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Numa Pompilius · Jan 29, 2006, 07:48 PM // 19:48

Anyone know why ranger armors use considerably lower-res textures than any(?) other armors?

Compare the definition & detail on these three armors, all shot at the log-in screen on the same computer with the same settings:

{IceFire} · Jan 29, 2006, 09:45 PM // 21:45

poor rangers ;_;

Ray · Jan 29, 2006, 09:45 PM // 21:45

Leet. O_o

zomg ANet, you fail!

BBoy_Manchild · Jan 29, 2006, 09:48 PM // 21:48

they did that on purpose, they want all those poor rangers with drok druids to look like scarecrows

Blessed Winds · Jan 29, 2006, 09:51 PM // 21:51

Their armor is too leet to display in their perfect resolution.

Nawn Centz · Jan 29, 2006, 09:53 PM // 21:53

^Blessed Winds said it right.. cept there could have been a better word then "leet" there. :P

FCtSteveO · Jan 29, 2006, 10:10 PM // 22:10

Ive realized this also but only on male rangers, all the female rangers ive seen have better quality, but ive been only looking at fissure so..

Numa Pompilius · Jan 29, 2006, 11:55 PM // 23:55

Hm. I've never had a female ranger, so you may be right there.

My guess is that the ranger armors are among the oldest. The graphics in the entire game gets better & more complex as you go from the oldest area (around Lions Arch) to the newest (SF/GF and the Battle Isles).

Anyway, poor male? rangers. They could sure use an update.

Myth · Jan 30, 2006, 01:34 AM // 01:34

Actually I think its Only with the Males Druids armors, Both regular and 15k that has this problem.

Two April Mornings · Jan 30, 2006, 01:44 AM // 01:44

rangers love nature, they don't want to waste textures so that ppl don't burn trees to make electrivity to upkeep the bandwith that nicer armors would take.

Malchior Devenholm · Jan 30, 2006, 04:50 AM // 04:50

male druids *no matter how awesome it is* always has sucky look

now female druids, OMG, my guildie has 15k perfect friggin white female druids

*drools*

xcutioner · Jan 30, 2006, 08:09 PM // 20:09

Could it be a factor of character size and how the armor textures has to be resized to suit the smaller/larger model?

I've seen this first hand with the FoW armors, where a Warrior's FoW armor looks all pixelated and other times it's looks very nice, edges are crisp etc. I've heard that dying the Warrior Fissure armor can make the edging look messed up, so I'm not sure about whether this was the case or not.

Age · Jan 30, 2006, 09:34 PM // 21:34

It is ok Rangers are always in bush getting a little dirty anyways although I do agree female druids loo a little better than males.Oh btw I would dye your Monks Censor top Blue to match the tats it would look a lot better.

Maxiemonster · Jan 30, 2006, 11:05 PM // 23:05

The only reason I can think of is both the Monk and the Necro being short, and the Ranger being tall. I'm rather sure there's a texture, and that's why having a huge character probably has an ugly texture since it needs to cover more. Small people FTW!

If not, ANET is right. Rangers aren't that cool anyway.

Blaster The Warrior · Feb 14, 2006, 01:49 PM // 13:49

rangers suck in armors they look bad

Dahl · Feb 15, 2006, 12:13 PM // 12:13

Maybe you didn't notice that that picture of the ranger is considerably more blown up than the other 2..

Numa Pompilius · Feb 15, 2006, 12:26 PM // 12:26

Several have suggested it's because the ranger armor is larger than the monk/necro - it isn't. My warrior is larger than the ranger, and his armor is as defined/detailed as the monk & necro armors above.

Rangers, at least male ones, really do have lower-res textures on their armors than (AFAIK) any other profession.