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GF and Plate Armor

ruevenrueven Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
edited July 2013 in The Militia Barracks
TLDR - Give me some kind of ability to make my character able to look as if they are wearing mail/scale/etc.

I look around town and see town guards wearing mail and using sword and shield. When creating my character, I wanted to use a sword and shield because I wanted to be a foot soldiery kinda guy. Sword and shield combat is very standard stuff. However, I don't want to walk around looking like a refrigerator. I have seen most of the plate armor in this game. Most of it makes my character look fat or stupid. Certain races fair better than others. Dwarves look decent in plate for instance. I don't want to be a Dwarf, though.

My character is human, however. The only time I said, "Hey, my character looks cool" was when first waking from that shipwreck in the beginning of the game. That lasted until I opened the first box along the shore and got my first breast plate. Upon dawning that first breast plate, I was like, "oh, that's kinda silly looking. Oh well. I'm level one, what should I expect?". Every armor piece since has left me thinking, "Man, if only I looked like that guy.".

When my character breaths, his chest plate and shoulders bend to accommodate him breathing? Really? His diaphragm is strong enough to bend steel armor? It's a game, so I can excuse it. Some people wont even notice this nor care. Either way, I don't like the way the stuff looks. Can I make it look like my character is wearing mail?

There are ample examples of characters that wear mail armor but use sword and shield...
  • Neverwinter Guardsman Hireling (Who looks awesome btw)
  • Linkletter Guy from Plague Tower Quest line
  • etc

There are no restrictions in D&D that says, "Fighter's must wear plate".

I realize some arguments against my suggestion might be that...


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Rebuttal(s)


GF would then compete with other classes for drops.
  • Restrict "need" option for gear you can't directly use for stats. This way, I can still make my guy look less stupid, but you still get dibs on upgrades.



PvP would be affected because characters would not be identifiable by their armor.
  • They would still be identifiable by the weapons load out and abilities used.
  • Make it so that other players still perceive you as wearing whatever you'r actually wearing.




Ways that this could be implemented...
  • The "Change Appearance" button. (my prefered method)
  • Put some appearance items in the zen store that look like adventurer gear. I can run around in the open world wearing my town cloths. What I don't like about this solution is that the selection would be limited. How many outfits would you put in the zen store? Using the in-game models for other armor types gives more selection.
  • A combination of the first two methods above, a special zen store item that must be purchased (kinda like dye) to allow the ability to "change the appearance" of your gear to another model that would otherwise be restricted. ie: My GF buys one of these items. He then clicks on his plate armor and hits change appearance. He places this purchased item into a new slot, akin to the dye/armor slot that already exists. Then he places chain armor into the normal dye/armor slot. Finally, he hits the apply button.
  • When more "Paths" are added one might use mail, but still use sword and shield? Perhaps this roll is more focused on damage or something. This method is less desirable because people who had invested time into their GF and acquired heavy plate gear would have to regrind gear. Also, the kinda of stats put on mail might have to be changed. This would also create the problem of fighters competing against clerics for armor drops.

Thanks
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Comments

  • ruevenrueven Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    No one had an opinion on this? I realize even those who agree with me might believe that the priority should be low. I can agree with that. I figured people would say what implementation sounded best, or that no implementation sounded best, etc.
  • solokittensolokitten Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    [2 months later...] GF is a path in the Fighter class, wearing full plate. You can't just change that to your liking.

    I do agree that there should be better looking armour, and I support you fully on that. I know I'm just the new guy here with only a few weeks in, but even I raised my eyebrows on the limited armour [weapon?] appearances that I've seen so far in a 2013 game.
    I realize this is FTP and we should be happy and enjoy this game but... Personally I would just like to see more different looking armours/weapons in the game for anyone to get, so not everyone looks the same.
    Not sure about appearance changers from the Zen shop although that would probably be the way for them to go.

    Thx for getting this out there, I hope they're going to do something about this.
  • mytgroomytgroo Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 165 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    They could create a couple different sets of plate armor-- field plate, more articulation overlapping plates, chitin armor-- bug platemail, bone armor, wood armor, glassteel armor, spiked armor. In fact, there should be some more variety in armor appearance in general. Alternately, there could be a half plate set-- with plates only in vital areas, and chainmail in other parts. There were other types of armor in the game, splintmail, banded mail, hide armor, etc.
  • werealchemistwerealchemist Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    solokitten wrote: »
    [2 months later...] GF is a path in the Fighter class, wearing full plate. You can't just change that to your liking.

    I do agree that there should be better looking armour, and I support you fully on that. I know I'm just the new guy here with only a few weeks in, but even I raised my eyebrows on the limited armour [weapon?] appearances that I've seen so far in a 2013 game.
    I realize this is FTP and we should be happy and enjoy this game but... Personally I would just like to see more different looking armours/weapons in the game for anyone to get, so not everyone looks the same.
    Not sure about appearance changers from the Zen shop although that would probably be the way for them to go.

    Thx for getting this out there, I hope they're going to do something about this.

    man the mods on this forum are HAMSTER, my "off-topic" gets deleted but this thread hasn't been locked?

    why has this thread not been locked for necromancy?
    Necromancy:
    Any thread over one month (30 days) old is considered to be a dead thread. Posting in a dead (necro) thread will cause it to be locked. Repeated posting of dead threads can result in a ban from forums/game. Instead of necro-ing a thread, please make a new thread.
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  • geargogglesgeargoggles Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    There are a few crafted plate armors that look just like chain. I know weird.
    You can actually change the appearance of your armor and use one of those to 'look' like your wearing chain.
    I've actually considered doing this because most of the end game plate armor doesn't look all that great. I love the extra flair on the end game plate, but some of the mid 50's armor in my opinion looked better.

    Check out crafted +2 Plate Armor, it looks just like chain. If you need a pic. I can probably post one for you.
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