Why can't medium armor classes wear heavy armor? (Visually)

[☆SuperDuperShrimp☆]

It would be purely visual. I hate the look of light armor, but I would LOVE to main Mesmer - why aren't all my armor unlocks in one big pool that I can pick and choose from?

It wouldn't interrupt the gameplay, just allow me to play, and enjoy the classes I want!

[C4RNIVOR3]

Publicado originalmente por ✨Saint✨:

Lastly, do not manipulate context by picking out a few lines, that is utterly rude.

Quoting a most relevant line rather than the entirety of the post is not manipulation of context, especially as your entire post was simply giving recommendations for armour that looked bulky, rather than actually answering the question that was being asked. In fact, quoting specific points to a post to address is common in forum usage and is meant to make it clear exactly what part of a post is being responded to. If that bothers you that's not my problem.

[Zero McDol]

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Publicado originalmente por Tuathaqin:

Part from the already mentioned design aspect, it's also a budget issue, I suppose. Thousands of armour pieces across the three weights and optimized individually for five races. Not to mention that male and female counterparts can look radically different, too. Parts from different sets are already clashing, clipping with each other within one weight. They avoided countless hours of dev time by having the three weights completely separated.
It may not be an answer you like, but there it is.

I don't understand. I'm not saying that you can't have race-specific armor. I just want to mix and match armor weights.

Each armor is class specific. Want medium armor, then you need a medium wearing class. Is it fair? No, but it is how the game was designed, so you have three choices. You can accept it and play the game anyways, you can choose not to accept it and play or not play the game, or you can submit a request and hope for a change.

Up to you.

[☆SuperDuperShrimp☆]

Publicado originalmente por Zero McDol:

Publicado originalmente por SuperShrimp:

I don't understand. I'm not saying that you can't have race-specific armor. I just want to mix and match armor weights.

Each armor is class specific. Want medium armor, then you need a medium wearing class. Is it fair? No, but it is how the game was designed, so you have three choices. You can accept it and play the game anyways, you can choose not to accept it and play or not play the game, or you can submit a request and hope for a change.

Up to you.

That's why I was asking... I was making sure there wasn't anything I was missing.
No ♥♥♥♥ it's up to me.

[Tuathaqin]

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Publicado originalmente por Tuathaqin:

And I told you what I think to be the biggest reason why you can't. Is there anything I didn't elaborate enough?

Yes, everything - you articulated it poorly.

Well, I can't understand EVERYTHING for you. Somebody else seemed to have been able to do that, so I know it's not impossible. I'm rooting for you. Good luck.

[Zero McDol]

Publicado originalmente por SuperShrimp:

Publicado originalmente por Zero McDol:

Each armor is class specific. Want medium armor, then you need a medium wearing class. Is it fair? No, but it is how the game was designed, so you have three choices. You can accept it and play the game anyways, you can choose not to accept it and play or not play the game, or you can submit a request and hope for a change.

Up to you.

That's why I was asking... I was making sure there wasn't anything I was missing.
No ♥♥♥♥ it's up to me.

Ah. Well, you aren't missing anything, so good luck .

[Zavijah]

Because it doesn't. Simple as that. Post on their forums rather than cry on Steam about it.

[Septimus Prime]

It is very simple game design! From the start of Guild Wars 1.
Like in many Fantasy based games, there different professions wear different armor types! Like mages can almost never wear Heavy Armor, because it will halve their casting abilities and mana regen and also warrior/paladin types almost never wear light armor because of their heavy tanking roles and based on that warrior types also never use mage types of "spells", but mostly debuffing and self-boosting skills.

From Gw2wiki:

"Armor is divided into three armor classes, which correspond to the three profession types; scholars wear light armor, adventurers wear medium armor, and soldiers wear heavy armor."

Costumes indeed can override this (was also same in GW1), but otherwise i doubt it will ever change in this game!

[☆SuperDuperShrimp☆]

Publicado originalmente por Zavijah:

Because it doesn't. Simple as that. Post on their forums rather than cry on Steam about it.

What a pathetic response.

[yivya]

I'm a little surprised by this request/question.

Isn't this the most common way for depicting "classes" in games? Even in single player games it is not unheard of to be locked into a specific type of armour.

[☆SuperDuperShrimp☆]

Publicado originalmente por yivya:

I'm a little surprised by this request/question.

Isn't this the most common way for depicting "classes" in games? Even in single player games it is not unheard of to be locked into a specific type of armour.

Outfits already ruined that.

[yivya]

Publicado originalmente por SuperShrimp:

Outfits already ruined that.

Not out of the ordinary, even in single player games.

Though I can understand it being annoying. I too had times where I wished for a heavy looking armour for my mesmer without having to go the outfits route.

From the top of my head I know of a few pieces that can make you go full on plate and metal without resorting to outfits - but the options are clearly limited.

Still, I can see the upsides for the type of armour being limited to a specific set of classes. Makes it easier to identify said classes from the distance, and even though outfits are a thing - I don't see the majority using them.

[☆SuperDuperShrimp☆]

Publicado originalmente por yivya:

Publicado originalmente por SuperShrimp:

Outfits already ruined that.

Not out of the ordinary, even in single player games.

Though I can understand it being annoying. I too had times where I wished for a heavy looking armour for my mesmer without having to go the outfits route.

From the top of my head I know of a few pieces that can make you go full on plate and metal without resorting to outfits - but the options are clearly limited.

Still, I can see the upsides for the type of armour being limited to a specific set of classes. Makes it easier to identify said classes from the distance, and even though outfits are a thing - I don't see the majority using them.

There are three classes for each armor type - you would still have to determine which of the three the player is.
Or you can just click on the player, and read their banner.
Which are you more likely to do..?

[yivya]

Publicado originalmente por SuperShrimp:

There are three classes for each armor type - you would still have to determine which of the three the player is.
Or you can just click on the player, and read their banner.
Which are you more likely to do..?

In ordinary open world content or in HUBs? I'd say 90% of the time I just look.

But that's me.

Best you can do is accept this being a big part about how games with specific classes tend to work. Nothing to get your feathers ruffled about.

[☆SuperDuperShrimp☆]

Publicado originalmente por yivya:

Publicado originalmente por SuperShrimp:

There are three classes for each armor type - you would still have to determine which of the three the player is.
Or you can just click on the player, and read their banner.
Which are you more likely to do..?

In ordinary open world content or in HUBs? I'd say 90% of the time I just look.

But that's me.

Best you can do is accept this being a big part about how games with specific classes tend to work. Nothing to get your feathers ruffled about.

How do you guess what class they are, if three classes share the same armor?
Just because it's normal, doesn't mean it's right.

[yivya]

Publicado originalmente por SuperShrimp:

How do you guess what class they are, if three classes share the same armor?
Just because it's normal, doesn't mean it's right.

You already got my opinion. Nothing more I can add to it sadly.