Rare stand-alone pieces worthy of the greatest heroes of the land.

Oro Mana

Oro Mana

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

California

X Legion Of Doom X [LOD]

Mo/

Quote:
40 New Armor Sets—Acquire a variety of powerful new armor sets and rare stand-alone pieces worthy of the greatest heroes of the land. Rare stand-alone pieces= Magma Gloves?

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Magma gloves where one example, but yes.

And probably that was also the 'more ways to customize your characters'.

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

wait wait wait... powerful new armors? more powerful than the uber leet rather weak 80armor +insignia + rune??

Lord-UWR

Lord-UWR

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Fiction We Live In [FaKe]

W/R

anyone else feeling this is becoming like the mainstream mmorpgs? armour from loot? more powerful? no more cap? hello?

mazik

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Miral
wait wait wait... powerful new armors? more powerful than the uber leet rather weak 80armor +insignia + rune??
If you want a game where 'uber items' make up for a lack of skill, may I suggest WoW?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord-UWR
anyone else feeling this is becoming like the mainstream mmorpgs? armour from loot? more powerful? no more cap? hello? What? Show me the GW:EN preview that says you will get armour from loot, that they will be more powerful, and that there is no level cap.

darkknightkain

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

P/W

I wonder how those standalone armour works if it is equipable for all classes...

70+30 = 100 AL for elemental (less than that will be nerf to Ranger)
80+20 = 100 AL for physical (less than that will be nerf to Warrior)
80 AL for everything else?

-Loki-

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

So far we know of: Magma gloves, Glowing gloves, Crystalline gloves, Earth gloves, Ninja mask and that wierd totem pole head the Dervish had in the screenshot also showing the magma gloves.

Phantom Gun

Phantom Gun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Minion Bombing in Elona

The Drunken Dragons [DRNK]

Rt/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Miral
wait wait wait... powerful new armors? more powerful than the uber leet rather weak 80armor +insignia + rune?? It's most likely just rare skins you can get as a drop. If it is more powerful it will be PVE only, and even if it is more powerful, it'll get nerfed in like 3 days or so. Even pve only skills got nerfed so I know this stuff would. However I don't think that this armor is more powerful, it's just simply, lootable.

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom Gun
It's most likely just rare skins you can get as a drop. If it is more powerful it will be PVE only, and even if it is more powerful, it'll get nerfed in like 3 days or so. Even pve only skills got nerfed so I know this stuff would. However I don't think that this armor is more powerful, it's just simply, lootable. What, "Save Yourself" only gets you +80 armor now?

I haven't heard of PvE skills getting nerfed, unless they were even more powerful before...

Lets face it. The days of equality are over. People who grind now have a distince advantage over people who don't. What we don't know if this is just a crazy, Guild Wars is ending anyway, moment, or if this philosophy of grind over skill will carry over to GW2.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oh snap, more speculation!

Thoughts on "powerful" armor: could just be a misleading phrase, meaning it could just be the same stats as non-aesthetic armors.

However, if it is implying that these new armors will be somewhat better, then there'll actually be incentive to buy them, and that would be cool.

...But if that's true, if these "new armors" are stronger, then people who eBay gold will now have an advantage over those who don't.

And if they were more powerful, I wonder if they'd make previous Ascended armor sets more powerful as well? The least I could imagine (if they did make stronger armors) would they'd update the previous armors after GW:EN's been out for awhile, just like they did with universal armor inscriptions.



Sad how 100% of my post is pure crappy speculation. I'm bored.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
I haven't heard of PvE skills getting nerfed, unless they were even more powerful before... I think Intensity was one PVE skill that took a major nerf. It's one I'd never use. Some got severe nerfs so no one will use them, others got great buffs so they're pretty much loved in PVE.

-Loki-

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
I haven't heard of PvE skills getting nerfed, unless they were even more powerful before...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Update Notes
Critical Agility: decreased duration to 4 seconds, the duration now increases by 1 second for each rank of Critical Strikes.
Elemental Lord: decreased the bonus to Elemental attributes to 1.
Intensity: decreased duration to 10 seconds, increased recharge time to 45 seconds.
"There is Nothing to Fear!" : decreased duration to 4 seconds, the duration now increases by 1 second for every 2 ranks of Leadership. Bah ?

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

Quote:
Originally Posted by darkknightkain
I wonder how those standalone armour works if it is equipable for all classes... The easiest way I see is that its just like current armour sets, but the same skin is available for an armour piece for each class. This also means that the standalone armour doesn't have any new coding which could cause new bugs.

This option would also allow tweaking the armour pieces to deal with graphical issues on one class (such as clipping issues with one armour set), without the possibility of causing new ones on other classes (such as causing new clipping issues).

Sure I can see other ways to do it, but since this method only requires the creation of the new armour skins. The other methods need new code while not giving any advantage I can see.

Hyper.nl

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by darkknightkain
I wonder how those standalone armour works if it is equipable for all classes...

70+30 = 100 AL for elemental (less than that will be nerf to Ranger)
80+20 = 100 AL for physical (less than that will be nerf to Warrior)
80 AL for everything else? I guess that the stats will be adjusted to the character who buys it. If you buy it with an elly you get hands with 60 armor, if you buy it with a warrior you get it with 80 armor. It will probably be customized when you buy it.

-Just my best guess.

Cebe

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

Perhaps the rare stand-alone pieces of armor are crafted by their respective races, and the title track associated with such races means they become more powerful.

I don't think the armor pieces will have any of the inherent effects altered, but perhaps they do something clever which is dictated by the title track...for instance, you could have gloves which increase attack rate by 10...33% based on your Norn title track.

vergerefosh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Englishmen Don't Drink [Tea]

W/R

as hyper said, probably get them for your class, so warriors get 80, rangers 70, casters 60 etc

And powerful new armour sets is probably just more 15K

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Yep powerful new armor sets is probably just reffering to 15k.

The stand-alone pieces (the 4 glove types and the ninja mask mentioned) are ether a reward for completeing dungeons or the reward for gaining reputation with the races (going off what Ben Miller said in the demo)

*runs out before the omg grind talk hits the thread*

Oro Mana

Oro Mana

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

California

X Legion Of Doom X [LOD]

Mo/

also the mask that the dervish was wearing

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Yeah i like the increase of attack speed type thing, PvE only of course.

I think it would be nice if GW:En armors were like.....5k for headpiece,arms and boots,10K for leggings and 15k for the chest. I hiiiiiiiiighly doubt it but its something along the lines of materials for armor.

stiffler

stiffler

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

South Australia

[ToR]

R/

Here's a thought, what if it works like the hero armor upgrades where you get a type of drop that you take to a crafter to salvage into an armor? Just a thought. *shrugs*