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Truth, Love, and Courage Armor

Discussion in 'Developer Work and Blog posts' started by DarkStarr, Nov 2, 2017.

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  1. DarkStarr

    DarkStarr Executive Producer SOTA Developer

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    Starting in Release 48 Avatars will be able to quest for pieces of the fabled armors of Truth, Love, and Courage. Each piece of armor has been lost but can be recovered by intrepid followers of the principles.

    For now we have just built the helms and chest pieces but eventually there will be a full set of armor for each including gauntlets, boots, and legs.

    Here are the pieces that Fletcher @Scathanna Kinnear has built so far.

    Cloth Armor of Truth
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    Plate Armor of Courage:
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    Leather Armor of Love:
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    FULL SETS:
    The helms and chest pieces went live in Release 48 as part of quests in the Outskirts (helms) and the new mines (chest pieces). Starting in Release 49 the remaining pieces of the armor (gloves, leggings, and boots) will start to appear as rewards for other quests.

    Plate Armor of Courage Full Set:
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    Sketchfab: https://sketchfab.com/models/34fb914f3a54486f90ccb9005a82bb11

    Leather Armor of Love Full Set:
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    Sketchfab: https://sketchfab.com/models/0ab33a6da2b541f885fc7399fe9d1276

    Cloth Armor of Truth Full Set:
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    Sketchfab:
    https://sketchfab.com/models/d3f4bf412a41412aa060d67254dc0be2
     
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    That sallet on the Courage armor is Bad Ass.
     
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    Totally sweet! Will these armor sets have special properties or will they be basic armor like what's in the add-on store?
     
  5. DarkStarr

    DarkStarr Executive Producer SOTA Developer

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    Do you really want me to spoil that for you? ;)
     
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    Yes.
     
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    You don't need to be specific, I was just curious if they would have some special properties or not. :)
     
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    looking great

    looking forward to get them.....
     
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    You made a mistake, the love symbol should be on the heavy armor and the courage should be on the leather armor. It's takes a lot more courage to fight in leather armor then in heavy armor afterall. Better fix it fast! ;)
     
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    @DarkStarr everything looks wonderful. As I know many in this game have indeed wished for lovely versions of robes for their mages and wizard etc. Can we see the Cloth of Truth type armor a bit longer for robes soon even to knee would be wonderful or longer if possible with cloth sims issues? Our magic users deserve love too in their choice of armor and type of character. Please, please.
     
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    DarkStarr Executive Producer SOTA Developer

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    Yes they have some special stats...
     
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    The runic on the Armor of Truth is pretty cool (it says "OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE TRUTH" in a repeating pattern). However, the left sleeve is improperly mirroring the runic from the right sleeve, so the runes are backwards. I'm assuming this is done to save textures, however it doesn't look as epic as it would with the correct lettering throughout. I'd also suggest adding a dot separator between the phrases where it meets in the center of the helm.
     
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    Really do love these! Great work you guys! :)
     
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    The overall detailing is awesome.. BUT.. why must these and other items have huge symbols on them? There is so much cool content that I feel like I'd never want to use ONLY because there's a symbol that dominates the piece. It's just not subtle at all.

    Example: The helm of courage there.. little bell.. ok.. maybe it's a bit much but it's not so prominent that it takes away from the rest of the detail.. breastplate.. HUGE Bell right smack in the middle that it's practically all you really see. If it was say.. a small bell outline in the detailing instead ie just below the neck.. that would be a really cool place to work the symbol in..

    I understand working the symbols into the content.. but quite frankly I find the giant dominating symbols all over everything to be quite a bit cheesy. Sorry.. pet peeve. :) I just wish the symbols were more subtle.
     
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    Agreed, my cat runs around with a little red bell, but my avatar? Hmmm. Will the armor jingle? It could be groovy to wear to a holiday party. Hah!

    Seriously though, these do look great. Nice work!
     
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    yes perhaps they could be a little smaller but these things are meant to portray something imo. I love them and agree to making the symbols smaller. There should be other versions similar for our role-playing later I bet for everyone to role-play as they wish. Theses are meant to stand out as a trophy of completion.
     
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    I wish they were more flexible and not tied to a certain armor type more like the dread artifacts. This is an open skill game so some people may prefer them to be different types of armor. They seem very restrictive as the are shown at the moment which means many people may not find them useful.
     
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    There are three full sets: cloth, leather and plate. Get the set that matches the type of armor you normally wear.

    Or were you thinking that you should be able to wear plate armor and use the light armor tree?
     
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    Yeah, I could live without the symbols. It makes them look like sports jerseys.
     
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    Fletcher did an amazing job on these. Really the best armor in the game to date, imo.

    @DarkStarr

    If I already completed the main quest line, do I have to finish it all over again to get the armor?
     
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