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Adam of Tyria · Feb 11, 2008, 11:27 PM // 23:27

All monks look the same?

All of them are short, Factions ones.

With obsidian armor or 15k Kurzick.

With Chaos gloves, Glasses, or a Bandanna.

Originality people?

Jelly Doughnuts · Feb 11, 2008, 11:32 PM // 23:32

First of all, however Guild Wars has top of the line graphics, there are limited armor sets, and bodies, and some of those things are cool, so that's why people like them

Alex the Great · Feb 11, 2008, 11:33 PM // 23:33

they look best that way, idk
chaos gloves rock

Age · Feb 11, 2008, 11:41 PM // 23:41

My Monks aren't short and all Tyrian as well but all Monks look great.

Mr Pink57 · Feb 11, 2008, 11:46 PM // 23:46

Because my monk looks hot with glasses, she cant help it.

I use Elite Woven

pink

Bohya · Feb 12, 2008, 12:20 AM // 00:20

I have a female monk and she is about the size of the NPCs.
I personaly preffer normal Kurzick armor over the elite version. Mine is dyed red which looks realy nice.

ShadowbaneX · Feb 12, 2008, 12:32 AM // 00:32

Because those are the most popular choices for armour. My monk started off with a basic set, then went to kurzick with canthan boots and woven wraps. I looked at all the other monk armours and, to be honest, I didn't like them. I did like Obsidian though so I got it. Recently I picked up some Slim Specs because I like them. A while later I also got some Dwarven Robes, Elite Kurzick Pants, Elite Canthan Boots to go with my woven handwraps (what can I say I like them) for the fun of it, and I thought it looked rather good.

It's not a lack of originality, it's more likely taste. Alot of people like canthan mini-monks, glasses and obsidian armour. It's not slavish, or a lack of originality, it's just what I like.

I D E L E T E D I · Feb 12, 2008, 12:53 AM // 00:53

Male monks have 4 decent looking armor sets. 1.5 Kurzicks, 15k Kurzicks, 15k Luxon and FoW. And although i have 15k luxon i love my FoW simply because i worked my butt off for it.
And no i dont use black dyes like everyone else. got a nice baby blue^^
Oh and the dread mask rocks on monks especially females

*Paris* · Feb 12, 2008, 12:58 AM // 00:58

People simply have no taste. I look everywhere and see monks with obsidian dyed black with slim specs and pink chaos gloves. Personally Imo, more expensive=bad here, because this just makes me gag

. Btw, I have a mid-height nightfall monk with ancient armor and I love it.

kratimas · Feb 12, 2008, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam of Tyria

All monks look the same?

All of them are short, Factions ones.

With obsidian armor or 15k Kurzick.

With Chaos gloves, Glasses, or a Bandanna.

Originality people?

Please don't say all, my monk has none of those things

Thanks,

Krat

Vazze · Feb 12, 2008, 01:22 AM // 01:22

Hm, fow armor does not have arm, so it is one of the few armors that look good with chaos gloves. Besides what the hell am I going to do with my 1M gold? Buying useless req8 weapons or super rare minipets is not for me.

xiaotsu · Feb 12, 2008, 01:37 AM // 01:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam of Tyria

All monks look the same?

All of them are short, Factions ones.

With obsidian armor or 15k Kurzick.

With Chaos gloves, Glasses, or a Bandanna.

Originality people?

I qualify for everything there except for Chaos gloves. I don't see the problem, it's what we like. We paid for the game, we can spend our in-game money how we want

Loli Krasivaya · Feb 12, 2008, 03:07 AM // 03:07

UGH why does EVERY mesmer have to have Obsidian?

Why does EVERY monk have to Obsidian?

...

Why does EVERYONE have to have Obsidian?

Oh yeah! Because Guild Wars is finite, and once you're done with the game (and still want to play) off to getting that *one* elite set Anet provides.

If you want to be original on your monk... don't get Obsidian.

OMGZTEHEPIPHANIES O.O

Celestial_Kitsune · Feb 12, 2008, 03:43 AM // 03:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam of Tyria

All monks look the same?

All of them are short, Factions ones.

With obsidian armor or 15k Kurzick.

With Chaos gloves, Glasses, or a Bandanna.

Originality people?

Why is that you are making hasty generalizations?

Zahr Dalsk · Feb 12, 2008, 08:32 AM // 08:32

Why Canthans? Because they're basically asian, which I find the most aesthetically pleasing human racial group (as well as the most intelligent).

Why Chaos Gloves? Some people like them for prestige, but a lot of us think it goes great for that caster look.

Why Obsidian? Goes well with various armour combos, looks good, and is a gold sink. Why Elite Kurzick? Looks awesome. (As does Elite Luxon Monk, I find it is the one Elite Luxon set that I consider to look nice. I don't really like the others. Seems like Kurzicks got the best deal for pretty much all armour, except for Monks, in which class they tied.)

Why glasses? Because geeks are the win. Why Bandana? Modern street gangster. Why Blindfold? Erotic, I guess. BDSM and all that.

But a few of us (ok, maybe just me) do it because we have a fascination for the Realm of Torment and Abaddon; and the loss of eyes (and subsequent addition of a blindfold) is symbolic of our lord Abaddon, God of Secrets, who fooled the mortals and the Five Lesser Gods into believing he had been defeated, and tricked the puppet Kormir into letting the power of Abaddon control her and use her as a false god, a disguise behind which he waits, biding his time, for the descendants of the Eversius to return and serve him once more... in Guild Wars 2. (Ok, that's just my dream for Guild Wars 2

)

(Damn, that was quite the run-on sentence).

Kwan Xi · Feb 12, 2008, 08:42 AM // 08:42

Well if I had the money to spend on it I would show my Monk off in FoW Armor dyed Black, Chaos Gloves, Glasses and a Bandanna too!....

Well... maybe not the Chaos Gloves, the glow might make my eyes hurt.... maybe glasses? but I don't think the 10k is worth it, and Hell NO on Bandannas If I wanted that I wouldn't have given my monk any hair in the first place!

15K Canthan FTW!

Pyro maniac · Feb 12, 2008, 11:42 AM // 11:42

Blonde little female monks with Black FoW and chaos gloves.
Have to agree, I see them too much ^^

Div · Feb 12, 2008, 06:43 PM // 18:43

The same reason why it seems like all warriors run mending. Because people like it.

JDRyder · Feb 12, 2008, 07:24 PM // 19:24

all profs use the same armor

monks may do it more cuz most the armors suck or look the same. ive had to have tattos on my head for 2 years D: time for something new

gg

Brian the Gladiator · Feb 12, 2008, 11:41 PM // 23:41

Reason for short monk = harder to click on in PvP

Functionality reasons ftw

My reason for giving my monk a bandana is because it looks freekin sweet!
She has 15k Luxon though so pwnt!