How are these LIGHT robes ZOS???

MornaBaine · February 2016

Bear with me on the following picture spam. I have a point to make. So, here are several types of light robes in the game:

Khajiit

Breton

The old Redguard (SIGH)

Imperial

Necromancer

Ancient Orc

Notice how closely fitted to the body they are. Which makes sense since they are CLOTH. But NOW there are these..

What the heck ZOS??? Okay so maybe you were tryingto make it look like these "robes" have a metal cuirass over them. But frankly, if I WANTED a metal curiass I'd WEAR one! PLEASE...make SOME effort to make what are supposed to be cloth robes LOOK like cloth rather than some monstrosity of BADLY DONE metal armor that wildly distorts my poor character's body. That'd be great. Thanks.

EDITING TO ADD: I originally thought the horrible shape distortion was a deliberate attempt on the part of ZOS to mimic metal armor on light robes. I have since found out via this thread that this is not the case. Instead, they simply can no longer be bothered to DESIGN armor for FEMALE characters and instead rely on DISTORTING the shape of MALE armor when it is worn by female characters. This is just flat out shoddy workmanship, corner cutting at its worst. And frankly, just a bit sexist. Whose decision was this anyway???? FIX IT ZOS, YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS!!!!

LiquidSchwartz · February 2016

What point?

Katahdin · February 2016

I don't think he/she is done making his/her point.

More pics incoming I think

laksikus · February 2016

there are only 3 different light robes in game? o.O

Inarre · February 2016

i dont get it... youre missing a pic of imperial i think. heres one.

not sure what the point is tho.

Voxicity · February 2016

big boobies

MornaBaine · February 2016

Katahdin wrote: »

I don't think he/she is done making his/her point.

More pics incoming I think

Correct! A "helpful" cat bumped my arm alas! LOL OP is now finished.

KochDerDamonen · February 2016

Don't take the alliance styles away from us they're some of the best looking armor in the game

Lafer · February 2016

Its not cloth amor its called light amor ...

MornaBaine · February 2016

And don't get me wrong, the detail on these last 2 robes is pretty amazing. BUT we already have that look for the heavy armor versions. How much more AMAZING it would have been had they made these robes look as though these embellishments were EMBROIDERED instead of hammered metal.

MornaBaine · February 2016

Lafer wrote: »

Its not cloth amor its called light amor ...

Touche'! LOL And I get the leather looking bits they insist on using on a lot of it. I just feel like we HAVE plenty of HEAVY armor in the game without having to make LIGHT ARMOR look like just more of the same.

MornaBaine · February 2016

KochDerDamonen wrote: »

Don't take the alliance styles away from us they're some of the best looking armor in the game

The detail is beautiful. I just really dislike the way it distorts the character body. It makes sense for HEAVY armor, not for LIGHT armor.

NewBlacksmurf · February 2016

Can you be specific to your concern?

Not for me but if I'm ZOS, I don't think your feedback is clear or your question, etc.
Light armor....specifically from a historical standpoint doesn't mean cloth only.

Metal, leather, etc. are all light armor. Even light plate and mail

WalkingLegacy · February 2016

All I see is super bad clipping.

Daraugh · February 2016

The armor is great, the distortion is not.

Marrtha · February 2016

Out of all the problems in the world?? There is nothing wrong with a robe being reinforced with metal details.

adriant1978 · February 2016

I can't put my hand to the link right now but I have a distinct recollection that, around the time of the changes to Redguard and Orcish armor, ZOS let slip that they no longer make separate female torso models for any new armor but simply deform the male model a bit. Could we be seeing the results of that here?

Emma_Overload · February 2016

I agree with the OP. These faction light armors need to be much more form fitting.

MornaBaine · February 2016

adriant1978 wrote: »

I can't put my hand to the link right now but I have a distinct recollection that, around the time of the changes to Redguard and Orcish armor, ZOS let slip that they no longer make separate female torso models for any new armor but simply deform the male model a bit. Could we be seeing the results of that here?

Oh dear Divines, I HOPE you're wrong about that! @ZOS_GinaBruno tell me this isn't true!!!

MornaBaine · February 2016

Marrtha wrote: »

Out of all the problems in the world?? There is nothing wrong with a robe being reinforced with metal details.

Nope, there's not. Except when the result looks like...well...a word that starts with C and ends with P.

MornaBaine · February 2016

Daraugh wrote: »

The armor is great, the distortion is not.

Exactly this!

Marrtha · February 2016

MornaBaine wrote: »

Marrtha wrote: »

Out of all the problems in the world?? There is nothing wrong with a robe being reinforced with metal details.

Nope, there's not. Except when the result looks like...well...a word that starts with C and ends with P.

Yeah I can agree on that they failed with the models. They failed big time lol. I remember this being an issue with the armor from the IC, but I thought they fixed that?

nimander99 · February 2016

Wat?

LMar · February 2016

My DC light robe makes my normally lithe Argonian gal look like she is massively pregnant ballooning her chest and behind:/

Alucardo · February 2016

Personally, I think the alliance stuff looks awesome

adriant1978 · February 2016

MornaBaine wrote: »

adriant1978 wrote: »

I can't put my hand to the link right now but I have a distinct recollection that, around the time of the changes to Redguard and Orcish armor, ZOS let slip that they no longer make separate female torso models for any new armor but simply deform the male model a bit. Could we be seeing the results of that here?

Oh dear Divines, I HOPE you're wrong about that! @ZOS_GinaBruno tell me this isn't true!!!

Found it! See ESO Live at 00:35:20.

Moonshadow66 · February 2016

What style is this in the last 2 pictures?
Although I do agree that light armor should be rather cloth than metal, I kinda like these styles in the last 2 pictures^^

Moonshadow66 · February 2016

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Where exactly did you see her raging??
Also, this IS important to all that want robes to be robes. If it's not important to YOU however, you're in the wrong thread, I guess.

Abeille · February 2016

I like the "battlemage" look that the alliance light armor have (that goes for all 3, although Dominion is by far my favorite).

It is important to have options. There are lots of options for what you like, so why not a few options for what other people like?

MornaBaine · February 2016

Abeille wrote: »

I like the "battlemage" look that the alliance light armor have (that goes for all 3, although Dominion is by far my favorite).

It is important to have options. There are lots of options for what you like, so why not a few options for what other people like?

What I honestly really object to is the distortion of the character model. You can't possibly tell me that looks good or right.

Ghanima_Atreides · February 2016

The problem is, even if they were going for a chest plate look, it's still not done well. The chest looks like a balloon ending in a weirdly tiny waist. I don't mind different styles of light armour as long as it's done well, but the model on this just isn't, which is a shame because the textures are quite nice.