36 replies to this topic

[Nobushige]

Am I the only one disappointed in the new pact Avenger skin? It looks like it hopped out of an N64 cartridge. Why did Anet change it?

[SevereEpicz]

can someone link it please?

[Erighan]

All of the end game skins suck....not to mention they're all "rare" quality.

The last boss battle sucks, you're rewarded with ,non-max weapons, and they look crappy....yeah, thanks but no thanks.

[Lucas Ashrock]

Agree, reason because i just left the story at all. I don't need rare junk for sure.

Can someone post an imgur of old and new skin to answer the OP?

[Nobushige]

http://www.google.co...29,r:0,s:0,i:91 Old skin

http://wiki.guildwar...act_Avenger.jpg new skin

[Lucas Ashrock]

Uhm. Curious. Same skin but low quality, maybe a bug.

EDIT you're right, it's different ,and trashy

Edited by Lucas Ashrock, 20 December 2012 - 02:29 AM.

[GSSB Lunaspike]

Lucas Ashrock, on 20 December 2012 - 02:28 AM, said:

Uhm. Curious. Same skin but low quality, maybe a bug.

EDIT you're right, it's different ,and trashy

Naa if you look at there several key differences between the two.

http://img51.imagesh...tcomparison.jpg

[SevereEpicz]

I dont mind it

[Nobushige]

The original I admit looks 2d and could have used some beefing up in textures but man this new one makes me want to scrap mine for ectos lol.

[NuclearDonut]

I'm not a fan of the huge anime swords, but that was what the skin had going for it. It was a big ugly chainsaw sword, now it's a small ugly chainsaw sword, what's the point of that? It has a crappy texture now too.

[Nobushige]

I'm a huge fan of giant anime styled greatswords. The pact Avenger is the only one that is dark and curved which is what I've wanted. I have access to the felblade but that looks alright at best. For now I'm rocking a ceremonial which is my second max greatsword.

Edited by Nobushige, 20 December 2012 - 03:15 AM.

[Serris]

basing on the two pictures you posted, i by far prefer the new one.

[iLag]

Serris, on 20 December 2012 - 07:58 AM, said:

basing on the two pictures you posted, i by far prefer the new one.

I agree, they both look unlike the GW2 universe but the second one looks way more badass.

[Serris]

iLag, on 20 December 2012 - 08:17 AM, said:

I agree, they both look unlike the GW2 universe but the second one looks way more badass.

well, it's pact gear, and it features parts of every race (more or less), just like the stuff in orr does.
ofc, it looks kind of messy that way, but yeah ^^

[Coren]

Lookslike it came out of a Final Fantasy game. Both versions do.

[jirayasan]

The graphic of the new verision is not as good but the form of it looks better.

Edit: The new look more like a sword.

Edited by jirayasan, 20 December 2012 - 10:46 AM.

[Gli]

They're pretty much both not something I'd want to be looking at on a character.

[Sword Hammer Axe]

The new skin looks soft. Almost cuddly. I wonder if it squeaks when you hit someone with it.

[Bottoms_Up]

The old skin has a real cruddy low-resolution texture. My guess is that either a non-finalised model got through accidentally, which they have now replaced with the final one, or they ran out of time to finish all models before release and are now going through doing them up.

The new one just looks too clean - they could make it look more sword like with a bit of grunge on it.

[Arquenya]

It was an ugly & useless rare thing before - and it still is.
I'm more the Ebonblade or Vanguard GS type of person ...

My victory token is still gathering dust in my bank. Can you salvage those for ectos?

Edited by Arquenya, 20 December 2012 - 11:35 AM.

[matsif]

yeah there are a few differences but it's not as awful as you are making it seem tbh.  a bad skin will always be a bad skin, despite these small changes.

Arquenya, on 20 December 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

My victory token is still gathering dust in my bank. Can you salvage those for ectos?

I wish, cause I still have mine as well.

Edited by matsif, 20 December 2012 - 03:05 PM.

[Zoreye]

Arquenya, on 20 December 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

My victory token is still gathering dust in my bank. Can you salvage those for ectos?

Can't salvage for ectos, but you can sell them on the TP. I used mine to get the staff which I immediately sold for an easy 2g.

[Altynay]

It is still sickeningly anime-styled and simply gaudy.

[Beta Sprite]

GSSB Lunaspike, on 20 December 2012 - 02:36 AM, said:

Naa if you look at there several key differences between the two.

http://img51.imagesh...tcomparison.jpg

imo, the new skin looks better.  *shrug*

[thartalion]

I really liked that sword too... Was wondering what happened to it. I play with max graphic settings and the sword suddenly looked like it came out of a very (VERY) old Playstation game. The contrast with the rest of my character (armor details) is just ridiculous lol...

Oh well. Switched to Mystic Claymore skin this morning. Still going to keep the pact GS just in case they switch it back to what it was.

Beta Sprite, on 20 December 2012 - 07:51 PM, said:

imo, the new skin looks better.  *shrug*

Yeah, the overall shape looks good, but the rendering is just too awful. In game, it looks like it's made of cheap plastic.

[Adam2190]

Both look terrible...

[GSSB Lunaspike]

Beta Sprite, on 20 December 2012 - 07:51 PM, said:

imo, the new skin looks better.  *shrug*

Please understand that the versions I used are both low quality. The older version actually has a much better texture than the newer one.

[Mournblade]

I'd rather the artist had created a new sword than updated an existing skin that nobody had an issue with.

[XgreatArtist]

i do see that. Why did anet do it o.o

[Alleji]

Yeah, they're different, but I think most of the difference is from the second screenshot being taken on lower graphics.

(Or they uploaded only low-quality textures by mistake and there should also be a HQ version)