Armorsmith Archive

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Concept art for the first 2 armor types. No word on when the 2nd set will be on TC as far as I know.

The 3rd suit was supposedly going to be available in the newsletter 'later this week'. Which would be fine, except that it kind of already is later this week, and I have neither received a newsletter (correctly filled in the application and used a corectly-spelled working address), nor have I heard anythnig about anyone else getting one *ever*.

I'm hoping that TH or someone will post a thread with an image of the 3rd set a day or two after the newsletter was supposed to be sent, but for all I know they'll wait a week to ask "oh, did anyone see the newsletter with the 3rd Wookiee armor art?", wait for 30 people to reply "No, nobody *ever* gets a newsletter", and then they might post it the following day.

*Goes back to waiting for third Wookiee Armor concept art to be released*

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Utsanomiko wrote:
...and I have neither received a newsletter (correctly filled in the application and used a corectly-spelled working address), nor have I heard anythnig about anyone else getting one *ever*.

I'm hoping that TH or someone will post a thread with an image of the 3rd set a day or two after the newsletter was supposed to be sent, but for all I know they'll wait a week to ask "oh, did anyone see the newsletter with the 3rd Wookiee armor art?", wait for 30 people to reply "No, nobody *ever* gets a newsletter", and then they might post it the following day.

*Goes back to waiting for third Wookiee Armor concept art to be released*

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Well, Ive been getting the newsletter every month since release...and I saw the concept art for the third set in the last newsletter (got it yesterday). I think that it looks the best of the concept drawings, and Im pretty excited about seeing it on test. The way I look at it, the first set didnt look that good in concept, but looks great ingame. The 3rd set already looks great in concept...hopefully it will look fantastic ingame.

Now its time to break out my crystal ball. Since the first set is basically Chitin armor, Im guessing that that second set (Kashyyykian Hunting Armor) will be basically Ubese stats, and the third set (so far only named Wookiee Armor) will be Padded stats. I highly doubt they would give us Composite type this early in the game (maybe eventually), and Id sure be happy to even play with 2 segments.

Message Edited by AtPlay on 04-03-2004 04:21 PM

Crap, now I'm going to have to con- I mean, ecourage someone to post a screenshot...

Thanks for the replies...lol looks like I'm gonna have to put up a Wookiee Armor crafting house to keep my resources for that armor in.

So far all we have are 2 more concept drawings. One of them is on the main SWG website (as I recall) and the other is in the swg newsletter. Thats all we know.

The next armor up from Chitin on the tree is Tantel, the Hunting armor might be like it, or it might back track to Mabari level or even Bone level before going back up the tree. I do hope, however, that it is to be more like Ubese with the next one like Padded, but it might be nice to have lower Wookiee armors, too, for the newer, less rich, character.

I'm not sure what kind of a massive negative reaction there would be if Wookiees got Composite like armor since there was already negative reaction from some about -any- Wookiee armor (you know the whiners) but more might jump on that bandwagon if Wookiees truly did get competative armor... and Trandoshans will likely scream the loudest because of their no gloves and no boots, no matter that Wookiees do not -functionally- have boots or gloves as well (VISUALLY the Wookiee bracer cover the hands, but Wookiees can wear the Wookiee gloves with the armor bracers meaning that slot is not taken by the armor).

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Ainwyn wrote:
The next armor up from Chitin on the tree is Tantel, the Hunting armor might be like it, or it might back track to Mabari level or even Bone level before going back up the tree. I do hope, however, that it is to be more like Ubese with the next one like Padded, but it might be nice to have lower Wookiee armors, too, for the newer, less rich, character.

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The second armor description for Kashyyykian Hunting Armor states:

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On their homeworld of Kashyyyk, Wookiees spend a great deal of time hunting creatures for food and resources. In the lowest reaches of Kashyyyk's massive forests, hunting expeditions are likely to encounter extremely dangerous beasts. For protection against these animals and other dangers, the Wookiees have developed various forms of "hunting armor." The armor depicted here combines functional protective coverings with trophies from past hunts.

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...which leads to my guess that its going to be Ubese. Tantel, while next in line for armor, would not be my first choice when hunting animals...but Ubese would. Its just a guess tho.

The second armor description for Kashyyykian (no name given) Armor states:

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Although Kashyyyk is predominately covered by giant trees, it does have other terrain as well. When traversing mountainous areas on their homeworld or abroad, Wookieees don armor to protect from the elements and predators.

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...which actually sounds more like composite (electricity special protection), but I have a hard time believing that we would get composite so early in the game. I am about 99% sure that a year or two down the road, Wooks will get some kind of armor similar to Composite, but I feel there would just be too much outcry for it to happen so early in the game.

My guesses are based on current armor, there is always the possibility that a completely new armor type (different protections/vulnerabilites) will be created.

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Solarum wrote:

let me get this straight you think that an armorsmith cant and shouldnt be able to make a piece of armor for a wookiee thats every bit as good as armor made for other species? Ridiculous on it's face. Idiotic the further you delve.

Wookiee's are stronger and tougher than other species and when they wear armor they would hence still be stronger and tougher than other species wearing armor. A 200 lb human should be deathly afraid of fighting a 450 lb wookiee

Do we want to be realistic or create restrictions that make weaker species more powerfull than stronger ones.

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Realistically, what you are saying is true. A bigger species should be able to carry more armor. Unfortunately, we arent really wookiees, and we are playing a game. That said, there should be no one race that has 700 more points to spend and have the best armor. These games just dont work that way. If they gave us armor that had 90% resistances, who would play anything else? Oh sure, youd still find some Zabraks, and some Mon Calamari (for crafters), but there would be a huge shift in the Wookiee population. I want to be able to compete, I dont want to be overpowered.

Im terribly optimistic, but expecting a wookiee version of composite is just too much to expect so soon. Look at how many people are upset that we got armor, any armor at all. Now throw in a Wookiee Composite? So we'll have the 700 extra points *AND* Composite? Im all for balancing, but even I dont want this. It's just not going to happen at this time, and that's an optimistic view.

Now, Im not saying that it wont happen eventually...these kinds of games have a tendency to give everything that everyone wants a couple years down the road (to keep/attract customers). And this game is still a baby, its not even a year old. I dont consider a MMOG to be tested until year 3 at least.