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artay · Jul 25, 2007, 10:27 AM // 10:27

Just an interesting observation I made from the trailer. If you pause it at approximately 1:30 you can see a warrior figure holding what appears to be a "magma/volcano weapon set" The figures hands also appear to be made of a glowing red material.

Shot at 2007-07-25

What could this mean? Perhaps warriors are getting a nice set of armour? Or maybe weapons now affect the body(in this case the hands) of those who wield them? No matter if it means anything or not, it will be interesting to see if this is a player obtainable thing, or an "npc only" characteristic.(much like the elementalist around the campfire in post searing ascalon.) Very nice graphic design nevertheless Arenanet.

(Terribly sorry if this has been implemented into the game already, I have been away from guild wars for a few months)

EDIT@ Vilaptca, Sorry! I thought it was a dervish at first(I actually thought that sword was a scythe when I first saw it play) I guess I just got caught up in the moment of editing when writing this thread (hence why the thread is stupidly called " New Possible Magma armour?" instead of "New Possible Magma Weapon Set?"

Vilaptca · Jul 25, 2007, 10:30 AM // 10:30

Actually...thats a Dervish.

But what's a dervish doing weilding a sweet warrior weapon set....who knows...

Free Runner · Jul 25, 2007, 10:43 AM // 10:43

The same gloves were shown pn the E3 EotN Presentation (an Ele wore them on the character selection screen). Its suspected these gloves are part of thre stand alone rare armor sets the GW website was talking about.

A armor leak last week showed these same gloves on a warrior alongside 3 other sets of gloves (crystal,earth and "glowy")

So it looks like its cross profession and how its obtained...well we will have to find out. And whats with everyone thinking the player shown on the pic is anything but a Dervish?

doinchi · Jul 25, 2007, 10:45 AM // 10:45

I remember reading that there would be unique stand alone armor sets in addition to the 40 new armours. I did see a image of a female ranger with glowing, earth, crystal and magma gloves also. This probably means that each class will have a similar armour piece for their hands. It will look nice no doubt, but I'm sure there is practical use for them.

Seissor · Jul 25, 2007, 12:38 PM // 12:38

thats actually a magma axe, watch the trailer and at the end you can see its an axe.

Mordakai · Jul 25, 2007, 02:01 PM // 14:01

That mask still freaks me out....

Great pic though! Can't wait to find out more about these different hand sets.

GloryFox · Jul 25, 2007, 03:28 PM // 15:28

One possible theory on these gloves that I ascribe to, is their ability to add additional elemental damage to your weapon without truly altering the weapon. So a weapon with a +20% Sundering, Vamp, or Zealous mod would also have say

Magma Gloves, Fire damage
Earth Gloves, Ebon damage
Chrystal Gloves, Cold damage (I think these are Ice gloves not Chrystal)
Glow Gloves, Lighting damage

You can have some unique dual element situations as well, creating some unique builds, granting a PvE player with dual mod options. This is just a theory of course.

PERSONAL NOTE: Boy I hope they have PvE only Leadership shields for paragons....

SIDE NOTE: And whats wrong with a Dervish having a shield and axe, I see this type of build in game with pure Mysticism builds all the time. Cyclone Axe Dervish FTW!

MrFuzzles · Jul 25, 2007, 07:29 PM // 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by GloryFox

Magma Gloves, Fire damage
Earth Gloves, Ebon damage
Chrystal Gloves, Cold damage (I think these are Ice gloves not Chrystal)
Glow Gloves, Lighting damage

I would be very surprised if this was the case, as it would make ebon/fire/cold/lightning weapon upgrades pretty useless, and I don't see how "dual element" would work at all.

I always assumed that they're purely a novelty item. I hope they have an armor rating identical to your classes' gloves though so you can wear them without hurting yourself.

Neo Nugget · Jul 25, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

This is awesome, as long as you get them as a reward and dont have to buy them

Or i hope you dont need diamonds for them .-.-

LobsterMobster · Jul 25, 2007, 07:58 PM // 19:58

I'm thinking the new "hands" might be a new spell effect that are simply handled like equipment pieces in the game engine. Or else they might just be using modified player character models as new enemies, and are using special parts like that to make them a little more exotic. A similar technique was used in the original Neverwinter Nights. It makes it much easier to make enemies with varying appearances but a common theme (as the alternative is making a separate model for each variant of that enemy).

Technicolour · Jul 25, 2007, 08:14 PM // 20:14

Well all I can say is that I dont care what they do at this point they just look so awesome I want some.

They will be available for every profession I hope

wetsparks · Jul 25, 2007, 10:01 PM // 22:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by GloryFox

One possible theory on these gloves that I ascribe to, is their ability to add additional elemental damage to your weapon without truly altering the weapon. So a weapon with a +20% Sundering, Vamp, or Zealous mod would also have say

Magma Gloves, Fire damage
Earth Gloves, Ebon damage
Chrystal Gloves, Cold damage (I think these are Ice gloves not Chrystal)
Glow Gloves, Lighting damage

You can have some unique dual element situations as well, creating some unique builds, granting a PvE player with dual mod options. This is just a theory of course.

This could be a way of letting us use elemental damage on a green weapon since we can't mod them.
Another thought I had about them is that they could be related to the new races we are going to see.

Magma Gloves -> Charr (they do have a strange connection to fire)

Earth Gloves -> Dwarves (for obvious reasons)

Crystal Gloves -> Norns (is seem to remember they live in the mountains where they could have some ice magic things like the Charr do with fire)

Glow Gloves -> Asura (they are magical creatures so they could make things glow)

Nevin · Jul 26, 2007, 01:56 AM // 01:56

I think the Crystal is Air, and the glowing is frost which would be water magic...

If anyone wants to bet on it, I'm all up for it.

Bug John · Jul 26, 2007, 06:19 AM // 06:19

I hope they do more than simply turning damage into elemental damage, they'd be rather useless for casters, and even for melee as elemental mods already exist.

WinterSnowblind · Jul 26, 2007, 08:12 AM // 08:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevin

I think the Crystal is Air, and the glowing is frost which would be water magic...

If anyone wants to bet on it, I'm all up for it.

I'd bet it's the other way around. Like someone else mentioned the "crystal" gloves are likely ice. And the glowing ones could represent air.

Marth Reynolds · Jul 26, 2007, 08:28 AM // 08:28

I'm gonna bet on those armor thingyes giving some bonus needed in dungeons.

Magma -> being able to ressist those huge fireballs a bit better or perhaps make it possible to run trough lava unharmed?
Crystal -> most likely defense vs cold and well perhaps freezing enviroment effects?
glowy -> air defense fo some sort i think
Earth -> more defense vs huge boulder traps and falling stones?

all speculations but i would like if they'd place something like this in GW:EN

Sorrowless · Jul 27, 2007, 08:19 AM // 08:19

I have been thinking about this and looking at the background on which this character is placed.
This could possibly be a boss?
I am thinking this because of the cauldron like objects in the background,
But you won't know until GW:EN is released so i wouldn't lose sleep over it :P

Sword Liger · Jul 27, 2007, 08:55 AM // 08:55

Its A dervish wielding an Magma axe and shield actually. More to the point, what do you think we will need to craft the armour?(materials)

HayesA · Jul 27, 2007, 12:57 PM // 12:57

Well, for the Magma one, Charcoal, and Granite Slab will probably be used. (I gots to start faming for those.. Hmm..)

Glittering Dust, Scales, Iron, and probably something else. I would like to see a use for Diamonds, Monsterious Claw/Eye/Fangs, and Spiritwood Planks. Few uses for these materials thus far I have seen. Or maybe they'll come up with new things for us to farm. :-\

But, the safest bet is to start stocking up on all common materials, and stock up on some unwidly used rare materials. I'm in agreenment that Diamonds are finally going to get a use. ;-)

WinterSnowblind · Jul 27, 2007, 01:14 PM // 13:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by HayesA

Well, for the Magma one, Charcoal, and Granite Slab will probably be used. (I gots to start faming for those.. Hmm..)

Glittering Dust, Scales, Iron, and probably something else. I would like to see a use for Diamonds, Monsterious Claw/Eye/Fangs, and Spiritwood Planks. Few uses for these materials thus far I have seen. Or maybe they'll come up with new things for us to farm. :-\

But, the safest bet is to start stocking up on all common materials, and stock up on some unwidly used rare materials. I'm in agreenment that Diamonds are finally going to get a use. ;-)

This is basically what I've been doing. I have a massive stock pile of Ignots, tanned hide squares, cloth, etc, because you just know it's going to take a massive leap in value once Eye of the North is released and everyone is scrambling to get the new armour.

I have a few runes of Superior Vigor too.