Bare appearance slot items on Test?

[quasigenx]

I heard a rumor that there is currently a set of armor on Test that has an intentionally bare appearance? Can anyone confirm?

[Britefire]

yep! It's true! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />you can get it from this next live event!<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><span style="font-family: impact,chicago;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #330000;">somehow</span></span></span>

[Zabjade]

<span style="color: #00cc00;">Sleeves, forearms, gloves, shoes, and chest items (on a females it just shows the <b>grunderwear</b> top however, a bikini top would be better) show bare body parts for said areas.</span>

[Rhak]

About time they finally decided to put this in. Go devs!

[Rijacki]

<cite>Zabjade wrote:</cite><blockquote><span style="color: #00cc00;">Sleeves, forearms, gloves, shoes, and chest items (on a females it just shows the <b>grunderwear</b> top however, a bikini top would be better) show bare body parts for said areas.</span></blockquote>The competely "bare" look is the isle of refuge rags (now only in white, but at game launch you could choose the colours). Since females don't have a bare chest (the male one was added a few months into game), they get the rag top.One of the things mentioned as part of the mythical skeletal revamp is different "bare" clothes.

[Stormflint]

<p>wha-hoo!</p><p>barechested wood elves, unite!</p>

[Britefire]

<cite>Stormflint@Mistmoore wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>wha-hoo!</p><p>barechested wood elves, unite!</p></blockquote>no thanks, illk stick with my trusty gi's

[1000Words]

Glad to see this finally coming in game. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Zabjade]

<cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Zabjade wrote:</cite><blockquote><span style="color: #00cc00;">Sleeves, forearms, gloves, shoes, and chest items (on a females it just shows the <b>grunderwear</b> top however, a bikini top would be better) show bare body parts for said areas.</span></blockquote>The competely "bare" look is the isle of refuge rags (now only in white, but at game launch you could choose the colours). Since females don't have a bare chest (the male one was added a few months into game), they get the rag top.One of the things mentioned as part of the mythical skeletal revamp is different "bare" clothes.</blockquote><span style="color: #00cc00;">Like I said the grunderwear top. will believe it when I see some actual screenshots or developer concepts.</span>

[ke'la]

<cite>Zabjade wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Zabjade wrote:</cite><blockquote><span style="color: #00cc00;">Sleeves, forearms, gloves, shoes, and chest items (on a females it just shows the <b>grunderwear</b> top however, a bikini top would be better) show bare body parts for said areas.</span></blockquote>The competely "bare" look is the isle of refuge rags (now only in white, but at game launch you could choose the colours). Since females don't have a bare chest (the male one was added a few months into game), they get the rag top.One of the things mentioned as part of the mythical skeletal revamp is different "bare" clothes.</blockquote><span style="color: #00cc00;">Like I said the grunderwear top. will believe it when I see some actual screenshots or developer concepts.</span></blockquote>The guy did say mythical in referance to the skeletal revamp. That said I was in the forum at fan fair last year where the guy was talking a bit about the skeletal revamp and he did say that they are going to change the Grunderwear(as you put it) into a Bra and panties set up, as apparently that makes making outfits that show skin far easier.

[Beldin_]

<p>After everyone has done the quests and gotten the items, they will notice that this was not "intended", and all female clothes will be changed to a nun garb. I also think women should NOT be allowed to hide their helm or just run around without one .. simply too much flesh <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>And yes, i still hate them for what they've done to Blissfull Awareness after i did that quests with at least 4-5 highlevel characters just because of the look of that item <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>[edit]For everyone who wonders what i'm talking about, that was the breastpiece you've gotten for the quests in the caves in Qeynos, here an old screenshot :</p><p><img src="http://beldin.be.funpic.de/eq2/EQ2_000098.jpg" alt="" width="1270" height="968" border="0" /></p>

[Stormflint]

<cite>Kendara@Valor wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>After everyone has done the quests and gotten the items, they will notice that this was not "intended", and all female clothes will be changed to a nun garb. I also think women should NOT be allowed to hide their helm or just run around without one .. simply too much flesh <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>And yes, i still hate them for what they've done to Blissfull Awareness after i did that quests with at least 4-5 highlevel characters just because of the look of that item <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>[edit]For everyone who wonders what i'm talking about, that was the breastpiece you've gotten for the quests in the caves in Qeynos, here an old screenshot :</p><p><img src="http://beldin.be.funpic.de/eq2/EQ2_000098.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="339" height="233" /></p></blockquote><p>and that's truly sad... EQ2 really needs more armor like this. </p><p>it's not like this piece is just patsies and dental floss</p>

[Luum]

<span style="color: #00cc00;">My casters that wear robes would LOVE to have some leggings that look bare so their gorgeous legs will show bare under their robes.  I see no reason why I can't deal massive pwnage and be sexy all at the same time.   Just my 2cents.    =D </span>

[Zabjade]

<span style="color: #00cc00;">I never did see any issue with the Gi like they mentioned not on any of the races I observed, I wish I had gotten some shots of it back when I got the Gi <i>(I still have the Gi in the vain hope that they will relent)</i></span>

[Eveningsong]

Given the recent outrage about the inadvertent "[Removed for Content] nerf" in AoC (with people actually threatening to quit over it, [Removed for Content]), I think its fair to say that there's a definite market advantage to updating the "grunderware" look <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.

[-Arctura-]

(( heres the scoop:<h3>Armor of Imperceptible Beauty</h3><p >Cleanse sufficient tempest-touched creatures, and earn this Armor of Imperceptible Beauty. Each piece removes an armor graphic entirely. You still have to wear pants, but at least Halflings no longer have to cover their beautiful toes! </p><p ><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/06/everquest2-2008-06-09-23-10-53-52.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p><p ></p><p >---</p><p ></p><p ><img src="http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/Arctura000/Skree-sig2008a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>

[Beldin_]

<p>Btw.: THATs how Leather Armor should look <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p> <img src="http://beldin.be.funpic.de/aoc/Laureena_picture006.png" alt="" width="1274" height="999" border="0" /> </p><p>And don't let us talk about the sit animation in EQ2 <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[-Arctura-]

(( MAN that wood texture she is sitting on is SCREAMING for some Anisotropic filtering >< lol---<img src="http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/Arctura000/Skree-sig2008a.jpg" alt="" border="0" />

[Oleary]

<p>I, for one, want to see alot more skin on all of our toons.  I WANT loincloths, and I WANT chainmail bikinis.  And PLEASE..  Don't tell me to go play something else to get it..  I love EQ2's overall concept and would not leave.  I know, there are those of you, especially the ladies, who would not appreciate exposed chestables...  But seeing as how we have the option to turn on and off weapons and cloaks, it wouldn't be hard to make a default shirt, such as the grunderwear we all have currently, to overlay the naughtybits for them with the check of a box in our persona window, that way their gameplay would be unaffected and those of us who would appreciate more mature clothing could have more of what we want.   Also to keep up with the ever more mature industry which we are a part of,  MANY people appreciate  this stuff and we need to keep every player we can, and make some nice additions to our current gameplay experience...</p><p>(Insert the bard bashings below)  -  /wince</p>

[-Arctura-]

<cite>Oleary@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I, for one, want to see alot more skin on all of our toons.  I WANT loincloths, and I WANT chainmail bikinis.  And PLEASE..  Don't tell me to go play something else to get it..  I love EQ2's overall concept and would not leave.  I know, there are those of you, especially the ladies, who would not appreciate exposed chestables...  But seeing as how we have the option to turn on and off weapons and cloaks, it wouldn't be hard to make a default shirt, such as the grunderwear we all have currently, to overlay the naughtybits for them with the check of a box in our persona window, that way their gameplay would be unaffected and those of us who would appreciate more mature clothing could have more of what we want.   Also to keep up with the ever more mature industry which we are a part of,  MANY people appreciate  this stuff and we need to keep every player we can, and make some nice additions to our current gameplay experience...</p><p>(Insert the bard bashings below)  -  /wince</p></blockquote>(( I wholeheartedly agree, and am aware that many do also. There was a longstanding thread called 'more chainmail bikinis please' some time ago...I just think that the producers are hesitant to put 'nudity' on the ESRB label because that would bump it up to Mature instead of T for Teen, thus losing a bit of customer revenue. (because, you know... all those 17yr olds and under have credit cards anyways???? LOL!Here's hoping they do all this and more to compete with AoC and stay on the bleeding edge of current standards---<img src="http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/Arctura000/Skree-sig2008a.jpg" alt="" border="0" />

[Rhak]

<cite>-Arctura- wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>Here's hoping they do all this and more to compete with AoC and stay on the bleeding edge of current standards</blockquote>They'd have to update the graphics engine to do things like support current video cards and dual-core technologies in order to get that statement back. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Ah, how I remember how good EQ2 looked when it launched...

[Finora]

<cite>Eveningsong wrote:</cite><blockquote>Given the recent outrage about the inadvertent "[Removed for Content] nerf" in AoC (with people actually threatening to quit over it, [Removed for Content]), I think its fair to say that there's a definite market advantage to updating the "grunderware" look <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" width="15" height="15" />.</blockquote><p>ROFL seriously? Thanks for the chuckle. And here people have been trying to tell me they went to AoC for the "superior game play". =)</p><p>Don't even get me started about EQ2 sit animation =( Eq1 had better ones IMO.  And skin showing armor is great, as long as they leave  full coverage stuff for people & characters that prefer it.</p><p>But woo for inviso armor. =) That'll help out. I  would love to get ride of the  glove  graphics on more of my characters.</p>

[Oleary]

FYI..  You can already get rid of your gloves..  Go to TT and head up the falls near ToS...  there are 3 levels of pools in the falls, each level spawns "a small cold snap" as a PH for a name.  The MIDDLE level will spawn a mob named Thunderclap.  He can drop [Rainsoaked Wrists] ...  They're wearable by all classes and I believe they are level 40 gear...  I have them for my char... <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Nayurayne]

<p>Buh..that new armour looks nice. Although too bad my poor little iksar can't go topless. She has nothing to show off and yet I still have to wear ugly underwear top. Although if the answer would be to do to iksar what they did to sarnak I will gladly keep the underwear top and just wear formal wear. </p><p>For anyone that doesn't know what they did with sarnak is that all sarnak wear male clothing and such. That's how the devs wanted to allow female sarnak to have bare chests I guess, but it sucks not being able to wear dresses and such.</p><p>All the same... I agree and join the want for more skin revealing armour types. I play an iksar and I would love to be able to show off her pretty scales instead of covering them up in armour that must be uncomfortable to wear. Right now all I have is formal wear and dresses and they're getting so very old. I like the old practical armour too but it would be nice to have a choice. Even if it were just fluff clothing that we could equip in our appearance slots.</p>

[Wilde_Night]

As a female player, I would not mind having skimpier armor and clothing options in the game.  Fantasy is all about the dungeon pin up girls and darn it, I want to be able to play some too.

[Chay]

I'm liking some of the armor looks in AOC, especially that I show a bit more skin. It helps (as far as things being skimpy) that AOC is for mature players (my starting outfit was see through). Unfortunately AOC clothes don't really move. And no jiggle.Some of the emotes are nice. You can lay on your side, or prone, of dangle your feet while sitting on something.

[WeatherMan]

<cite>-Arctura- wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>I just think that the producers are hesitant to put 'nudity' on the ESRB label because that would bump it up to Mature instead of T for Teen, thus losing a bit of customer revenue. (because, you know... all those 17yr olds and under have credit cards anyways???? LOL!Here's hoping they do all this and more to compete with AoC and stay on the bleeding edge of current standards</blockquote>SOE wouldn't need to introduce nudity in order to 'catch up' (as it were) to AoC.  Okay, so AoC ladies can flash their assets...big whoop.  If you want your character to advance, you need to wear armor/robes when you do it, so it really isn't all that big an advantage.  And what you wear is what you see - EQ2 has the definitive advantage in that regard. Personally, even though I bought AoC for the gore/beheading/evisceration factor, I would never expect EQ2 to suddenly start using these.  And though AoC has some hilarious NPC dialogue, a lot of it treads the fine line between Teen and Mature, so I wouldn't expect EQ2 to suddenly start using stuff like that, either.What SOE <i><b>can</b></i> do to (and I do not think this is an exaggeration) knock AoC in the chops are things which are entirely possible.* Return <i><b>Blissful Awareness</b></i> to those people who earned it - do this by taking the information from their quest journals, as the actual articles - or rather, the steaming piles of excrement that were swapped in to replace it - may have been sold off or tossed.  Substituting a dirty Taliban potato sack for a garment which saw level 60 characters coming back <i><b>just</b></i> to get this garment was, in all truth, theft.  All the spewed pablum the developers tried to hand us to justify taking it away was pathetic, insulting, and quite frankly, unethical.  Returning the garment (preferably with an apology - posted to these boards, if nothing else, although I am not quite stupid enough to expect it) would be an enormous first step.  Yes, I am still incredibly sore about this.  Maybe we have some devs now who might take steps to correct this?* Return gis back to the brawler class as an exclusive garment - but introduce sleeveless vests and half-vests, chest strappings (yes, even for females - in a fantasy game such things can be strategically placed) attractive robes (you know - the type  distaff spellcasters would wear, not the nun's outfits they're saddled with), ruffled shirts (I think my conjurer would make a great ratonga version of Jack Sparrow), tight leggings, short skirts, slick riding boots (maybe with spurs?), sashes, baldrics, and for pity's sake, some fluff headgear - I think a ratonga or kerra in a fez (Shriners of Norrath, anyone?) would be hilarious.  And yes - chainmail bikinis.  They're a good idea - deal with it.* Get rid of the unwashed, rancid-looking pajamas, and give them actual <i><b>undergarments</b></i>.  I realize that, for all the supposed 'attention to realism' BS we've been force-fed, that is simply impossible - actual 'undergarments' in a comparable time period on Earth were vastly different from what they would <i><b>have</b></i> to use to avoid a Mature rating, so I am not expecting miracles.  Then again, asking for just undergament-y stuff might just <i><b>be</b></i> expecting a miracle.  No other MMO - at least none that I've played (and I have played a few) - saddles a character with rancid puke like what a post-Shattering Norrathian has to wear.* Evening wear (no, I do not mean lingerie, although I would not be opposed to seeing a non-SOGA Koada'Dal lady in something like that).  Formal evening gowns, elegant jackets, fitted matching trousers/skirts, classy dress shoes/boots - they must have introduced the concept of these things sometime in Norrath's history...right?EQ2 has so much potential...all it needs is for some of the devs to pull their heads out of the sand and just say 'no' to the Taliban.Sure, we have all heard about the 'skeletal revamp' that might see this much-needed change come about - I've also heard about unicorns, honest politicians, and the Sugarplum Fairies.(I apologize for the parts of this post that have come across as caustic or bitter - but even if it is ignored (as I fully expect), it seems to be the best way to get the entire point across)

[Alycs]

PantsI want pants. That look GOOD.Yes, I would not mind better looking clothes, more customizable...like in SWG.  Shoot...I could wear LESS in SWG than in EQ2.  And with FAR different colours!And the dress for appearance? Please...gah...the same one? *sighs*Yes, I'm female and I would not mind being able to show more skin if I so choose!Also...I want people to be able to seem my char in the mode I want..meaning...do NOT view my DE female in SOGA! *shudders* She's VILE in that thing!  She looks like an almost androgynous d**e!!*sighs*Grungewear is ugly and nasty.  And I would not mind something nice!I'd LOVE to actually SIT...and lay down..and sit in chairs!!Please...let's try to keep up with the Smith and Jones..in this case...AoC and other MMO's.

[GrunEQ]

<span style="font-size: x-small;font-family: comic sans ms,sand;">Ahhh yes, my barbarian guardian got the Blissful Awareness and love it, because she has a nice big beautiful tatoo on her back that showed when she wore it.  You can't see it if she is in her undergarments or any other gear because it is covered up.  I cried when they took it away.   I was very unhappy about that.  Would love more versitility in gear.  /////agrees that an underwear revamp would be desirable.</span>

[-Arctura-]

(( I hope the EQ2 art director is reading threads like these.RL Female after RL female asking for SKIMPIER clothing... MORE OPTIONS.....   more RISQUE things.....   MORE SKIN!!!Showing skin is not just for the adolescent males to enjoy.... females like feeling desireable and attractive too.If the game expects us to live vicariously through our characters and 'play the role',....  Give us something to work with here. Give us more adult options.What we have now is the equivalent to the Sims (with no option to create custom clothing, and no option to remove the mosaic-censoring effect =P)   (If people didnt develop workarounds for those, the game would have died within a month of its release =P)(not asking for the ability to make custom clothing, just drawing some parallels here. No choice for skimpy or risque clothing = people leave for a game where they can truly dress how they want.EQ2 players are not old ladies or nuns who want to hide every inch of skin.... we should not be forced to endure a limited wardrobe that only allows such and nothing more.---<img src="http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/Arctura000/Skree-sig2008a.jpg" alt="" border="0" />