New Possible Magma armour?

Just an interesting observation I made from the trailer. If you pause it at approximately 1:30 you can see a warrior figure holding what appears to be a "magma/volcano weapon set" The figures hands also appear to be made of a glowing red material.


Shot at 2007-07-25

What could this mean? Perhaps warriors are getting a nice set of armour? Or maybe weapons now affect the body(in this case the hands) of those who wield them? No matter if it means anything or not, it will be interesting to see if this is a player obtainable thing, or an "npc only" characteristic.(much like the elementalist around the campfire in post searing ascalon.) Very nice graphic design nevertheless Arenanet.

(Terribly sorry if this has been implemented into the game already, I have been away from guild wars for a few months)

EDIT@ Vilaptca, Sorry! I thought it was a dervish at first(I actually thought that sword was a scythe when I first saw it play) I guess I just got caught up in the moment of editing when writing this thread (hence why the thread is stupidly called " New Possible Magma armour?" instead of "New Possible Magma Weapon Set?"

Actually...thats a Dervish.

But what's a dervish doing weilding a sweet warrior weapon set....who knows...

The same gloves were shown pn the E3 EotN Presentation (an Ele wore them on the character selection screen). Its suspected these gloves are part of thre stand alone rare armor sets the GW website was talking about.

A armor leak last week showed these same gloves on a warrior alongside 3 other sets of gloves (crystal,earth and "glowy")


So it looks like its cross profession and how its obtained...well we will have to find out. And whats with everyone thinking the player shown on the pic is anything but a Dervish?

I remember reading that there would be unique stand alone armor sets in addition to the 40 new armours. I did see a image of a female ranger with glowing, earth, crystal and magma gloves also. This probably means that each class will have a similar armour piece for their hands. It will look nice no doubt, but I'm sure there is practical use for them.

thats actually a magma axe, watch the trailer and at the end you can see its an axe.

That mask still freaks me out....

Great pic though! Can't wait to find out more about these different hand sets.

One possible theory on these gloves that I ascribe to, is their ability to add additional elemental damage to your weapon without truly altering the weapon. So a weapon with a +20% Sundering, Vamp, or Zealous mod would also have say

Magma Gloves, Fire damage
Earth Gloves, Ebon damage
Chrystal Gloves, Cold damage (I think these are Ice gloves not Chrystal)
Glow Gloves, Lighting damage

You can have some unique dual element situations as well, creating some unique builds, granting a PvE player with dual mod options. This is just a theory of course.

PERSONAL NOTE: Boy I hope they have PvE only Leadership shields for paragons....

SIDE NOTE: And whats wrong with a Dervish having a shield and axe, I see this type of build in game with pure Mysticism builds all the time. Cyclone Axe Dervish FTW!

Quote: Originally Posted by GloryFox

This is awesome, as long as you get them as a reward and dont have to buy them Or i hope you dont need diamonds for them .-.-

I'm thinking the new "hands" might be a new spell effect that are simply handled like equipment pieces in the game engine. Or else they might just be using modified player character models as new enemies, and are using special parts like that to make them a little more exotic. A similar technique was used in the original Neverwinter Nights. It makes it much easier to make enemies with varying appearances but a common theme (as the alternative is making a separate model for each variant of that enemy).

Well all I can say is that I dont care what they do at this point they just look so awesome I want some.

They will be available for every profession I hope

Quote: Originally Posted by GloryFox

I think the Crystal is Air, and the glowing is frost which would be water magic...

If anyone wants to bet on it, I'm all up for it.

I hope they do more than simply turning damage into elemental damage, they'd be rather useless for casters, and even for melee as elemental mods already exist.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nevin

I'm gonna bet on those armor thingyes giving some bonus needed in dungeons.

Magma -> being able to ressist those huge fireballs a bit better or perhaps make it possible to run trough lava unharmed?
Crystal -> most likely defense vs cold and well perhaps freezing enviroment effects?
glowy -> air defense fo some sort i think
Earth -> more defense vs huge boulder traps and falling stones?

all speculations but i would like if they'd place something like this in GW:EN

I have been thinking about this and looking at the background on which this character is placed.
This could possibly be a boss?
I am thinking this because of the cauldron like objects in the background,
But you won't know until GW:EN is released so i wouldn't lose sleep over it :P

Its A dervish wielding an Magma axe and shield actually. More to the point, what do you think we will need to craft the armour?(materials)

Well, for the Magma one, Charcoal, and Granite Slab will probably be used. (I gots to start faming for those.. Hmm..)

Glittering Dust, Scales, Iron, and probably something else. I would like to see a use for Diamonds, Monsterious Claw/Eye/Fangs, and Spiritwood Planks. Few uses for these materials thus far I have seen. Or maybe they'll come up with new things for us to farm. :-\

But, the safest bet is to start stocking up on all common materials, and stock up on some unwidly used rare materials. I'm in agreenment that Diamonds are finally going to get a use. ;-)

Quote: Originally Posted by HayesA