A Thought on Amour Look-AlikesFollow

*beats him about the head and shoulders with her walker and hearing aid*

Listen sony-boy, when I played that tabletop game it was cause there was no such banana as MMOs,the Internet, or "personal computers". Wouldn't at all surprise me if the game WAR is based on is older than a lot of its userbase! (It was first released in 1983, when were you all released? hehe)

So neener neener. ;)

*hobbles away to look for some geritol*

Yeah and we had to play Pong barefoot in the snow uphill (both ways)! ;)

I had the XL's grandpappy.. The Atari 400. Used to be make it show my name over and over on the screen. Did you have the cassette tapes for backing up data? What about the lightning fast 300bps external modem with honest to god phone cradle?

I remember when I got a digital watch with more processing power than that.

I have had maybe 10 robes so far in my Archmage's career (level 19). The last 4 have not be dye-able and only 2-3 of the ones prior to that were. Most of my other slot items are currently not dye-able. I would rather have no dye system and more variety in the armor sets at this point --or let me dye my lowbie armor.

If destruction can't figure out that I am twirling an overlarge staff over my head while wearing a robe and therefore = squishy then I deserve my stealth fashion.

I really hope they add way more armor looks to the game. I dislike the chunky end-game armor style and would much rather wear a high-level potato sack (newbie magus look is great imo). I'd settle for some plate-look for my archmage though (with cloth stats is fine).

The gear you get starts to look better as you progress through the teirs. I've noticed new weapon, helm and shield models. Today I got a new armour model for my shoulders, and it looks pretty epic.

Stick it out, it gets better.

Intended or not, this is appreciated. For a while I couldn't differentiate between Archmage and Swordmaster from a distance. On my Black Orc, closing in on a healer vs a tank is a pretty severe distiction in how long it's going to take to kill. (I've since differentiated them in proper Black Orc fashion, glowy stick vs pointy stick. Oi! Bash da glowies!)

Also, I think the reason for the roughly matching armor on a whole is that unlike other MMOs, your character isn't supposed to be an "epic hero of the realm" You are just another grunt in the realm's army. As you progress in your career, you essentially move up through the ranks and get fancier and fancier gear. A private has the same combat fatigues as any other private, but a 5 star field general, especially in a "medieval fantasy" setting, is going to have flashier gear. The warband commander always has the furry shoulders, battle-scarred chest, and massive grinning-skull shield.


Purely based on my experience from 1 - 19 I strongly agree with this.
There are fancy bits of metal pointy every which way instead of just basic covering.
My shield went from a boring circle to a more jagged circle with a symbol of Mork (or Gork) in the middle.
Gloves went from furry wristbands to thick steel plates with spikes
Even my axe went from a basic hatchet to a twisted piece of wood with a giant hunk of jagged metal on the end.

As for dyability, my helmet is the only piece of armor I'm wearing that isn't died. (and shield of course)

I'll be wearing a nice body armor with lots of navy blue and white details followed by a nice pair of gloves and boots that are white with some navy blue and some nice golden trim. Don't forget the nice light blue cape that drapes down my back. What do they do? Ofcourse they throw me some boots with better stats that are crap brown that I can't dye.

This was my first game console:

Fairchild Channel F

I'm 34.

"(It was first released in 1983, when were you all released? hehe)"

I was released that year, too! XD

Er, anyway, I only just started playing this game yesterday! But I really like that they have a dye and trophy system. The only weird thing is, I dyed a body armor for my warrior priest with gray dye that I got from a quest, and it turned sky blue. O.o Oh well, it IS a pretty color of blue. *shrug*

But yeah. I never was a fan of looking exactly like everyone else. On my 75 black mage in FFXI. I would run around in gear that was less than ideal, just cause it looked cooler (only in towns, of course, heheh...)