the most overrated skin/title/armor/accomplishment

Horus

Horus

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

www.godtguild.com

Blades Of Burning Shadows [GoDT]-leader

Mo/

can someone tell me then which armors shall we use? would you all be happy to watch starter/docks armors all over the place? i guess not... In GW is way not enough armors to not meet loads of players with them in cities. Also there is not many cool looking armors, so ppl just take what looks cool! (lol, there is like 15-20 armors for each Tyrian profession, for one gender, and there is thousands of ppl out there who need armors...). And if you have enough money, why not buy chaos gloves? or Obsidian Armor? or bandana or whatever?! I have chaos gloves(see my avatar picture) and i dont care what others think, in my opinions that combination still looks cool(changing between mask and bandana then).

anyway, i h8 those who think they are leet with maxed ss &/or lb + legendary survivor title :s

Archangel Avoca

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

None

W/Mo

Male Toilet Paper Rit Armor.

Nemo the Capitalist

Nemo the Capitalist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Trust me you dont want to know my Chasms of Despair

Zaishen Brotherhood

N/Me

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:

people do think that makes them 1337


kinda like how people desire high end items in REAL LIFE


u can suck that starbucks and waste it

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel Avoca
Male Toilet Paper Rit Armor.
You mean the 10k Ancient 'mummy' armour? I think that's really cool and not overdone or overrated. I have that armour on my shopping list at the moment (albeit for female Rit.)

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Every day there are more black-dyed FoW wammos with Chaos Gloves and the Ninja Mask. Why do people want to be clones?

Amadei

Amadei

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Blinkie Ponie Armie

R/Me

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.
Norn? Ancient? (Though Ancient is extremely ugly.) Elite Canthan? Elite Kurzick? Factions has IMO the best armor sets for female eles, especially if you're looking for something non-slutty (I still want Elite Luxon too, but that one's definitely slutty :P).

Don't be hating on my Bambi . At least I got it playing balanced builds :P

Black dyed female monk FoW is overrated and ugly, though I like the set itself (I recently bought it for my monk ^_^). The thing with the new black dye is that it removes all shadows and details from the armor, leaving you looking like a black hole or a graphics card gone bad.

Chaos gloves are hideous. The ninja mask is fug. I have yet to see anyone look good in glasses. Female ele FoW is capital-B-Bad. Eternal Sword is very meh. Crystallines aren't that great either; ditto Chaos Axes (it's a toy axe!) and Elemental Swords.

Legendary Survivor is less awesome considering most people get it by doing the same mindless repetitive crap over and over again (farming, Dwarven Boxing). Ditto max LB/SS titles -- go go grindmonkeys.

Gladiator title. LOL RA.

LDOA. Congrats, you're good at afking. I'm so impressed.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

After reading the thread, I'd like to give my +1 to Dragon Gauntlets being the ugliest and most overrated skin in the game, narrowly beating the ridiculous over-the-topness of Assassin Ancient Porcupine Armor, Elementalist Primeval Windmill armor, Warrior WTF IS that?! armor, Warrior WTF ANOTHER ONE! and yes, EVEN the shameless silliness and uninhibited ugly of Warrior Sonic The Ancient Hedgehog armor.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nemo the Capitalist
people do think that makes them 1337


kinda like how people desire high end items in REAL LIFE


u can suck that starbucks and waste it
Nothing high end about anything in GW, except the no negs. The rest of it is mid range crap.

By your reply I guess you walk around in this l33t gear? I lol at you.

tmakinen

tmakinen

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

www.mybearfriend.net

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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I mostly agree with Amadei, except that with some creativity the ninja mask can be used to indulge in a secret burqa fetish:



Would prefer a veil but this is quite passable as headgears go

~ Dan ~

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

D/

All FoW armour. People think they wtfpwn cause they can farm/powertrade/ebay.

Sleeper Service

Sleeper Service

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

CULT

i love the way its ok to basically insult anyone who chose a particular look for their TOON IN A GAME in this thread.

Why dont you people go and make threads commenting on people who wear "gold" chains? sneakers? piercings? tattoos? use certain brands of cars, wear certain clothes?, choose a particular sexual orientation? have a particular tone of skin?

after all. we can allways tell what a person is REALLY LIKE just by LOOKING AT THEM.

DivineEnvoy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Me/P

Overrated Skin: Before the release of Factions, I would go with Fiery Dragon Sword; as I remembered, half the warrior population was using that sword at that time. However, more skins have been implemented into the game now, so I don't find anything overrated at this point.

Overrated Armor: Before the release of Factions, I would go with Warrior's Knight Armor (crafted in forge), female Ranger's 15k Druid armor and tattoos for Monks and Necromancers. Nearly every time I joined a mission or a quest, someone has to have one of the above. People are now mixing armor pieces for new combinations, and an additional 16 armor sets have been introduced into the game, although people may claim some sets are reskinned, there are really no overrated armors right now.

Overrated Titles: I would go with low tiers of explore titles and low tiers of reputation titles. It's pretty much just playing the game to get these.

Overrated Accomplishments: I would go with beating the campaign; although it is not a difficult task, I know many people who have not done it.

Relevantly, I noticed a moral has risen from this thread: If item x is expensive, then it is just a show off to one's fortune in the game; consequently, this action should not be tolerated.

In reality, we can set two categories for the Guild Wars community, population A and population B. Population A likes to have shiny things, because they like things that are shiny, so they bought Chaos Gloves. However, unlike population A, population B prefers to have a unique armor combination, and they dislike to pay for expensive armors. So in this case, we can see that there's a disagreement between the two parties, but of course, what we have here are just opinions to what people prefer.

In simple terms, the given moral can be translated into the following: If item x is expensive, then in my opinion, I believe that it is just a show off to one's fortune in the game; consequently, I dislike this.

Paradoxically, the moral some people have that is set against the expensive items is really just a matter of preference. In simple terms, these are not principles or rules people have to follow, or else there will be a suspenseful punishment, but rather, they are just opinions certain people have toward certain matters. I fail to see why people can be so provoked to the extend they have to insult the population that disagrees with them on a matter of opinion to which items they prefer in a game.

Holly Herro

Holly Herro

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Kangaroo-land.

Blades of the Dingo [AUST]

Male Warrior FoW

Really. It looks like Pixelated Vomit imo.

Alex the Great

Alex the Great

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

America.....got a problem with that?

[Lite]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius
After reading the thread, I'd like to give my +1 to Dragon Gauntlets being the ugliest and most overrated skin in the game, narrowly beating the ridiculous over-the-topness of Assassin Ancient Porcupine Armor, Elementalist Primeval Windmill armor, Warrior WTF IS that?! armor, Warrior WTF ANOTHER ONE! and yes, EVEN the shameless silliness and uninhibited ugly of Warrior Sonic The Ancient Hedgehog armor.

don't be hatin on my primevil!!!

Oukanna

Oukanna

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Ancient Shaolin Guardians

E/D

Well i still want to get FoW armour for my ele, mainly because i want to collect all the armours for my HoM :-) And it is one of the few armours that dont look skimpy and slutty.
Right now i wear Ancient boots and trousers and 15k luxon arms and top dyed purple :-) i think it looks kinda cool. If i like it il wear it, dont care what others think.

I find r3 fame people sad, they go in your team and automatically think they know everything just because they have rank3 xDDD

The worst looking armour is female mesmer FoW.

As for EoTn armours, well they are ok, some are really nice. I hate some of the new masks i want to get the blindfold though, i think it can look cute with the right combo xD

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by DivineEnvoy
Paradoxically, the moral some people have that is set against the expensive items is really just a matter of preference.
Nothing paradoxical about it. I dislike overly ornate operetto-style armors which quite obviously could never be used in actual combat, and many of the top-end armors are. I don't put a moral aspect on it, but I can't help but wonder about the taste of a person who'd buy something like this:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/images/3/3d/...eaglefront.jpg

Quote:
I fail to see why people can be so provoked to the extend they have to insult the population that disagrees with them on a matter of opinion to which items they prefer in a game.
Yes, because people would never insult other people over insignificant matters of taste or opinion, such as music or fashion, in real life.

Nian

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

Who tumble dried the kitty?

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

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Most likely the O RLY owl.

~ Dan ~

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

D/

Poor thing, no wonder it's full of hate.

Stolen Souls

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Overrated = anything people clone, feeling the need to look the same as those other leet peeps. (monk with black FoW, Black Ninja Mask, and Chaos gloves, for example. Or...female warrior with vabbian leggings + glads top....not only does it look like crap, but everyone does it now).

Pyro maniac

Pyro maniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

champion title

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

All Primary armors They Just Sucks + Most of Fow ppl buy some ugly Fows Just show they got money I just buy the ones i like ^^

Stoneys Rock

Stoneys Rock

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Wales, United Kingdom

Great Success [GS]

Mo/

The most overrated skin IMO was the elemental sword uggh not exactly the pinnacle of glowing fire and ice cold water is it? looks like someone took 2 blocks of ice dyed one red then stuck it togther with gold plated stapler.

Elite Kurzick Warrior Armor has to be the most overrated IMO its just overused by everyone not that its that bad looking.¬.¬;

The title I would pick survivor not because of /ragequitters because of lutgardis HFF lutgardis runs.

;O but seeing as this is turned to the I hate FOW armor topic I might as well say the female mesmer FoW is the most generic.

distilledwill

distilledwill

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

Blighty

The Legion of the Blue Blade

R/Mo

Definately Warrior Obsidian armour, I mean, it just looks dumb. Im not a fan of most obby armours.

Sleeper Service

Sleeper Service

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

CULT

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoneys Rock
The most overrated skin IMO was the elemental sword uggh not exactly the pinnacle of glowing fire and ice cold water is it? looks like someone took 2 blocks of ice dyed one red then stuck it togther with gold plated stapler.
and after the uproar over the Ice Crown (i liked the original look dammit) and the deviation from the original concept art what would people say if they knew?



slighly OT ...well totaly ot but this is needed as well:



1/2 chaos + 1/2 shadow gladius.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

Frankly, the only similarity between the Sword of Fire and Ice and the Elemental Sword is that they use two colors, one of which is bluish and one of which is reddish. Hell, the Shadow Blade is far more similar to the MtG SoFaI than the ES is.

The wikis statement that the ES resembles the SoFaI is rubbish and would never have been made if it wasn't for the "commonly known fact" that GW is inspired by MtG. One might as well say that they're both similar to

cataphract

cataphract

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ashford Abbey

Hey Mallyx [icU]

Mo/Me

Obsidian armor dyed black.
Ninja mask dyed black.
Chaos Gloves dyed black.
Tormented/Amethist shield.
Voltaic spear.

All that on a female monk.
They make me want to hurt myself.

Same goes for people using the same combo in different color.

Sleeper Service

Sleeper Service

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

CULT

Quote:
Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius
Frankly, the only similarity between the Sword of Fire and Ice and the Elemental Sword is that they use two colors, one of which is bluish and one of which is reddish. Hell, the Shadow Blade is far more similar to the MtG SoFaI than the ES is.

The wikis statement that the ES resembles the SoFaI is rubbish and would never have been made if it wasn't for the "commonly known fact" that GW is inspired by MtG. One might as well say that they're both similar to
But its IS a commonly known fact that GW takes on many MTG features.

Its also a commonly known fact that there are many MTG players who play GW because of the way GW game mechanics sometimes loosely resemble MTG.

Deny it all you want, its a dual bladed one half ice the other fire and clearly inspired by "the sword of fire and ice".

but done horrendously wrong.

Black Puma

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Team Sinister[SiN]

N/Me

crystaline number #1 suxage item omg it looks like crap but req 9 perfect is like 100k +300ectos

English Warrior

English Warrior

LEET HAXXOR!

Join Date: Feb 2007

Random Arena

N/A

gotta be polar bear mini!

lietzaum

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

VILE

N/

the title i hate the most is LDoA good job you can kill yourself over and over yippy you spend so much time death leveling and you can be afk for 3/4 of the title

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyro maniac
champion title
Burn in a fire, please.

Armor: Eh, whatever, my monk's got fow, and I like it. I can't really say, maybe all of the Assassin armors. 'Oh hey, let's look as spiky as possible.'

Title: Any PvE title tbh. Vanquisher sounds cool though....

Weapon: Eh, elemental swords. I <3 chaos axes though

Tab

Tab

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2006

Under a bridge

Team Quitter [QQ]

Mo/

Champion is overrated. PvP noobs think they're great just because they've beaten other noobs in an easy game format. I've seen people with Champ 3 and Hero 10 fail at vanquishing within about 15 minutes.

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

Quote:
Originally Posted by ibreaktoilets
Champion is overrated. PvP noobs think they're great just because they've beaten other noobs in an easy game format. I've seen people with Champ 3 and Hero 10 fail at vanquishing within about 15 minutes.
i herd commander 1 wuz gud

Tab

Tab

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2006

Under a bridge

Team Quitter [QQ]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow Bunny
i herd commander 1 wuz gud
Quoted for truth.

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

All Titles are overrated, but to say the Champion title proves nothing is silly.

Darksun

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by I Will Heal You Ally
Male Primeval Ele Armor... ewww
QFT. What were they thinking when they made that? Honestly.. It's SO BAD.

Monk FoW is silly. Most FoW looks silly..

Also I thought Leg Survivor was badass till I got it. But I don't mind people wearing titles at all.

Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

None of the titles or armors or accomplishments are over-rated, because there is no one who is over-rating them.

Just about every player knows that almost all the titles are primarly timesinks and little else. A couple require a modicum of skill, but even those are primarily timesinks moreso than skill sinks.

Therefore there is no over-rated title or armor or accomplishment in GW.

Kwan Xi

Kwan Xi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

Writhe in Pain

Mo/

Amethyst Aegis and the Shield of the Hierophant, If only the Shield was clear, not made of Purple Amethyst. The purple kind of clashes with a lot of warrior armors and it just makes them all look dumb.

baz777

baz777

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

South East England

Leader: Lady Hairy Armpits S[mell]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by MithranArkanere
Elementalist Female FoW armor.

Sorry, but it looks like a jogging suit with spikes. No taste at all.

How dare you, how very dare you!



Crystalline Swords – never understood that