The old Jaffa armour, it's gone!

So many of us have already expressed concern that the old standard issue Jaffa armour had been dumped for the latest and rather cool skin.

While I'm not outraged by this I would like to know from the devs what they plan to do with it?
Surely you wouldn't bump that character model you worked so hard on everytime a new skin was made.
If that's the case with all character models then at some stage others would be revamped and the old silently discarded.

Devs, can we only hope that you haven't retired the staple armour of the Jaffa but are perhaps working to appropriate it with a new skin in the future, say Serpent/Horus Guard?
I would love you for this.

Indeed, I won't change for the rest of my life (except if its another too awesome special Anubis armor(who knows?!)) but I would like to see those old Jaffa suit still roaming the corridors of Amarna and the stormy Piramess.

what??? why would they do that? i was just using the anubis armor for a while because of the helmet. but i planned to go back to the silver armor until there's silver serpent armor. i actually don't like the gold armor much at all.
why would anything be removed anyway when there's such severe lack of customization?

Originally Posted by TheMadDoctor

Indeed, I won't change for the rest of my life (except if its another too awesome special Anubis armor(who knows?!)) but I would like to see those old Jaffa suit still roaming the corridors of Amarna and the stormy Piramess.

amen, i wish they would have done this

origional jaffa
ACP jaffa (cant remember what its called)
Anubis Jaffa

instead of this

new jaffa
ACP Jaffa
Anubis Jaffa

or just left both SGC and SL original ones and added both new ones to each, then we would have even more diversity out there. but i mainly play SGC and i LOVE the new soldier, especially the spec ops, so im not going to complain.

I agree completely. They should have left the old Jaffa armor and just added the anubis armor. It doesn't feel as much like an episode of stargate anymore. It feel too much like the original movie now. Which frankly paled in comparison to SG1. Then new soldier I'm fine with though.

Indeed. Get the old armour out of the sarcophagus and back into tip top shape.

Originally Posted by Snufulupugus

I agree completely. They should have left the old Jaffa armor and just added the anubis armor. It doesn't feel as much like an episode of stargate anymore. It feel too much like the original movie now. Which frankly paled in comparison to SG1. Then new soldier I'm fine with though.

exactly, the new armor is cool but every SG-1 fan out there is missing the old armor, right about............ now. yep im missin it.

As you can see from the last update, they incorporated new skins into the system, it was pretty painless and worked a treat.

I wouldn't be surprised to see more skins added/re-added down the line, either as DLC or as rank unlocks.

Well the soldier basic uniform was just ugraded to a hot new look. Still the same, just looks better.

The original jaffa armor was replaced by "Guard Armor" which is basically the "anubis guard armor" minus the "anubis part" (the helmet). So I'm going to guess that they didn't have the original finished yet. Which makes sense. Seeing as though they really only made 2 new costumes.

The spec ops is really just the olive uniform dyed black. So thats really just 1 Hi-res costume. Then you look at the "Guard Amror" and "Anubis Guard Armor" they are basically the same except the helmet so thats just 1 hi-res costume.

So my theory makes sense i think, they just didn't get it done yet. So be patient

Originally Posted by yellowperil

As you can see from the last update, they incorporated new skins into the system, it was pretty painless and worked a treat.

I wouldn't be surprised to see more skins added/re-added down the line, either as DLC or as rank unlocks.

So with further unlocks, say Jaffa First Prime for example, you could possibly have a gold emblem on your forehead, or exclusive armour just to the First Prime Rank? Maybe different coloured armour?

I think Yellow's right, I just think they pulled back the orginal Jaffa armor to give it some more detail like the new skins, as the game has progressed you can tell the difference in the details since the game was first released. At least those of us who's been around since the stress test even.

The old Jaffa armor will be re-introduced at a later date. Most of the costumes will have a face lift to bring them up to Dark Comet quality standards. Don't fret about it, we wouldn't take away something if we didn't plan on the replacement being better.

Originally Posted by jakejohnson

The old Jaffa armor will be re-introduced at a later date. Most of the costumes will have a face lift to bring them up to Dark Comet quality standards. Don't fret about it, we wouldn't take away something if we didn't plan on the replacement being better.

then i can rest peacefully. lol thanks for the response.

Kudos to SGR staff, I will rest sound tonight

*breathes a sigh of relief*

Originally Posted by Gorthaur

Kudos to SGR staff, I will rest sound tonight

Kudos to the DCG take over, finally this game/company has direction

strong resistance stargate!

Originally Posted by zainea13

Kudos to the DCG take over, finally this game/company has direction

Towards Global Domination!! Bwaahahahaha!

Originally Posted by Scott Morrison

Towards Global Domination!! Bwaahahahaha!

Sorry, bungie is already doing that.

Originally Posted by jakejohnson

The old Jaffa armor will be re-introduced at a later date. Most of the costumes will have a face lift to bring them up to Dark Comet quality standards. Don't fret about it, we wouldn't take away something if we didn't plan on the replacement being better.

Phew, I glad a Staff Member finally said something, and its the answer we all wanted to hear

Glad it will be back ingame at some point, it was a good costume and the people who created it ought to be proud!

Originally Posted by Joshflighter

Sorry, bungie is already doing that.

Yeah, but Stargate has more globes to dominate lol

I'm glad to hear it's coming back. I do love the new armor but the old one was traditional too i'd love to see a return with Serpent helmet, or the red Sokar variant.