Armor and clothing hopes and dreams!

This week I held a large discussion involving many people about what armors and clothing they would like to see in the game, it is my hope that @StevenSharif and @MargaretKrohn will take a look at this list and get inspirations for armors in the game or have a large variety of cosmetic ideas for the monthly cosmetics. For the sake of organization I am going to try sorting the images by what the current racial styles are to make it easier to go through. If anyone has any armor ideas of their own please toss them in here and continue on the discussion!

Kaelar Humans

Armor Plate

A more unelegant greek styled armor would fit great for the Kaelar, I have always been a huge fan of plumes.

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Some form of gladiatorial armor to make for a front line skirmisher and less of a tank.
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Spellblade
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Medium

A medium armored front line Tank with Plume.
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A medium armored mage/ traveler
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Town Guard Armor

Ciri armor
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Leather armor
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Ranger

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Clothing

Ranger armor
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Necromancer
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Priest

Rogue

Vaelune Humans

Armor Plate

Heavy Necromancer

Medium

Black Panther slimmer smooth armor
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Vaelune ranger
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Clothing

Vaelune priest/ mage
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Mage armor

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Summoner

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Nobleman

Empyrean Elves

Armor Plate

A darker variant of elven styled armor.
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Some variants of more Elven styilized armor from Godfall

Gotta love some Roman inspired armors
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Elven Female warrior armor
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Winged Helmets for Elves is a must!
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Medium

A ranger styled with the elegance of an Empyrean High Elf.
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Slimmer ranger armor
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Clothing

Masked mage
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Empyrean Priest/ Archbishop

Empyrean necromancer
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Priest

Pyrai Elves

Armor Plate

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Medium

Wood land ranger around birch trees and white blossoming trees.
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Clothing

Traveler clothing
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Vek orcs

Armor Plate

A frontline, aztec and mayan inspired Vek Tank
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Medium

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Clothing

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Renkai orcs

Armor Plate

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Medium (More to be added)

Clothing

Monster hunter
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Noble Orc lady dress
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Dunir Dwarves

Armor Plate

Dark Dwarf warrior

Medium

A dwarven monster hunter and slayer
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Dwarven battle mage

Dwarven rogue/ranger

Dwarven Caster

Clothing

Dwarven noble lady

Nikuan Dwarves

Armor Plate (More to be added)

Medium (More to be added)

Clothing

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Misc.

Wolf Head Armor
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Last week my guild had a big discussion about Mounts and beasts we would like to see in Ashes which can be found at this link https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/46426/mounts-and-beasts-concept-ideas-for-monthly-cosmetics-and-in-the-game which is a huge collection of a variety of beasts we would like in the game or to inspire others to look over and discuss further or add to it.

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TeaGeek

anduinkayvaan wrote: »

Add images of what you would like to see in the game I am truly curious to see!

Okay, here’s some of the protective-looking ones from Dragon’s Dogma (which has a lot of the exposed armpit and thigh issues if not paired with decent under armor), the Neutral Female Armor mod for Dragon Age, one of Kassandra’s sets from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the vanilla Dwemer Armor set from Skyrim and the Practical Female Armor mod for Skyrim, and a couple artworks and IRL examples:

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Again, helmets/caps are great and should be functional, though few are pictured here.

CaptnChuck

The last one's the best one. I would love to see more dark/epic gear sets like that being implemented in the game.

Right now, all the gear that I have seen share color schemes/themes. I would love to see more variety.

Merek

I think this is the best armor/character render they've released,

The tone and realism of this render is the direction I'd like to see the project head. Overly complex and weird armor is fine, if it looks like an actual piece that could be produced. Not some bargain bin mobile game armor though.

Balrog21

Wizard stuff that's not over the top.
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Vyraka

Ljosalfar wrote: »

If there's one hope I have for Ashes of Creation in terms of armor, it's for characters with long hair to able to wear hats, hoods, or helmets and not suddenly be bald or have their beautiful manes trimmed. I want hair to be animated too!

I want my long locks to pour out of my black hood and flow in the wind!

I totally agree with you. It's frustrating to create a character will long hair, and then put on a helmet and it looks like they are bald or have short hair. I'd even be okay with the ability to hide our helmets.

aocjake

I'm intrigued by the masks idea, specifically thinking about the plague doctor mask design.

Balrog21

@Merek that level 20 gear they showed that had the tan color scheme with the circlet type crown piece was pretty badass to me.

I would show it but I cant get the insert pic function to work right for me....:/

Anduin Kayvaan

@TeaGeek

Really loving the concepts you sent! I absolutely agree that any and all armor on a male character should look similar if not the same to a female character. No need for a boob window. And being that Intrepid seems to be taking that approach I doubt we will see any scantily clad warriors unless it is some vaelune or Renkai dancer outfit.

Birthday

You know how when you battle your armor bar declines and then you can heal your armor by using mana?

have they talked about possible visual representation of that?

Like if your armor is at 75% it shows some small damage.
At 50% some serious damage.
25% lots of skin showing.
0% it's obvious that what you are wearing is only slowing you down rather than protecting you.

Damokles

Birthday wrote: »

You know how when you battle your armor bar declines and then you can heal your armor by using mana?

have they talked about possible visual representation of that?

Like if your armor is at 75% it shows some small damage.
At 50% some serious damage.
25% lots of skin showing.
0% it's obvious that what you are wearing is only slowing you down rather than protecting you.

That armor system was unique to APOC i believe.

Anduin Kayvaan

Damokles wrote: »

Birthday wrote: »

You know how when you battle your armor bar declines and then you can heal your armor by using mana?

have they talked about possible visual representation of that?

Like if your armor is at 75% it shows some small damage.
At 50% some serious damage.
25% lots of skin showing.
0% it's obvious that what you are wearing is only slowing you down rather than protecting you.

That armor system was unique to APOC i believe.

There was something similar to that in BDO where when you became more battle damaged your armor slowly took more damage.

Merek

Balrog21 wrote: »

@Merek that level 20 gear they showed that had the tan color scheme with the circlet type crown piece was pretty badass to me. I would show it but I cant get the insert pic function to work right for me....:/

This armor? Yes, this armor looks fine. But I'm concerned by this,

Why are the colors so bright? I don't mean, metal shine, I mean it's too glossy.

Take the metal used here as an example too,

For some reason, if a set of armor has too much metal on it, the colors go insane in Ashes. I'm interested to see the overall progress from Alpha 1 to Alpha 2 then Beta 1 and Beta 2. I'm just a bit disappointed with some of their design choices with the armor so far, but we'll see.

XerayReaper

@Merek Yes, it's still early, and we've only seen a few of in-game designs of the armor, and most of them are still fairly low level armor. I'm sure once we hit the higher levels and rare, epic, legendary drops of armor are found; we'll be seeing some impressive designs.

TeaGeek

Merek wrote: »

Why are the colors so bright? I don't mean, metal shine, I mean it's too glossy.
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For some reason, if a set of armor has too much metal on it, the colors go insane in Ashes. I'm interested to see the overall progress from Alpha 1 to Alpha 2 then Beta 1 and Beta 2. I'm just a bit disappointed with some of their design choices with the armor so far, but we'll see.

I’m actually okay with this, though it doesn’t fit into my personal aesthetic, and here’s why: it has greater historical presence than camouflage. Armored individuals throughout history not only kept up their armor (which maintained shine/gloss) but actively sought out and took advantage of shining like a beacon, sometimes with almost mirror-like levels of shine. This changed dramatically once technology progressed to where damage output began to seriously outstrip our ability to protect against damage, and even at the turning point, bright coloration was still prevalent as most armor outside of helmets began to go by the wayside. Metal was gleaming from the times of Mesopotamia, to Rome, to German Gothic, and cloth armor was made as brightly colorful as practical for even longer. Metal, in particular, was kept to a shine as part of upkeep and maintenance, with hammering smooth, buffing, and applying oil all protecting the armor to keep it effective as well as keep the wearer of it appearing a force to behold on the battlefield.

That said, there are always exceptions and there is certainly a case to be made for avoiding it in a fantasy setting. Magic can be more effective than a high caliber rifle round, so calling immediate attention to yourself - or charging into battle without environmental cover for that matter - is not necessarily advisable. From an immersion standpoint, unlike armored fighters IRL, fantasy world adventurers seem to never remove their armor and rarely have squires or comrades or the luxury of faculties and equipment and time to properly take care of their armor. That would surely lead to plenty of soiling, tarnishing, pitting, scratching, and even some rusting that would all dramatically dim the appearance of armor on a non-landed adventurer.

I’d like cosmetic options for augmenting color and shine, not only for personal preference but to increase diversity of player appearances throughout the game. I take my games with a chunk of RP attitude, so I like swapping plate/brigandine/mail for something lighter like just gambeson or layered fabric when just scouting/gathering and leave the pole arms at home; it can leave me ill-equipped if I stumble upon an enemy at or above my weight class, but it’s a nice bit of fun infusion when I inadvertently need to change my fighting strategy because I’m wearing kit for procuring alchemy supplies rather than tanking a troll or bear. In Ashes I’ll probably still keep it all in my inventory on my person, but I like to be able to swap my looks around for different situations, nonetheless.

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