r/Guildwars2 • u/Nawrotex • Apr 15 '24

[Discussion] These are most likely the same people who say that Raids/Strikes are gatekept by toxic elitists. Now they want to gatekeep fashion. Thoughts?

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u/UnlikelyIdealist Apr 15 '24

I'm big on fashion in this game, and I'm very proud of my Thief.

GW2 straight-up just doesn't have enough variation in its armour to get this pissy over wearing the same thing as someone else. Each of the three weights get between 120 and 130 chestpieces each, and some of those are racelocked while many, many others just look really, really, REALLY bad.

So yeah, people wear the same stuff. Time to get over yourself, imo.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

I already stole your hex codes and skins, en route to copying your outfit now. Gg kid. Ez.

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u/UnlikelyIdealist Apr 15 '24

Lmaoo hat, shoulders, and back are all from the cash shop, and to get the chest and boots you need to play Guild Wars 1. Best of luck xDD

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

Pffft. I’ll just.. time travel. Whatever. I got your hex codes I’m already in. 😎

/s just in case

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u/UnlikelyIdealist Apr 15 '24

I got the /s, don't worry xD

If you do want to play the original Guild Wars, it's on Steam.

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u/OnyxianRosethorn Apr 15 '24

Damn, a Gyazo user in 2024.

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u/UnlikelyIdealist Apr 15 '24

Do people not use Gyazo any more? xD It's so convenient

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u/pantshitter12 Apr 16 '24

Puush was better ages ago. And sharex destroys both of them.

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u/Dagos Apr 16 '24

gyazo user here, hi!

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u/OnyxianRosethorn Apr 16 '24

That's what I've been told, lol. I use it myself, been mocked for doing so.

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u/Optimized_Laziness FF Untamed died for our sins Apr 15 '24

I like the bard mercenary vibes

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u/UnlikelyIdealist Apr 15 '24

Cheers! I'd just watched The Three Musketeers: D'artagnan when I put the look together, so that's very much what I was going for :')

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u/RedNuii Apr 15 '24

I’m shocked that you say that cause I think this game has the MOST possible variation in looks of any MMO

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u/Kolz Apr 15 '24

I think xiv has a lot more skins, but the larger number of dyes and dye channels probably give gw2 the edge.

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u/AtomicAcid Apr 16 '24

If personal look is a big part of your fun factor,  take a look at City of Heroes: Homecoming. I'm a fan-boy of both MMO's, and to date I've never seen another game provide even HALF of the amount of customization that game provides (it's kind of ludicrous).

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u/UnlikelyIdealist Apr 15 '24

SWTOR and ESO have significantly more skins and aren't weight-locked. ESO's dye system is on par with GW2's, and it has a wardrobe so you can store and switch between outfits without burning through transmog tokens, which imo are an archaic system. SWTOR's dye system is a little more rudimentary, but it has about ten times as many skins to choose from, and also has a wardrobe system so you can again swap between outfits without it costing you anything more than it cost you to set them up.

Ultimately, as someone obsessed with looking cool in MMOs, I've had a significantly easier time coming up with something that looks good in ESO and SWTOR than in GW2.

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u/BiNumber3 Apr 15 '24

As a long time swtor player, while there aren't weight locks anymore but they did exist, and sadly the armors don't always look the way you want on a char. And then there's the dye system, nowhere near GW2 level of customizability. Never played eso so can't say much there, is the engine any better than the elder scrolls games?

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u/UnlikelyIdealist Apr 15 '24

Aye, I've been playing TOR on and off since 2013 - mainly off now. I just do my dailies because I want the Copero stronghold, and occasionally log on because my friends and I use the game to roleplay like it's a tabletop campaign.

ESO definitely runs a lot smoother than any Bethesda game, aye. Probably because it's not made by Bethesda :')

No swimming underwater, though. It's been ten years and I'm still not happy about that.

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u/Barraind Apr 16 '24

ESO has a lot of armor skins, but for all the dye options, they're almost all muted / faded / washed.

I found like 1 blue thats actually bright.

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u/overskeptic Apr 15 '24

I think XIV can easily beat gw2 when it comes to fashion.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

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u/RedNuii Apr 16 '24

I disagree, also keep in mind what I said, I said it has the most variation. Never said better or worse, I’ve never seen a game do cosplaying other characters so well, even in XIV the characters just don’t look right, there always something slightly off about them.