WHy do all the Barbaric’s and Primal’s look the same from Homespun basically all the way down the line? Is it just me or is the only difference the color? at least all the others have different looking styles the higher you get.
Not even the colors change after patch 1.2.3; the color changes you’re seeing (before the high VR tiers) are from images before patch 1.2.3. The styles are completely identical for all levels of Barbaric, Primal, Daedric, and Ancient Elf gear (see the Ancient Elf heavy armor for a very good example — it’s almost all the same, the colors only change in late VR).
This is probably because these motifs don’t drop until the VR1-5 and then VR6-10 zones, so most players won’t get these styles until they’re that far into the game. You also need high crafting levels to even learn these styles, so by the time someone gets their crafting skills high enough to use the motifs they’ll probably be near VR1. I’m guessing the design team didn’t feel it was worth the time to create an extra 4 or 5 designs for each type of armor in each of the four styles since most people probably won’t be making low-level armor when they’re veterans.
WHy do all the Barbaric’s and Primal’s look the same from Homespun basically all the way down the line? Is it just me or is the only difference the color? at least all the others have different looking styles the higher you get.
Not even the colors change after patch 1.2.3; the color changes you’re seeing (before the high VR tiers) are from images before patch 1.2.3. The styles are completely identical for all levels of Barbaric, Primal, Daedric, and Ancient Elf gear (see the Ancient Elf heavy armor for a very good example — it’s almost all the same, the colors only change in late VR).
This is probably because these motifs don’t drop until the VR1-5 and then VR6-10 zones, so most players won’t get these styles until they’re that far into the game. You also need high crafting levels to even learn these styles, so by the time someone gets their crafting skills high enough to use the motifs they’ll probably be near VR1. I’m guessing the design team didn’t feel it was worth the time to create an extra 4 or 5 designs for each type of armor in each of the four styles since most people probably won’t be making low-level armor when they’re veterans.