I tend to go heavy, ....but if not heavy, then light, I'm ether tough as a bag of hammers (nails are weak) or I'm a glass cannon, if you can touch me I die, but good luck getting close.
Ahh but then sometimes I play a healer and those two things might not apply really.
Good question. Hard to pin down.
Tal
I usually play Melee dps so usually sporting the light gear :-)
Kilsin said:What type of gear do you typically favour, light, medium or heavy and why? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters
In a game where light armor vs heavy armor is represented with things like character speed i go light armor... I've always preferred dodge rolls over blocks.
In an mmo though there aren't usually gonna be dodge rolls and block vs dodge is just two separate words that do the exact same thing. In that case I just uncaringly put on the strongest armor my character can wear.
Are you asking whether we prefer a class that uses light, medium or heavy gear? If not, for any class I play I will use the gear that gives the best combination of protection and benefits and won't really care how it looks.
As to choice of class, I also don't care what armor it uses. I will select a class based on the role I want to play and my analysis of whether I will enjoy whatever abilities it has.
Kilsin said:What type of gear do you typically favour, light, medium or heavy and why? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters
Heavy, heavy, and...um, heavy. Mainly because my main classes (cleric, warrior, and paladin, though I am an altaholic so I'll play as many as possible) are all heavy gear and I often like the looks better. ;p I've always told my guild in other games I don't care if my warrior hits like a wet noodle as long as he can take the hits and hold the aggro. And heavy armor certainly helps with taking the hits. ;)
SoWplz said: I refuse to participate in this discussion until naked is an option! Do not try and put constraints on my nudity!
Naked is always an option and can often times provide hilarious moments of levity and disaster between waiting for pulls. I have some guild members that refuse to wear pants while grouping both in--game and at the PC, so I'm thankful we don''t have video grouping. ;p
Well clearly the heaviest armor I can wear will be the 'best' as far as survival matters, so I'm going to assume this is largely about esthetics.
My favorite look is armor that has a strong, geometric pattern. Like mail, or a scaly leather. I like it way better than the look of smooth plate.
My least favorite armor appearance-wise has always been cloth. The main reason is because it tends to be the loosest, baggiest looking. While robes may fit the genre, I've never appreciated them very much. Since I'll probably play a couple cloth-wearers, I'd love to see cloth that is more form fitting, and that has a decorative pattern that resembles the look of mail, or scaled leather.
Is there anything more to this question than just a casual discussion? Like is this an indicator that Pantheon is going to have specific armor types of this nature, which then of course would raise some other questions?
Keno Monster said:Is there anything more to this question than just a casual discussion? Like is this an indicator that Pantheon is going to have specific armor types of this nature, which then of course would raise some other questions?
Excellent question! I'd follow that up with "will all or most loot-drop armors of a given type - say medium - be wearable by all or most medium armor wearers?" (as opposed to a large variety of class-specific armors in loot drops).
And of course I don't really expect a very specific answer to this question, but hey, you can not win if you do not play!
Keno Monster said:Is there anything more to this question than just a casual discussion? Like is this an indicator that Pantheon is going to have specific armor types of this nature, which then of course would raise some other questions?
Most modern MMOs have different "tiers of armor.... Cloth, leather/scale, chain, plate. I suuspect, much like EQ EQ2, and Vanguard, they will have class limitations. For example, A Rogue could wear cloth, leather, and chain.
I'm not sure I quite understand the question. In most games that I've played, lighter armor has no advantage over heavier armor, so I will obviously wear the heaviest armor my class is able to. If we're just talking about aesthetics, I'm probably partial to plate, though I think all types of armor can look cool if rendered well.
I like Robes and wizards and stuff. Light. I like both, plate and Cloth cleric styles too. Speaking of that, you could use armor, plate and cloth on cleric, to have two differnt "types" of cleric.
Not sure why, but game artist give up when it comes to leather and Chainmail. it always looks... Meh...