Cultural armor

[TardiisBlu.8506]

We need new cultural armor... it is only the 3 tiers  from the original expansion and MAYBE a set from the original dungeons.

Each new expansion could have a set of cultural armor somewhere or part of the story depending on the race you play and the area you're in. Cantha would've been amazing for asura or sylvari cultural armor with the cantha twist. It would have been stunning. Wizard sets that are varied for each race could look really amazing form this new expansion. I love the new armor sets that come out and they're all really well done, I just really think there needs to be another set of cultural armor somewhere along the way.

[Okhu.7948]

I could get down with a Tier 4 cultural set. I could also get down with cultural mount skins. They kind of have a few sets of that already with the Shiverpeaks and Dynamics skins. But a Sylvari or Charr set could be pretty cool.

[knives.6345]

I mean yeah, it's about time.

[Lucius.2140]

Imperator armor coming!

1k pepper hatched chili + t3 armor gold cost.

One charr!

[TheLadyOfTheRings.9148]

I agree! I would personally love to unlock new cultural armor sets (and other cultural items) by playing optional racial side-quests, that would explore bits of cultural lore that are not part of the main story (e.g., sylvari characters could learn what happened to Malick and whether there are more sylvari trees like the Pale Tree; charr characters could catch up with members of their warband; norn characters could help the havroun of their Spirit of the Wild; and so many more opportunities for interesting plots and associated rewards).

[Remus Darkblight.1673]

Unlikely to happen, why spend resources creating armour for small sections of the player base when you can create an outfit that is broadly the same for all races and whack it in the store for 1,800 gems as an "appearance package"?

Any semblance of wanting to explore and expand cultural identities within the game have been long abandoned in favour of a homogenous experience.

[evilcat.6817]

But... WHY?

One option is to make all cultural armour stat selectable, so it will work for all builds.

After that... you can wear stat items, and then wardrobe to your desire look. And that could be done with any outfit.

[Jaken.6801]

I would love some cultural armor, that is available for all races.

An armor from one race to another

[Kinurak.5307]

Then it wouldnt be cultural armor, now would it?
I do support the idea of more cultural sets, give the races some unique armor sets. i love that

[Jobber.6348]

Cultural armors are cool but I really like some of the Cultural weapon sets. More of those too please. 

[Trejgon.9367]

15 hours ago, Kinurak.5307 said:

Then it wouldnt be cultural armor, now would it?

Cultural exchange armor.

[Kinurak.5307]

I remember something being found on the web about a "Cultural Exchange Voucher" bit it was also found on april 1st. I wish i hqd the picture for it...as it also said a charr tank siege turtle skin. (Or something along those lines)

[Jaken.6801]

On 11/17/2023 at 6:28 AM, Yasai.3549 said:

Cultural armors are cool but I really like some of the Cultural weapon sets. More of those too please. 

I wish they would fill up the ones from the sylvari and asura.

I believe they both share one set.

[Val.7826]

3 hours ago, Jaken.6801 said:

I wish they would fill up the ones from the sylvari and asura.

I believe they both share one set.

Always hated that, plantish weapons for asura and geometric-plasma weapons for sylvari... why? I mean, they live both in maguuma jungle and they are neighbours, but in fact there are no other races more distant from each other then asura and sylvari, in cultural terms.

Edited November 18, 2023 by Val.7826

[Jaken.6801]

On 11/18/2023 at 10:46 PM, Val.7826 said:

Always hated that, plantish weapons for asura and geometric-plasma weapons for sylvari... why? I mean, they live both in maguuma jungle and they are neighbours, but in fact there are no other races more distant from each other then asura and sylvari, in cultural terms.

There is story overlap, as in Asura experimented on Sylvari, but that's not enough reason

[Val.7826]

27 minutes ago, Jaken.6801 said:

There is story overlap, as in Asura experimented on Sylvari, but that's not enough reason

Yeah exactly, besides, we are talking about a 25 years gap, I don't think that is enough for a cultural weaponry sharing between races that had that kind of relationship.

[anninke.7469]

They don't exatly share. The Asura have full 3 sets of weapons while the Sylvari miss one and get asuran as the first tier. I've been hating this for almost nine years 😅

[Tauren.1306]

So many good cultural weapon sets but I'd love to see more.

[Zauriel Mooncat.4968]

On 8/25/2023 at 8:05 PM, TardiisBlu.8506 said:

We need new cultural armor... it is only the 3 tiers  from the original expansion and MAYBE a set from the original dungeons.

Each new expansion could have a set of cultural armor somewhere or part of the story depending on the race you play and the area you're in. Cantha would've been amazing for asura or sylvari cultural armor with the cantha twist. It would have been stunning. Wizard sets that are varied for each race could look really amazing form this new expansion. I love the new armor sets that come out and they're all really well done, I just really think there needs to be another set of cultural armor somewhere along the way.

Maybe kinda like a remix or a remake of the existing ones? 

[Rogue.8235]

On 8/25/2023 at 9:05 PM, TardiisBlu.8506 said:

We need new cultural armor... it is only the 3 tiers  from the original expansion and MAYBE a set from the original dungeons.

Each new expansion could have a set of cultural armor somewhere or part of the story depending on the race you play and the area you're in. Cantha would've been amazing for asura or sylvari cultural armor with the cantha twist. It would have been stunning. Wizard sets that are varied for each race could look really amazing form this new expansion. I love the new armor sets that come out and they're all really well done, I just really think there needs to be another set of cultural armor somewhere along the way.

+1

I especially like the idea of regionally-adapted cultural armor.

On 8/26/2023 at 7:32 AM, Okhu.7948 said:

I could get down with a Tier 4 cultural set. I could also get down with cultural mount skins. They kind of have a few sets of that already with the Shiverpeaks and Dynamics skins. But a Sylvari or Charr set could be pretty cool.

Yes to the above.

On 11/17/2023 at 12:28 AM, Jobber.6348 said:

Cultural armors are cool but I really like some of the Cultural weapon sets. More of those too please. 

+1

 

[DeanBB.4268]

If they make new armor skins, I'd rather any character could use them. They could still fit the culture they come from. 

[itspomf.9523]

And now we have Woad armor, the Lowland Kodan cultural armor.

[RagiNagi.1802]

On 8/26/2024 at 12:26 AM, DeanBB.4268 said:

If they make new armor skins, I'd rather any character could use them. They could still fit the culture they come from. 

Yeah, kind of like the recent armors - Sanctum, Woad, Oneiros. They are all cool armor sets. Only thing I am missing with these new sets. Is that Sylvari armor is glowing in the same way your charater is. Imho it is the peak cultural armor & character co-design.