What armor is this?

I agree. New patterns are much more useful, new textures are extremely limited and very situational, and tend to make your character look very generic since there isn't a whole lot of flexibility with them.

Except that we don't. Out of the pieces you mentioned, only Ulterior (and perhaps Enforcer in regards to layout) is anything like this. Not to mention that for all we know it could be an NPC costume piece.

Well, maybe your eye is more discerning because you actually use these pieces, but I rarely use them because I don't like being locked into the generic, single-pattern look, so I rarely use them, and I can't see a huge difference between things like Ulterior, Enforcer, Exoproto, Vanguard, etc. Are there differences in the details? Sure. But I could still use virtually any one of them to accomplish a robot suit theme or whatever I'm going after.

this.

I think there's still a lot of potential untapped with patterns.


On the thought that the OP pictured armor is "the Clockwork set": is said set supposed to be identical to Praetorian Clockwork? If you see the closeup of the P.C. at 21:10 on the Hero Con keynote address on Youtube, you notice that unit looks very, very similar to the Clockwork costume swag given out to the attendees (with a few minor tweeks on the players' version. That pattern has similarities, but is largely different from the OP's image:

Part of the problem with patterns, though, is that many of them *don't* match up except with their mates - I know I've used a belt for a cheat (to hide that the sides, for instance, don't "really" match up, without the belt there'd be a step) more often than not.

I'd love to see some of the patterns redone, frankly, so that there were only a couple of "join points" - you know X set of tops would match bottom 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 14-20, and so forth.

(Admittedly, that's a problem with some of the textured ones, as well. I think Assassin bottoms and the Angelic top are probably the ones I've used the most that "work" with more of the side stripes, top paterns, etc. as well as the older sets.)

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Even without the patterns, I always use a belt because the connection just looks awkward without one. Kinda wish it didn't, but eh, I like belts and CoH has a nice variety of them so I am not too bothered by it.

I won't disclose my source, but this seems to be correct. There is (read: probably will be) a full set of said armor available...

Doubtful.

I think there were some reports from Hero-Con where ninjas were mentioned in regards to the next pack. To me, this means it'll be the Natural Booster. And that new armor piece looks neither "Natural" nor "ninja."

Considering that Jay hinted that his original theme for the Natural pack was 'thugs, yo homey!", Ninja is a step up

The picture in the OP looks like a new armor pattern. Definitely

I want it. Badly. *glances at pigg files* Soooo badly. >___< But enough of that other than to say I've seen it and it IS AWESOME. No "Jay was here!" marking on these ones though.

Edited to add.. it's not part of the Clockwork pieces. <.<

This.

Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

I don't know about Ulterior (I thought that's what the pic was, but I seem to have been wrong), but I can definitely tell you that Enforcer and ExoProto are nothing alike. Enforcer has interlocking metal plates that are actually shiny (and will no doubt be reflecting, come Going Rogue) whereas ExoProto has overlapping, ornate plates held together with belts and clips for a much less "plate armour" look and a much more "stealth suit" appearance. Ironically, the actual Stealth set doesn't look like a stealth suit at all, but rather a lot more like a cat suit. Personally, I used the ExoProto to replace my old Buckled Leather costume to replicate that Solid Snake look I've been aiming for since 2004.

I've not tried Vanguard yet because of its cost, and if Ulterior looks like anything, it looks the most like Justice, which together look more like embossed leather than layered armour, to be honest, and Sinister's "stitched leather" is an actually unique concept in the game, with only the "rough patches fur" set from 2004 coming anywhere close.

Really, though, not liking them is fine, as long as you accept that some people DO like them and enjoy the variety they present. It's like complaining we have too many tech armour pieces, when no two really look alike (OK, Tech Crey is only slightly redundant with Tech Wired, but besides that...). Tech Sleek is sleek and shiny, Tech Crey is scratched, dirty and gritty, Tech Wired is your typical cyberpunk armour with exposed wiring and a more utilitarian design, whereas the actual Cyberpunk armour is on the very bottom of the "shoddy tech" field of cyberpunk. Techbot is on a whole different level entirely, opting for a shiny chest plate and thigh plates over wire undersuit, which is actually a design that's almost completely unique to it, 3D chest details notwithstanding. I guess Armour Plate could also count for a tech armour set, though that's more a man-shaped steam boiler with chain mail joints.

Either way, I'd have to see a full suit of this with its corresponding pattern to judge whether or not it's good. I used to think Ulterior was pretty bad just based on browsing through it in the editor, but seeing what people have done with it, I changed my mind.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

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What?

Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.

Hmm. Bitter? Nah...

Just annoyed that Jay designed STUPID LOOKING CLUB FOOTED BOOTS.
And maybe some more skeletal robotic and steampunk bits, rather than leaving us hanging with just the torso and legs.

So...yeah, tad bitter. I concur.

Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

It doesn't matter what the character has access to. The costumes on the SG screen are MASSIVELY borked. Different armors, missing pieces, tights instead of armor, etc. Now that they've overhauled the tailor, they really need to get the SG screen in tune with it.

Can't.
Unless I misunderstood, the OP does not have that armor. It simply shows up on their character when they go into the SG screen to change SG color settings. Many of my costumes get all screwed up on that screen.

Correct. Do my posts keep disappearing? I know I answered that twice now:

This did not appear anywhere I could actually alter the COSTUME parts. I was in the SG Settings window ONLY. And has been observed (frequently) the SG settings window is often flat-out wrong.

I wonder if it may be wrong more often on very old characters or ones who haven't really had any costume changes done to them ever. This toon's 4-5 years old, and has only ever had 2 costumes, and never changed.