Ever see someone running around in some brand new high end armor that just looks dumb? Or with a title they think commands respect but is really pretty insignificant? Or with an ultrarare sword and shield that look positively hideous together?
What in your opinion is the most overated armor/item/title/whatever that people show off?
1. Being low level in a late-game town. This is generally unique to prophecies. The guy who brags because he's level 2 in marhan's. Yes, great, the PROFESSIONAL RUNNER who YOU PAID to run you here is somewhat impressive. You? Not so much. All you did was use a service.
2. Monk FoW Armor. I see this all the time. Probably the single most common fissure suit, and I'm left with the same impression any time I see one that isn't black or white; the goofy collar, the alternating colors, the poofy pants... it looks like a clown suit.
3. EotN special gloves. The frosty and firey and stoney ones can sometimes work on an ele who is wearing the corresponding suit of armor, but otherwise they're just ugly and never work with the rest of your armor. The dragon glove-hand puppets are particularly bad, but the worst of the worst, though, is the chaos gloves. Yes, great, you have a lot of ecto and no taste. Congratulations.
the most overrated skin/title/armor/accomplishment
MsMassacre
Malice Black
The fow armor+chaos cloves+bandana is bad. This is all opinion based of course. Some nub might think it makes them l33t :sigh:
Tha Dukk
It annoys me to see lightbringer and (usually incomplete)explorer titles in AB.
MithranArkanere
Elementalist Female FoW armor.
Sorry, but it looks like a jogging suit with spikes. No taste at all.
Sorry, but it looks like a jogging suit with spikes. No taste at all.
Winterclaw
I think all but one or two of the FoW armors are terrible. I don't like many of the vabian options either. Destroyer weapons are ugly. In fact I think I can't stand the look of the majority of high-end items. Skill-wise, the titles for having a lot of skills annoy me as do the pve ones.
makosi
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The fow armor+chaos cloves+bandana is bad. This is all opinion based of course. Some nub might think it makes them l33t :sigh:
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I Will Heal You Ally
Male Primeval Ele Armor... ewww
Diddy bow
Black fow + Black chaos gloves + black ninja mask
Epic Fail.
Epic Fail.
Dfx Gladiator
I also don't find the Gwen Special Gloves very pretty... It just doesn't fit in most of the armors, some ppl look like christmas trees.
Zamochit
Regarding FoW armour ~ most of the people I know got their FoW when there were no expansions available and therefor considerably fewer options than we have now in terms of armour skins. I personally can not stand warrior primeval armour but i know alot of people who like it. ~ Its all preference I guess. My warriors FoW has lived happily in storage since I got him 1k Istani armour; but my monk still uses his as I haven't come across another set I like as much for him, as there are too many reskins.
Overall ~ Primeval warrior is my most hated armour skin ~
Overall ~ Primeval warrior is my most hated armour skin ~
Squishy ftw
Malice Black
Bambi!
Bambi spammin' isn't so bad. Bad taste is worse.
Bambi spammin' isn't so bad. Bad taste is worse.
Squishy ftw
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Bambi!
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They should all uninstall IMO.
Esan
Most overrated title: Legendary Guardian. (Leg. Vanquisher is a close second).
Why? Because it can be done in a week-end with mostly heroes and hench.
Why? Because it can be done in a week-end with mostly heroes and hench.
Chicken Ftw
Survivor/LDoA. Gladiator too, gj farming RA scrubs.
itsvictor
Crystalline Sword, that thing is just plain retarded...because "rare"=ftw
Also fow armor+chaos cloves+bandana doesn't make you "leet" either.
Also fow armor+chaos cloves+bandana doesn't make you "leet" either.
Numa Pompilius
I don't like the look of end of pretty much any high-end items and armor. ANets "spikier = teh leeter" school of design just doesn't work for me. Personal taste, of course.
Title: People can wear whatever titles they want. I do hate the PvE titles with in-game effects, but they're not overrated - they're annoying and overpowered.
Title: People can wear whatever titles they want. I do hate the PvE titles with in-game effects, but they're not overrated - they're annoying and overpowered.
crazybanshee
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Elementalist Female FoW armor.
Sorry, but it looks like a jogging suit with spikes. No taste at all. |
/disagree. I don't have fow, but quite frankly most female ele armor is a bikini. Very sexist. As the games progressed it got worse. Went from a skirt and short top to a bikini. There's only a very few sets that aren't that bad. Fow is one of the only elite armor that actually LOOKS like it could be protective.
Kendar Muert
Bambi spammers... it takes what, 10 hours or so to get it? Seriously...
I also get annoyed by anyone who thinks they are 1337 because they have 1/2 a title. Unless its GWaMM... 1/2 of that is pretty impressive still.
And then people who brag about beating a campaign. They should be shot.
I also get annoyed by anyone who thinks they are 1337 because they have 1/2 a title. Unless its GWaMM... 1/2 of that is pretty impressive still.
And then people who brag about beating a campaign. They should be shot.
The Meth
Gladiator title, hands down. My monk was recently cussed out by a r5 gladiator saying that prot/heal hybrid monks are useless, and noobs used woh. At least mending wammos have enough sense to let monks just do their thing.
close second is fow armor / chaos gloves. It proves that you could either find a farming build on pvxwiki and did 1000 UW runs, or you have $10 and know how to use a credit card. For most classes it also demonstrates you have no fashion sense.
close second is fow armor / chaos gloves. It proves that you could either find a farming build on pvxwiki and did 1000 UW runs, or you have $10 and know how to use a credit card. For most classes it also demonstrates you have no fashion sense.
angmar_nite
Anet meant for obby armor to be really prestigous... And that's why people where it. Not because it looks good, but because of Anet deemed it was the epitome of elite.
lacasner
All pvp titles except champion, cuz all others can be farmed off nubs.
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[Morkai]
I agree that most people just where crap to show that they bought expensive stuff. Another example is stuff dyed black..because it's dyed black it makes you "1337" ? WRONG.
IMo the most annoying for me is Mask of Mo Zing..(black ofc) Ranger FoW (males mostly) dyed..omg black again? -.- And Destroyer or Dragon gauntlets.
Another one that annoys me personally is tiny monks..in tattoo's..and dragon gauntlets...you look like hobo's wearing oven mitts. GG.
IMo the most annoying for me is Mask of Mo Zing..(black ofc) Ranger FoW (males mostly) dyed..omg black again? -.- And Destroyer or Dragon gauntlets.
Another one that annoys me personally is tiny monks..in tattoo's..and dragon gauntlets...you look like hobo's wearing oven mitts. GG.
Adam of Tyria
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Elementalist Female FoW armor.
Sorry, but it looks like a jogging suit with spikes. No taste at all. |
I hate practically all of the EoTN gloves, Ninja Masks, and a whole lot of other stuff from EoTN. Sure, some of them look good in mixes, but basically all of them look incredibly retarded.
Kahlindra
Most of the cliched choices make me tut, but sometimes you can't help but REALLY like something that every hyperactive teenager wants. Sooooo many rangers got norn armour the second it was released, I didn't want to go with that flow but.... I adore the skin. Same with crystalline swords- they genuinely look lovely on my particular warrior. I guess so long as I don't combine my guilty loves with other cliched items I'll be alright. Seeing as I play 2man + heroes a lot of the time there's only me and he who get to see them.
The only thing I've come close to getting 'just because' is necro FoW- it's totally fugly but I felt that I 'should' get it for my primary character because it's one of the harder things to work for. Thankfully talked myself back from that one, and decided a selection of 15k sets would make us happier. So I can see why people do buy these things.
Titles are all pretty over-rated, they're just there for your own joy I imo.
The only thing I've come close to getting 'just because' is necro FoW- it's totally fugly but I felt that I 'should' get it for my primary character because it's one of the harder things to work for. Thankfully talked myself back from that one, and decided a selection of 15k sets would make us happier. So I can see why people do buy these things.
Titles are all pretty over-rated, they're just there for your own joy I imo.
TyrianFury
Well I think anyone that has a Rank 6 max titles simply shows they have thrown a large portion of their life away since it requires no skill just grinding ability and a sad amount of time.
Dronte
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Crystalline Sword, that thing is just plain retarded...because "rare"=ftw
Also fow armor+chaos cloves+bandana doesn't make you "leet" either. |
And agree on the second one as well.
And Legendary Survivor is overrated, as most of those farmed that in 10-20 hours. (I respect those who got that a while ago, or now by normal methods like missions, skill capping etc)
Horseman Of War
any male warrior with heirophant's or amethyst .... Eff Tee Double Elle
Bryant Again
Chaos gloves. Dragon Gauntlets look like something out of WoW, too. Way
out of proportion for GW.
And Turtle22 has a good taste in avatars. I challenge thee in Dustbowl, sire!
out of proportion for GW.
And Turtle22 has a good taste in avatars. I challenge thee in Dustbowl, sire!
RavagerOfDreams
crystalline sword it's not really that cool looking...
ShadowsRequiem
Amethyst Aegis
Most fugly ass skin I have ever seen in game EVER.... this is like 10 times worse then a crystalline.
Its pretty funny to read the bs about fow armor in this game lol.... YOU MUST HAVE EBAYED IT! CAUSE OMG I CANT GET ANY MONEY! Most people wear armor because THEY like it, not you. Bitch and whine all you want but I seriously doubt everyone with fow is saying "I R Teh Bests!"
Most fugly ass skin I have ever seen in game EVER.... this is like 10 times worse then a crystalline.
Its pretty funny to read the bs about fow armor in this game lol.... YOU MUST HAVE EBAYED IT! CAUSE OMG I CANT GET ANY MONEY! Most people wear armor because THEY like it, not you. Bitch and whine all you want but I seriously doubt everyone with fow is saying "I R Teh Bests!"
Bryant Again
I just like the fit of FoW on my warrior. I hate how in nearly all of the newer armors how the hands on them are huge. FoW looks nice and comfy, and I love the shoulder area.
Cale Roughstar
Elite Kurzick Armor > Obsidian Armor any day of the week imho.
Crystallines are okay. Not awful, but not nearly worth the cost.
Crystallines are okay. Not awful, but not nearly worth the cost.
englitdaudelin
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Bad taste..as in.. dragon gauntlets?
They should all uninstall IMO. |
I got dwarven armor for my female ranger. Looks great, really: the long coat, the boots, the pants. Seriously, good-looking combo. I was wearing it with my old 1.5k Canthan gloves, and...not bad. Not awesome, but not bad.
I used all the resources...Looked at the wiki pictures, looked at other people's gloves....spent some money on the damn deldrimor steel ingots...
and bought the ugliest damn gloves in the game. They're oversized, and my ranger's on the tall side. In game, in action, it just looks like I'm wearing steel blob-shaped mittens. Poor Beatrice: "Oh, it's so cold here in the Far Shiverpeaks; let me put on my mittens!"
Grrrrr...........
RhanoctJocosa
skin = voltaic
title = lux/kur
armour = fow
accomplishment = ???..
title = lux/kur
armour = fow
accomplishment = ???..
Jiub
i hardly like any of the high end weapons/armour (not that i can afford any of them...)
i especially think there is a lack of cool looking warrior armours. they're all huge, chunky and unrealistic
i especially think there is a lack of cool looking warrior armours. they're all huge, chunky and unrealistic
Stranger The Ranger
Dragon Gaunts = key to insta ugly armor combo, no matter how you look at it.
Corpse-/rank'ers = sad (*cough* Ritspike/IWAY*cough*)
Stereotypical ugly BlackdyedFoW/MoZing/Chaosgloves-characters = fail
Storm Bow = Battery Powered Plastic Thingy... xD It makes me sick :|
Corpse-/rank'ers = sad (*cough* Ritspike/IWAY*cough*)
Stereotypical ugly BlackdyedFoW/MoZing/Chaosgloves-characters = fail
Storm Bow = Battery Powered Plastic Thingy... xD It makes me sick :|
tzavong
Male warrior FoW is overrated.
Oh, and Hero title is lame too imo.
Oh, and Hero title is lame too imo.
I Is Special
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Amethyst Aegis
Most fugly ass skin I have ever seen in game EVER.... this is like 10 times worse then a crystalline. |
Shuuda
Title = Survivor, people go to annoying lengths (such as Quitting teams or not doing anything) to get a title that most people will think you either did them annoying things, or got power leveled in order to obtain.
Armor = Female Mesmer FoW, God this is just a hideous armor, there are 1K armors for females Mesmers that top this anyday. The fact that people make a Mesmer, who have such lovely armors, buy this piece o' shit makes me vomit with rage. Funny how anyone, at all, ever, ever, could consider this armor good with some, without some kind of Taste defect. In all, this armor is utter tripe in my eyes, I'd rather have my Mesmer wear a binliner.
Other - Black dye, there is an entire Rainbow of beauty, and greatness, and people actually WANT, to look as if they are wearring a black holes by using new black. Old Black was nice, but still overused. But New Black, is complete shit.
Armor = Female Mesmer FoW, God this is just a hideous armor, there are 1K armors for females Mesmers that top this anyday. The fact that people make a Mesmer, who have such lovely armors, buy this piece o' shit makes me vomit with rage. Funny how anyone, at all, ever, ever, could consider this armor good with some, without some kind of Taste defect. In all, this armor is utter tripe in my eyes, I'd rather have my Mesmer wear a binliner.
Other - Black dye, there is an entire Rainbow of beauty, and greatness, and people actually WANT, to look as if they are wearring a black holes by using new black. Old Black was nice, but still overused. But New Black, is complete shit.