Armor, Helms, and Weapons: What would you like to see tweaked for new items?

[GoldyGopher]

There have been some threads about cosmetics and armor colors so I wanted to get player feedback for our artists. I have two questions for players:

~ If you could take an in game armor, helm, or weapon and change the color on it or change some details about it and put the look into the game as a new item or cosmetic, what items would you like to see tweaked?

~ If you could have an entirely new armor set, helm, or weapon what would you want to see in game?

Sev~

First a side note, I understand the monumental task it would be to create new animations and art work for cloaks, but I would spend several hundred Turbine Points to have even a few basic cloaks added to the game.

There is an issue with a lot of the in game artwork when it comes to armor, the artwork lakes depth or weight if it were. It makes you character appear to be wearing paper thin armor. For years I kept five suits of armor (all mithral) because they showed a bulk the other armors do not show in hopes that something like the mirror of glimmering would come along, and after a few issues I am not disappointed.
This fault does not just hit heavy armor, but leather, chain, banded, half-plate, and so on and so forth all need some loving, I mean tweaking to be better.

Originally there were a decent number of okay armor sets when the game was released in 2006/07 that seem to have been dropped from the loot tables, many of these older armor sets are, IMHO, better looking then what replaced them. Very true in the light armors, the all black chain or the death leathers or ... I would love to see those brought back. I am guessing they dropped due to the new races but one never knows.

Beyond the depth of the armor my next complaint would be the number of armor that use skulls as decoration, I don't mind the occasional skull, but when it seems like 90 percent of the armors have flattened skulls on them its a bit depressing for your lawful good paladin.

When it comes to nature oriented armor - think woodland barbarian motif - there isn't a whole lot of choice currently, two or three basic armors with a couple of colors each, none of which really inspire praise.

I personally would like to see racial armor, you know a specific armor design that highlights a specific race, Halfling only, dwarf only, half-orc only, dragonbourne only, and so on and so forth, I wouldn't cry many tears if that happened.

[Livmo]

It would also be nice to be able to glamor crossbows. Allot of them are ugly and I would like to glamor the Alchemical Light Repeater.

Everyone else gets to glamor their weapons but these:

Note: Does not function on bows, shields, crossbows, handwraps, or thrown weapons.

http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Glamered_Weapon_Aura

[MangLord]

First a side note, I understand the monumental task it would be to create new animations and art work for cloaks, but I would spend several hundred Turbine Points to have even a few basic cloaks added to the game.

I would easily drop 500tp or more on a basic cloak animation cosmetic with perhaps 2-3 color options. A big fur cloak, ala Night's Watch in Game of Thrones, would be insanely cool.

[MangLord]

Oh! How about a suit of light armor with a quiver and scabbard on the back? Maybe a couple small packs on the belt.

[SisAmethyst]

First a side note, I understand the monumental task it would be to create new animations and art work for cloaks, but I would spend several hundred Turbine Points to have even a few basic cloaks added to the game.

There is an issue with a lot of the in game artwork when it comes to armor, the artwork lakes depth or weight if it were. It makes you character appear to be wearing paper thin armor. For years I kept five suits of armor (all mithral) because they showed a bulk the other armors do not show in hopes that something like the mirror of glimmering would come along, and after a few issues I am not disappointed.
This fault does not just hit heavy armor, but leather, chain, banded, half-plate, and so on and so forth all need some loving, I mean tweaking to be better.

Originally there were a decent number of okay armor sets when the game was released in 2006/07 that seem to have been dropped from the loot tables, many of these older armor sets are, IMHO, better looking then what replaced them. Very true in the light armors, the all black chain or the death leathers or ... I would love to see those brought back. I am guessing they dropped due to the new races but one never knows.

Beyond the depth of the armor my next complaint would be the number of armor that use skulls as decoration, I don't mind the occasional skull, but when it seems like 90 percent of the armors have flattened skulls on them its a bit depressing for your lawful good paladin.

When it comes to nature oriented armor - think woodland barbarian motif - there isn't a whole lot of choice currently, two or three basic armors with a couple of colors each, none of which really inspire praise.

I personally would like to see racial armor, you know a specific armor design that highlights a specific race, Halfling only, dwarf only, half-orc only, dragonbourne only, and so on and so forth, I wouldn't cry many tears if that happened.

/+1 I totally second that:

1. I would also buy Cloaks, even if they would cost >1000TP
2. Armor appearance look indeed often more like body painting and lack depth and often to extravagant and fency. How about a classical lion pattern or monk look? If color how about some gingham or dirndl look? Heck in ESO you even can dress as a cook.
3. Use less skulls and spikes
4. If you want to go full color to make something outstanding then where is the equivalent to the pink Quorforged Docent of Battle or a orange dress (A guild member always complaint my halfling cleric is too small and too easy overlooked)?