WARNING: Daedric style Heavy Armor Looks...

Godzeelas

Today I finally got my hands on a Daedric Motif book... I was so freaking eager to craft the armor for myself! Then I go to the Anvil, start shapping the metal, put it on aaaaaand.... HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!
Seriously compared to the Daedric look on heavy armor of Oblivion and Skyrim this is complete and utter S**T! If you really run out of design ideas recreate a lookalike of the older games not a "heavy" armor that looks at best like medium... Where are the spikes on the gloves and boots? Where are the buffed up HUGE shoulders with the horn spikes? Where is the damn HORNED Helmet!? I dont know how many of you guys have found the book or god forbid bought it got 50-80k and ended up with a look that seriously is supposed to be the rarest and looks worst than 80% of the normal racial motifs but I for one regret using it (at least as it looks right now).

Edit: Because some people jumped to assumptions, here is the look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-_YJ_plrHQ&list=UUcVBYecz9Bpqo7XA9C9e7rg

doggie

Do you have a picture?

Abeille

Maybe you have to improve the armor a few times to get the spikes, horns and stuff like that?
I would like to see a picture too.

rtx

Es gustibus non est disputantum.
Personally I think, that spikes and horns look stupid.

Malediktus

Which lvl armor did you craft? Armor looks better the higher the level and item quality. Maybe it needs to be VR10 legendary for maximum looks.

Laura

Godzeelas wrote: »

Today I finally got my hands on a Daedric Motif book... I was so freaking eager to craft the armor for myself! Then I go to the Anvil, start shapping the metal, put it on aaaaaand.... HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!
Seriously compared to the Daedric look on heavy armor of Oblivion and Skyrim this is complete and utter S**T! If you really run out of design ideas recreate a lookalike of the older games not a "heavy" armor that looks at best like medium... Where are the spikes on the gloves and boots? Where are the buffed up HUGE shoulders with the horn spikes? Where is the damn HORNED Helmet!? I dont know how many of you guys have found the book or god forbid bought it got 50-80k and ended up with a look that seriously is supposed to be the rarest and looks worst than 80% of the normal racial motifs but I for one regret using it (at least as it looks right now).

it changes based on many factors just like not all argonian armor looks the same. By the time you have this you should have known that and you also should have known the best stuff has all the things you are looking for.

Samuruzi

To echo what Abeille commented, some of the armor is "mellowed-out" on lower-grade metal. Take the Nord helmet in steel form versus orichalcum form, it's a HUGE difference. Don't be so quick to criticize until you've seen them all, and you should post pictures so we can see for ourselves.

Utildai

What level are you? Are you expecting the look of veteran armor at level 20? Not going to happen in an MMO.

Godzeelas

Ok Lets just take this out of the way. Ancient elven Primal Barbaric and Daedric dont scale with what lvl you are, They have 1 single look. I am veteran rank 3. The looks on the normal races armors reach "veteran" at 36 when you start using dwarven ingots and after that the only thing that changes is the color. I got Daedric motif today at VR3 and the look of the armor is so s**t its not even funny. What happened to the look that the daedric knights have on in the trailers? what happened to the look of the daedric armor in skyrim? and for those who asked a pic I edited the original post and added a video of my character.

Malediktus

It looks great, not as good as it could, but still great.
But I saw a dremora boss with Skyrim/Oblivion like deadric armor, so at least the models for it must exist in the game

Godzeelas

Well If someone could confirm that the look is going to chage at VR10 to look like the ones in Skyrim/Oblivion that would be great...

Xexpo

Malediktus wrote: »

Which lvl armor did you craft? Armor looks better the higher the level and item quality. Maybe it needs to be VR10 legendary for maximum looks.

This. sorry you don't like it tho man.

MeIkor

Yea I think it's dumb that in their own trailers they show off the daedric armor from skyrim and then put this in there instead. The helm looks terrible. And looks like some ornate armor with a few spikes in there. The old stuff looked molten or almost organic which was cool.

Samuruzi

Godzeelas wrote: »

Ok Lets just take this out of the way. Ancient elven Primal Barbaric and Daedric dont scale with what lvl you are, They have 1 single look. I am veteran rank 3. The looks on the normal races armors reach "veteran" at 36 when you start using dwarven ingots and after that the only thing that changes is the color. I got Daedric motif today at VR3 and the look of the armor is so s**t its not even funny. What happened to the look that the daedric knights have on in the trailers? what happened to the look of the daedric armor in skyrim? and for those who asked a pic I edited the original post and added a video of my character.

Ok I agree, the set is very lackluster. If I was the mesh artist I'd be embarrassed by that. Time to bring this up to Zenimax...

Lord_Hev

*casts bound armor*

lol. Conjurer master race.


Anyway, jokes aside. There are many factors to consider here. First, the amount of Daedric Hearts used. The more used, the better the armor, the look changes. At least this is how it works for the other lower tier armor. I have no idea If Veteran rank armors are different.

Second, your class does effect the look as well. Give your Daedric armor to another class, and it will change in appearance.


Here's a picture of an Altmer NPC with Daedric armor[no helmet]

http://puu.sh/87ATK


It looks identical to my bound armor, just on a female, and a darker organic texture[Bound armor is summoned after-all]

Comparisons

http://puu.sh/87B1c

http://puu.sh/87B2x

http://puu.sh/87Blj

Lookoutitsdomkeub17_ESO

I like it...
I don't know why everyone is so upset.

EDIT: I like it on male characters, but on female characters it looks a bit boring.

Samuruzi

^ THIS is how it should look. Current build looks like the Daedric equivalent of Abercrombie and Fitch. Does it come with a size 3 hoodie too?

Godzeelas

This is how it's supposed to look!
http://i.imgur.com/XzgAASK.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/h41k1tD.jpg
http://godzeelas.imgur.com/all/

Brennan

Is it possible that the Daedra were wearing different styled armor in the 2nd age versus the 3rd and 4th age?

Malediktus

Brennan wrote: »

Is it possible that the Daedra were wearing different styled armor in the 2nd age versus the 3rd and 4th age?

Doubt it, I saw dremora boss with skyrim/oblivion style daedric armor.

Aenra

oh god....it's....blue??? Blue?

What were they thinking? haha, this is bad..

Jirki88

All in all it reminds me more of a fancy version of a Knight of Kynareth armor set from a Morrowind mod...
[img]http://jw_mcguinn.rethan-manor.net/jw_mcguinn/0kynareth.jpg[/img]
Same base colour but more fanciful lines, kinda. It sure as hell have nothing whatsoever in common with Daedric.

Dekkameron

EDITED:

Read rest of comments as well..

Hmm, does sound a bit disapointing.. Ebony armour was always cooler though.

Godzeelas

Aenra wrote: »

oh god....it's....blue??? Blue?

What were they thinking? haha, this is bad..

Color changes depending on the material used, the one shown here was made with calcinium ingots. I have already saved hearts and I am going to make a new daedric set at VR10 and upgrade it to legendary. If it doesnt upgrade to what it's supposed to but remains like the *** child of the blue power ranger and Shreder I will just transform it into imperial. It's sad though that the heavy armor of the rarest motif in the game looks like a skintight suit...

Trainerdc

Ok it doesnt look as amazing as in skyrim, still im not a fan of huge spikes. I always think I would harm myself witht hem

clocksstoppe

i think it looks good, and i also think oblivion daedric looks like crap.

What did we learn? Visual preferences differ, and the fact that you didnt bother to see if you like the looks before you used it up is your problem

Laharl_Overlord

clocksstoppe wrote: »

i think it looks good, and i also think oblivion daedric looks like crap.

What did we learn? Visual preferences differ, and the fact that you didnt bother to see if you like the looks before you used it up is your problem

You've missed the point. The point is, it doesn't look Daedric. If one is crafting Daedric gear there is a certain visual expectation as the precedent has been set by prior games. Even you admit it's so different that prior games look like crap and this looks good.

Godzeelas

clocksstoppe wrote: »

i think it looks good, and i also think oblivion daedric looks like crap.

What did we learn? Visual preferences differ, and the fact that you didnt bother to see if you like the looks before you used it up is your problem

I didnt bother to see if I like it or not... hmmm 2 out of the 3 trailers feature the heavy draedric from oblivion/skyrim, there are monsters in the game (elite dremonas) that are wearing that gear. Daedric = Black/Red fleshlike color, horns everywhere! so please, take your opinion, turn it sideways, shine it really good, and do what you must with it but dont bring it here like that..

Jirki88

What one gotta consider: Daedric armor is used, primarily, by Dremoras. What is the purpose of a Dremoras armor, primarily? Is it to look fancy? Is it to look blank? No and no. The Daedric Armor in Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim were clearly made for one purpose, which is also why Dremoras got it - to strike fear into the enemy. Spikes, dark colours, etc. It's all a show, but it will work very well against the not-so-heroic type. A Dremora lives as much on striking fear into the enemy as on being skilled with the spiked blades they wield.

The above Daedric armor? If I ever saw a Dremora wearing that I'd just laugh. Because it quite much defies the very purpose of Daedric armor. It looks fancy and blank and it looks EXACTLY like how you'd imagine a pompous nobleman who dont have a clue on how to fight.

radiostar

It's cute, reminds me of a champion ice skater

Samuruzi

Laharl_Overlord wrote: »

clocksstoppe wrote: »

i think it looks good, and i also think oblivion daedric looks like crap.

What did we learn? Visual preferences differ, and the fact that you didnt bother to see if you like the looks before you used it up is your problem

You've missed the point. The point is, it doesn't look Daedric. If one is crafting Daedric gear there is a certain visual expectation as the precedent has been set by prior games. Even you admit it's so different that prior games look like crap and this looks good.

^ this

A precedent has been set.

TESO Daedric armor lacks dimension, and devoid of the Daedric aesthetic from previous titles. It doesn't have to look like it did in Skyrim or Oblivion, just keep in line with what we would think Daedric armor might look like in the 2nd Era. It is apparent from looking at the design we are looking at a part of the development which was glossed over. If I saw someone walking around in the TESO Daedric armor, I'd probably think it was Shark Week or something.