Guild Wars 2: Flamekissed Armor Skin

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Last Post: Nov 27, 2013 21:21

Hey, everyone. We've been reading all your feedback about the Flamekissed Armor Skin that was released into the Gem Store yesterday.

Although the Flamekissed Armor uses the same mesh as the Tier 3 Human Cultural Armor, it was not our intention to create an armor skin that so closely matched the existing Tier 3 Human Cultural armor set. The intention was to use the mesh as a basis for creating an armor set that stands apart and is distinct in appearance. However, after reading your feedback, we agree that the Flamekissed armor is not visually distinct enough from Human Cultural Tier 3 armor.

We will do a few things to address this issue.

We will temporarily remove Flamekissed Armor Skin from the Gem Store.
Players who have purchased Flamekissed Armor Skin will keep the skin.
We will make new art for the Flamekissed Armor Skin that achieves our goal of making a visually distinct and attractive armor set and does not closely resemble the Human Tier 3 Cultural armor.
Once this new artwork is completed, we will then update the Flamekissed Armor Skin so that all existing sets that players have purchased get the new art. We will also offer the Flamekissed Armor Skin for sale again at that time.
When we update the Flamekissed Armor Skins with the new artwork, any player that has already purchased the set and who does not like the new, updated look, can get a full refund by contacting Customer Support.

Note that there is no ETA on when this change will happen. We need to work with the Character Art Team to determine when we can have a new armor skin ready, and this could take some time.

Thank you everyone for providing your feedback. We appreciate that you took the time to let us know how you feel about the new armor set.

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I was within minutes of buying the skin but had to logoff....was so close!

Ah, shoots. Don't tell me that I missed the oportunity to get human heavy armor on my charr...

*checks the pictures.* Ah, heavy armor was the gladiator stuff. Good. Good.

It was human light T3 mesh and no one missed out on not buying the light skin before they removed it.  Once they patch in the new skins, all of  the existing skins will be updated, too, so folks would not have bought a "rare/discontinued" item.  

I almost bought it, but rather glad I didn't since I don't know what its going to be changed to now.  I haven't really cared much for a lot of their previous offerings, as I prefer designing my own via mix/matching anyway.

They should have removed all of them in my opinion.  Adding a flame particle effect to pre-existing skins and selling them for $10 each is a good way to chase off your customers.  Especially when you have over three million people potentially spending money in that gem store and some people spending more than $100 per month.  At least use one of the armour skins that isn't available in PvE (like the armour that looks like the Tower bosses in WvW).  I understand that art assets are one of the most time consuming and expensive resources in game development, but to ask for full price for half a job just seems like a cheap money grab.  It's like putting a 486 in a modern PC case and trying to sell it for $2k.