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I will talk mostly about the wulin faction. I think the apperance of hero in wulin factions are good but they can be better. One of the thing that FH definitely needs is the variety of outfits. Currently, a lot of the gears look really similar to each other except maybe some difference in the texture and embossing.
Speaking of the gears, I really like how we can scavenge unique outfits after participating in the special events, but I wish we can also get some unique armors just like how we can get unique weapons. For example, since this event is related to Assassin's Creed, when a player uses a Centurion, maybe make him be able to get a set of Spartan armors from Assassin's Creed Odyssey since Centurion is from roughly the same time period and fits most with the Spartan armor. Personally I would rather get an actual Spartan Helmet than just a special effect.
Or when using Lawbringer or Warden, make the player be able to get a set of gear that look like the soldiers in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood after defeating Cesare Borgia or Ezio, that would be really cool.
Back to the topic, I want show some pictures of a Chinese game, it is also an action fighting game that have some similarities with FH. It also have Knights, Samuris, Middle Eastern warriors and Chinese warriors. I am not going to say they look better than the hero in FH, but they do have very good art work. I just want to provide you some resources, so that you can take a look at them when improving the game. Sometimes it's good to take a look at another style of design to improve your own work.
For us the players, it's always good to have more options for customization.
This hero also uses a broadsword as weapon and he is also a vanguard type of hero. The only difference between him and Tiandi is that he has a shield. I think his armor is pretty cool especially his helmet. I think his helmet really looks better than Tiandi's helmet. So when making new gears for Tiandi, I think it would be great to take him as a reference.
Female version
I know the hero Jiangjun is made based on the historical character Guan Yu, but I think his gear should not be limited to an old guy with long beard and leather armor, because in For Honor, each hero represent not just an character but a class of weapon, and anyone can use that weapon. This is how Guandao is portrayed in that game. It is pretty neat. There is nothing bad about adding another option into this game.
Last but not least the Nuxia. I actually think this is the most important one. This is how an female assassin look like in that Chinese game, it looks pretty different from Nuxia in For honor. I am not going to say this looks better than Nuxia, but I have to say it is more in line with the aesthetics of Chineses people. Since this is a Chinese game created by Chinese developers, their character is closer to how an assassin is like in Chinese Martial Art films. So I think this would be a good choice for another gear set for Nuxia.
I found this picture earlier of a Chinese warrior that was made by a Chinese FH fan before the Wulin faction came out. This is actually how a Chinese warrior should look like for most Chinese people.
In the other post I posted earlier:https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...-Wulin-faction
I talked about how inaccurate the action of new hero are. But what I talked about was not about realistic(historic accuracy) vs artistic. What I talked about was if you want to attract more Chinese player into the game by adding Chinese hero, then you have to make the Chinese players feel that those heroes are really cool. Which means those Chinese hero have to match the image of Chinese hero in these Chinese player's minds. Since they grew up in that kind of culture, they will be more critical towards the characters of their own culture in this game, and I am trying to show you how Chinese hero should be like for Chinese players. So please take a look at those when creating Chinese Characters.
I also found a lot of really cool drawings of some awesome looking historical armor.
Personally I think the Tang Dynasty armors and Song Dynasty armors are the best looking ones. Ming Dynasty also have some really good looking armors. It would be great if you can take some elements from them when making new gears.
These dynasties are also at about the same time period as medieval Europe.
Tang Dynasty(618 - 907 AD) Song Dynasty(960 - 1279 AD) Ming Dynasty(1368 - 1644 AD)
This is how Tang Dynasty armor look like
Sources:http://dragonsarmory.blogspot.com/20...ty-topics.html
This is how Song Dynasty armor look like
Sources:http://dragonsarmory.blogspot.com/20...sty-armor.html
This website has a ton of resources of armors from different dynasties and different time periods in Chinese history, they even have an article about Tibetan soldiers and armors, which I think would be really unique and exotic if they can be added into the game.
I am not trying to say it should be historical, but I just feel so sad that there are so many different kinds of cool armors cannot be added into the game. I know it's impossible to include all of them, but I still think you should take a look at them when creating new characters or new gears, and maybe take some elements from the historical armors and put them into the game. I can provide tons of pictures as long as they are helpful to make the game better.
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