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

Tro · 10-19-2005, 02:35 PM

Can someone on test please provide us a pic please..

Thanks..

Message Edited by Trook on 10-19-2005 03:37 AM

Prufro · 10-19-2005, 03:56 PM

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.

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.

Heiro · 10-19-2005, 04:02 PM

Hey...

I think I know that guy

Tro · 10-19-2005, 04:43 PM

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..

Guess we will see..

Thanks again..!!

Message Edited by Trook on 10-19-2005 06:14 AM

Ramsy02 · 10-19-2005, 05:06 PM

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

Prufro · 10-19-2005, 05:12 PM

Trook wrote:

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?.

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

LU 15 comes out and if this color change will be part of it..

Guess we will see..

Thanks again..!!
Message Edited by Trook on 10-19-2005 05:44 AM

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.

Tro · 10-19-2005, 05:17 PM

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 ..

Ramsy02 · 10-19-2005, 05:33 PM

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

Snublefot · 10-19-2005, 05:53 PM

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

KFizzle · 10-19-2005, 06:17 PM

I was actually hoping it would be MORE blue, IE like this metallic cobalt blue

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.

valkyrja · 10-19-2005, 07:01 PM

if that is daytime in Antonica.. *cough*GAMMA*cough*

Tro · 10-19-2005, 07:28 PM

I agree that it should be much more intense and actually "look" like cobalt.

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..

I should be able to see that someone wearing Cobalt from a distance.

We will see

Message Edited by Trook on 10-19-2005 08:36 AM

Ironmeow · 10-19-2005, 08:06 PM

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.

Ironmeow · 10-19-2005, 08:11 PM

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

Prufro · 10-19-2005, 08:54 PM

sparql wrote:if that is daytime in Antonica.. *cough*GAMMA*cough*

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]?

cr0wangel · 10-19-2005, 09:31 PM

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.

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...

Ydiss · 10-19-2005, 09:39 PM

cr0wangel wrote:

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.

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...

It's a low level mage taking a screenshot of another player perhaps? SMILEY

Qandor · 10-19-2005, 09:40 PM

Ironmeow wrote:

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

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 · 10-19-2005, 09:45 PM

is this update on live servers yet?

Ironmeow · 10-19-2005, 10:33 PM

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.

Prufro · 10-19-2005, 10:48 PM

Ydiss wrote:

cr0wangel wrote:
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.

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...

It's a low level mage taking a screenshot of another player perhaps?

Ding ding ding ding ding. First Person Mode cr0wangel.

Jindris · 10-20-2005, 12:16 AM

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.

Why cant they just leave ebon alone and work on fixing cobalt?

Cobalt does not look any better, its just BLACK as well.

Stupid Stupid Stupid...

KBern · 10-20-2005, 12:57 AM

I really cannot grasp what their issue is with simply colorizing armors and putting a little bit of variations on them.

Can it honestly be that difficult to do? (serious question since I am no where near a programmer or techie)

Roark · 10-20-2005, 05:41 AM

Here is an image of cobalt chainmail armor on a half elf male.

Pheeb · 10-20-2005, 07:16 AM

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... SMILEY

Vicio · 10-20-2005, 07:57 AM

AFAIK Cobalt still looks black.

10-19-2005, 05:12 PM	#6
Prufro Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 125	Trook wrote: 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?. 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 LU 15 comes out and if this color change will be part of it.. Guess we will see.. Thanks again..!! Message Edited by Trook on 10-19-2005 05:44 AM 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.

10-19-2005, 05:53 PM	#9
Snublefot Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 208	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 __________________ Level 81 Troubador Level 71 Provisioner

10-19-2005, 06:17 PM	#10
KFizzle Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 236	I was actually hoping it would be MORE blue, IE like this metallic cobalt blue 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. __________________

10-19-2005, 07:01 PM	#11
valkyrja Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 559	if that is daytime in Antonica.. coughGAMMAcough __________________

10-19-2005, 09:39 PM	#17
Ydiss Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 114	cr0wangel wrote: 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. 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... It's a low level mage taking a screenshot of another player perhaps? __________________

10-19-2005, 02:35 PM	#1
Tro General Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 698	Can someone on test please provide us a pic please.. Thanks.. Message Edited by Trook on 10-19-2005 03:37 AM

10-19-2005, 03:56 PM	#2
Prufro Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 125	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. 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.

10-19-2005, 04:02 PM	#3
Heiro Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 146	Hey... I think I know that guy

10-19-2005, 04:43 PM	#4
Tro General Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 698	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.. Guess we will see.. Thanks again..!! Message Edited by Trook on 10-19-2005 06:14 AM

10-19-2005, 05:06 PM	#5
Ramsy02 Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 48	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

10-19-2005, 05:17 PM	#7
Tro General Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 698	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 ..

10-19-2005, 05:33 PM	#8
Ramsy02 Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 48	actually after relooking at the picture it seems like the only piece that has some actual blue in it is the helm..

10-19-2005, 07:28 PM	#12
Tro General Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 698	I agree that it should be much more intense and actually "look" like cobalt. 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.. I should be able to see that someone wearing Cobalt from a distance. We will see Message Edited by Trook on 10-19-2005 08:36 AM

10-19-2005, 08:06 PM	#13
Ironmeow Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 175	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.

10-19-2005, 08:11 PM	#14
Ironmeow Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 175	i dont see any blue im sorry it just looks like a black sillouhette to me

10-19-2005, 08:54 PM	#15
Prufro Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 125	sparql wrote:if that is daytime in Antonica.. coughGAMMAcough 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]?

10-19-2005, 09:31 PM	#16
cr0wangel Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 594	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. 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...

10-19-2005, 09:40 PM	#18
Qandor Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 994	Ironmeow wrote: i dont see any blue im sorry it just looks like a black sillouhette to me 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.

10-19-2005, 09:45 PM	#19
Ironmeow Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 175	is this update on live servers yet?

10-19-2005, 10:33 PM	#20
Ironmeow Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 175	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.

10-19-2005, 10:48 PM	#21
Prufro Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 125	Ydiss wrote: cr0wangel wrote: 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. 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... It's a low level mage taking a screenshot of another player perhaps? Ding ding ding ding ding. First Person Mode cr0wangel.

10-20-2005, 12:16 AM	#22
Jindris Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 98	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. Why cant they just leave ebon alone and work on fixing cobalt? Cobalt does not look any better, its just BLACK as well. Stupid Stupid Stupid...

10-20-2005, 12:57 AM	#23
KBern Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,372	I really cannot grasp what their issue is with simply colorizing armors and putting a little bit of variations on them. Can it honestly be that difficult to do? (serious question since I am no where near a programmer or techie) __________________

10-20-2005, 05:41 AM	#24
Roark Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 31	Here is an image of cobalt chainmail armor on a half elf male.

10-20-2005, 07:16 AM	#25
Pheeb Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 317	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...

10-20-2005, 07:57 AM	#26
Vicio Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 178	AFAIK Cobalt still looks black.