Just a general observation. I feel that the designers simply don't have the innate ability to know when something looks aesthetically pleasing or not. This goes for proportions in general and also all of the hideous armour they have designed. Granted, much of the armour would look infinitely better if actual character models bodies were proportioned better (things of a well build athletic male physique) Large shoulders, smallish waist, muscled thighs, with armour which fits over these aesthetically pleasing proportions perfectly. The game just doesn't offer this for the most part. The designers are simply incapable of see/knowing what looks beautiful on a beautiful human form/physique. Armour should accentuate our characters physiques, but instead it just covers it up and distorts it with terribly designed armour which which does nothing for my characters figure. WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE A SKIRT?????
Here are some examples of what I find aesthetically pleasing and well proportioned, followed by some examples of terrible GW2 armour sets which do absolutely nothing to enhance the male physique
Looks great:
![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/1a/00/c6/1a00c6159f9a4f7a7f221c04ad50f34a.jpg "")
![](https://mcafethumb-phinf.pstatic.net/20160131_292/howasnail_1454179495615lzEgr_JPEG/%B1%A4%C0%FC%BB%E7_%C0%FC%BD%C5_%C7%EF%B8%E4_%B4%AB%BA%FB.jpg?type=w740 "")
Awful GW2 armour
![](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/9/93/Priory%27s_Historical_armor_%28heavy%29_human_male_front.jpg/405px-Priory%27s_Historical_armor_%28heavy%29_human_male_front.jpg "")
![](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/e/e9/Protector%27s_armor_human_male_front.jpg "")
![](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/9/9a/Armageddon_armor_human_male_front.jpg "")
WHAT. IS. THIS.
![](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/3/34/Studded_Plate_armor_human_male_front.jpg/474px-Studded_Plate_armor_human_male_front.jpg "")