Qyrk wrote: »

One possible way:
Nord in AD, you can be a Nord in EP. Since armor looks are linked to race, you guys will have the same look of armor.

Actually no, I have 2 characters, and Imperial and an Argonian, and the heavy, medium and light Pact's Armor looks the same on them, barring a few minor details. I also saw a Khajiit and an Orc wearing them in EP and it was the same as the above pictures.

Arsenic_Touch wrote: »

HAHA. Though it's not really surprising that they didn't give them unique styles.

I can understand the Pact having samurai-esque armor due to the Dunmer, but... the Covenant and Dominion have identical armor? I hope not.

sagitter wrote: »

I'm not surprised, in the end armors and weapons styles are race based " motifs" and not alliance based.

Usually yes, but this photo is of a Nord, and Pact's Armor is the same on him as it does on my Imperial and my Argonian. Crafted armors/weapons are different based on race, but unique armors/weapons aren't, unless the game's been bugging for me or something.

There was an AD Imperial the other night, with exactly the same armour. Said was Dominion armour.

Personally, crafted my own as I like it, because was difficult to get 135 Spell power, and cap the Magicka regen, by going down the route of non craft able sets.

So I spoke with some Guildies from DC and AD and it turns out yes, the PvP Pact's/Covenant's/Dominion's armor sets all look identical... shame. Don't know why they're all identical, that jsut seems lazy.

AngryNord wrote: »

Sooo, how is this armour gotten? Drops?

PvP "Rewards for the worthy" boxes, or you can buy them from other players. It's not just armor, there's a Bow, Sword, Axe, Greatsword, Lightning/Frost/Fire/Healing Staves and rings/necklaces of the Pact+Dominion+Covenant. They give good set bonuses too.

AngryNord wrote: »

Do the swords look like Katanas?

The one-handed swords look a bit like katanas, but the greatswords don't at all and as a two-handed character it made me sad.

AngryNord wrote: »

Since when are they updating the Nord armours? AFAIK it's only the Reguard and Orc ones...

My mistake, no idea why I wrote Nord.

AngryNord wrote: »

Also, I am somewhat certain that this "Alliance armour" is something that came at a late point in the game, I am fairly certain that originally, the Akaviri armour was going to be craftable, and was going to be Fighters Guild armour? (Many Fighters Guild NPCs still wear armour that looks a lot like Akaviri armour).

Probably explains why it's the same style for Pact/Covenant/Dominion instead of three unique styles.

As noted by @Lyall84 and @AngryNord the style is Akaviri.

Lore-wise it could have a) been sold to the other factions by scavengers after the Ebonheart Pact defeated the second Akaviri invasion or b) it could be stolen/recovered Imperial equipment dating from the first Akaviri invasion defeated by the Emperor Reman I (he was probably a DK ). In need of troops at the time, Reman incorporated the Akaviri who surrendered into his own armies, it is likely that they kept their arms and armour which may now be surfacing as spoils of war and rewards for exceptional performance.

Incidentally, the reason the Fighter's Guild often wears Akaviri armour is that the Guild was established by the Akiviri Dinieras-Ves to replace the disbanded regional armies of the other kings after the death of Reman III when the Akaviri took control of the Empire.

As to why did ZOS do it this way, I suspect that @NetViperX is correct when he said:

NetViperX wrote: »

And if they did add some armor that was unique for each faction, you can bet your butt cheeks that there would be tons of people who thought the armor from one of the other factions was better than the armor from their own faction and would troll these forums about it.

Did not know about these! Wicked!!!!! Thanks for the post, hopefully they will include these in June when they release the game for game counsels.