Pic of the "Blue" Cobalt Vanguard Armor please..

[Tro]

<DIV>Can  someone on test please provide us a pic please.. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><p>Message Edited by Trook on <span class=date_text>10-19-2005</span> <span class=time_text>03:37 AM</span>

[Prufro]

There is not an armorsmith on test that can make the whole suit yet.  gloves, boots, and helmet are made. The gloves and boots are a sort of grey color with blue frills, and the helmet is an extremely dark blue, which is only noticable if you zoom in all the way on the back of the helmet, then you see a tint of blue. The ebon is now so dark you don't even see the details of it, or at least when i was in antonica you couldn't. Here's a pic, taken in antonica, during the day, with extreme quality.  It was the best one i could get. <img src="http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/6687/eq20000023tg.jpg"> Ebon chest, shoulders, legs, Cobalt helmet, gloves, boots (can't see boots of course, ebon legs take over) it's not all black and ugly because of graphic settings or lighting, that's just what it looks like. <div></div>

[Heiro]

<P>Hey...</P> <P> </P> <P>I think I know that guy</P>

[Tro]

<DIV>Appreciate the pic but its really too dark to see anything.  I am wondering when LU 15 is due out and also if the new colors will be apart of it.. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Guess we will see..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks again..!!</DIV><p>Message Edited by Trook on <span class=date_text>10-19-2005</span> <span class=time_text>06:14 AM</span>

[Ramsy02]

They seriously need to tink more blue into the cobalt.. hardly any difference.. hope devs see this post and it changes before it becomes live <div></div>

[Prufro]

<span><blockquote><hr>Trook wrote:<div></div> <div>Appreciate the pic but its really too dark to see anything.. Is that the Cobalt (What ever pieces there currently is of it) or is that ebon?. </div> <div> </div> <div>Would it be possible to get a pic of a toon wearing whatever cobalt they have on and face the sunlight.. Think that may help. I wonder when </div> <div>LU 15 comes out and if this color change will be part of it.. </div> <div> </div> <div>Guess we will see..</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks again..!!</div><p>Message Edited by Trook on <span class="date_text">10-19-2005</span> <span class="time_text">05:44 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote>You apparently didn't read my post.  That's what it looks like in the daytime in antonica, didn't matter what direction he was facing. Yes, it's too dark, but that's what the armor looks like now.  His helmet and gloves are in fact cobalt, but can you even tell? (well, if you look at the gloves you can, and they're more of a grey with blue tints) It looks like crap, they made it look like crap, and we just have to live with it.</span><div></div>

[Tro]

<DIV>Yes I apologize, I did not see the text under the pic until later.. Again appreciate the effort.. Hopefully they will brighten it up a bit before going live but im not holding my breath.. Can't believe they thought that color tint was gonna make a difference. oh well ..</DIV>

[Ramsy02]

actually after relooking at the picture it seems like the only piece that has some actual blue in it is the helm.. <div></div>

[Snublefot]

Yeah, there is some blue in that helmet. Very dark tough. Might be the light, but I think this will be good. Was afraid it would be blue and in very blue :p<div></div>

[KFizzle]

<DIV>I was actually hoping it would be MORE blue, IE like this metallic cobalt blue</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG src="http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/photos/paintphotos/Cobalt%20Blue_small.JPG"></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I know it's not the 'best' of color choices but its nice and different from Ebon and i thought it would look really cool (especially with black gauntlets). I would LOVE to see 'customizable' coloring for trim on armor but hell i'd settle simply for a couple different colors for same tier armor of similar quality. IE Drops of certain things being a certain color, cause like all of the dropped armor i have looks black too ... so with that, ebon and all kindsa other things (like cobalt right now etc) theres so much stuff that just looks the same.</DIV>

[valkyrja]

if that is daytime in Antonica..  *cough*GAMMA*cough*<div></div>

[Tro]

<P>I agree that it should be much more intense and actually "look" like cobalt. </P> <P>I was expecting a significant difference but based on what I am hearing and after seeing that pic.. doesn't look like much of a difference to me.. </P> <P>I should be able to see that someone wearing Cobalt from a distance. </P> <P>We will see</P> <p>Message Edited by Trook on <span class=date_text>10-19-2005</span> <span class=time_text>08:36 AM</span>

[Ironmeow]

<DIV>can you soe guys just have the armor the same color as the eq1 cobalt, that seems to work fine. same brightness and contrast too.</DIV>

[Ironmeow]

<DIV>i dont see any blue im sorry it just looks like  a black sillouhette to me</DIV>

[Prufro]

<span><blockquote><hr>sparql wrote:if that is daytime in Antonica..  *cough*GAMMA*cough*<div></div><hr></blockquote>Maybe i should have zoomed out so you could see what my character looked like.  Gamma is not required, but yes, if i faded out my colors and increased the gamma a ton then it wouldn't have looked so black, but everything else would have looked terrible. All armor on those settings looks fine, except that.  Don't you understand i posted it because it looks like [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn]?</span><div></div>

[cr0wangel]

<P>Hmm.. how the character can be level 6 (and mage if you look at the skills in the hotbar) and wear cobalt armor? I am puzzled. </P> <P>And I think we need a better picture before saying it looks bad, it may looks good in-game, people are so quick to complain...</P>

[Ydiss]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> cr0wangel wrote:<BR> <P>Hmm.. how the character can be level 6 (and mage if you look at the skills in the hotbar) and wear cobalt armor? I am puzzled. </P> <P>And I think we need a better picture before saying it looks bad, it may looks good in-game, people are so quick to complain...</P> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It's a low level mage taking a screenshot of another player perhaps? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Qandor]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ironmeow wrote:<BR> <DIV>i dont see any blue im sorry it just looks like  a black sillouhette to me</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Exactly. The cobalt armor is black, flat, lifeless, non-reflective black. Looks like someone took flat black paint and painted armor on an existing screenshot. That's exactly how it looks on my toon as well except the gauntlets are charcoal greyish somehow. Looks terrible. Why am I not surprised.

[Ironmeow]

<DIV>is this update on live servers yet?</DIV>

[Ironmeow]

<DIV>Heres a edited of that picture, brightness +100, contrast +35, adujsted levels, had to do all that just to get a glimpse of blue, but it is indeed blue. I think it is the texture that seems to be dark but it is indeed tinted somewhat.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG src="http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/2985/eq8lm.jpg"></DIV>

[Prufro]

<span><blockquote><hr>Ydiss wrote: <blockquote> <hr> cr0wangel wrote: <p>Hmm.. how the character can be level 6 (and mage if you look at the skills in the hotbar) and wear cobalt armor? I am puzzled. </p> <p>And I think we need a better picture before saying it looks bad, it may looks good in-game, people are so quick to complain...</p> <div></div> <hr> </blockquote>It's a low level mage taking a screenshot of another player perhaps? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div><hr></blockquote>Ding ding ding ding ding. First Person Mode cr0wangel.</span><div></div>

[Jindris]

<DIV>Ok so they ruined ebon, it has no detail on it whatsoever... its just BLACK. No texture, no color, just BLACK. The detail is actually still there, but I have to bump my gamma up 3 times normal to even see it, wich makes everything else look extremely washed out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Why cant they just leave ebon alone and work on fixing cobalt?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cobalt does not look any better, its just BLACK as well.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Stupid Stupid Stupid...</DIV>

[KBern]

<P>I really cannot grasp what their issue is with simply colorizing armors and putting a little bit of variations on them.</P> <P>Can it honestly be that difficult to do? (serious question since I am no where near a programmer or techie)</P>

[Roark]

<DIV>Here is an image of cobalt chainmail armor on a half elf male.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG src="http://webpages.charter.net/dabowers/Cobalt.jpg"></DIV>

[Pheeb]

Ebon is now so dark that you can't see any details - none...plain dark...I looked like a ninja now - cool - too bad am not a monk... <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div>

[Vicio]

<DIV>AFAIK Cobalt still looks black.</DIV>