Armor Drops

spyke136

spyke136

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

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I'm lazy and didn't search because I probably would have seen/heard about this already.

Anyway I think there should be green armor pieces throughout the game. Let certain bosses drop parts of their armor, or armor in general.

This could be an "easy" way of revitalizing the game until gw2. Let monsters be able to drop armor pieces, arm, leg, foot, chest, helmet...etc. Bosses could drop green armors which are just like their weapons, modded a certain way and in many cases very unique in their skin.

So give us more armor choices, random dropped armor, from low levels all the way to dungeons, fow and uw.

We already have monsters dropping their armor pieces but all they're really good for is collectors and mats. Why not let us be able to wear armors that drop. How cool would it be to have margonite armor?

I'm just saying, with the disappointing amount of content that came out of gwen, this would be a good way to make the entire game more enjoyable.

jiggles

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

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this would take a ridicluos amount of code to be implemented. Which means anet wont invest the time in because of stalling gw2, making people whine even more.

I dont like the idea anyways, so /notsigned

Murmel

Murmel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

Land of Confusion

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Don't make it have unique stats.. Then it would probably be some teh leetz armor peices that would make the game "Gear Wars" not
Guild Wars.. And I don't want it to be like that...

Though the idea of other skins is cool, aslong as it get's customized to the player once it's dropped.

zelgadissan

zelgadissan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2008

The Warrior Priests [WP]

Me/Rt

Quote:
Originally Posted by Murmel
Don't make it have unique stats.. Then it would probably be some teh leetz armor peices that would make the game "Gear Wars" not
Guild Wars.. And I don't want it to be like that...
QFT, I'm quite happy with not having to run the same instance for a month to get the armor piece I want like some of my WoW friends.

/notsigned

Lawrence Chang

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

United States

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/notsigned.....

this game is built on being balanced... and would destroy the concept. Yes, it would be good to have a WoW type MMORPG thats free to play, but this isn't it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Murmel
Don't make it have unique stats.. Then it would probably be some teh leetz armor peices that would make the game "Gear Wars" not
Guild Wars.. And I don't want it to be like that...

Though the idea of other skins is cool, aslong as it get's customized to the player once it's dropped.
Guild Wars? I thought this game was called Title Wars.

Quote:
Originally Posted by zelgadissan
QFT, I'm quite happy with not having to run the same instance for a month to get the armor piece I want like some of my WoW friends.

/notsigned
This applys to every item in game. PEOPLE FARM THEM. Greens, Dyes, rare skined Golds. So why are you complaining about it "being like WoW" when you have to do it for all other items in game.

Anduin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Ice Dragon Berserker Lodge

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Quote:
Originally Posted by zelgadissan
QFT, I'm quite happy with not having to run the same instance for a month to get the armor piece I want like some of my WoW friends.

/notsigned
I am confused as to where it says you will be forced at gun point to get these armor pieces?

It's a rather simple problem to solve if it were implemented: don't bother getting them.

Sword Hammer Axe

Sword Hammer Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2008

Look up.

Kurzick Conflagration Unit [KCU].

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I like the fact that you have to buy your armor in GuildWars. It makes it more realistic and it sets different goals than farming armor pieces. But bosses that would drop green HERO armor pieces. Now that could be something.

But of course you can never get enough armor types ^^.

Sleeper Service

Sleeper Service

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

CULT

unique stats, active in pve only.
same goes for green weapons.

and yes it has been suggested before.

/signed 'cause i like cool skins.

Rhamia Darigaz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawrence Chang
Guild Wars? I thought this game was called Title Wars.
fortunately titles have zero effect on pvp. if there were unique stats on some boss-only armors then players who might be very good at pvp but don't want to spend time farming armor in pve would be at a disadvantage.

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

/notsigned

The current system is better. Also, what happens if a caster gets a Warrior peice? Does it become automatically customised, thus becoming useless for everyone? If not, then it just gets traded down to low-level players, thus destroying basically every armor trader in the game.

PANTHOR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

You Thought We Got Dhuumed[iBot]

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Grind Wars, Title Wars, Build Wars and now you want Gear Wars? nothxbai

spyke136

spyke136

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

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well by unique stats obviously nothing ridiculous, within reason. and the greens wouldn't get automatically customized. if an ele gets a warrior armor piece drop, sell it, put it on your other characters. idk if there's anyone who only has one character, so it shouldn't be too huge of an issue.

well everyone basically runs the same builds now anyway, in pretty much everything that is done in gw.

the armors would only be for PVE. and people already spend ridiculous amounts of gold/ectos...etc on things that really have no special bonus. might as well give people something to spend on that actually helps them. no this doesn't make the game unfair, it's already easy enough to do everything with no special items. but for those who have played long enough, who are able to afford it, let them get something actually special. and at the same time anyone could be getting these special things, random drop.

Kanyatta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

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What Guild Wars needs is gold sinks, not more farming.

/notsigned

theonetheonlybruce

theonetheonlybruce

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Join Date: Nov 2007

Fuzzies Anonymous [Fuzy]

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this is guild wars not wow thanks and good day i said good day

theonetheonlybruce

theonetheonlybruce

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Join Date: Nov 2007

Fuzzies Anonymous [Fuzy]

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this is guild wars not wow thanks and good day










i said good day

The Meth

The Meth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/

WTB tier 4 armor 100k + 250 ectos.

/notsigned, and OP should probably be smacked for even giving Anet the idea.

Zesbeer

Zesbeer

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2007

LLJK

/no thanks they already had this in da2 and i hated it.

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

/notsigned. Armour system is fine as is. I'd like to se some more armour sets, but that's about it.

credit

credit

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Team Apathy [aFk]

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This would be lame, therefore:

/notsigned.

Yichi

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

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

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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Meth
WTB tier 4 armor 100k + 250 ectos.

/notsigned, and OP should probably be smacked for even giving Anet the idea.
Be glad we don't have runewords...

spyke136

spyke136

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

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haha i'm surprised no one liked the idea at all, ah well. it was just a thought to make the game interesting over the next 1-2 years til gw2 comes out.

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

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This is funny.

There is a very old thread (with old and recent posts) with the same concept: Armor pieces drop from certain high-areas (like the southern shiverpeaks on). And that thread got a lot of /signs. This thread however, is getting mostly /notsigns. Interesting.

I guess the unique stats idea ruins the concept? If the Armor acts like Common Armor, i.e. the AR is set to the profession type, and the armor is auto-customized, then there won't be as many disagreements, probably the same amount of agreements as in the old thread. I should probably find out what happened to that thread... some other time.

/signed for concept of armor dropping from bosses. /notsigned for the unique stats. Have them set up the same as Common Armor but a different way of getting them. Of course, auto-customized for who they drop for.

Lady Lozza

Lady Lozza

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oz

Angel Sharks

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I believe at least some of the discussion in the past was done regarding "unqiue" armour pieces, like the destoryer gloves. Having something like this drop every now and then from a boss is an ok idea. However what the OP is talking about is basically the whole, let's make armour in GW like armour in every other MMO. Part of the reason a lot of us like GW is that things like armour are not treated like every other MMO.

ilipol

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

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They didn't bother modeling new armour for GWEN do you think they will do that for every monster in the game?

Besides armour is one of the major goldsinks of the game so...

/notsigned

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

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You ALREADY have.

They drop 'indirectly'. You have to collect trophies for those.

Why? Because armor is not like weapons. Anyone can hold a hammer, but only a dwarf can wear a dwarf armor.

Stockholm

Stockholm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Censored

Censored

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We allready have what your asking for.

Armor Remnants/Pieces anyone?

They are "green".

Sword Hammer Axe

Sword Hammer Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2008

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Kurzick Conflagration Unit [KCU].

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and good day to u too bruce <3