AndreaColombo 5,144 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 How many of you remember good ol' Sanguine Plate from Pillars of Eternity? Arguably one of the best-looking armors the game had to offer: Blood-red, with runes etched all over and golden trimmings. The White March expansion even added a red helm to match. Unfortunately, this item didn't carry over to Deadfire—nor was a similar armor included. A little bird told me it's not even planned at present, so I figured I'd start a thread to gauge people's appetite for one. If you too loved the Sanguine Plate and would like it—or a similar-looking armor—to exist in Deadfire please join me in saying so. If interest in it is apparent, I can tweet this thread to Obsidian/Brandon to bring this to their attention in hope something will happen 17 Quote "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses Link to post Share on other sites
Parasol_Syndicate 263 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) While Sanguine plate defined my watcher in his Gilded Vale days, I'm happy enough with his evolution to (RED) Nomad's Brigandine. Deadfire's hotter country, and I'm no longer trying to make a name for myself and my keep, just trying to stay protected between side quests. Edited July 12, 2018 by Parasol_Syndicate Quote Magran's fire casts light in Dark Places... Link to post Share on other sites
AndreaColombo 5,144 Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Isn't Nomad Brigandine one of the unique items that do not have a unique model? Personally I find that none of the armors in Deadfire looks as good as Sanguine Plate (or, well, how good Sanguine Plate would look in Deadfire's engine with the high-poly models) 1 Quote "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses Link to post Share on other sites
Parasol_Syndicate 263 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) Here goes nothing. Yeah, that's sort of what I'm getting at. It looks like a tough guys armor, not particularly ornate or specific. Suited for the rigors of the climate, and occasional necessities like burgling wizards or shaking down random thugs. Certainly the sanguine plate would look better with these new graphics, and the frenzy is keenly missed. Edited July 12, 2018 by Parasol_Syndicate Quote Magran's fire casts light in Dark Places... Link to post Share on other sites
Boeroer 14,723 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Gimme Sanguine Plate for my Sanguine Great Sword! How can any sane dev seriously put a Sanguine Great Sword into the game but deny me my Sanguine Plate? I think I'm going all CAPS LOCK! 11 Quote Deadfire Community Patch: Nexus Mods Link to post Share on other sites
DozingDragon 200 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Definitely bring it and other popular items from PoE back. Sounds like a good hook for free dlc to me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shadenuat 633 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I'm honestly surprised they didn't go for low hanging fruit of party slowly returning stolen and missing equipment from previous game as it happened in BG2. Double itemization, double amount of clubs. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TT1 162 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I can mod sanguine into the game, but l cannot mod the look. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndreaColombo 5,144 Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Personally I’m more after the looks than the specific mechanics it had in the first game (even in PoE I was using it mostly for the looks.) 2 Quote "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses Link to post Share on other sites
InsaneCommander 2,464 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 It's not in the game?! I'm very angry and absolutely furious! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arddv 23 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I'm more of a brestplate guy and I want my Osric's family, Steel Swan, and that black one from WM2 watcher. Now. The ones that are currently in deadfire are either too shiny (Doc), pompouse (Pallegina / honor guard) or too ragged (Casita). Hell, generic enchanted ones look better than unique. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heldred 123 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I find the armor designs in POE2 fairly unimpressive, comparing the designs to POE. There are so many types of historical armor to draw upon for inspiration and ways to make armor look even cooler with physical details (wings, animal features, spikes, etc.) or particle effects (slight smoke, fire, lightning, etc.). Yeah, they really did a lame job with armor... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndreaColombo 5,144 Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 Honestly I don't think armor design in Deadfire is bad at all. I like how it is rooted in historical armor, which was notoriously keener on being practical than looking good—and even then, armor in Deadfire looks good. The thing is, magical armor often doesn't look as special as it could/should. No need to venture into cartoonish, WoW territory with oversized stuff packed with rounded corners and bright colors but, as heldred said, spikes, runes, chains, and VFX would go a long way. Something like the Sanguine Plate in high-poly would look amazing and hopefully Obsidian will give it to us 5 Quote "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses Link to post Share on other sites
Dorftek 293 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Yeah the gear overall looked much better in the first, also more interesting enchantments on em. But i guess it doesnt really matter unless they implement appearance slots. Until then my watchers will continue to dress in DoC breastplate ;P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M4xw0lf 437 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Pale Hide looks super badass on Barbarians/Druids/any kind of character that can rock the feral brute look. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Veolfen 31 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 I agree there's a lack of beautiful unique armor.I need a unique helmet with the "greathelm" skin ! So my knight can look cool AND be strong ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anathanielh 357 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Ya, if they had a transmog/appearance slot for every piece of visible armor, that would be quite cool. I do think the actual unique effects are better than the first game, though. My favorite examples being the alchemist’s cache, the indecisive necklace, and the shifting chroma. (I love random effects) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dunehunter 1,173 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Leather/padded armors’ look is greatly improved in DF, I never use them in PoE 1 because of the look but now I give all my team light armors because they looks baddass 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heldred 123 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I ageee, Leather (superb+) looks great.... The magic stuff looks too common. Maybe that was the look they were going for, conservative-bland... somewhere between wow-esque and bland is a happy medium. Better yet, offer everything and let the players decide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndreaColombo 5,144 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 I’m surprised so few people are actually keen on having this armor back. Am I in the minority because not many people actually liked the red armor much, or because not many people actually give a flying what their character looks like? I mean, I find both answers equally flabbergasting but you know—might as well quench my curiosity at this point Quote "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses Link to post Share on other sites
lpro 23 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) I missed a lot of the soulbound weapons and armor from WM1 and 2. Would love to see a mod or DLC that brought some of those back in. Edited July 17, 2018 by lpro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barbedbeat 251 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 A motion to get the Sanguine Plate back in Deadfire? Sign me the heck up! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kilay 243 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 +1 Bring back the Sanguine Plate 1 Quote Random Reader'Plinio il Vecchio asseriva che un rimedio alla sbronza fosse quello di mangiare uova crude di gufo' I° secolo D.C. My Mods on Nexus Nexus Mods Translated to Italian Italian Localization Fix PATCH More Custom AI Conditions Enhanced UI - Afflictions and Inspirations Extended Spell TT1 Unique Items More Priest Subclasses_Ondra Hylea Abydon Channeler Cipher Subclass Are you looking for a group of modders ?Request an invite to our Slack group Do you need a mod? Fill this mod request Link to post Share on other sites
heldred 123 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Huge fan of Sanguine, Ryona’s, White Crest, Ill Payment, Autumn, Blaidh, Sun Touched, etc. Still think POE armor > POE2 armor I hope the DLC/expansions add more content or there are always mods. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheMetaphysician 197 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Here goes nothing. Yeah, that's sort of what I'm getting at. It looks like a tough guys armor, not particularly ornate or specific. Suited for the rigors of the climate, and occasional necessities like burgling wizards or shaking down random thugs. Certainly the sanguine plate would look better with these new graphics, and the frenzy is keenly missed. That is a really cool character picture. Can you post that for download? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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