Primeval & Ancient armor: Fugly?

Am I the only one who finds nearly all the Primeval and Ancient Armor graphics complete eyesores?

Jesus, effin, banana, christ. You have a mummy, a necro with live bats randomly duct-taped to the armor, and an assassin which has to walk sideways through doors due to having two feet long spikes sticking out everywhere. And the last one - it looks like she lost a fight with a windmill!

My take:

Prophecies armor: Mostly good-looking, with the exception of the spandex-suit-with-fur Ranger Frostbound armor. Also some armors had low-res textures, like all the male ranger armors (please fix that, Anet!).

Factions armor: Pretty much all of it is good, except the Luxon jellyfish-helmet simply wasn't a good idea. It looks like the owner is wearing a toadstool on his head. The Kurzick squirrel-helmet is silly too, but not as.

Nightfall armor: The base/beginner armors are good, but it gets progressively worse from there, due to the concept that "better = spikier". With the exception of the Dervish and Warrior armors all the top armors are completely ridiculous. Same goes for the Hero armors - why the heck would I want to spend time and effort to upgrade their perfectly reasonable armors into some gaudy outfit which looks like it's a stage costume from "Priscilla: Queen of the desert"?

Or maybe it's just me? Maybe people want live bats duct-taped to their armors?

It is just you in some cases and not in others.

Even I agree that the ancient Assassin armour is obscene.... but I actually like quite a lot of the other Ancient and Primeval armour.
The Ritualist "mummy" look is fairly cool (and perhaps appropriate), the Necromancer Primeval makes them look like a lionfish... but I actually like that (and the face scars for Primeval are the best of the lot). The ranger armour is cool enough on both counts. I could go on like this for most of them.

Oddly enough, the ones I'm not so fond of now are the Warrior and Dervish Primeval.... not because I don't like the way they look intrinsically... but they have become sickeningly clichéd. Everyone and their dog seems to have those kits... which is why I'm trying to think of an alternative set to get for my Dervish when I get him levelled up and kitted out.

As for my Warrior.... I'm planning on getting her Ancient gear.... but if I decide to give her a set of Primeval too, I'll be sure to dye it bright magenta in theme with my guild colours.... and in direct opposition to standard colour trends for such things.



Another one that annoys me is that Elementalist armour that all the female elementalists wear. I don't even remember which one it is.... but it makes them all look like slutwh0res...

Isn't this kind of late..? Threads committed to bashing NF armors came at the most a month after NF was released.. what is this doing here?

A basic concept is, out with the old and in with the new, even if it indeed is "fugly." And ugly is sufficient.. we don't need the unnecessary F.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Warrior_Primeval_Armor

Nope.. I don't see any spikes at all.

My rit is hawt, thankyouverymuch.

A lot of the big ticket armors do look stupid, though. Necros really got a raw deal in Nightfall, unless you're an Aquaman fan. Also, you forgot Vabbian and elite sunspear, which has some pretty nice stuff in it too.

Actually i rather like the ancient Assassin armor its got style and it 'feels' like assassin wear, its sharp deadly and yet delicate. The others are ok, Warrior, Rit, Dervish (although all the Dervish armors so far are more or less very similar) etc.

I love the Primeval Necro and Ele Armor too, lol infact other than the Necro Ancient armour i like all the armor u mentioned.

I think ANet does reasonable well with there armor designs although the Paragon and Dervish ones are very limited atm and most of which look extremly similar but with EoTN im sure this will change. The only armor theve added in i dislike strangly enough is the new phrophecies add ins, and although its great Anet finally added them in there are kinda a let down, the Knights armour 1.5k looks much better than the 15k version. And the 15k Gladiators Helm is ok but id still rather stick to an Ascalon helm purely for looks.

Female Elementalists wear Elite Sunboob, errr... spear, spear!

I also dislike the vast majority of Nightfall's armors. A few of the Vabbian ones are pretty good though, my favorite being Paragon. You have to see those in-game though, screenshots don't do them justice. They interact very prettily with the lighting.

You don't want to talk about it, then don't. No one is forcing you to either read or post.
Armors. http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:M...ient_Front.jpg
But I agree that the primeval one is a good example of the "ridiculously spiky = teh leet" theory of design.

Other than that I get the impression the conclusion of this will be that "Yeah, they're fugly - except mine".


EDIT: I'm also somewhat disturbed that people apparently react more strongly to "slutty" ele armors than to eyesores like:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:E...t_Primevil.jpg

I guess I just don't have enough testosterone in my system to appreciate it. I mean I'd maybe accept it if I had a female elementalist hero to put it on.... but I don't much like dressing my female characters up like sluts. It is demeaning... essentially.
That and my elementalist is male.
Wouldn't change that for an instant.
I like to keep balance between my male and female characters.
Assassin, Elementalist, Dervish = Male
Necromancer, Monk, Ritualist, Warrior = Female

I don't have PvE Mesmers, Rangers nor Paragons yet... but I'm planning male Mesmer and Paragon (so SO gay), female Ranger.... to match my PvP Storage Characters (which I DO have).

I've totally lost the plot here.
Yeah.... I have no general problems with Nightfall Ascended armour..... other than the fact that most Vabbian armour looks ridiculous (apart from Assassin). Just as well, given the cost.

hé, nothing against 15k sunspear for female ele's, can I help it everyone stole my look ? (joke ;p)
But I do agree most primeval looks awefull: ele, ranger and monk for instance. But then again, everyone entitled to their own opinions ^^
And for the record, my fav female armor still is 15k Luxon ^^

Like all art it depends on whose looking at it. If you don't like it don't get it. And why all of a sudden does it matter, NF has been out for a few months now. I personally like the sin armor...Like I said it depends on whose looking at it.

IMO most professions got some nice armor in NF.
I love and wear : ancient female warrior, elite sunspear female monk, ancient female dervish.
I plan on getting ancient female rit, ancien female Ranger (the scarabs are awesome), vabbian female sin and vabbian female mesmer, when rubies stop being insanely expensive.

For my female NF necro I had to stop by kaineng center to shop, but all in all NF armor are fine, offering something new and special to all pre-NF classes.

Isn't the monk primeval the one with the ludicrous black spikes sticking randomly out all over the place?


Heh... that kinda reminds me.... Assassin Ancient might be bad... but it has nothing on Assassin Fissure of Woe armour for looking truly ridiculous. Same goes for Elementalist Fissure of Woe. They both look like someone got tangled up in a fence.

The endgame 15k warrior in NF is just... YUK! I can't see why anyone would want that.

Monk Primeval is the one with the bones sticking out of the body ;p

Do people actually voluntarily wear that crap? Seriously?

They're probably Naruto fans though ;p


That's Kimimaro with the ability to use his bones as weapons and reshaping them.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I like: Proph armor, Nightfall armor
I don't like: Factions armor
(Few exceptions though)

I hate almost all warrior armor though, except for Kurzick.
Reminds me of batman

I love ranger ancient armour.

I'll just ask, where is endgame nightfall armor for my Rytualist.

As long as people are talking about armors...if you go to gofugyourself.typepad.com and scroll down to the picture of the Pussycat Dolls (it's the third from the top right now), the second Pussycat Doll from the left is wearing Mesmer Enchanter's Armor...the cut, the texture, and the body filling it out are almost exactly the same.

Made me smile when I saw it.

Everyone has there own tastes......I personally love my Male assassin's Ancient armor....but i usually stick with the Vabbi on him.....My dervish wears Primeval and i also really like that armor...so in the end its what you like not what everyone else likes

ive always thought most of them look really bad, the only real good one i think is the primevel for Dervish. Otherwise I think the overused Male Warrior Primevel is terrible looking.

In outpost i just can't stop and /point /laugh at Prim Necro Armor.
It's smells fishy ^^. Nothing wrong with the 15K Sunspear Female Ele armor ok :P

When you say 'most Vabbian armour', surely you're not talking about female Paragon. That one is absolutely gorgeous.

Male Paragons look ridiculous in any armor of course.

I have Vabbian and Primeval armour on my female Ele, my personal preference being the Vabbian.

And to the OP, If my Ele did have a fight with a windmill, then she certainly won!

i think that ele armour and when i get round to finishing nightfall with my ele thats what she'll be wearing. amour is a matter of personal opinion just because you think it's ugly doesn't mean the entire gw population agree with you.

Obviously you've never seen the Mesmer set. But of course I don't expect anyone to care about the Mesmer set. It looks great, IMO it's the best armor set for a male Mesmer.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I personally love Mesmer primieval....

Male rit ancient armor is one of the best armors in game.

A.net is really getting out of control with armor sets. Tyrian armors were cool but not overdone for the most part, Factions sets were a little on the weird side of things... and Nightfall put them over the top with completely ridiculous looking armor. (Assassin spikes for example)...

I'm almost afraid of what Eye of the North will bring.

I like ancient more than primeval. Except for warrior. Mainly becuase assassins and rit dont have primeval. Im still waiting for it to come in like 15k knights did

I love Dervish Ancient - it's understated, but cool. The Primeval one looks pretty good, but I prefer the hanging blades to the carcases.

I can't believe people pay money for Primeval Ranger, but Ancient Ranger is great. It's a shame that it shares the trend of most ranger armours - by having a load of junk or roadkill on the shoulder. I'd like something more sleek, like Obsidian, but without the price tag.

Ancient Assassin, I caved and went for, because I wanted an inscribable armour and couldn't afford Vabbi. It grows on you, but the blades are too much. It's a shame they don't offer alternatives within a style. I doubt it would have been too much work for the art team to produce a bladeless version and I do love the underlying design (the cloth bandage stuff looks cool).

Next I'm going for Ele Primeval and probably Ancient too, then Necro Primeval. Overall, I'd say I like about 70-80% of the Ancient and 50-60% of the Primeval designs.

To each his own.

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Not much else to say, really.

For me this is the worst armor in the game.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:M...l15K_Front.jpg

Ele primeval amor (male)

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:R...front_male.jpg
This actually made me laugh out loud.
I'm seriously considering making a male Rit, get him ancient armor, and give him a name something along the lines of "The Mummy Returns"

But I'm not very fond of the NF armors either.. Some are okay, but most are just wrong..

I have Monk Primeval and I love it. I Dyed it black and it's dead sexy!

Ele Primeval is quite bad IMO
War Primeval is one of the best war armors in the game
Rangers Primeval - Decent
Ass Primeval - A little to "bladed" IMO
Derv Primeval - meh
Paragon Primeval - I dig it
Mes Primeval - havent seen any mes armor that I think looks cool - they all look like bad stage actors
Rit - meh
Necro - not to shabby

Allow me to force my opinion upon you

Since we're talking about Vabbian onwards, lets take a look shall we?

Warrior Vabbian: It's 15k Glads with more clothing, I like it.
Warrior Ancient: It's ascended Istani Armour. Don't believe me? Go look at both sets and compare them. Also very nice + combos well with Istani in certain dye combos.
Warrior Primeval: Finally, a suit of 'heavy armour' that looks different!

Ranger Vabbian: I'm middling on this one. Female top is quite nice.
Ranger Ancient: Trenchcoats Are Win.
Ranger Primeval: Eh, not bad, esp the female one

Ele Vabbian: Hmmm, well, I like it better than anything you can get before it.
Ele Ancient: Gloves, Leggings and Boots = Best thing Anet have ever given Eles.
Ele Primeval: Looks like that Necro Tormentors Armour from prophecies. Still, cool.

Necro Vabbian: Silly
Necro Ancient: Very Silly
Necro Primeval: Wet Fish Silly (IMO Prophecies beats the other campaigns hands down for Necro armour.)

Mesmer Vabbian: Every bit as glamorous as it should be.
Mesmer Ancient: Hmmm, not sure about this one.
Mesmer Primeval: This one's quite inspired, if you ask me

Monk Vabbian: Meh IMO
Monk Ancient: Wow, an ascended version of Tyrian. It's gorgeous too.
Monk Primeval: For a profession that is supposed to embody purity, this is a strange. Still, I suppose if you went to hell and back you might end up looking like this...

Assassin Vabbian: Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a...
Assassin Ancient: The leggings are ninja

Ritualist Vabbian: Hmm, how is this any different from all the markedly superior armours in factions?
Ritualist Ancient: MUMMIES! *drool*
But Obsidian for Rits still wins.

Paragon Vabbian: Best looking of the para armours imo.
Paragon Ancient: Just doesn't stand out.
Paragon Primeval: + Ceremonial Spear + Forgotten Shield + Black = Win

Dervish Vabbian: M-E-H, not another skimpy outfit... (Dont call me a hypocrite for liking warrior vabbian either - thats extremely well done.)
Dervish Ancient: Nice and Simple. Also awesome Egyptian-esque male hood.
Dervish Primeval: Bones can be beautiful too.

Ok, so out of all the sets across all the professions, I can say I like about 20 of them. Of the 8 remaining sets, I'm not gonna pull anyone up for wearing them and if someone wants to wear something that is understated or just plain weird, then that's their choice. I guess the moral of the story is that even if there are things you don't like, it doesn't mean that nobody does and you should be critical of people who do like them. Anyway, peace.

Actually i like female ele primeval.
A bit.

I like 15k Slutspe--.. Sunboo--.. Sunspear better though, but i'm still wondering.. how come the hero armour looks way more awesome than ours?

I personally don't like any of the primeval sets. The male warrior set is seen on half the warriors in the game, and I can't bring myself to like it. Some of the ancient and 15k sunspear is alright. Some of the 15k sunspear sets have such minor differences compared to the cheaper version that it almost feels like a ripoff, examples being the whole male paragon set and the arms, legs, and boots of the male warrior.

primeval
adj.
Belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient
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What are themes we see in Primeval armor? Bones, spikes, fossils, very primitive, very organic shapes....


What are themes we see in Ancient armor? I see Ancient as Egyptian-themed you see scarabs, mummy style wrapping, egyptian style markings on the Paragon armor, egyptian style markings on the Dervish robes, I dont think i need to say the warrior armor is EXODIA from Yu-Gi-Oh! (egyptian themed as well)

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That being said, if you dont like the theme, theres really no one forcing you to buy it o.O