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Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

24 Jul 2006 at 08:09 - 1

I was wondering...

You see these people everywhere in 15k armor. I was in a group with someone over the weekend and they looked at my armor and said

Him: "that's kurzick armor aint it?"
Me: "yes"
Him: "15k?"
Me: "no, 1.5k"
Him: "My leader could totally pwn you"

So...let me get this right...because I have 1.5k armor, despite the fact that it is no worse than 15k armor...I can be "totally pwnd".

Riiiiiight....let's just forget the fact that I'm a Mesmer and I'd put good money on his 'leader' being a W/Mo (due to his arrogance) - Mesmer vs Warrior = SHUTDOWN

so...back to what I was wondering... does anyone actually buy the 15k armor JUST because it is 15k armor? I buy 1.5k Kurzick armor for my Mesmer because i like it better than the 15k Kurzick armor. So....nothing else matters.... So, if you buy the 15k armor, purely because it is 15k....why?

Just curious

P.S. Apologies to any W/Mo out there who aren't total prats! There don't seem to be many of you!

Opeth11

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada

Demon of the Fall [Opet]

Mo/Me

24 Jul 2006 at 08:12 - 2

I bet many people buy 15k just because it's 15k armor. Many people also happen to ebay FoW armor materials =/

Why? To look 'leet'.

Some honestly do like the more expensive armors for their looks. In fact, most people do. The fact that it is higher in status is just a bonus.

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

24 Jul 2006 at 08:14 - 3

I buy the expensive armor because it's expensive. There's an inherent power to having very expensive items, and style is it's own capability.

Basically... I go for the expensive gear, but consider the looks as well.

zelira

Elite Guru

Join Date: Jan 2006

Me/

24 Jul 2006 at 08:14 - 4

I buy the first set of max amor out of necessity, be it Droks or Kaineng. Then if the there is a set of 15k that looks better, I'll get that set. If not, I keep the 1.5k.

Wacky

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Trans Tasman Alliance [TTA]

Me/

24 Jul 2006 at 08:18 - 5

Well, 15k does tend to have more detail to the armor, but I don't really like a lot of the mesmer faction armor styles - they just look a little off somehow.

But are you sure that random guy was insulting you because you were only wearing 1.5k, or because you're a "tree hugging emo wrist slitting Kurzick"?

Celios

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Black Crescent [BC]

24 Jul 2006 at 08:20 - 6

Your fault for talking with PvE egomaniacs, aka the last people on Earth with any concept of the meaning of skill.

squan

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2006

Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Rotterdam Pride

Mo/

24 Jul 2006 at 08:23 - 7

well 15k kurzic warrior armor looks a bit better then the 1.5k armor. if you have the money for it why not. if you dont have it so what.

i got 2 sets of fow armor (necro and monk). kurzic 15k for warrior and 3 other chars 15k armor but it does not make me a better player then you.

but i do buy the expensive items/armor because i have the money for it (no e-gay). its a part of the game and otherwise my storage would be full

Lafayette

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

24 Jul 2006 at 08:23 - 8

I buy whatever armor I think looks the best. Straight sets, mixes, 1.5K or 15K or fissure. Doesn't matter. It just so happens that I think 15K armors do generally look better than their 1.5K counterparts.

The 'leet' feeling because of 15K armor has worn off for me. Everyone seems to have a set or twenty now. Though if people like shoving it in your face like that, it seems obvious who is the more mature person - and that should be held in higher regard than having more valuable armor on a video game.

Jas

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

Piken Square - American District 1

The Everchanging Path [lost]

Mo/E

24 Jul 2006 at 08:23 - 9

[rant]
I don't really know why people buy the 15K armors, since they're not remarkably better than the 1.5K equivalents (IMO). Of course they cost more, but so what? Does it show any playing skill to get a 15K armor? No, since in Prophecies one can get to places where to craft armors by paying money (either e-bayed or not) - even at low levels can one get the Grotto armor, for example.

Why would I spend that kind of a money on something that's not anyhow better than what I already have? Just the looks?

Wearing an armor that costs 15K or even 1m doesn't make you any better GW-player than what I am, nor would it do me any better than you, if I had it. After all this game is about player skill, not about "who's got the best toys".

[/rant]

Opeth11

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada

Demon of the Fall [Opet]

Mo/Me

24 Jul 2006 at 08:24 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celios

Your fault for talking with people you don't know.

There, fixed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jas

[rant]
I don't really know why people buy the 15K armors, since they're not remarkably better than the 1.5K equivalents (IMO). Of course they cost more, but so what? Does it show any playing skill to get a 15K armor? No, since in Prophecies one can get to places where to craft armors by paying money (either e-bayed or not) - even at low levels can one get the Grotto armor, for example.

Why would I spend that kind of a money on something that's not anyhow better than what I already have? Just the looks?

Wearing an armor that costs 15K or even 1m doesn't make you any better GW-player than what I am, nor would it do me any better than you, if I had it. After all this game is about player skill, not about "who's got the best toys".

[/rant]

Um, maybe because the 15k armor looks cool? That's the whole point of the armor basically. It looks better in most cases =/

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

24 Jul 2006 at 08:24 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celios

Your fault for talking with PvE egomaniacs, aka the last people on Earth with any concept of the meaning of skill.

That's nice to know..

Minus Sign

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/N

24 Jul 2006 at 08:27 - 12

I reroll characters on a regular basis. While I can afford 15k on them, i don't waste the money on a toon that may or may not be in that slot come next month. Besides, 1.5 Kurzick is cuuuuute on my monk

i had 15k Dragon's on my Warrior, but salvaged it for the runes when they changed the stats...then kicked myself VERY hard when they made the change retroactive...

Mostly, i stick to 1.5 because you never know what the latest greatest build will require and (with farming, PvE, and PvP sets) my toons are already a pack of clothes horses. Besides, there are advantages to looking poor, especially in trade sessions.

As for who has the best toys? When they want a show of PvE skill, I say ''look at title" (flash between Prot of Tyria/Prot of Cantha) then join party and spam greens at them. 4 sets of weapon and foci tend to humble the heartiest "egomaniac", PvE or PvP.

The milk shake

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Pre-Searing Ascalon

R/

24 Jul 2006 at 08:31 - 13

part one, yeah lots of peeps ebay, ive met a few (fow armored war who doesnt know what a interrupt is)
secondly, a lot of 15k armors are cooler than their 1.5 counterparts such as 15k plate over the pig faced 1.5k, also it kinda is a sign of experience in the game, which ebayers have ruined

ugh my spelling becomes terrible late at night

Edge Martinez

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

NC

DKL

24 Jul 2006 at 08:32 - 14

I buy my stuff for looks alone CB. For my ranger I love 15k Drakescale (Grotto). For my Mesmer, I like the 15k Enchanters (Grotto). For my monk, I really like the simpleness of the 15k Wanderers (Citadel), same for my Necro with the 15k Bonelace (Citadel). I've always like the 15k Geomancer outift (Grotto), so that's on my ele. Now my Warrior is the different one... I absolutely love the 1.5k Ascalon Armor from Cantha. That's all he'll ever have, unless chap. 3 or later have a better skin.

Chaz_Fox

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Scotland (scots ftw)

UK Furry Alliance [UKFA]

Mo/Me

24 Jul 2006 at 08:33 - 15

I tend to prefer the 1.5k armour, because money doesn't come my way often. I recently found 8k on one of my other characters (hooray) which i thought i had lost ^.^ needless to say, i combined this with my 3k i already had and got 11k.

Know what i did with it?

Went to Kaineng center to update my armour (I was wearing Shing Jea monk armour, but it had no effects (apart from the sandals which i believe were Judges' sandals). so this time around i went for ascetics' canthan armour (i could always do with an energy boost(plus once i get to lvl 20 and have enough money for the monk runes i plan on trying out a 55 build just to see how it goes) but i never really liked the idea of being covered from head to toe in tattoos). the cost of the armour, plus the materials (i calculated the cost of materials for both Shing Jea and Canthan armour to see which was better, Shing Jea won ^.^) used up nearly all my 11k (go me

) and I had around 800g left. So there, i go for functionality over vanity.

Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

24 Jul 2006 at 08:37 - 16

I judge people by the looks of their armor. 1.5k armor isn't always a tell-tale sign of a new & bad player --- but more often-than-not: it is.

Hence judging people by that is extremely logical.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

24 Jul 2006 at 08:39 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wacky

But are you sure that random guy was insulting you because you were only wearing 1.5k, or because you're a "tree hugging emo wrist slitting Kurzick"?

lol - I hadn't thought of that - you do get an awful lot of people in Shing Jea and the like ranting on about how Kurzicks or the Luxons are bad, using various expletives. Maybe it was that...

I don't especially care - I wouldn't buy ANY of the 15k armor for my Mesmer because after looking at all the different armors on GuildWiki, 1.5k Kurzick looks by far the nicest.

I also have an elementalist - she also has 1.5k Kurzick armor although the 15k kurzick armor doesn't actually look too bad. I don't know if I'd want to waste a whole load of money on it though....there's more to life...

Lady Lozza

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oz

Angel Sharks

Me/N

24 Jul 2006 at 09:02 - 18

<--- self-confessed clothes horse.

#1 Factor is ALWAYS looks.
If I'm tossing up between a 1.5k set and 15k set, I will think about functionality (which isn't an issue in Factions), then, I see how many peopl wonder around in it, and then, depending on my cash at the time, I buy the most expensive set

Ranger Rog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

[TOG]

24 Jul 2006 at 09:08 - 19

Ultimatly I went for looks and got the 15k Canthan for my Ranger but only because I really disliked the look of the CH1 druids sets. I used 1.5k Druids all the way through both chapters until I could easily afford the 15k, and that was only after I had got all the other gear I wanted for my Ranger. I have Canthan 1.5k for my Monk, which I think looks every bit as good as the Monk 15k and it also had the added bonus of letting me get rid of the horrible tats I had on him before (I can't stand tats in real life or in game)

majoho

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Denmark

24 Jul 2006 at 09:20 - 20

I can't believe how shallow and idiotic some of you are.

Making the assumption that if you don't have 15k armor means that you're a noob really says more about you than the person you're looking at.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avarre

I buy the expensive armor because it's expensive. There's an inherent power to having very expensive items, and style is it's own capability.

LOL, you just owned yourself.

kvndoom

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Communistwealth of Virginia

Uninstalled

W/Mo

24 Jul 2006 at 09:23 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Navaros

I judge people by the looks of their armor. 1.5k armor isn't always a tell-tale sign of a new & bad player --- but more often-than-not: it is.

Hence judging people by that is extremely logical.

Man, I hope you're being sarcastic, because most of the worst players I have ever dealt with were wearing expensive armor...

Chaz_Fox

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Scotland (scots ftw)

UK Furry Alliance [UKFA]

Mo/Me

24 Jul 2006 at 09:33 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by kvndoom

Man, I hope you're being sarcastic, because most of the worst players I have ever dealt with were wearing expensive armor...

Ditto. I haven't experienced any bad players wearing 15k armour, but from what i've read in the jerks thread, i get the impression that people who have 15k armour think they can boss other players around, or beat them in PvP just because they had the money to waste on vanity.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

24 Jul 2006 at 10:28 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaz_Fox

Ditto. I haven't experienced any bad players wearing 15k armour, but from what i've read in the jerks thread, i get the impression that people who have 15k armour think they can boss other players around, or beat them in PvP just because they had the money to waste on vanity.

Quite right - in the Jerks thread it's ALWAYS "This one time, in this mission, we met a warrior who had FoW armor and he swore and spammed then left the mission and called us ALL noobs and told us he could pwn us all and that we were crap because we didn't have 15k armor..." - it's always the same...

Edit: that's not to say that thread isn't pure, unrivaled geniusness...

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

24 Jul 2006 at 11:31 - 24

I buy armor based on look. Thankfully the Factions armorer can make you any armor with any specs, so I could finally get a decent-looking Gladiators outfit for my warrior...

I've suggested this before but... ANet should put in an Uber Hat in the game, which looks like this:

Cyan The Archer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Denmark

R/

24 Jul 2006 at 11:41 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by kvndoom

Man, I hope you're being sarcastic, because most of the worst players I have ever dealt with were wearing expensive armor...

Too bad for you.. Most good players i have been playing with had an expensive armor.

felinette

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Girl Power [GP]

Me/

24 Jul 2006 at 11:43 - 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

I buy 1.5k Kurzick armor for my Mesmer because i like it better than the 15k Kurzick armor. So....nothing else matters.... So, if you buy the 15k armor, purely because it is 15k....why?

I also buy based on looks. Since the 1.5 and 15 have the same stats, it's whatever looks better, and that's often the 1.5. I'm the one that'll be looking at the character all the time--not everyone else. But some people see getting the 15k as "having arrived". I haven't really familiarized myself with what all the armors look like, especially for profs I never play, so I can never tell if anyone is wearing 1.5, 15k, or starter armor, and couldn't are less, either.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

Thankfully the Factions armorer can make you any armor with any specs, so I could finally get a decent-looking Gladiators outfit for my warrior...

Amen. I can now get enchanters for my mezzies without them looking like they've just left a Victoria's Secret party.

Dark Dragon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

RTD

E/

24 Jul 2006 at 11:48 - 27

I only have one set of 15k which is for my ele the only reson i brought was:

1.It looks nicer (aeromancer armour)
2.She is my first character and deserves special treatment

to bad i can only afford two pecies so far

XtrmEend

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Netherlands

Searching

Mo/N

24 Jul 2006 at 11:56 - 28

Collectors armor ftw :-)

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

24 Jul 2006 at 12:23 - 29

I buy armor for, 1.) functionality, 2.) looks. Often times, I don't like 15k so I don't buy it. Or I'll like some 15k pieces, but prefer 1.5 for others. But, most of my chars have plain old 1.5. Unless I really love it, I'm not spending a fortune on armor that has the same functionality of something a lot cheaper.

Slainster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

24 Jul 2006 at 12:33 - 30

Most times I prefer the looks of 15k armor, but my mes is currently on 1.5K Canthan cos I like it. However, as soon as ive ascended, and got a few more shards, Im of to get FOW for my Mes, I think it rocks!

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

24 Jul 2006 at 12:41 - 31

I have to admit that my favorite male ranger armor in the game is drok's druids. I'm workin on my 3rd ranger now and as soon as I get him there, that's what he'll wear. I still have yet to see a set of 15k armor that looks any better. I did admittedly also buy a set of 15k drakescale for one ranger, but I only wear it on occasion.

As for other professions in general, I have to admit that there are several sets of armor (especially in Factions) that look better in the 1.5k versions than their 15k counterparts.

Sometimes it does just look best to have just a piece or two of 15k imo. My mesmer who is male runs with droks enchanters with the 15k enchanter jacket dyed black. The full 15k set looks like he's wearing a full set of tights with a formal jacket, but the droks armor actually gives him some boots (the gloves are really the exact same thing).

Kabale

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

UK

Portrayors of Valour [pV]

24 Jul 2006 at 12:59 - 32

I've got 1.5k Kurzick Female chestpiece on my monk with the 1.5k Luxon pants, purely because I don't like the big 'skirts' of both 15k Kurzick & Luxon, and I think the 15k Kurzick chestpiece looks too posh and does not really reflect the kind of character my monk is

Wow, I need to drop PvE.

greenchylde

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

CT

Heroes Etc

E/Mo

24 Jul 2006 at 13:50 - 33

i bought myself luxon 15k for my ele cause .. well.. its hot. my boyfriend got himself kurzixk 1.5k for his shewarrior cause.. well.. its hot. its similar to the kurzik 15k but it has a thong and thats hot. =D ok i think i've said enough. ill go now, rofl

shardfenix

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Il Power Overwhelming Il [HaX]

24 Jul 2006 at 13:50 - 34

Everytime I see someone with ranger fow, i think "they buy armor because it's expensive," because ranger fow is the ugliest fow armor in the game, next to male monk's clown suits.

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

24 Jul 2006 at 14:17 - 35

I thought this thread was going to be so much more than 1.5K versus 15K versus FoW...

To me, functionality always trumps appearance.

That being said, I tend to mix and match pieces of the 1.5K and 15K armor, because:

1. I generally find that utilizing a full set of the same type of armor doesn't gain the best utility out of it. For example, I almost always pick a chest and pants piece that provides the best armor possible, and select an arm and legs piece that provides either energy, health or other bonus (e.g. Bloodstained Boots, Stonefist Gauntlets).

2. Because I'm already mixing and matching pieces, I generally go for what looks best together given those combinations, versus going for the most expensive armor. This also gives a somewhat "unique" look to my characters, compared to other characters.

3. To me, expensive does not equal better looking. For example, I prefer the Male 1.5K Gladiator's top over the 15K Gladiator's top, primarly because of the "bra strap" on the 15K that's visible when you're hiding your guild cape (I swear that the symbol on the front of the armor are the Victoria's Secret logo). You have no idea how many times people have seen my 1.5K Gladiator's top, however, and automatically started to call me a "noob"...until they see me tanking five grasps of insanity at once.

milias

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Defected back to America

Me/E

24 Jul 2006 at 14:21 - 36

I used to buy 15k armor for all my chars, but I have since stopped. I didn't quite like the look of some of the 15k armors in Factions. I was mainly looking for a better-looking set than the scar pattern sets, which I don't particularly like. Personally, I find that oftentimes the 1.5k one looks better than the 15k one.

Right now, 2 of my chars are quite comfy in their desert collector armor

Count to Potato

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Imagination Land

I Swear She Was Eighteen [Gwen]

W/

24 Jul 2006 at 14:27 - 37

15K armor was made for people to show off, but in some cases the 1.5k armors look nicer (ele is better 1.5k kurz) so next time someone asks u if its 15k just say no, its better than 15k

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

24 Jul 2006 at 14:34 - 38

I've just been having a look on GuildWiki at the other Elementalist Armor around. Again...Aeromancer 1.5k armor looks nicer than Aeromancer 15k armor...they went and ruined it by giving her tights!

Deacon Roswell

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

San Diego

Absence of Evidence [AoE]

24 Jul 2006 at 14:43 - 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minus Sign

...then join party and spam greens at them. 4 sets of weapon and foci tend to humble the heartiest "egomaniac", PvE or PvP.

ROFLMFAO. Seriously man, I had to step away from this post and laugh for about 5 minutes before I could post. I love when I see people calling their green items at the beginning of a mission. It usually goes to show they spent alot of time/money getting greens so people would think they are good/skilled. If you were good, you wouldn't need to spam your greens, your play would show it. Collectors items are better than greens anyway. Greens are just about looks.

jamal555

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

24 Jul 2006 at 14:50 - 40

well i dont agree with any of you

maybe some of u but i got no time to read all...

100 ppl 100 oppinions... so its just a matter of preferance what armor some1 takes...

i know ppl with fow that know how to play and play well... rank <10 guild...

and in the same guild we have ppl with fow, not ebayed, earned thru creative deals and thinking... who really dont have a clue how to play anything... besides sell and buy stuff...

so i think ppl that judge ppl by their armor and weapons are also superficial and clueless about this game as the ppl who ebay money... if u cant make 1 million plat in lets say 6 months.... that is a very long time for that [and i mean ppl who pve not only pvp] u are better of playing some simpler game more suited to your iq level...

personaly for pve i take armor for it looks not stats as they arent important in pve... and for weapons i take what i like... almost always green items... and sell golds that are valued atm to stupid ebayers for insane amount of cash, keeping 1 off each for myself just collector purpose... only some1 who ebayed money can pay 700k for perfect fell... ppl who earn it know better...

so make money of ebayers and chinese farmers and keep what u like for urself... main philosophy of GW... i got 3-3.5 mil just in war weapons at current district 1 prices in the storage char and it all costed me <300k... go figure it out... i got a brain...

Its not that req 8 15>50 fell is going to kill faster than req 13 15>50 gladius...

so GW is a game of skins... just textures... in other games u get stats for your money in GW u get drawn texture... that does nothing besides looks stupid on low poly 3d model... there isnt even a single animated weapon in the game... except stormbow and thats lame too... so ppl who care about these things either are 8 years old or have no real life... no real "i-see-you-every-day-in-person" friends and probably 300 pounds in the ass...

my 5 cents...