WoW Character: Wintel - Frostmourne (OCE)
Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
Signature art courtesy of Blitzkatze
Nearly all of the human female body types are way too skinny. I gave my mesmer the second "fattest" body and you'd never know it looking at her.
I don't think Norn options are any better. Sure, they have more 'stocky' choices, but if you don't want huge boobs, well, you're out of luck.
WoW Character: Wintel - Frostmourne (OCE)
Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
Signature art courtesy of Blitzkatze
Think I have finally settled on a look for my necro.
This is not me, but I had to share because this is one of the best looks I've seen:
You can see my necro in the background (in her MF gear) in the second one. It would also appear she dyed/changed her hair between screenshots. :P
Anyway, I love everything about this. I have seen so many horribly dyed Phoenix armors and these colors look fantastic both together and on the armor. I initially though the Zodiac weapon skins were kind of meh, but they look amazing with this ensemble. Everything works, I love it!
those are some fancy dye's manbanana
Just wondering, what do people think of characters having a racial look/armour? For example, a necro using the havroun or sheepskin set? Is it always preferable to have gear that is tied to your profession or can a cultural appearance look just as good with the right dyes etc?
You can not use cultural armor that isn't of your race. The only thing that comes somewhat close is the TA set which is clearly only designed for sylvari/human toons but can look very cool on other races if you use the proper dye to make the texture metallic instead of leafy
here's some links so you can compare
Light:
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtli
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtli
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtli
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtli
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtli
Medium:
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtmi
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtmi
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtmi
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtmi
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourtmi
Heavy:
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourthi
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourthi
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourthi
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourthi
http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGaller...rSet=nmcourthi
The only one that looks right on everything (aside from charr ofc) is heavy IMO
I know you can't but I doubt many people are going to want to adopt, say, a charr look if they're a human. The question is, can wearing cultural armour (or cultural looking armour, i.e. the svanir set) ever look as good/suitable as wearing something that is more related to the character's profession (corrupted Orrian for necromancers)?
..Unless you mean TA offers the only decent cultural looking set, which is fair enough.
Ah I misunderstood your question.
I have similar armors that I consider "typical warrior/nec/mes" and which I personally don't like to see on other classes, most people don't seem fussed about it though.
It's all personal though, I dislike certain armours on certain profs (human light t3 is typical ele, while human medium t3 is typical thief and charr heavy t3 screams war TO ME) so I make sure to match them and seeing other profs run around with those sets makes my eye twitch .
It's a tough question, on my necro I simply love the arah set (it just is so necro oriented ) and the t3 cultural isn't necro-ish at all so I prefer using my arah set. If I don't have any idea about what cultural set goes well with a certain prof and there isn't a specific armour that screams class X, I'll grab cultural armour but I doubt many people care though. For my asura necro I only consider 3 armours suitable (1 is pvp only though) witch doctor, masquerade (pvp) and arah. Asura cult armour all seems like ele gear to me. You can mix and match certain parts that are suitable though (conquest garb, conjurer mantle,...). My Charr War has T3 since 1. it screams war and 2. non cultural armour usually looks bad on charr. My sylvari mesmer on the other hand has t3 for the opposite reasons. 1. I like the look of the armour, 2. I don't like the (in my eyes) typical mesmer sets and 3. it doesn't immediatly conjurs a specific class into my mind.
We're discussing taste and opinion so you won't really get a clearcut answer.
TLDR:
In my opinion you almost never can since certain sets simply are meant for certain classes. The majority of people out there don't seem to care.
Yeah, unfortunately, I think this is nearly always correct, to the detriment of overall customisation. When it isn't, it's whether you're more 'loyal' to the profession or race you picked and I assume for most people it's the former.
I'm struggling to choose between the Arah and Svanir sets atm. Arah shoulders look awkward on female characters (why feathered wings..!?) but I worry that if I get the Svanir set instead it won't feel enough like a necromancer, despite being happy with the dyes I'd probably use.