Arrghh! How the Doublehockystick do you get the new armor?

I;ve been trying to get to the luxon city to buy some armor but it seems that Anet has every damn zone blocked off. So i've done the stupid quests, which were mostly a royal pain in the rear, and am not back in kaening<sp> without having been to either capital?!

Can i run there from one of the other cities or am i forced to do the whole storyline?

Have you played through much of the main quest?

If not you evntually get a quest that will take you to one or the other.

yes i now have 2 kurzik and luxon mission towns but nothing else from either faction, then it sends me back to the temple for another mission.

All i want to do is get to luxon side and buy some damn armor. Why the hell did Anet make this a study in torture? I don't even want the 15k stuff just the 1.5 for crying out loud.

if chapter 3 is anything like 2 i wont be buying it.

1. Keep doing the missions and you'll end up there.

2. You can't get Luxon/Kurzick armor because the Faction reward trader is bugged and nobody can get the amber/jade needed.

Your not far enough ahead yet keep playing the main quest, the game will tell you when its time.

Do you need to spend faction points to get the 1.5k armor made?

But you see i do NOT want to be forced to choose a faction. I just want to buy some freaking armor!

The cathan armors, i think are butt ugly.

I am beginning to hate factions more and more.

The NPCs will not talk to you if you arent the same side as them. You have to choose a side.

I think the expansion title gives it away a little. Kinda hints at the fact you might have to side with one faction or the other

and you can't choose sides till you have 10k faction?

Well from the FPE weekend, all you need to be able to talk to the NPC is more faction on one side vs the other. To actually be "part" of the luxon or kurzick you need the sponsorship deal IIRC.

Seeing as Anet said in one of the chats that you could do both faction quests on both sides makes that contrary to your statement.

I was able to buy armor for my Necro.
It cost 1.5k eack plus bones, 3x Monstrous eye balls, 3x Monstrous claws,
and Monstrous fangs. I also got the new scar for the face that requires ink.
This is how I did it. Went to LA, took a boat to Cantha. Found a armor NPC.
And bought my new shit.

Ok here is some more info for people.

You do not need to choose a side to get the 1.5k armor.

You do have to turn in faction to the faction scavanger i guess for jadeite/amber but as stated they are broken and there is none.

The rare trader shows jadeite at times but says hes out when you ask for a quote.

TO get to the city, you just need to finish the basic storyline to get the quest to go to the major city of whatever faction you want to travel to.


This is all very irritating.

must admit it is ridiculously hard to get to the armour places especially since as i progressed fewer people were in these towns so relying on hench ( have they been made stupider, they are a total nightmare now) is a pain in the ass and makes for slow and tedious progress

lol....all you have to do is what I mention above.
No other bull shit needed.

Except if you actually read the post you'd find that i think the cantha warrior armor looks like ass.

well if you are talking about getting ahold of either Luxon or Kurzick armor.
forget about that shit. I haven't seen any NPC that allows you to chose
sides yet. you will have to wait until the release.

To get into the Luxon And kurzick Capitals you need to have done these missions where the 1.5k Armor crafter is

Vizunah Sqaure
Nahpui Quarter
Tahnnakai Temple
Arborstone
Boreas Seaboard
Sunjiang District

You can buy Canthan Armor in Kaineng City and other assorted Npcs spread around the world.Canthan Armor doesnt require Jade or Amber but they wont have the Luxon and Kurzick skins from what I can tell the Luxon and Kurzick 1.5k armor requires about 3-9 jade or amber per piece.

Quick question on this:

I recently bought 1.5k armour from whatever town that is north of Marketplace. The armour has the same skin as every armour I've had even though it is of a different type. I assume now that I need to join a side to make the armour I wanted.

I did buy the 1.5k Nightstalker armour, which was too expensive, and was hoping it would look like the old version did. Is there some small ray of hope that I don't have to buy 1.5k armour all over again to get the proper nightstalker skin?