Curse

T1125P · May 17, 2006, 02:10 AM // 02:10

Thats all I can show today, is my login screen due to arenanet having some server problems, keep getting error 005, after I log in, screen just stays there at that town you see I'm in.

Dinkytowner · May 17, 2006, 04:58 AM // 04:58

I actually like the female kurzick 1.5k better (gasp!) then the 15k AND I like it better than 15k glads. Just my opinion.

I-Lord-Osiris-I · May 17, 2006, 12:40 PM // 12:40

I personally think the Fissure armor dyed black is the best, mainly the male, female looks abit weird, but still alright.

Gods Bullet · May 18, 2006, 05:03 PM // 17:03

Black dyed 15K dragon armor.

Shizuka Gozen · May 19, 2006, 05:35 PM // 17:35

When I first started playing Guild Wars the first armor I saw was 1.5k Knight's.
It was then a goal for me to get that armor, then I got 1.5k Platemail instead.
Then a friend pmed me telling me all about FoW Armor, I googled it and saw how awesome it looked. To me, FoW Armor makes all other armor look like shit. Now, even with Factions newly detailed armor I bought Obsidian(FoW) Armor instead, but Warrior 15k Kurzick looks cool too. Still.

ObsidianArmor > Others

I M O

]SK[ · May 19, 2006, 05:38 PM // 17:38

FoW armour is like Marmite. You either love it or hate it. Personally I love it.

Levi Garett · May 19, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03

I used alot of my dye collection to get the Kurzick 15k just right. It's very hard to dye. The default color is gold, so don't waste your money on "gold" dye. I had another guy in LA ID1 that said his was dyed gold-so I used remover on mine and stood next to him and the armors looked EXACTLY the same.

I started with all silver dye, which I liked, but many other people thought it looked stuipid.

Then I dyed it all black, and it looked worse than silver. Most other people thought it looked stuipid too, but a couple thought it was "uber" because of the whole "I'm leet cause my armor is dyed black" mindset. It was then that I removed all dye from my armor (goodbye 50k+) and compared it to the other guy's "gold" dye. I then tried blue dye and it looked awful. I didn't even waste my time on green dye or purple.

Right now I'm using yellow+orange and it looks the best so far. A nice brownish color seems to work best and from what I've seen so far so it matches the patches that are on the arms/shoulders/scalp.

Also weapons are a pain as some just don't look right at all. Fellblades look stuipid with this armor. Mammoth axes look decent. You need something that is beefy but matches in color. I bought a long sword last night and it looks a ton better. I'm using a Tall shield (again dyed yellow+orange) as well and it looks pretty good. My Eternal shield doesn't look that great honestly but I guess that's a matter of opinion as well. I think an Exalted Aegis would look pretty good although I'm not a big fan of them.

/End Rant

I'll post some screen shots tonight and you guys can be the judge. I'd love to get some more opinions.

I love coffee · May 19, 2006, 09:11 PM // 21:11

mine is the combine of knight and dragon armor

Levi Garett · May 20, 2006, 02:14 AM // 02:14

All silver and yellow+orange

Long Sword/Tall Shield(yellow+orange) and Fellblade/Eternal Shield

Same as above, but from the other side

I guess I never took a screen shot of the all black. I believe somebody else had all black previous in this post though...

I hope I save you some money with these pics!

aelyn · May 20, 2006, 03:34 AM // 03:34

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Originally Posted by LeviGarrett

All silver and yellow+orange

Long Sword/Tall Shield(yellow+orange) and Fellblade/Eternal Shield

Same as above, but from the other side

I guess I never took a screen shot of the all black. I believe somebody else had all black previous in this post though...

I hope I save you some money with these pics!

Yea, I agree with you, that yellow and orange on there looks better than most of the other dye jobs I've seen. I'm currently looking for the 15k Kurzick, and I think that I might dye it that or even a Yellow+Yellow+Orange just to see if it comes out even lighter.

As for the weapons, I agree it is very difficult to get a weapon that matches. Maybe Victos Blade (or a shadow blade) might look good, although they are kinda short. I'm interested in maybe dying the fellblade colors and seeing what it looks like together...maybe a nice black or yellow-orange to match your dye?

Levi Garett · May 20, 2006, 07:38 AM // 07:38

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Originally Posted by aelyn

Yea, I agree with you, that yellow and orange on there looks better than most of the other dye jobs I've seen. I'm currently looking for the 15k Kurzick, and I think that I might dye it that or even a Yellow+Yellow+Orange just to see if it comes out even lighter.

As for the weapons, I agree it is very difficult to get a weapon that matches. Maybe Victos Blade (or a shadow blade) might look good, although they are kinda short. I'm interested in maybe dying the fellblade colors and seeing what it looks like together...maybe a nice black or yellow-orange to match your dye?

Both the felly and the long sword were dyed yellow+orange as well. It doesn't seem to do much to the long sword besides on the handle, and the felly is so dark anyways you can barely tell the difference.

I'm not sure a shadow blade would look good because it's too small, but the color of the blade might match the armor a little better.

Be sure to post some pictures when you do get your armor and weapons setup.

Cheers,

Levi

Sagaris · May 20, 2006, 10:39 AM // 10:39

Get a Zodiac Shield and dye it orange, I think that would work out very nicely.

Flames of Sorrow · May 23, 2006, 01:27 PM // 13:27

I haven't made it all that far in factions, but so far, I will stick with my 15k Gadiator armor. Worst looking armor to me (and kinda sad seeing it cost so much) would have to be FoW armor and 1.5k platemail.

Draxx · May 23, 2006, 03:55 PM // 15:55

PERSONALLY...

I love the canthan 15k in gold with the granite citadel platemail helm.

(points to avatar.) what do you think?

after that its kurzick 15k

then gladz 15k

gladz is lush, but just... a little simplistic.

Levi Garett · May 23, 2006, 04:04 PM // 16:04

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Originally Posted by Sagaris

Get a Zodiac Shield and dye it orange, I think that would work out very nicely.

Yeah can you imagine what a -2 stance -2 enchanted Zodiac would run me? lol I'll stick with the Tall for a month or so...

And have you dyed any Zodiac stuff? The only thing that it seems to affect are the "crystal" things (the glowing things that are on all the weapons).

I might find a crappy one and play with it though. Would give me something to work towards...

Sagaris · May 23, 2006, 06:19 PM // 18:19

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Originally Posted by LeviGarrett

Yeah can you imagine what a -2 stance -2 enchanted Zodiac would run me? lol I'll stick with the Tall for a month or so...

And have you dyed any Zodiac stuff? The only thing that it seems to affect are the "crystal" things (the glowing things that are on all the weapons).

I might find a crappy one and play with it though. Would give me something to work towards...

Haha, true, the only thing that is dyed on the Zodiac shield is the 4 crystal things, but that gives a nice look to it.

Well, here's my new armor:

15k Canthan Chest and Leggings: dyed orange+silver
15k Luxon Gauntlets and Boots: dyed red+orange

ph0bolus · May 26, 2006, 03:33 AM // 03:33

Tanstar · May 28, 2006, 07:02 PM // 19:02

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Originally Posted by SnipiousMax

The effective part isn't true anymore. The Canthan Armors with the same stats are every bit as effective.

At one point the dev team told one of the fansites that Cantha armors did not have universal stats. If you wanted the -2 reduction from knights armor then you needed the full set, not just one part. Have they changed this? Personally, I think drok knights gloves with 1.5k Kurzick armor looks great. For a purist though, this could be a big deal.

Jestah · May 28, 2006, 11:15 PM // 23:15

It might look nice if you could dye it to a similar colour. Think it'd be nicer to just buy the the knight's version of the kurzick gloves.

Tanstar · May 29, 2006, 02:25 AM // 02:25

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Originally Posted by Jestah

It might look nice if you could dye it to a similar colour. Think it'd be nicer to just buy the the knight's version of the kurzick gloves.

As I said in my above post though, that would be pointless. One of the devs, in a fansite interview, stated that Cantha armor does not have universal effects. So, Kurzick knight gloves would give me -2 dmg if the blow hit my hands only. Tyrian (Droks) knight gloves give me -2 regardless of where the blow lands.

Someone in an above post implied that this was no longer the case. Can anyone provide a link supporting this change?