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Posted: Sep 14th 2011 11:48AM ScottishViking said

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Loving how some of the new armor looks. And it should be noted that Turbine finally figured out that "subtle" can look better than "flashy," and that this is certainly more appropriate to the Middle Earth environment.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2011 1:08PM Lenn said

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@ScottishViking Hear, hear! They were slowly going the "ridiculously oversized spaulders/pauldrons" route that WoW has been on for years. I'm so happy to see they've turned that car around now.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2011 5:54PM JaySpeed said

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@ScottishViking

I also love the new armor looks. I think Turbine went with the more extravagant appearances before because we were in the regions of the Dwarves and Elves. Now we're moving into the lands of Men and the armor looks are more appropriate for men. Basic, non fancy armor is what I like and it's what we're getting. Keep the flashy stuff in Lothlorien.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2011 11:57AM AnathemaOne said

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Some very good looking stuff!
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Posted: Sep 14th 2011 1:32PM aurickle said

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Am I the only one who thinks the shimmer effect on legendary items looks cheap? I've long felt that the older effects such as for westernesse weapons look way classier while also managing to look more epic.

That swirly effect layered over the texture for LI's only manages to destroy the texturing and highlight the polygons of the model. It's distinctive, but not (to my mind) in a good way.

That being said, I think the armors look great here.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2011 2:08PM Lateris said

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@aurickle I agree- it would be amazing for them to also redo the artwork for the characters to emulate what DX 10 and DX 11 can actually do.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2011 4:42PM smartstep said

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Bad thing is Lotro is moving more and more with selling advantage in shop with release of Isengard :/
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