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Turtle222

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

:D:D

D/W

27 Jan 2008 at 18:09 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryant Again

And Turtle22 has a good taste in avatars. I challenge thee in Dustbowl, sire!

Challenge accepted sir. I shall battle thee until the three stage crusade ends!..or the pyro flushes you out ^^

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mortal Amongst Mere Gods

Phew, reading this thread, I was afraid I'd blow my lid and rant at people. Fortunately, someone here has a clear mind. .!

Why thank you

tzavong

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

W/Rt

27 Jan 2008 at 18:11 - 42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shuuda

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.

Old Black?
New Black?
Huh?

Kusandaa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/Mo

27 Jan 2008 at 18:13 - 43

- Skin: Crystalline. Looks like it's made of plastic, personally.
- Armor: Monk FoW armor dyed black with chaos gloves. So. Many. People. ._.
- Title: most PvP titles... even though I'm trying to get some now :P

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

27 Jan 2008 at 18:17 - 44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam of Tyria

I know a couple people who bought it because it's like the only Female Elementist armor that doesent look slut-ish.

Well, Femme FoW looks quite dominatrix/latex fetish ... not really un-sluttish.

But elementaist females had good choice of decent outfits: Tyrian (same body coverage), Elite Flameforged (now that is decent looking), Elite Chanthan is not bad, elite Ancient looks very very covering, so does Norn ele armor.

Magikarp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2007

[HAWK]

27 Jan 2008 at 18:21 - 45

dragon gauntlets+anything=fail

fow+ninja mask=lolfail

random glowing weapons (zodiac, celest, tormented, ele swords ect) with armor that clearly doesnt match+plus bad armor choice=awfail

incomplete cart/light/sunspear titles+all of the above= epic failure.

pick nice armor, color coordinate you armor/gear, and just dont display your titles, no one cares anyhow. simple as that you ugly monsters you.

Red Sonya

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

27 Jan 2008 at 18:21 - 46

The Most Overrated skin is the one that is the most expensive on that particular day.

The Most Overrated title is Gladiator

The Most Overrated armor is FOW now since other armors look much better and cost less.

The Most Overrated accomplishment would be the Survivor Title since it can be so overly exploited and easily gotten without fear.

The Most Stupid Title to aquire is Drunkard

In fact all titles other than ones that give you advantages within the PVE game are over rated. Treasure hunter, Wisdom, Sunspear, Lightbringer, Kursick, Luxon and Norn are all good titles to aquire and max out on. The rest are just dumb stupid silly and nobody cares if you have them.

Magikarp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2007

[HAWK]

27 Jan 2008 at 18:23 - 47

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

i hate how big the boots or feet look on most male war armors. its like big clodhoppers that make me sick. i like fow/vabbi/15k glads and wyv for my warzilla, and from there, i just mix and match, keeping all the colors the same, ect.

MsMassacre

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

27 Jan 2008 at 18:36 - 48

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem

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!"

I HAVE fow armor on certain chars, and could farm up more if I wanted it. I'm just sayin' the monk fow armor looks like a clown suit. You know that episode of the simpsons where homer goes to clown school, and he imagines marge in clown makeup singing the circus music "doot do doodle doodle do do doot doot!" That's what I picture when I see a fow monk.

Glad to see I'm not alone re chaos gloves.

I'm willing to cut primevil armor a break because its DELIBERATELY bizarre and offbeat, and most people wear it for that fact. They KNOW that their ele looks like she's wearing a box kite. They KNOW that their female mez looks like a chubby. They KNOW their necro looks like mothra's lovechild, etc.

The bandana and ninja mask work in certain combos, but often they just look silly. The bandana in particular should never be worn on a female char because they are so obviously bald underneath. Makes 'em look like a chemo patient.

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

27 Jan 2008 at 18:46 - 49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chicken Ftw

Survivor/LDoA. Gladiator too, gj farming RA scrubs.

Have you played RA with all the baed at this game players running rampant? It's almost impossible getting to 5 wins!

I hate primeval warrior armor and that's one of the only armors I don't like. I like every FoW and I'm probably 1 out of 5 people in the game that do.

As for titles... I love my Bambi and if it annoys you give me your ign so I can spam it at you for a good hour. Also no titles really get on my nerves all that much unless someone with a certain title acts leet because they have a certain title. Cause let's face it nearly every title shows time spent more than it shows skill.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

27 Jan 2008 at 18:50 - 50

Only bad people play in RA though...hence all the bad people.

Primeval armor is one of the few I actually like. Too bad it requires you to play NF to get it

TheLordOfBlah

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

California

None

Mo/N

27 Jan 2008 at 18:54 - 51

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsMassacre

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.

I bought monk FOW because I like it and because I dont use any other characters enough to warrant buying FOW armor for them. I'm not one of those guys who go "im gud cause i have fizzer armur". Stop telling us it looks stupid. We get it.

PinoyRurik

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

PNAS

W/Mo

27 Jan 2008 at 18:59 - 52

overrated skin?
emblazoned shield... what so special about that skin?

S H A D O W Strike

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Not close to you

W/

27 Jan 2008 at 19:02 - 53

Weapon Skin: Amethys Aegis and the Crystalline Sword

Title: Gladiator...

Armor: I see this everywhere, male FoW + chaos gloves + some kind of GW:EN helmet...in fact, anyone wearing chaos gloves with armor that cuts off at the elbows /fails. Personally, the only armor I think that the chaos gloves goes nicely with is mesmer FoW.

Accomplishment: Bambi spamming...there is a reason that it's a deer; if you show it, you're only humiliating yourself.

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

27 Jan 2008 at 19:17 - 54

Quote:

Originally Posted by I Will Heal You Ally

Male Primeval Ele Armor... ewww

Your avatar basically represents what most people will be complaining about.

shoyon456

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

D/

27 Jan 2008 at 19:20 - 55

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

You do realize that this IS how most warrior armors should look, to keep in line with their high armor appeal, right? lolz

I love my 2 sets of fissure (male ele and male derv) and the chaos gloves on my derv, and if anyone objects I defy any one of you to meet me in game and see how cool the combo looks with the weps I use.

Most pathetic high end armor:

Dwarven, because it cannot be added to the HoM (way to go on that anet, I still love you guys)

Most Pathetic Title:

LDoA, because for the most part you can just set it up and go to sleep while you level up your enemies overnight. Not to mention tyrian campaign characters are the only ones that even get a shot at this...

Most Pathetic Weapons:
Tormented now, Yes I do own a tormented scythe but the fact remains that these still cannot be added to the HoM and due to quad farming in DoA... have dropped significantly in price. Not to mention the recent banning of ppl who were duping tons of armbraces. Tormented weps=uber common now.

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

27 Jan 2008 at 19:25 - 56

crystaline sword....................

legacyofkain85

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Lady Ainowa

27 Jan 2008 at 19:36 - 57

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

isn´t that with all video games in general

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

27 Jan 2008 at 19:37 - 58

Quote:

Originally Posted by lacasner

All pvp titles except champion, cuz all others can be farmed off nubs.

...

12 chars

Croco Clouds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Montreal, QC, Canada

Divine Illumination [LaZy]

E/A

27 Jan 2008 at 19:39 - 59

Male Fow Warrior + Bandana = rofl, looks very shitty

Title: Gladiator, stupids ppl can have that title

Skin: Amethys Aegis, NIGHTS from Sega, anyone?

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

27 Jan 2008 at 19:41 - 60

This thread has turned into the things I hate most thread lol.

1. All gloves from EotN are overrated. Yes I do own Dragon Gauntlets which i bought to match my Elite Canthan warrior armor. It didn't look all that great but its ok though I had nothing better to spend my gold and materials on.

2. All masks from EotN are overrated. They look really horrible especially when they're combined with chaos gloves. I have yet to see any female paragons wearing the Ninja mask though. Might just get it for the hell of it even though it'll most likely look bad. lolz

3. Warrior primeval armor is seriously overrated. Looks like shit for both genders and even worse when people combine it with a crystalline sword and amethyst aegis. lolwtfrudoing?

4. All titles are overrated. It might be fun but it all seems like a waste of time to me. No title impresses me.

These are all my opinions.

ectos taste nasty

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

27 Jan 2008 at 19:46 - 61

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

He was probably trolling. I hope at least T____T.

most overrated, meh..probably any war with full FoW + Chaos gloves. I mean,cmon now.. DAT JUST AINT RIGHT.

most leet imo,is pros with 1k armor on. ^_^

pizzamonkey

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

Mad Town

Nice Insides [nice]

Mo/

27 Jan 2008 at 20:09 - 62

/rank spamming is really retarded. It gives the hero title a bad name nowadays. I pretty much lost all respect for people that get the hero title 'cause they want a /rank to spam in some outpost to make themselves look like an idiot.

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

27 Jan 2008 at 20:26 - 63

All EOTN "special" items are overrated IMO.

They usually look l33t or crap, or like l33t crap...^^

Really, goggles are rarely sexy. Same for glowing hands not matching the armor set, Bandanas or Mo Zing masks.

And a classic, black armor, black weapons, regardless if the result looks not really good.

Croco Clouds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Montreal, QC, Canada

Divine Illumination [LaZy]

E/A

27 Jan 2008 at 21:32 - 64

Look at the two players I found in Kamadan:

Pure Fugliness:

the female is very hard to watch, the male is rofl

EDIT: Already deleted the pic lol

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

27 Jan 2008 at 21:57 - 65

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Meth

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.

I don't know about the choas gloves, but female rit FoW is the only one that I really like. Wouldn't get the hat though personally.

XiaoTheBlade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Southern England

Reign Of Shadows

P/W

27 Jan 2008 at 22:31 - 66

Title: GWAMM - well done on staying in your room for 2 years for an online thing to 'brag' about.

Weapon: Eternal Blade - it looks bad

Armor: Any of the gloves from eotn - just no.

The Bard

Metal Machine

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scions of Carver [SCAR]

27 Jan 2008 at 22:50 - 67

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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:

couldn't have said it better myself

Evaine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

USA

KORE

N/

27 Jan 2008 at 22:54 - 68

Overrated Title: Legendary Survivor doesn’t mean much anymore.

Overrated Stuff: The glowing gloves, tinted glasses, bandannas, and masks are overdone. As is black dye on everyting.

Overrated Armor: FoW armor in general but most especially for Necromancers. Norn Ranger armor is too common, but it’s one of the very few nice armor sets available for Rangers.

Overrated Other: There are some builds that I can think of.

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

27 Jan 2008 at 23:35 - 69

I actually like the bandannas and glasses. They tend to look good with most armour sets, without having to wear the headgear that normally goes with it. I'm also not opposes to the EOTN gauntlets, assuming they actually go with the armour (and don't cause that annoying "missing sleeves" effect). But of course the dragon and choas gauntlets just look awful with anything, on all classes.

tzavong

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

W/Rt

27 Jan 2008 at 23:41 - 70

I think warrior primeval is a bit overrated now also, because many, many warriors run around with it on. Mind you it does look cool, but it's just too common.

Dwimmerlaik

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

LLJK

A/R

28 Jan 2008 at 02:47 - 71

I've always found Monk FoW to be overrated, easily. It's basic, i'll agree, but there're better options out there that look drastically better.

Chaos Gloves, as well, look lame... EXCEPT on female mesmers with long-sleeved attire, because all they get is a literal chaos glove. It looks fantastic.

Griff Mon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

In the Elfen Forests of Washington State

Damage Radius

N/

28 Jan 2008 at 17:51 - 72

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evaine

Overrated Armor: FoW armor in general but most especially for Necromancers.

Female Necromancer FoW armour is totally hot. Male Necromancer FoW armour is just weird. I know, I saw what happened to me on April Fool's Day last year when they gender swapped us all.

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/

28 Jan 2008 at 17:58 - 73

- GWEN 'Ninja mask' on anything else but assassin.
- Dragon Gauntlets on anything but big male warriors.
- More or less all ancient armors
...

But then again: beauty is in the eye of beholder.

TheRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Virginia

Spirit of Elisha

W/

28 Jan 2008 at 18:49 - 74

Well, I think chaos gloves look nice on some professions. I want them for my female ele. (Can't afford them yet, but I'm close) However I'm debating whether or not to buy them now. There are a lot of people who hate them and I don't want to ruin my armor. Personally, I'd like them better if they covered just the hands instead of the entire lower arm.
Amethyst.jpg

I currently get a lot of compliments on my Ele's armor. I've managed to find a nice combination for her that doesn't make her look like a slut. I was actually surprised at how many people whisper me and ask where I found the armor. It's nothing special. Just a mix of the cheap max armor.

For overrated, I think FOW armor is overrated. Go to wiki and browse all the armors available for your character and pick the set you like the best without looking at price tags. Then get that set. Much better than simply buying the most expensive.

Legendary Survivor is also overrated. If you achieved this by lots of hard work and perseverance then congratulations!! If not, then please don't bother showing it off. I have a friend that I play with sometimes. He's your stereotypical wammo. Horrible horrible player that will aggro everything on the map. You have to keep a tight leash on him when we play together, but otherwise he's a nice guy so I'll team up with him occasionally. A while back he showed up with the LS title and started bragging. I know this guy. I know that he will never ever in a million years earn the survivor title, so I asked him how he did it. He paid a guildie to go afk in the GH and let him kill him a gazillion times in a scrimmage match to "earn" the title.

Gimmicks like guildie scrimmages, dwarf boxing or FFF runs will get you a survivor title, but please don't act like you earned it.

Shadowspawn X

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fellowship of Champions

R/E

28 Jan 2008 at 19:06 - 75

Quote:

Originally Posted by garethporlest18

Cause let's face it nearly every title shows time spent more than it shows skill.

No I got PKM on my Rit at 300 hours which is not a lot of time. I'm just wondering how do you account for people with thousands of hours and no maxed titles? Thats the biggest mystery in the game.

Jecht Scye

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Lucky Crickets[Luck]

N/Me

28 Jan 2008 at 19:09 - 76

I'm going to piss alot of people off right now but...The absolute most overrated skin in this entire game is:

The Elemental Sword.

Butt ugly

shrouded^god

IGN: J C A C H E

Join Date: Sep 2006

843

[Liar]

28 Jan 2008 at 19:13 - 77

Black Dye...Chaos Gloves on male wars...FoW on a lot of classes...Legendary survivor is meh now with the easy XP farms.

Shadowspawn X

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fellowship of Champions

R/E

28 Jan 2008 at 19:16 - 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jecht Scye

The Elemental Sword.

Butt ugly

LoL, you are right its the ugliest piece of crap in the game. I once had a guildie who busted his tail to get one of these, it was horrible!

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

28 Jan 2008 at 19:26 - 79

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

...if you're a decently good player. By decently good, I mean considerably above the average PvE player. Maybe someone wearing it won't get any "ooh"s out of you, but they'd certainly turn the heads of players struggling to just get through NM.

Confessions of my guilty armor/weapon habits:
- I wear a bandanna quite often now on my male ranger. I got sick of seeing his long hair (which, it seems, EVERY other Prophecies ranger picks), and similarly of just using a mask for almost 3 years now. I tried using a crown for quite a while; I liked it for a while because I had figured out how to kill Magni on my own...and then I realized it made me look like I had cancer, and now it sits in storage.
- I like big bows and I cannot lie.

Seriously, I use a zodiac because it's visible, the shiny bits are just nice (and at least they match the color of my armor). I even used Drago's Flatbow for a year...until I realized that sundering sucks.
- My war uses Primeval. At the time, it was far less common than plate or glad's, so I was trying to be a unique snowflake (and who can argue with being able to actually USE your unneeded stacks of bones?). Turns out, most warriors like looking like Sonic. Personally, rust-dyed Primeval + Brute Sword + Tanzit's Defender = awesome combination...but you can't show that off in town.

I must agree that Black dyed anything is just horrid nowadays. The only black dyed armors I have are my 15k monk tattoos, and my ranger 15k druids, because they have the old black on them and I don't want to lose it. You can actually see detail with the old black; now, it's just a method of washing out your entire armor in black paint. Delightful.

Grasping Darkness

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

28 Jan 2008 at 19:28 - 80

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jecht Scye

I'm going to piss alot of people off right now but...The absolute most overrated skin in this entire game is:

The Elemental Sword.

Butt ugly

sometimes i go into kamadan and buy them up for 5k each and salvage them into iron ingots