Xeraze Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Bioware should make a poll about this. It would straight away confirm that 90% of us hate the armor designs. Aren't you all about listening to player feedback? I'd give you my honest opinion but I'm already on 1 warning. Go take a look at some of the actual korean mmo designs and see how you can change something like that to fit SWTOR. If you were hoping for a space looking cowboy look for the Smuggler class then you failed miserably. Agreed it reminds me of an ugly Jeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yager Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 couldn't they stick to designs like the ones in the forum avatars.. Or even just the gear I see NPC Sith and Jedi (and other classes) wear in-game. As I play through the story for each class I see some great gear on both sides that I have yet to see for players. I anticipate using the match to chest feature and just moving mods to sets I compile from existing gear. I will say the Consular armor (minus the helmet) looks a little better than the in-game options now...but that could be because they now have a pair of pants instead of a skirt/dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawginole Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Interesting. A month ago I posted about color lightsaber coordination and everyone balked. You post a picture of what Sith are supposed to look like and they all have red lightsabers. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roechacca Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 smuggler cloths are not what I would expect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookind Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Wow, remind me to hide my headgear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadethe Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Wow, remind me to hide my headgear That goes true for almost every class... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaff Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) What irks me the most about these armor sets (and don't get me wrong, I am no fan of the armor itself either) is the colors. Who is coloring this stuff? What is with all the ugly coloring? I never recall costumes from anywhere in any Star Wars stuff ever being colored like.. that. It's blatent "quality" coloring for game mechanics and it is not welcome. SWTOR aesthetics need to shape up big time. At least if these armor sets were colored like they didn't come out of a child's toy box they'd be acceptable.. oy.. I mean look at your own damn concept art for the Maker's sake! That's how coloring is supposed to be done! Details, details! Not 2 toned lumps of fail! Edited April 12, 2012 by Gaff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadethe Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 What irks me the most about these armor sets (and don't get me wrong, I am no fan of the armor itself either) is the colors. Who is coloring this stuff? What is with all the ugly coloring? I never recall costumes from anywhere in any Star Wars stuff ever being colored like.. that. It's blatent "quality" coloring for game mechanics and it is not welcome. SWTOR aesthetics need to shape up big time. At least if these armor sets were colored like they didn't come out of a child's toy box they'd be acceptable.. oy.. I mean look at your own damn concept art for the Maker's sake! That's how coloring is supposed to be done! Details, details! Not 2 toned lumps of fail! One of the new things is the ability to change the color of armor, so there will be alternate color sets available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaff Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) One of the new things is the ability to change the color of armor, so there will be alternate color sets available... No, it only matches to the color of the chest piece. And really what these sets (and all of SWTOR armor really) need is to remove coloring, not change it. Details need to be in their place. Edited April 12, 2012 by Gaff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaosbain Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 One of the new things is the ability to change the color of armor, so there will be alternate color sets available... The only color changing feature you have is to match your armor to your chest color... so if your chest color is horrid... guess what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWTOR-GR Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) my best guess is they sub contracted out the art design to asian artists because the gear totally looks like asian grinder fantasy art, not scifi. All they're missing is the 7 foot long ridiculously out of proportian swords. Almost no one will use this gear, they will remove the mods and put it in crit orange gear that actually looks like it belongs in star wars. i think the same .... Edited April 12, 2012 by SWTOR-GR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadethe Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 No, it only matches to the color of the chest piece. And really what these sets (and all of SWTOR armor really) need is to remove coloring, not change it. Details need to be in their place. Then I guess we're all screwed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaff Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Then I guess we're all screwed... That's the general frustration, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrock Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) I think the armour is ugly, but I'm not crying about it like the OP, just remove the Mods and such and quit the waterworks! Much love x Yes you can put what ever into what ever now so if you dont like it change it your self There is allot of lv 1-35 gear that you get from heroic quests and FP that are modable that really looks good that you can put your high end PvP and PvE stuff in. Edited April 12, 2012 by Sunrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredcat Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 My best guess is they sub contracted out the art design to Asian artists because the gear totally looks like Asian grinder fantasy art, not SciFi. All they're missing is the 7 foot long ridiculously out of proportian swords. Almost no one will use this gear, they will remove the mods and put it in crit orange gear that actually looks like it belongs in Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeraze Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I'm hella jumping this failboat when GW2 arrives. Even if I have a fresh sub. The artwork, colors, designs and characters in that game gives me eye ******s. No more head punching after going through 10 airlocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgor Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) Forgive me Bioware, I love the game, but I have to get this off of my chest before I can feel right about playing tomorrow. This looks like WoW just ran through a burning building! Specifically the Inquisitors! You don't see Darth Nihilus or Talon running around with moss growing out of their heads! What were you thinking?! This is how STAR WARS Sith look! No one wants to look like the Swampthing got ran over! If the gear wasn't moddable (or mods able to be removed and put in STAR WARS-looking gear than I would be done). Half of the fun of ANY game is looking awesome, especially on an RP server. Any self-respecting Sith would finish burning those scraps! This kind of design process should be reviewed and approved by a small panel of BOTH SW canon experts AND fashionistas. What would Dooku say if he had to wear that to be any good against others? Please don't lose sight of what you are making and the universe there-in; also it's obsessively detail-oriented fan-base. And the Agents look like Jeeps. QFT. I know people are tired of the brown robes everywhere, but I don't think armor is the way to go, for force-users anyway. As a design rule, I would have had medium and heavy "armor" actually be entirely separate class sub-trees oriented around saber defence or maybe a force lightning shield thingi. Yoda used that ball to absorb attacks, Sateele in the intro actually palms a lightsaber thrust. Armor would have never entered into it for force users. That isn't to say they couldn't have had quite a selection of cloth-based fashion, of course. Edited April 12, 2012 by Gorgor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermonuked Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 i swear the armour designer had some really good designs, which his children then drew all over in crayons, and they made it into game, i mean seriously, the consular helmet, *** is that all about? the knights is bad, in a bug eyed soup bowl kind of way, but what in gods name is up with the basket ball hoop. seriously, the people at bioware need to actually look at the game they are designing things for, only certain cultures wear armour anything like the ones that have made it into game, they have nothing at all to do with the classes they are designed for, hell, take a look at the splash screen to see what the armour SHOULD look like, the NPC's get it, so why dont we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khayleth Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Ugly gear is the tradeoff for having the best stats. That's the way I've felt about since looking at all the high end gear for PVE and PVP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeraze Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) i swear the armour designer had some really good designs, which his children then drew all over in crayons, and they made it into game, i mean seriously, the consular helmet, *** is that all about? the knights is bad, in a bug eyed soup bowl kind of way, but what in gods name is up with the basket ball hoop. seriously, the people at bioware need to actually look at the game they are designing things for, only certain cultures wear armour anything like the ones that have made it into game, they have nothing at all to do with the classes they are designed for, hell, take a look at the splash screen to see what the armour SHOULD look like, the NPC's get it, so why dont we? ^ Haha this is win. Actually, every single Bioware game for some weird unknown reason has had the NPC clothing always look better than the actual Player Character. It's just so..weird Even since Neverwinter 1. Edited April 12, 2012 by Xeraze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxetius Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 My best guess is they sub contracted out the art design to Asian artists because the gear totally looks like Asian grinder fantasy art, not SciFi. All they're missing is the 7 foot long ridiculously out of proportian swords. Almost no one will use this gear, they will remove the mods and put it in crit orange gear that actually looks like it belongs in Star Wars. That's exactly what it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diet-Hutt Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 So...my Sage will look like something from Mortal Kombat? What a strange approach. - DH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadethe Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 So...my Sage will look like something from Mortal Kombat? What a strange approach. - DH I'd call it a space ninja, and I'm a shadow tank and wanted more tankish looking armor, so I'm not happy either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornka Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 My best guess is they sub contracted out the art design to Asian artists because the gear totally looks like Asian grinder fantasy art, not SciFi. All they're missing is the 7 foot long ridiculously out of proportian swords. Almost no one will use this gear, they will remove the mods and put it in crit orange gear that actually looks like it belongs in Star Wars. Actually I've seen good asian designs. This looks more like someone who thinks they know how to do asian style but fails horribly at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawginole Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The problem is the gear is being approved by George when it needs to be being approved by Irvin Kershner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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