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Question: Which shield do you like most out of the options available?
Tear Kite   -14 (77.8%)
Kite   -1 (5.6%)
Order   -1 (5.6%)
Bronze   -2 (11.1%)
Total Voters: 16

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« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2007, 07:34:25 pm »

Both Valorite and un-hued look good. I can't pick a favourite but both are decidedly better than the shadow iron one.
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« Reply #16 on: July 09, 2007, 11:32:18 pm »

Personally I do like the tear kite. As for the colour, yes we did try a Valorite shield and as far as I recall command agreed it looked a bit wrong.
Either shadow or non-hued. Personally I think shadow would be better, extra shadow in the uniform keeping it more Covian and less Corsair-y. My 2 cents.
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« Reply #17 on: July 09, 2007, 11:37:04 pm »

Try copper
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« Reply #18 on: July 09, 2007, 11:50:14 pm »

I voted Tear Kite, but tbh i agree with all the people who said wooden shields.. i know the resists will suck but still... for RP purposes it does make sense..
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« Reply #19 on: July 09, 2007, 11:56:18 pm »

At the moment in the Navy Uniform I've put that armor helms aren't allowed at sea, only in land based combat. This is for RP purposes, as it doesn't make sense to put a plate helm on with a tiny eye slit, when you're trying to keep your balance and man the vessel during battle.

What would people think about the same for shields? Wooden on the ship, metal on land?
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« Reply #20 on: July 10, 2007, 12:28:45 am »

That makes sense, and also would be fine in pvp, cause that would most likely happen on land... although... having neither a helm or shield might be interesting with things like water ellies...
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« Reply #21 on: July 10, 2007, 01:35:32 am »

I certainly agree with the skullcap idea, as it makes good sense to increase vision when out at sea, and realisticly it would give a bit more freedom of movement without the weight of a helm.

But I still don't see the sense in using wooden shields for the purpose of them being able to float. What's to gain ICly from it? Sure, the our shields wouldn't sink, but clad in plate and chain armour, we certainly would! With that logic, we'd still be wearing leather armour as was originally devised by Garak.

I'm definitely a tear kite-er, all the way! I also think Arma may be right - that keeping them of shadow iron hue would be better to keep marines apart from the old corsairs. On terms of looks, though, I do prefer the un-hued.
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« Reply #22 on: July 10, 2007, 06:59:57 am »

Well my wooden shield idea was just a suggestion for those who liked the idea.

I think then for now we should trial Tear Kite shields. It will either come down to non-hued or Shadow; Jack's idea of Copper makes me think Grenadiers a bit too much. Let the coloured shield stay just for them.

Personally I'm going to try a non-hued Kite, just to see what it looks like. If that fails, I'll revert to Shadow.
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« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2007, 12:31:43 pm »

Grenadiers is Bronze not copper....
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« Reply #24 on: July 10, 2007, 05:31:02 pm »

He said it reminded him of Grenadiers.
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« Reply #25 on: July 10, 2007, 05:59:29 pm »

Indeed he did.. he said that copper reminded him of the Grenadiers when they wear Bronze.. indeed he did.

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« Reply #26 on: July 10, 2007, 06:44:58 pm »

One film might me remind me of another film, doesn't mean I think they're the same film.
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« Reply #27 on: July 10, 2007, 06:48:50 pm »

Good call.

So, I think we're decided up to this point that it's between un-hued and Shadow Iron Tear Kite shields. We'll try un-hued for now, and see how it goes, and will perhaps at a later stage try Shadow Iron.

Thanks for your feedback!
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« Reply #28 on: July 10, 2007, 07:56:12 pm »

Why not just try different ones and wear it in game and see what people think?
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« Reply #29 on: July 10, 2007, 08:33:30 pm »

I like that. Have a shield for each day of the week, Arma!
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