just deal with it.

noocoo · Feb 11, 2007, 03:54 AM // 03:54

/notsigned

If they do this, I dont know what my pve char still have, and it will be pointless to play PVE ever.

Alfrond · Feb 11, 2007, 04:45 AM // 04:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by noocoo

/notsigned

If they do this, I dont know what my pve char still have, and it will be pointless to play PVE ever.

That may be true for you, but there are many PvE players (me included) who play for reasons beyond armor and weapon skins. It does not hurt me at all when something good happens to someone else. If PvP players would like their characters to look nice, I say why not? It does not take away from my personal acomplishments for a PvP player to be able to get something I was able to. However, it would need to be set up carefully so that the skins were fairly difficult to reach. It took me a long, freakin' time to get my 15k armors and it should probably be difficult for PvP players as well.

Therefore,
/signed

P.S. To be fair and to pacify some of the angry PvE players, the HA emotes should probably then be reachable through PvE, or if that goes over like a lead balloon among HA players, perhaps some new types of emotes gainable in PvE.

Bryant Again · Feb 11, 2007, 06:55 AM // 06:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Highwind

/notsigned.

We've been here before, People play PvE SOLEY because they get access to the elite weapon and armor skins. If it's unlockable in PvP then people will loose all motivation to play PvE anymore.

Qouted for truth, of course.

/notsigned

Chris Blackstar · Feb 11, 2007, 08:35 AM // 08:35

/not signed

If you want new weapon/armor skins, then buy the PvE version of the game, and play PvE, earn the money and buy them, otherwise too bad.

Here's an idea, if they allowed that, then they should allow PvE players to buy rank emotes for gold.