Curse

freekedoutfish · Aug 27, 2007, 12:08 AM // 00:08

After two days of endlessly farming my way to Norn rank 7, going to the Armor crafter in the GWEN preview event at 1 o'clock in the morning, you cant help but feel a bit shafted after all that effort...

...I worked my ass off to get to rank 7 expecting some super armor. Something completely original and different to other ingame ele armor. Something to finally make you feel proud to be an elemental and we get that!

Ok so its not awfull and it looks kinda nice, and it will turn some eyes, but its not what you'd expect! It really does just look like a woolier, thicker version of Tyrian non-elite armor.

I realise other elite Norn armor will exist, but some originality Anet before we get to elite armor (Especially when you have to work for it through title ranks!)?

Vabbian armor was going in the right direction, so why take about 10 steps back! Am I the only person who thinks elementals get a bad deal with armor.

Anyhoo, I have it now and I thought i'd share what it looks like with you all.

(Sorry im a bit irrittable because its 1 in the morning and I was getting sick of arming Norn points in Drakker Lake for 2 days straight)

[UPDATE]

You can see which bits are dye-able and it actually looks alot better.

julien · Aug 27, 2007, 12:10 AM // 00:10

Yeah, all armors in gwen are not '' cool for the moment '' don't worry

Fates · Aug 27, 2007, 12:11 AM // 00:11

Did you miss all the reskinned spoilers?

placebo overdose · Aug 27, 2007, 12:12 AM // 00:12

uuuummmm why did you have high hopes for male ele?

God Apprentice · Aug 27, 2007, 12:13 AM // 00:13

It looks nice, perhaps Umbral Grotto will be a mirror of Marhans and have a nicer armor set.

lyra_song · Aug 27, 2007, 12:15 AM // 00:15

i think it looks quite nice..

did you expect a bear coming out of your chest or something?

Aqualung · Aug 27, 2007, 12:42 AM // 00:42

Dude, you've got to remember that's the FIRST armor available.

Bryant Again · Aug 27, 2007, 12:45 AM // 00:45

Not too shabby, has a pretty clean texture.

CMEPTb · Aug 27, 2007, 01:13 AM // 01:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryant Again

Not too shabby, has a pretty clean texture.

Like baby seal.

Grinding for my Necro armor right now (even though its a mis-match of Luxon/Canthan, I like the fur on it

)

The Great Al · Aug 27, 2007, 01:26 AM // 01:26

and 15k marhans grotto aero remains the best male ele armor

natuxatu · Aug 27, 2007, 02:08 AM // 02:08

Yeah there are more elite versions of each of these types of armor as we've seen in the preview that showed all the different armors.. so I'm not going to waste my money on these ones yet till i see all my opitions.

(I like the look of that armor though.. beats most of the armor in NF in my opinion.)

SotiCoto · Aug 27, 2007, 02:35 AM // 02:35

The Female Monk one is teh secks.

But yeah. Male Elementalist one sucks.
Wonder what the Female Elementalist one is like.

Francis Demeules · Aug 27, 2007, 02:57 AM // 02:57

Check on the photobucket, they're all here.

Friar Khan · Aug 27, 2007, 03:23 AM // 03:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyra_song

i think it looks quite nice..

did you expect a bear coming out of your chest or something?

ROFLMAO!

I agree.

HawkofStorms · Aug 27, 2007, 04:25 AM // 04:25

It looks good.

Also, don't complain about the "grind" needed to get this armor. After all, you DID get it in ONE weekend (even if you did work your butt off for it). Once GW:EN goes live for a few weeks, rank 7 of the Norn title will be pathetic.

Bride of the Atom · Aug 27, 2007, 04:27 AM // 04:27

Hey! It's better than what I expected (which isn't much, considering how awful male elementalist armor is). It looks sort of mesmer-ish. It probably dyes really nicely. My primary character is a male Factions elementalist, and I've always been irritated by how crappy the armor is-- even the 15k. My favorite combo is a black/silver dyed Canthan/Shing Jea mix.

Lord Palidore · Aug 27, 2007, 04:27 AM // 04:27

I like that a lot.

It's really nice and clean, unlike so many other armors that are cluttered with way too much pointless trinkets and junk on it.

The Great Al · Aug 27, 2007, 04:43 AM // 04:43

can you post the headgear, if there is any? also, what photobucket?

Personette · Aug 27, 2007, 04:57 AM // 04:57

I like the new Norn armor on the male ele better than the female ele - no, it's not particularly new and exciting, but it's not effete like so much male ele armor is, and it's more elegant than the Prophecies male ele armor that has that flame design. So I guess I'd say that for the male, it's an improvement on the existing models and that's not an inconsiderable advantage.

Nukey · Aug 27, 2007, 05:07 AM // 05:07

Here's my female ele:

The headgear is just face paint. Solid colour. Either half painted vertically or horizontally. You choose.