Do you wear a Guild Tabard?

PinoZino

Guild Tabards make sure the guild members stand out from the crowd.


PinoZino wearing proudly his colours

But do you wear them?

And show a picture of you wearing your Guild Tabard!

snackrat

No, they just look so uncool

Their colours are typically garish, they never match the armour, and the fidelity of most of the heraldry is appalling. And because they're made by boring, predictable humans, most tabards really just look the same the same few complex designs, the same basic colour schemes.
I've bought A tabard. In theory, my banker would wear it. In practice, ugh.

RatedChaotic

Only if I think its cool looking. Wouldnt wear that one. Buzz buzz bumble bee.

PinoZino

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

RatedChaotic wrote: »

Only if I think its cool looking. Wouldnt wear that one. Buzz buzz bumble bee.

But what's cool looking? Something pink?

RatedChaotic

if you say so.

xaraan

Yes, but not all the time

I do on my pvp character, but not on my others. (And even then, it's only b/c I like the colors, if they were horrible, I wouldn't wear it).

anitajoneb17_ESO

No, they just look so uncool

They just look ALL plain horrible, which is a shame in such a beautiful game. I told my guildies I'd leave the guild if they'd force me to use it.
And they are hardly recognizable from one another, which defeats their primary purpose.
And I have to wear costumes all the time anyway because of ugly bound aegis, so the slot's taken.

ItsGlaive

No, they just look so uncool

I used to in PVP, but our previous leader changed the design and the new one looks terrible imo, so it sits in my bank gathering dust

Besides that, they look very thin and 'tacked on'. Now if they were to release SURCOATS, and our own guild's design got a shot in the arm, who knows?

Khenarthi

Only when I'm cleaning the kitchen

They look like kitchen aprons to me. My characters like discreet, sombre armour instead.

PinoZino

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

RatedChaotic wrote: »

if you say so.

A real man dares to wear pink.

Sometimes I wear pink armour for the lulz.

It's amazing how people in the game react to a PinkZino.

If I join a group on the streets of ESO in non-pink armour, they will not react.

If I do the same in pink, they suddenly move away. lol

RatedChaotic

uuuummmmm ok. Whatever floats your boat.

Reznique

No, they just look so uncool

PinoZino wrote: »

RatedChaotic wrote: »

if you say so.

A real man dares to wear pink.

Sometimes I wear pink armour for the lulz.

It's amazing how people in the game react to a PinkZino.

If I join a group on the streets of ESO in non-pink armour, they will not react.

If I do the same in pink, they suddenly move away. lol

What?

PinoZino

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

OLIVI3R wrote: »

What?

Try it yourself. They really do.

F7sus4

No, they just look so uncool

I simply don't wear them, not because they're ugly.

UltimaJoe777

Even the tooltip says it represents the guild. A guild that can actually bother to make a decent Tabard is one that has value. Most guilds are either Trading Guilds or want to focus on PvE or PvP but no one actually bothers to make a real guild in this game, which is both sad and the fact you can be in up to five is partly to blame. As for me I always wear my Guild Tabard to represent my guild which I truly hold dear as it has been my guild in every MMORPG I have played that had guilds ever since I first made it. Over a decade of history is in my guild so you better damn well believe I'm going to wear my Tabard proudly to represent it, I don't care how it looks (even though I think it looks fine lol)!

PinoZino

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Even the tooltip says it represents the guild. A guild that can actually bother to make a decent Tabard is one that has value. Most guilds are either Trading Guilds or want to focus on PvE or PvP but no one actually bothers to make a real guild in this game, which is both sad and the fact you can be in up to five is partly to blame. As for me I always wear my Guild Tabard to represent my guild which I truly hold dear as it has been my guild in every MMORPG I have played that had guilds ever since I first made it. Over a decade of history is in my guild so you better damn well believe I'm going to wear my Tabard proudly to represent it, I don't care how it looks (even though I think it looks fine lol)!

I have the same feeling. I wish we could only join 1 Guild. It's like having 5 wives or 5 nationalities. Rather impossible to have a real great connect with all 5.

But ok, it isn't, so be it.

Wearing a Guild Tabard has three clear advantages:

• We all recognize each other much easier from a distance. Nice when a fellow is in some kind of trouble.
• Non-members would notice your group, sure if many of you would wear a Guild Tabard. The herd behavior of people would help them to join your magnificent guild. In a way it’s a kind of marketing tool.
• It makes clear we are a group and it helps you feel you're a part of it. Nothing wrong to show your pride.

Ok, some Tabards are designed very ugly, but in that case: help your poor Guild Master out.

Levo18

Yes, but not all the time

Only in Cyrodiil

ontheleftcoast

Yes, but not all the time

I wear it when I'm running with my PvP guild. It's yet another way guildies can see each other in the chaos and confusion of battle. Yeah, the chevrons and crown (and Papa Crown!) are important but everything you can do to make combat more team focused is, to me at least, a plus.

Belidos

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

Never without it.

PinoZino

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

Belidos wrote: »

Never without it.

That's good looking. Really. However, you still look a bit like Robin. From Batman.

Belidos

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

PinoZino wrote: »

Belidos wrote: »

Never without it.

That's good looking. Really. However, you still look a bit like Robin. From Batman.

Yeah that character really needs a barber shop feature added to the game, he was my first character I created in beta and I just wanted to get in and play, I skipped most of the creation process and ended up like that.

At first I didn't really even notice the face on him because I was new I was wearing all heavy armour and the helmets covered it, then I worked out if I was going to heal as a Templar it would be best to go light, and those light helms are crappy looking so I turned off headgear in options and realised what I had done lol

PinoZino

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

Belidos wrote: »

Yeah that character really needs a barber shop feature added to the game, he was my first character I created in beta and I just wanted to get in and play, I skipped most of the creation process and ended up like that.

My next alt will be a very fat, small and ugly man. But he'll be a hero fighter.

incite

No, they just look so uncool

They look very boring in my opinion, never wear one

RAMdisk

No, they just look so uncool

snackrat wrote: »

Their colours are typically garish, they never match the armour, and the fidelity of most of the heraldry is appalling. And because they're made by boring, predictable humans, most tabards really just look the same the same few complex designs, the same basic colour schemes.
I've bought A tabard. In theory, my banker would wear it. In practice, ugh.

^^ This. All the way.
They are also way to shiney... ...the garment shouldn't look like plastic reflecting in the sun.

AngryNord

Yes, but not all the time

They're too short and too narrow, that's the thing I have to criticise about them
Make them look like this:

Flameheart

No, they just look so uncool

So I farm for Glass and Xyvkin styles and spent a lot of time and gold to get them and dyed them by rare and cool looking colors like warrior steel and coldharbor ashblack to totally nullify the appearance by wearing an ugly guild tabard ?

No.

PinoZino

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

Flameheart wrote: »

So I farm for Glass and Xyvkin styles and spent a lot of time and gold to get them and dyed them by rare and cool looking colors like warrior steel and coldharbor ashblack to totally nullify the appearance by wearing an ugly guild tabard ?

No.

You could also join a Guild with a good looking Tabard.

Volkodav

No, they just look so uncool

RatedChaotic wrote: »

Only if I think its cool looking. Wouldnt wear that one. Buzz buzz bumble bee.

Sadly you cant tell what they look like until you put it on.I paid 2000g a nd when I put it on it was this odd looking Blue with Yellow edging.I wish we could see them.Theye's only a white icon for them in the stores.

Belidos

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

AngryNord wrote: »

They're too short and too narrow, that's the thing I have to criticise about them
Make them look like this:

That's not a tabard, that's a surcoat

And if that knight tried fighting wearing that specific surcoat he wouldn't last very long before tripping himself up, there's no venting slits at all, he could probably only take half steps wearing that.

There were three types of outer garment worn in medieval times. The surcoat as shown in this picture which was a long flowing outer garment that usually went to the mid shin or ankles, the jerkin which was a similar but smaller garment that went to the belt and the tabard which generally went to mid thigh or just above the knee.

PinoZino

Yes, I do. All the time, day and night

Belidos wrote: »

AngryNord wrote: »

They're too short and too narrow, that's the thing I have to criticise about them
Make them look like this:

That's not a tabard, that's a surcoat

And if that knight tried fighting wearing that specific surcoat he wouldn't last very long before tripping himself up, there's no venting slits at all, he could probably only take half steps wearing that.

It's close to this:

Volkodav

No, they just look so uncool

Those are scary. XD