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Fixing Jedi and Sith Robes.


HundeThutt

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Not to out right insult the art stylings of BioWares talent. Because I do like the design.

 

I just believe the Jedi and Sith robes need a couple tweaks to mirror the advertisements if you will.

 

My examples are here, players want to see flowing robes over armor as such:

 

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku6oe2nl2W1qzyhb5o1_500.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

But what we are seeing are things like these:

 

http://www.nemesis-guild.net/gfx/sith_warrior_prog.jpg

 

 

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/3/3c/SithMarauder-TOR.jpg

 

 

 

Now I understand, you may hate my opinion, however

 

As you can see Here, Trooper is actually represented extremely well:

 

http://cdn-www.swtor.com//sites/all/files/en/classes/trooper/62img/ss04_full.jpg

 

Both in-game, and in Media:

 

http://fr.flash-screen.com/free-wallpaper/free,wallpapers,41385/download,1680x1050,Star+Wars+The+Old+Republic+Trooper+.html#

 

 

 

I even understand armors like this:

 

 

http://sithwarriorguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/juggernaut.jpg

 

Ubese armor and all that.

 

But what I suggest is a simple fix, simply remove the belt that the robes are tucked under, to give a more free flowing look.

 

What we have are partial vest-robes with capes attached... It looks kind of ridiculous.

 

I know what BioWare is capable of:

 

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3201/255328-darth_revan_super.jpg

 

Perhaps not the best example, there are not many.

 

Is there a reason behind not allowing free flowing robes over armor?

 

Such as depicted here:

 

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/2/2d/Jedi_Revan.jpg

 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/99/reprobe3.png/

 

I just don't see it as something that is *hard* to change, it would be more pleasing to the eye. Make more sense, and generally wouldn't turn all Jedi armor into:

 

http://images-mediawiki-sites.thefullwiki.org/00/1/8/3/32472722800784490.jpg

 

Show your support, or even your contempt, what do you think?

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Most of the end game Jedi Armor makes me cringe. The set with the armor under the robe and hood down is very nice but I'm yet to see it in game. Also what is with the sunglasses as helmets for Jedi? I understand it is a way to make the helmet look visible under the robe and hardens back to KOTOR but it is just plain ugly.

 

Also going to hijack the thread a little and say I want an option to not show helmet on companions. When I eventually get Lord Scourge he is gonna look terribad with his sunburn and sunglasses.

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Most of the end game Jedi Armor makes me cringe. The set with the armor under the robe and hood down is very nice but I'm yet to see it in game. Also what is with the sunglasses as helmets for Jedi? I understand it is a way to make the helmet look visible under the robe and hardens back to KOTOR but it is just plain ugly.

 

Also going to hijack the thread a little and say I want an option to not show helmet on companions. When I eventually get Lord Scourge he is gonna look terribad with his sunburn and sunglasses.

 

Yeah, I am just not sure what they are going for with some of these designs. I'd thought since they are perfectly capable of creating stylish iconic looks.. why not make it more available?

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granted I haven't gotten far (a shadow to mid 20's) but I'm not entirely against the robes as is. although I wish we had normal long sleeves on the ones I've seen as opposed to the short sleeve with another tighter sleeve underneath
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granted I haven't gotten far (a shadow to mid 20's) but I'm not entirely against the robes as is. although I wish we had normal long sleeves on the ones I've seen as opposed to the short sleeve with another tighter sleeve underneath

 

It's just from what I've seen, there just isn't any selection that is a robe over armor.

 

And it seems the only examples I find are on some NPCs.

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I'd actually prefer to see end-game robes period with no armor. Movie Sith/Jedi in great majority wore none, Vader being the only case that wore, and then it wasn't extensive.

 

But definitely, should be un-tucked at the very least, never saw a Jedi wear a robe that way. Something movie-esque for those of us not really into the crazy non-doorway-friendly armor.

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A lot of the Jedi Knight robes are depicted as just the jedi wearing normal trooper/clone armor with a robe thrown over top. That's it. They donned the same armor as their troops and then threw on their robe to denote they were jedi. Very rarely was the armor and robe built in as one. Only real time I can think of that happening was the Clone Wars micro series, with Obi-wan.
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I've found exactly one set of armor that looks that way, and it is a non-orange piece (it's a purple with 2 modable slots)

 

(pardon the photoshoping stuff, i was making a pic for a fic/comic I was doing, it's the only one I have on hand)

 

http://www.shadowlandbbs.net/swtor/sylin4.jpg

 

closest I've found to the robe over heavy armor look. and I love it. I want to keep it, but I cant find Any modable armor that looks like it. It's sadly not even crafted armor, because if that was the case i could Eventually find an orange piece of it.

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I think they should add a character slot for robe/cloak without sleeves/cape, with no stats, just for the look, so you can choose between using a robe/cloak/cape or not if you feel like it. Just like the companion skin mod.

Having a hood/no hood option would be awesome too. And correct me if im wrong, but at the moment I think you cant use both hood + mask like revan right?.

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There are SOME decent armors available via the customizable armors. My guardian, for example:

 

Guardian Armor

 

Another View

 

(Yeah, I know I misspelled guardian in the first one.) I'll admit, though, I was really hoping for a set of armored robes like you see on the Knight in the Return cinematic. Unfortunately, not even the raid-tier armor looks all that heavily armored.

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As an early poster said, I wish they'd have not gone the "every other MMO" route and tried to fill all these slots. It would have been better for you to just get armor as a piece and helmet as a piece, and then fill them with mods for each location, e.g. chest, hands, legs, boots for the armor portion. Helmet would act the way it does now. Then you just need to drop mods, and sometimes armor, this way you choose your armor as a whole, not piecemeal. Edited by Rikalonius
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