Number 3 is there for people who don't want the current armor changed at all, but still want new sets.

Number 4 is for those of you who want everything to stay like it is period, with no new armor content ever being added.

Number 5 is there for those of you that wish to post your own ideals.

I added these so that everyone could have a choice and inclusion in the discussion. I see on some other thread people complaining about lack of choice in these polls, these options were added to help avoid such.

There are armor sets that simply will never be worn by my characters due to how ugly they are design wise.

When I play an MMO I do as much cosmetic role-play as possible. In GW2 for instance I only put my 6 characters in their respective cultural armor. Then here comes ESO, I decide to play an Orc. I love him.. I DO NOT love his medium armor. What is this trash? It is really indescribable how ugly and badly colored it is.

While I am sincerely hoping that dyes will improve my outlook on certain armor sets, they do however still need an overhaul.

Who cares? I'm an adventurer, not a fashion model.

EinionYrthb16_ESO wrote: »

Who cares? I'm an adventurer, not a fashion model.

Some of us adventurers like to travel in style :P

I like the ESO Armor Style, my suggestion:
@Zenimax should tender an armor design competition
Elder Scrolls has so many talented fans and modders.

If I lose 50 fps due to new armor, no thank you.

AleriSadasIndoril wrote: »

@Surinen, no, not a public contest, only Zenimax alone will determine the award winners.

then maybe it would be good idea. not that I trust ZOS, especially after what they have done to Altmer buildings. but as long as they choose lore positive designs then I'm all for it. Auri-El protect us from tumblr acolytes.

I don't care what the armor looks like, but the mechanics surrounding how armor works need serious attention. Light armor is fine, but the bonuses provided by Light Armor make Medium and Heavy more like novelty items than armor. While medium and heavy armor have their place, the further you progress in the game, the wider the gap becomes between light armor and the other two types.

Sadly though, I don't think this problem can be remedied simply by buffing heavy and medium armor skills. Light armor is more appealing to many players because of how well it interacts with class skills. It provides a lot of spell resistance, which is greatly needed in Veteran Ranks, and the magicka regen and cost reduction allows you to use your class skills much more frequently. It doesn't matter whether you are a tank, dps, or healer; all three roles benefit equally from the bonuses provided by light armor because all class skills use magicka.

Meidum and Heavy armor builds just don't achieve the same level of cohesive interaction with class skills. The stamina based weapon skills could have great synergy with medium armor builds, but ZOS chose to make stamina builds weak compared to magicka builds. Until Stamina can be just as viable as Magicka builds, then medium armor is a bit of a red herring.

Heavy armor can help tanks a lot right now, but later in the game light armor becomes just as effective for armor capping, and provides the aforementioned bonuses that edge out heavy armor more and more as more skill points are acquired.

The solution to these problems just won't be easy. There are complex and varying reasons for why one armor type is less effective than another, and from what I've seen of how ZOS handles these problems, I get the feeling that pointing this out to them will only result in nerfs for light armor that will just make everyone equally gimped.

Well there only one thing to do here MODS MODS and more MODS.moderator in es did so godly armies that the developers just don't have the skills to do at all.and most of the es armors are ugly bas ***.

The armor is great, maybe add cloaks. Other than than the only change that needs to happen in VR1-10 mobs need to have thier 90% penetration removed.

I'm happy with the designs, but unhappy with the fact all fabric looks washed out, even when brand new. That and the colour changes when the quality is improved have me gnashing my teeth in exasperation.

Whoever decided that (for example) a wonderful midnight blue would be great for Normal items, vomit green for Magical and brown for Arcane quality needs shaking upside down.

If I didn't know better, I'd swear ZOS were planning to sell dyes on the cash shop.

I don't know if it's design or colors. Some of the bright shiny colors seems out of place in the game(and like someone said above you end up looking like a clown). While I really am waiting eagerly for the gear paint tool that's coming, if it's just going to add more out of place clown people running around, then it's probably a step back. I'm hoping they are tuning the colors to remain realistic or the game is gunna look too much like WOW.

EinionYrthb16_ESO wrote: »

Who cares? I'm an adventurer, not a fashion model.

I was once an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow to my fashion sense.

If people REALLY don't like the daedric set, or any one particular set, fine perhaps it needs to be looked at. But imo the armor design in general in this game is fine - the dye system SHOULD fix alot of the "omg bright pink robe" issues (or exacerbate it, but at least people will be able to choose), and help with making things match overall. I disagree wholeheartedly with:

While undoubtedly, in general the armor is most definitely sub-par and low quality, compared to other TES releases, perhaps this is due to the engine or budget cuts during development or some other issue the players and fans are not aware of.

I think that in general the armor looks gorgeous and realistic, and I honestly despised the armor that I saw in Oblivion. Skyrim was okay, but just "meh".

We just needs cloaks/capes, then after that more motifs will always be welcome.