Rev Rielle wrote: »please release these new armours into the game as a separate mofits. Don't discard the new mofit, & don't remove the old ones, you've designed and developed them both. Leave them both in-game so that we have a choice, so we can enjoy and play the game in the style we like.
This is the ugliest thing since pink Argonian armor.
Jessica have said during the last Elder Scrolls Off The record that there will be be a blog post explaining why they are changing the armor!
I'm still very sad about it, as I really really enjoyed more the old model for the Redguard light and medium armor. I've my Redgard character copied on PTS and I can really see the difference. While the texture of the new armor are simply amazing, the model and the style is banal and blant nstead of being amazing, different and so exotic!
I've creafted my live character a set of Redguard Light armor that I'm wearing till it last!
Wait, wait, wait.....so they asked us what we think about the new textures...we say they suck...and then they explain why they are changing them anyway?!Jessica have said during the last Elder Scrolls Off The record that there will be be a blog post explaining why they are changing the armor!
Murmeltier wrote: »Maybe i am too old but i mean the new Textures are a little bit sharper and have more Details. The old Style was nice but it has looked a little bit "blurred", like Plastic.
The only Thing i will miss, is the light Armor Helm.
Let's do a direct comparison of the Old and New Redguard female Light Armor.
Here's Rohssan at-Bergama, my Level 5 (!) Redguard on the Live server. She is absolutely gorgeous, and her clothing shows off her body.
While the texture is reminiscent of a velour tracksuit, a fabric which I'm not sure would exist in Tamriel, the shape of the garments are fantastic. The curves of her top draw the eye to the curves of her breasts and belly, and her belly button peeps out tantalisingly, making her outfit far more sexy than a much more revealing garment would be.
I am not a fan of the "bandage"-like socks, neither on Redguard nor on any of the other Light Armors that feature this odd wrapping texture. What are we supposed to think, that our characters spend hours wrapping up their arms and legs before battle? In a world that hasn't invented safety pins yet? Oh dear. But I do like the sandals, which are highly appropriate for Alik'r Desert climate
Now let's look at my unnamed template character over on the PTS. She's an Imperial, so lighter-skinned, but otherwise the same shape as Rohssan. (Most sliders as far to the right as they go). And oh my gods, the difference!
The gorgeous sexy clothing on the Live server is replaced with far stiffer, starchier garments which cannot be mistaken for anything other than armour. Is it my imagination, or does the breastplate look like a Transformers logo? Not a scrap of flesh is on view - which is more practical for armour, but really quite disappointing for those of us who admire the female form.
The fabric is now silk, which is more appropriate to Tamriel. Though now I'm looking at the socks and wondering how they stay up in a world without elastic. (It must be magic, there's no other explanation). The new textures are clearly much higher quality, but the armour itself is so depressing to look at that I can hardly appreciate it.
And what in Oblivion does she have on her feet? Tennis shoes?! Sneakers? The texture's all wrong for velvet slippers. What on earth was wrong with the practical desert sandals?
Honestly. This is awful. All of the lovely cultural references are gone. There is nothing about this armour which says it belongs to the Redguard race. Nor is it at all feminine.
I should comment on all the other levels of Redguard female armour and male armour and the Orc female and male armours, but I am frankly too disappointed to want to look right now.
Aesthetics > graphics. Nearly every time.You may not like the looks but the new armor has superior textures and lighting.
newtinmpls wrote: »Superior in what sense? The original looked quite cuddly/pettable which I find 'superior'.
Aesthetics > graphics. Nearly every time.
If they wanted to improve textures, they could have done it without changing the style. I still don't understand the point of this redesign.
Why in Oblivion does a game which is rated Mature in North America and 18 in Europe need to be "family-friendly" anyway?newtinmpls wrote: »Oh come on - removal of a belly button makes it family-friendly ??!!?? <banging head against wall>
Textures - yes. Lighting - I don't have a graphics card good enough to comment on.You may not like the looks but the new armor has superior textures and lighting.
I'm so disappointed in 1.6 redguard medium armor. Its v14, yellow and hundings rage and it looks like shiny *** in 1.6. I picked redguard for the style and look, then you go and ruin it.cote-bmsb16_ESO wrote: »
I'm in a nitpicky mood today. It's 16+ in Europe.Why in Oblivion does a game which is rated Mature in North America and 18 in Europe need to be "family-friendly" anyway?newtinmpls wrote: »Oh come on - removal of a belly button makes it family-friendly ??!!?? <banging head against wall>
cote-bmsb16_ESO wrote: »I'm so disappointed in 1.6 redguard medium armor. Its v14, yellow and hundings rage and it looks like shiny *** in 1.6. I picked redguard for the style and look, then you go and ruin it.cote-bmsb16_ESO wrote: »
I'm in a nitpicky mood today. It's 16+ in Europe.Why in Oblivion does a game which is rated Mature in North America and 18 in Europe need to be "family-friendly" anyway?newtinmpls wrote: »Oh come on - removal of a belly button makes it family-friendly ??!!?? <banging head against wall>