first impression: PUN OVERLOAD!!!

second impression: ho-ho-holy cow. absolutely fantastic. 'nuff said.

So if i take up a heavy armor part (made of steel for exemple) and if i equip it on a Sylvari, it will magically morph into a plant-like armor?

love it love it love it. If I ever meet this woman in person Im gonna give her props for being the head of such amazing character design.

Originally posted by luizresende

Any armor of the game will magically change when  a sylvari wears?

If yes..sounds Awsome!

That is not really something unique, EQ2 have different armor skins for all races even if some of them are very similar.

You don't expect a armor an asura wears and one a char wear will look the same even if it belongs to a certain dungeon set?

Originally posted by claytos

So if i take up a heavy armor part (made of steel for exemple) and if i equip it on a Sylvari, it will magically morph into a plant-like armor?

Why do people think this? As far as I know, these are just armors made by the Sylvari. If Sylvari wear chainmail or high-tech Asura armor it will look like chainmail or high-tech Asura armor, of course slightly changed to fit the Sylvari body type but still.

Originally posted by Diovidius

Originally posted by claytos

So if i take up a heavy armor part (made of steel for exemple) and if i equip it on a Sylvari, it will magically morph into a plant-like armor?

Why do people think this? As far as I know, these are just armors made by the Sylvari. If Sylvari wear chainmail or high-tech Asura armor it will look like chainmail or high-tech Asura armor, of course slightly changed to fit the Sylvari body type but still.

i was just curious. still.. i don't think a chain mail armor will fit on a Sylvari.  we will see at gamescom

What will the male sylvari names be like?

Cactus Jack? Woody Allen? Clint Eastwood?

Originally posted by claytos

Originally posted by Diovidius

Originally posted by claytos

So if i take up a heavy armor part (made of steel for exemple) and if i equip it on a Sylvari, it will magically morph into a plant-like armor?

Why do people think this? As far as I know, these are just armors made by the Sylvari. If Sylvari wear chainmail or high-tech Asura armor it will look like chainmail or high-tech Asura armor, of course slightly changed to fit the Sylvari body type but still.

i was just curious. still.. i don't think a chain mail armor will fit on a Sylvari.  we will see at gamescom

Armour isn't limited by race. Town clothes might be, but armour isn't. You can grab that HoM heavy set and stick it on a sylvari as easily as it fits on the humans. Likewise, all dungeons have an armour set assiciated with them, as do the three orders and we've seen some sets fit both charr and humans and sylvari are closer to humans than charr xDD

Originally posted by Herodes

What will the male sylvari names be like?

Cactus Jack? Woody Allen? Clint Eastwood?

hahahahahaha  I'm in a LOL state right now   

Originally posted by Loke666

Originally posted by luizresende

Any armor of the game will magically change when  a sylvari wears?

If yes..sounds Awsome!

That is not really something unique, EQ2 have different armor skins for all races even if some of them are very similar.

You don't expect a armor an asura wears and one a char wear will look the same even if it belongs to a certain dungeon set?

They do have some changes, but its all the same skin type.

With Sylvari, they might change apearence and skin.

For example: http://i.imgur.com/njtII.png

I like it but I'm wondering how the skin color and hair color options will be. As long as we are not locked into green or brown I'm sold!

They seem to be really big fans of pointy out fits over there at ANet. It looks pretty nice though.

Originally posted by nblitz

*gasp* probably one of the most interesting race designs I've had the priviledge of laying eyes on. 

Am I already on the bandwagon? Because I'm having a warm and fuzzy feeling for ArenaNet right now.

Welcome aboard.

Anyway, I was confused at first, I thought sylvari were simply elves. Now they are clearly plants. Or plant spirits.

Originally posted by Herodes

What will the male sylvari names be like?

Cactus Jack? Woody Allen? Clint Eastwood?

Dick Smallwood, George Bush...

And here I thought ArenaNet couldn't amaze me anymore. INCREDIBLE redesign. I mean, they looked solid before but solid isn't enough apparently for ArenaNet. The Sylvari looks absolutely fantastic. I haven't seen anything like this before.

Originally Posted by Eric Flannum

Richard Roundtree

 This is a really nice addition to the game. I didn't think the original Sylvari were all that bad, just one race I woulda passed on. The new design is really impressive and not likely to be overlooked. Great job Kristen and Anet.

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Originally posted by s4nder
I got the impression that all armor will look plant-like on the sylvari. Or was that just about casual clothing? I'd like some clarification on that. Growing full plate armor out of plants is gonna be tricky.

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Originally posted by luizresende
Any armor of the game will magically change when a sylvari wears?
If yes..sounds Awsome!

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Originally posted by Loke666
That is not really something unique, EQ2 have different armor skins for all races even if some of them are very similar.
You don't expect a armor an asura wears and one a char wear will look the same even if it belongs to a certain dungeon set?

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I'm pretty sure this only applies to starting armor or otherwise sylvari-exclusive (storyline, maybe?) armor, thus the reason it appears to grow out of the sylvari. It's the armor they're born with, but it can be easily (and painlessly :O) removed and replaced. Making it starter armor would also ensure that no other race is able to wear it.

While armor sets will certainly look different on different races, they should all still look like the same set. For example, I wouldn't expect this armor to look the same way on a human female and a charr female. I suspect it would probably use something closer to the male version for charr.

Obviously, this is all just my speculation, but changing steel to leaves doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

EDIT:

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Originally posted by captainnl
Originally Posted by Eric Flannum

Nope. Every race has several sets of armor that are restricted to that race. The armor in the pictures is some of the sylvari racial armor. If you want you can wear "normal" armor that looks good on every race.

To everyone who was wondering, no not every armor will turn planty on sylvari.

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What he said.