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I totally agree. Imagine howhow much worseit would be if they were not letting us recolor it?

SakeO

I completely agree. As it is, I have all but stopped making armor entirely. Of all the armor available, I only make Ubese because it is the most well rounded armor in my opinion (Ubese will survive the coming armor nerf). I have made one set of composite and I will never make another (and I've been an armorsmith since november) because the market is over saturated and most everyone wears it. The sad thing is, Composite was initially created with so many resists and so few vulnerabilities, that there really isn't much that can be done when adding new armor. Regular composite segments should be what people are using and advanced composite segments should be made from difficult drops or quests. That would have allowed for options for expanding since you leave a lot of room in the middle. But then again, I typically think ahead when I plan things out. All is not lost, however. Resist combinations can still be added.A Kinetic / Energy based special resistance armor anda stun special resistance armor are just examples. The good news is since SOE has encouraged a totally first person shooter with highly customizable character scenerio instead of a true roleplaying one, what it looks like and the storyline behind it wont matter one bit.

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Message Edited by RumblingSky on 03-30-2004 08:31 AM

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Drewpey wrote:

But they really can't go back on that without making even more people quit SWG.

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Message Edited by RumblingSky on 03-31-2004 03:10 AM

how i see it is all armor should be like ubese (except comp)aka so you could make 70% heat layerd adv mabri and htey should change chitin into something else then ken like maybe electricity. also if they could make RIS have 70% stun layerd kina thing, it would be alot easer to make because it wont be some best armor in the game BS, but it would still have it uses.

I agree that the armor types should be a little bit more specialized- I just recently started using Ubese (love it too) and looking at the composite set I also bought it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me why I would want tohave armor that's good against everything- I think armors should be more like ubese, suited very well to one or two types and the rest average resists. That was there'd be a a little more strategy in picking weapons and you wouldn't see everyone running around with the exact same armor and weapon because they work the best. If I see a guy in bone armor, I know to use a kinetic weapon- but with composite, it doesn't matter much and I just pick the biggest gun.

Iagree Drewpey.

See the problem is that in order for them to add something that is a viable piece of armor, its going to have to be comparable to composite. Otherwise, no one will wear it. People are going to wear the best they can get when it comes to PvP/GCW stuff. Thats just how its going to be. This may mean either nerfing composite, or accepting that everything is going to be just like it. Maybe we should take a poll on this or something.

We just need something else. Stormtrooper and Marine armor would be a start. The Marine armor is terrible though, looks wise. I think its based on the Mon Cal armor, so we need something new for Rebels too, but Marine would be better than nothing.

How about putting your money where your mouth is, to get the AS community to get moving on other armor?

I just did. http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=armorsmith&message.id=41602

Feel free to do the same for your own servers. Maybe we can take the initiative ourselves...

You would have to make mutiple armor types with the same exact stats of comp or better.

As long as Comp is the best for protection, ppl will wear it, even if there are 50 different types out there.

Ummon, see my thread. That is exactly what my challenge is all about.