Teras Kasi Archive
Thread: TK Robes?
GadonThek
Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:10 pm
#14
When people talk of "robes", I assume they are thinking along the lines of a Gi(martial art suit) or the sort of clothing worn by Buddhist monks; flowing garments which provide freedom of movement. That suits us perfectly, in my opinion, as TKA is so clearly based on Asian martial arts.
I just hope that they are craftable, have a good colour palatte and are not required to be an effective TKM. They also bloody well better have versions for the alien races, or my Ithorian Sage will be pissed
Would you remind the devs that us aliens would like a version of any TKA robes please Mankind?
I just hope that they are craftable, have a good colour palatte and are not required to be an effective TKM. They also bloody well better have versions for the alien races, or my Ithorian Sage will be pissed
Would you remind the devs that us aliens would like a version of any TKA robes please Mankind?
Cango
Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:26 pm
#15
GadonThek wrote:
When people talk of "robes", I assume they are thinking along the lines of a Gi(martial art suit) or the sort of clothing worn by Buddhist monks; flowing garments which provide freedom of movement. That suits us perfectly, in my opinion, as TKA is so clearly based on Asian martial arts.
I just hope that they are craftable, have a good colour palatte and are not required to be an effective TKM. They also bloody well better have versions for the alien races, or my Ithorian Sage will be pissed
Would you remind the devs that us aliens would like a version of any TKA robes please Mankind?
Thats the thing, its not.
Giving TKA some quest based item for immersion is one thing.
But its like giving Jedi a quest for a blaster, they generally dont use them, its not something associated with them. Neither are Robes, or Gis.
TK artists are not the buddhist monk wearing flowing garments. They are the soldiers, the bounty hunters, the assassins, who learn to fight, to fight well. It is more than JUST a fighting style, there is a bit of mysticism and inner strength in it. And it is, atleast according to Phow Ji, and the trainer in the game (
) a lifestyle. "Do not leave your ability to fight on the nightstand when you sleep, on the sink when you showever, or on your coat rack in your cubicle" -Phow Ji, Teras Kasi Master, during the clone wars.Give them something, yes. Maybe some type of decorative knuckler, equal in stats to either the razor or VK, but looks different. But dont give them an outfit that pigeon holes them, and presents a stereo type of them being something they arent. Teras Kasi Artists arent monks, dont dress them up like one.
Message Edited by Cango on 04-03-2005 09:31 PM
Arajl
Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:37 pm
#16
GadonThek wrote:
When people talk of "robes", I assume they are thinking along the lines of a Gi(martial art suit) or the sort of clothing worn by Buddhist monks; flowing garments which provide freedom of movement. That suits us perfectly, in my opinion, as TKA is so clearly based on Asian martial arts.
I just hope that they are craftable, have a good colour palatte and are not required to be an effective TKM. They also bloody well better have versions for the alien races, or my Ithorian Sage will be pissed
Would you remind the devs that us aliens would like a version of any TKA robes please Mankind?
Robes are NOT what we need. We are not asian. We are not monks. We are in Star Wars.
darkblane
Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:47 pm
#17
i want something like robes becose am sick and tired of looking like a muppit in the clothes that are avalibe now there crap and the desiner needs to be shot give me something i want to wear ive tryed everything there is so a robe for TK's dose sound apealing but dont let the desinger who made all the other clothes nere the robes
Arajl
Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:50 pm
#18
I swear if I have to wear a robe Im going to drop TK. You say you are a muppit now? Think about when every single TK is wearing the same thing. That is going to be horrible, almost as bad as seeing everybody wearing comp armor.
darkblane
Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:54 pm
#19
ave you seen the film enter the dragon they dident look like muppits training in the cort yard all dressed the same did they it just adds a bit of varity i dont want bounises for wearing them i just want them for show
Arajl
Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:00 pm
#20
darkblane wrote:all dressed the same
darkblane wrote:it just adds a bit of varity
Wait. Those two dont go together.
Did Bruce Li wear a robe?
darkblane
Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:04 pm
#21
i dont know what they where called but he wore the same as the others they all wore the same thing in the film TK in a martil art an just like the sho lin monks its a life stye to so there should be something to show that like the clothes they wear or just clothes they train in
Coonsan
Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:07 pm
#22
well, i dont know much about this, but there is no reasons tk should get robes per say maybe something else but not robes..
Arajl
Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:11 pm
#23
Coonsan wrote:
well, i dont know much about this, but there is no reasons tk should get robes per say maybe something else but not robes..
Exactly. A shash would do, or I still say that BEs should make tissues that add slightly to the TK mods. Those tissues can be put in any clothing.
darkblane
Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:11 pm
#24
i would like a track suit more than robes an not like the clothes we have now there all 2d an skin tight give us some baggy clothes an caps an trinnies to go with them
but this is from a liverpool point of view not many will agree proberly lol
Vegitaa
Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:45 pm
#25
Robes or not... I just wanna be able to survive in combat to a reasonable degree. We don't get armour, that much we know. So IMHO we should still be able to have some skills that keep us alive. If it comes from a robe, a hat, or our freakin sneakers I don't care.
So far, btw, I'm liking CU. After doing the newbie grind (mainly solo btw) to Brawler 3,0,3,0 Marksman 0,2,3,2 I can say this much from experience now.
It reminds me of what it was like playing SWG shortly after launch. There's a "getting used to it" stage in regards to the things that have changed. The grind to TK is about on par with what it used to be as well. Yes, getting that last Unarmed box and TK novice box still sucks. But you won't be seeing any 18 hour TKMs anymore either.
The new weapons are very interesting, since I'm not cert'ed I'll hold opinion on those for now. Very cool looking though. So far, in the groups I've been in, you can actually see prof's taking on their roles. Melee up front tanking, ranged hanging 30-45 meters back popping off rounds.
The new conning system also takes a little getting used to. With all the "fire and brimstone" that I'm seeing in the forums I find it hard to believe we're all in the same CU. Needless to say, anyone who's completely balking at the CU probably hasn't mastered a single prof yet (not many people have)
So, robes.... could care less. I've been wearing my own tailor made outfit with no armour for months now (in preparation for the no armour gig). If they give us smoe cool clothes that we get on a quest.. that would be fun. If they give us some robes with stats/defenses... meh.. too Jedi for me but whatever.
So there you have it. So far my opinion of the CU is this... took about an hour to get used to, from there out same as it ever was with things shuffled around and/or renamed. Oh yeah, groovey new 60's psychodelic icons. We still have about 32 days of testing to go, lets see how it ends up. No complaints or major praises so far from this "Alpha" tester... LMAO!
blueduck
Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:04 am
#26
Any news on the robes? If TK doesnt get any armor mit, seems like the would put the robes in.