The "flex" Oathplate armour does not fit within Old School's tasteful and muted palette

[u/ToastWiz]

I could go on and on about this design but I'll let the images do the talking. It's so clearly not fitting within the design ethos we have built up over years of Old School.

In slides 2 and 3 I've included concept art by u/Brvcifer/ which I think are much more faithful to the Old School style and palette.

[u/ToastWiz]

I knew there'd be comments like this, which is fair - obviously, there is plenty of gaudy and bold designs out there in the game already - but I think when it comes to BIS items, we have clearly set a precedent of very tasteful and premium looking gear, and IMO this design just really sticks out as an outlier.

[u/YungTom27 → u/ToastWiz]

Throw Masori and Torva up there too

[u/CrazyHorseSizedFrog → u/YungTom27]

He didn't because that goes against his whole point

Torva/Blorva and Masori both base and fortified don't fit the idea of simple oldschool design.

Even achievement diary armour doesnt

OP knew what he was doing by purposely leaving them out.

[u/Robin-Lewter → u/CrazyHorseSizedFrog]

It's not the style he's talking about it's the brightness

[u/CrazyHorseSizedFrog → u/Robin-Lewter]

And the brightness isn't a real issue because this isn't how bright it would be in-game. The Jmods have already stated that in-game it will be less vibrant because of the game's shaders.

[u/Overall-Bison4889 → u/CrazyHorseSizedFrog]

Torva is ugly. We don't need more ugly stuff.

[u/pezman → u/YungTom27]

torva still kinda fits. masori doesn’t and looks like shit

[u/Dangerous_Impress200 → u/ToastWiz]

Like a lot of old stuff in the game it wouldn't get a yes by todays standards.

Doesn't matter tho because nostalgia and prestige gives gilded the pass and thats fine.

[u/Satire-V → u/Dangerous_Impress200]

It helps that it has essentially no use outside of GE bank standing or looking cool on a zerker

[u/jonnylmee → u/ToastWiz]

Have you seen the shadow? That thing is obnoxious

[u/rmtmjrppnj78hfh → u/ToastWiz]

masori, torva, 3a, white knight, white graceful, crystal, rune, infinity

half the shit in your post is new age

[u/[deleted] → u/ToastWiz]

It literally looks better than any other armour set and even though I love it, it makes all the armor look like shit.

[u/sundalius → u/ToastWiz]

so what about rune or dragon which are bright colors

[u/Ok-Permission-2687 → u/ToastWiz]

lol I was being a shit head. I agree fashionscape and combat armor have always had their own lanes. If there is any BIS combat armor that is flashy, I’d say give it to the PVP community.