Best Looking Armor

kats12

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Pinoy Vanguard Alliance

R/Mo

10 May 2006 at 07:53 - 41

that looks like batman lol

General Surena

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Germany

None

10 May 2006 at 09:48 - 42

None of the new female armours match the beauty of the FoW or 15k Gladiators.

15k Gladiator + FoW Helmet looks stupid, not badass or evil. Try Luxon/Kurzick if you're aiming for it. Only the 15k-Platemail Helmet + 15k Gladiators looks worse, and now most likely the new trendsetter, Kurzick 15k Helmet, rest Gladiators.

PHoenix is cool

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Ashes of The Phoenix

W/Mo

11 May 2006 at 06:15 - 43

Quote:

Originally Posted by ]SK[

Thats 1.5k Platemail from Droknars Forge. The 15k version looks better. Personally though Gladiators 15k with a FoW helm looks nice. I have full fow on my warror though. Show off

sdliddo

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

11 May 2006 at 15:17 - 44

can we get kurzick 15K armor despite being allied with the luxons... its been bugging me a great deal since i only got facitons for a while and all.

pbspectre

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

Oral's Chosen

W/Mo

11 May 2006 at 15:49 - 45

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdliddo

can we get kurzick 15K armor despite being allied with the luxons... its been bugging me a great deal since i only got facitons for a while and all. you have to get 10k Kurzick faction to get into the Eternal Grove mission and Vasburg Armory, where you get 15k, is after Eternal Grove...also, you either have to buy the amber for the armor or spend your Kurzick faction to get it, which will lower your Luxon faction every time you spend Kurzick points...either way, you have to have more Kurzick faction than Luxon before the armorer will even talk to you...

yhm

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

11 May 2006 at 15:53 - 46

Quote:

Originally Posted by akazukin cha cha

Question: Where you find that sword? I believe it called golden pheonix sword, right? I been looking for one for ages( not exactly ages, but since factions come out

)

thanks.

Hemophiliac

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

11 May 2006 at 17:40 - 47

Golden Phoenix Swords drop in the last mission (the one before you fight Shiro), can drop from the bad guys there or from chest. Sadly I had a rare one drop but it was only +5 armor and not % damage on it........

akazukin cha cha

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Buffalo, NY

Alone I will prevail [solo]

11 May 2006 at 18:11 - 48

That one I got was indeed from a Forbidden Chest. Its decent.

Stats- Cruel Golden Phoenix Blade of Enchanting
Req 10 15-22dmg
14^50
Lengthen Cripple duration
Enchantments 20%

I use it on minor missions for asthetic value, but I have many better swords

cha cha

sdliddo

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

11 May 2006 at 19:36 - 49

hmm.. just to clarify something but if i loose luxon faciton points does it affect my guild's luxon faction points or just mine.

I dont want to go do this and end up loosing much needed factions points

akazukin cha cha

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Buffalo, NY

Alone I will prevail [solo]

11 May 2006 at 20:09 - 50

No it doesn't affect your guilds total. Just yours.

Ive been in a Lux guild all along, and have Kurz 15k, sooo..

cha cha

sdliddo

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

11 May 2006 at 20:51 - 51

hey... idle question... hope u have not used Akazukin Cha Cha as a chara name hahahahahahaha...

Ele name.. nice

akazukin cha cha

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Buffalo, NY

Alone I will prevail [solo]

11 May 2006 at 20:59 - 52

?
I used it on a Mesmer, then deleted her. I honestly dont really like the name, just been using it too long @_@

My ele's name is now Venomous Anyi....

back on topic;p

cha cha

Krill

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

America

11 May 2006 at 21:46 - 53

I may get the 15k when I have plenty of faction for amber, right now with amber selling for 3k and me not being a farmer it just doesn't seem justified.

Vargs

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Happy Fun Rainbow Adventure

Rt/

11 May 2006 at 22:17 - 54

Knight's may suck from a power-gaming standpoint, but I feel that it looks good enough to give up some stats.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...in/knights.jpg

Not so great looking on male warriors, though =/

ranna

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Allied Combat Team ( ACT ), Guild Officer

W/Mo

12 May 2006 at 00:58 - 55

well me personally ill stick with my 15k glads and ascalonian boots for dmg reduction.

XBC

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Indiana

[ROME]

W/Mo

12 May 2006 at 01:44 - 56

For females, I like 15k Canthan dyed black. For males, 1.5 and 15k Kurzick dyed black both rock.

NinjaMonkey

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Israhell

Fremen Warrior Front

W/Mo

12 May 2006 at 13:44 - 57

I always loved how Ascalon 15k armor looked, i'ma big fan of big, bulky scary armors, sadly had to put it in storage as gladiator's was superior in statistics, but now with factions out, i found my new true love ^^

Harr!

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

12 May 2006 at 19:19 - 58

^ That looks really good in blue! That's completely unexpected...

blitzerific

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

MEEP

13 May 2006 at 02:24 - 59

I kinda like this armor more than my 15k glad + ascalon helm set, I also have a set of 1.5k luxon armor

T1125P

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

New York

Elite Empire

W/E

17 May 2006 at 02:08 - 60

This is my armor, I dyed it to match my cape which is the same color. The mix is blue, green, silver, remover.

T1125P

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

New York

Elite Empire

W/E

17 May 2006 at 02:10 - 61

Thats all I can show today, is my login screen due to arenanet having some server problems, keep getting error 005, after I log in, screen just stays there at that town you see I'm in.

Dinkytowner

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/

17 May 2006 at 04:58 - 62

I actually like the female kurzick 1.5k better (gasp!) then the 15k AND I like it better than 15k glads. Just my opinion.

I-Lord-Osiris-I

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

Godz Army [Godz]

W/Mo

17 May 2006 at 12:40 - 63

I personally think the Fissure armor dyed black is the best, mainly the male, female looks abit weird, but still alright.

Gods Bullet

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

[MP]

W/Mo

18 May 2006 at 17:03 - 64

Black dyed 15K dragon armor.

Shizuka Gozen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Lion's Arch District 1

None atm.

W/Mo

19 May 2006 at 17:35 - 65

When I first started playing Guild Wars the first armor I saw was 1.5k Knight's.
It was then a goal for me to get that armor, then I got 1.5k Platemail instead.
Then a friend pmed me telling me all about FoW Armor, I googled it and saw how awesome it looked. To me, FoW Armor makes all other armor look like shit. Now, even with Factions newly detailed armor I bought Obsidian(FoW) Armor instead, but Warrior 15k Kurzick looks cool too. Still.

ObsidianArmor > Others

I M O

]SK[

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nottingham, UK

GV

W/

19 May 2006 at 17:38 - 66

FoW armour is like Marmite. You either love it or hate it. Personally I love it.

Levi Garett

Old School Nub

Join Date: Jun 2005

ABQ, NM

Guildless

Mo/Me

19 May 2006 at 21:03 - 67

I used alot of my dye collection to get the Kurzick 15k just right. It's very hard to dye. The default color is gold, so don't waste your money on "gold" dye. I had another guy in LA ID1 that said his was dyed gold-so I used remover on mine and stood next to him and the armors looked EXACTLY the same.

I started with all silver dye, which I liked, but many other people thought it looked stuipid.

Then I dyed it all black, and it looked worse than silver. Most other people thought it looked stuipid too, but a couple thought it was "uber" because of the whole "I'm leet cause my armor is dyed black" mindset. It was then that I removed all dye from my armor (goodbye 50k+) and compared it to the other guy's "gold" dye. I then tried blue dye and it looked awful. I didn't even waste my time on green dye or purple.

Right now I'm using yellow+orange and it looks the best so far. A nice brownish color seems to work best and from what I've seen so far so it matches the patches that are on the arms/shoulders/scalp.

Also weapons are a pain as some just don't look right at all. Fellblades look stuipid with this armor. Mammoth axes look decent. You need something that is beefy but matches in color. I bought a long sword last night and it looks a ton better. I'm using a Tall shield (again dyed yellow+orange) as well and it looks pretty good. My Eternal shield doesn't look that great honestly but I guess that's a matter of opinion as well. I think an Exalted Aegis would look pretty good although I'm not a big fan of them.

/End Rant

I'll post some screen shots tonight and you guys can be the judge. I'd love to get some more opinions.

I love coffee

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

NC ( Noob City)

A/W

19 May 2006 at 21:11 - 68

mine is the combine of knight and dragon armor

Levi Garett

Old School Nub

Join Date: Jun 2005

ABQ, NM

Guildless

Mo/Me

20 May 2006 at 02:14 - 69

All silver and yellow+orange

Long Sword/Tall Shield(yellow+orange) and Fellblade/Eternal Shield

Same as above, but from the other side

I guess I never took a screen shot of the all black. I believe somebody else had all black previous in this post though...

I hope I save you some money with these pics!

aelyn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

R/Mo

20 May 2006 at 03:34 - 70

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeviGarrett

All silver and yellow+orange

Long Sword/Tall Shield(yellow+orange) and Fellblade/Eternal Shield

Same as above, but from the other side

I guess I never took a screen shot of the all black. I believe somebody else had all black previous in this post though...

I hope I save you some money with these pics! Yea, I agree with you, that yellow and orange on there looks better than most of the other dye jobs I've seen. I'm currently looking for the 15k Kurzick, and I think that I might dye it that or even a Yellow+Yellow+Orange just to see if it comes out even lighter.

As for the weapons, I agree it is very difficult to get a weapon that matches. Maybe Victos Blade (or a shadow blade) might look good, although they are kinda short. I'm interested in maybe dying the fellblade colors and seeing what it looks like together...maybe a nice black or yellow-orange to match your dye?

Levi Garett

Old School Nub

Join Date: Jun 2005

ABQ, NM

Guildless

Mo/Me

20 May 2006 at 07:38 - 71

Quote:

Originally Posted by aelyn

Yea, I agree with you, that yellow and orange on there looks better than most of the other dye jobs I've seen. I'm currently looking for the 15k Kurzick, and I think that I might dye it that or even a Yellow+Yellow+Orange just to see if it comes out even lighter.

As for the weapons, I agree it is very difficult to get a weapon that matches. Maybe Victos Blade (or a shadow blade) might look good, although they are kinda short. I'm interested in maybe dying the fellblade colors and seeing what it looks like together...maybe a nice black or yellow-orange to match your dye? Both the felly and the long sword were dyed yellow+orange as well. It doesn't seem to do much to the long sword besides on the handle, and the felly is so dark anyways you can barely tell the difference.

I'm not sure a shadow blade would look good because it's too small, but the color of the blade might match the armor a little better.

Be sure to post some pictures when you do get your armor and weapons setup.

Cheers,

Levi

Sagaris

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Netherlands.

20 May 2006 at 10:39 - 72

Get a Zodiac Shield and dye it orange, I think that would work out very nicely.

Flames of Sorrow

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shut Up And Die [DIE]

E/Mo

23 May 2006 at 13:27 - 73

I haven't made it all that far in factions, but so far, I will stick with my 15k Gadiator armor. Worst looking armor to me (and kinda sad seeing it cost so much) would have to be FoW armor and 1.5k platemail.

Draxx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

England Baby!

23 May 2006 at 15:55 - 74

PERSONALLY...

I love the canthan 15k in gold with the granite citadel platemail helm.

(points to avatar.) what do you think?

after that its kurzick 15k

then gladz 15k

gladz is lush, but just... a little simplistic.

Levi Garett

Old School Nub

Join Date: Jun 2005

ABQ, NM

Guildless

Mo/Me

23 May 2006 at 16:04 - 75

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagaris

Get a Zodiac Shield and dye it orange, I think that would work out very nicely. Yeah can you imagine what a -2 stance -2 enchanted Zodiac would run me? lol I'll stick with the Tall for a month or so...

And have you dyed any Zodiac stuff? The only thing that it seems to affect are the "crystal" things (the glowing things that are on all the weapons).

I might find a crappy one and play with it though. Would give me something to work towards...

Sagaris

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Netherlands.

23 May 2006 at 18:19 - 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeviGarrett

Yeah can you imagine what a -2 stance -2 enchanted Zodiac would run me? lol I'll stick with the Tall for a month or so...

And have you dyed any Zodiac stuff? The only thing that it seems to affect are the "crystal" things (the glowing things that are on all the weapons).

I might find a crappy one and play with it though. Would give me something to work towards... Haha, true, the only thing that is dyed on the Zodiac shield is the 4 crystal things, but that gives a nice look to it.

Well, here's my new armor:

15k Canthan Chest and Leggings: dyed orange+silver
15k Luxon Gauntlets and Boots: dyed red+orange

ph0bolus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

26 May 2006 at 03:33 - 77

Tanstar

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

28 May 2006 at 19:02 - 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnipiousMax

The effective part isn't true anymore. The Canthan Armors with the same stats are every bit as effective. At one point the dev team told one of the fansites that Cantha armors did not have universal stats. If you wanted the -2 reduction from knights armor then you needed the full set, not just one part. Have they changed this? Personally, I think drok knights gloves with 1.5k Kurzick armor looks great. For a purist though, this could be a big deal.

Jestah

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

28 May 2006 at 23:15 - 79

It might look nice if you could dye it to a similar colour. Think it'd be nicer to just buy the the knight's version of the kurzick gloves.

Tanstar

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

29 May 2006 at 02:25 - 80

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jestah

It might look nice if you could dye it to a similar colour. Think it'd be nicer to just buy the the knight's version of the kurzick gloves. As I said in my above post though, that would be pointless. One of the devs, in a fansite interview, stated that Cantha armor does not have universal effects. So, Kurzick knight gloves would give me -2 dmg if the blow hit my hands only. Tyrian (Droks) knight gloves give me -2 regardless of where the blow lands.

Someone in an above post implied that this was no longer the case. Can anyone provide a link supporting this change?