Talk:Spectacles

Where do you find them? Axel
 * Asuran armor crafter. --Kale Ironfist 22:22, 2 September 2007 (CDT)
 * Omg i love this, im getting these for my sin :D Cardsharp 04:07, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

They look awful. As if one's character was a lawyer. They look plain stupid, IMHO. Silentblade 14:12, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

Oh, it's no opinion, these are bloody awful. Way to go ANet. If it is stupid and doesn't belong, we can sure as hell expect it to be added into the game. How long till we have guns and cars too?


 * Yeah, because Guild Wars has been completely Anachronism-free so far...203.108.43.58 16:38, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

Well...glasses have been around since quite a long time ago. Guns and cars is a different matter. Even if they look bad (in your opinion), I am not sure you can say they do not "belong" or rather, are inconsistent with the rest of Guild Wars. "Magic" lets you do everything, after all, and glassworking + metallurgy is not exactly rocket science. 24.6.147.36 10:53, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

I actually think they look kinda nice. If you dont like them dont wer them. I for one am reminded of Neo who will kick the destroyers butt.


 * After digging around a bit on Wikipedia, it seems that glasses can be traced back to as early as perhaps 1300; a reasonable firearm such as a musket, to 1650, and the automobile, 1770s and later. One could argue that "Asura can make precision lenses and frames, the like of which could not have existed in the year 1300", and I'll grant you that...the Spectacles are advanced for the rest of technology of GW, since they look good enough to have been made in our day and age.
 * Guns though - well, very primitive firearms have been around since a long time ago. It really depends on what you'd define as a "Gun". GW has Powder Kegs which implies the invention of Gunpowder. Fireworks, too. We also have Trebuchets and Catapults and Ballistae. The Kournans also have "Fire Spitters", a Flamethrower-type technology, as well as heavy siege artillery as seen in Kournan Siege skill. Even the Siege Turtle of the Luxons has something resembling a cannon, though it shoots jade. It is not a far leap from all this, to the invention of the traditional Cannon and Cannonball. And from the Cannon, you soon get the Hand-Cannon. If that qualifies as a "Gun" then you could conceivably see them someday, maybe in GW2. Cars you'll never see, so rest assured on that.
 * On the other hand, we also have Steel Daggers. Modern steel, at least one that is cheap and easy enough to produce to waste on something like daggers, yet sharp and durable enough for combat, would not have been available until at least the 17th century. If that places GW at the year 1600 A.D. or later, then guns are actually not that far off. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 17:19, 3 September 2007 (CDT)
 * Sorry but this is rubbish, what does this all have to do with a Fictionall Game? - You cant compare our world to Guild Wars , especially because Guild Wars uses magic and whatsoever. In Guild Wars they might have other ways to manufacture certain materials or refine ores not to mention they might have found certain ores or materials sooner then our civilisation did. - Its a game and its nothing like the real world so dont start comparing them to eachother.
 * Well, excuse me for trying to justify the inclusion of Spectacles based on historical contexts. By your reasoning, we can have the Atomic Bomb in GW because "GW uses magic" and therefore all comparisons are null and void. See you in the next expansion, GW:Journey to Deep Space. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 18:34, 3 September 2007 (CDT)
 * If you look at fantasy themed role-play games, then space travel is done (all be it on magic powered ships which resemble seagoing vessels), I'd guess that GW should have guns/cannon (got black powder)... but I guess they gave up on the idea in favor of magic. Necessity is the mother of invention, no necessity if you've got mages who are far better from the word go than a primitive cannon... but anyway, glasses no reason why not, perhaps the Asuran have bad eyesight, discovered polished gemstones could fix there eye problems if held infront of there eyes, then added stylish frames (at the price they charge, making them from gemstones wouln't be a problem) --Nela 19:47, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

Added glasses entry
Combined the articles Spectacles and Glasses 152.7.201.190 09:29, 3 September 2007 (CDT) TubamanRH

Name
Edited name of armor creater from Kulb to Kulb (wich is correct) -dumazz