Realistic equipments or More fantasy equipments?

We should'nt have to stare at copy/pasted recolored armor for 50 lvls its 2011. FF11 may have been able to play the limitations card but there is a hell a lot more breathing room for unique armor in this game. They are already remapping models for new gear w/ the newly introduced 25/35 gear NMs. Whats even worse than some of the reused models is the lame wands/handtohand/bow models; worst being wands/hand to hand. Least in FF11 u could stare at a good weapon and appreciate it, in ff14 i cant hardly make out what my hand to hand weapon looks like(they are too damn tiny). And wands look like a damn twig that fell off a tree....................why??? PLEASE BE ORIGINAL!!!!!!!!!!! Also way too much random gear where it only has 2-3 matching pieces then nothing else goes w/ it .......... make entire sets or make stuff that works well w/ others. Sometimes the joy of having 5 colors to chose from just makes things more cumbersome also lol.


PS please remove PINK my eyes are violated by Roegdyn in pink robes and subligara > >

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Originally Posted by Hikozaemon

We should'nt have to stare at copy/pasted recolored armor for 50 lvls its 2011. FF11 may have been able to play the limitations card but there is a hell a lot more breathing room for unique armor in this game. They are already remapping models for new gear w/ the newly introduced 25/35 gear NMs. Whats even worse than some of the reused models is the lame wands/handtohand/bow models; worst being wands/hand to hand. Least in FF11 u could stare at a good weapon and appreciate it, in ff14 i cant hardly make out what my hand to hand weapon looks like(they are too damn tiny). And wands look like a damn twig that fell off a tree....................why??? PLEASE BE ORIGINAL!!!!!!!!!!! Also way too much random gear where it only has 2-3 matching pieces then nothing else goes w/ it .......... make entire sets or make stuff that works well w/ others. Sometimes the joy of having 5 colors to chose from just makes things more cumbersome also lol.


PS please remove PINK my eyes are violated by Roegdyn in pink robes and subligara > >

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The gear isn't just recoloured. Every tier has new textures, colours, and every tier of gear comes with extra embellishments that deviate it slightly from the one before it. And I think the subtle differences make sense when you consider that a crafter should be more skillful as he gets better and therefore be able to add more intricate elements to the armor/clothing, but not exceptionally so.

And anyway, I would rather have quality over quanitity. Every piece of gear in the game (with the exception of aprons) has obviously been made with a lot of care by the developers, and it's weird that you can't appreciate that, not to mention the wealth of different kinds of gears available anyway.

And I don't know what world you live in where the bows in FFXIV are ugly. They are the best kind (unassuming and actually made of logical materials, i.e., different types of wood).

And with the one exception of a Roegadyn in full pink regalia, I think all FFXIV gear is really tasteful. It's like the best aspect of the game. People don't know how to appreciate a good thing, seriously.

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

The gear isn't just recoloured. Every tier has new textures, colours, and every tier of gear comes with extra embellishments that deviate it slightly from the one before it. And I think the subtle differences make sense when you consider that a crafter should be more skillful as he gets better and therefore be able to add more intricate elements to the armor/clothing, but not exceptionally so.
Only thing i said i didnt like was the tiny unimaginative weapons for the most part(wands,hand-to-hand-most of the bows). And alot of armor is already reused i didnt say i didnt like it i just stated they are already reusing general skins. But i will wait and hope that they make more stand out gear.
And anyway, I would rather have quality over quanitity. Every piece of gear in the game (with the exception of aprons) has obviously been made with a lot of care by the developers, and it's weird that you can't appreciate that, not to mention the wealth of different kinds of gears available anyway.

And I don't know what world you live in where the bows in FFXIV are ugly. They are the best kind (unassuming and actually made of logical materials, i.e., different types of wood).

And with the one exception of a Roegadyn in full pink regalia, I think all FFXIV gear is really tasteful. It's like the best aspect of the game. People don't know how to appreciate a good thing, seriously.

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Only thing i said i didnt like was the tiny weapons(hand to hand) for the most part and the unimaginative wands and bows. And alot of armor is already reused i didnt say i didnt like it i just stated they are already reusing general skins. But i will wait and hope that they make more stand out gear. Maybe u should change your forum name too overly-concerned-for no-reason-forum-monkey instead of "gifthorse" people are entilted to a opinion it wasnt hurting you IRL was it?

it's a fantasy or realistic features the protection for miqo'te's tail?

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Originally Posted by Hikozaemon

Only thing i said i didnt like was the tiny weapons(hand to hand) for the most part and the unimaginative wands and bows. And alot of armor is already reused i didnt say i didnt like it i just stated they are already reusing general skins. But i will wait and hope that they make more stand out gear. Maybe u should change your forum name too overly-concerned-for no-reason-forum-monkey instead of "gifthorse" people are entilted to a opinion it wasnt hurting you IRL was it?

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Your tone was so "this is so crap" that I felt obliged to respond in kind. I like the gears as they are and can appreciate them. And even though many are reused to some degree, it makes sense for them to be reused and there's still a lot of variety anyway.

I'm not saying there should be no new gear, I just think it's weird that someone can't appreciate what we already have.

I thnk the cool stuff will appear later.. now we have "low level plain stuff"..

Some fantasy items would be cool, but I think with expansions we'll get the most interesting looking equipment ^^ I can't wait to see what AF would look like, if they include it. ToAU brought some very nice looking gear in my opinion, I would like some fancy high level stuff like that. And please no more stuff like coatees, though I'm probably in the minority there :S Maybe in the future they can consider an alternate covered up version, I like how the male version looks, just don't want my jangleys on display!

My vote is for more fantasy equipment. We already have enough realistic looking equipment, now it's time to get creative and make those weapons and armor we see and think "I HAVE to have that!" because it's so damn cool looking.

Gifthorse has a point too, from tier to tier the same kind of piece of armor has subtle differences including boldness of color. The dye on lower tier items is a bit faded compared to some of the higher stuff using the same tier of dye. Honestly how much different do you people want a Cotton Robe to look from a Velveteen Robe? Same type of clothing, different material

I think we can all agree that we don't have enough leather with buckles, buckles, more buckles, and the occasional zipper.

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

I think we can all agree that we don't have enough leather with buckles, buckles, more buckles, and the occasional zipper.

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I nominate Tetsuya Nomura to design all equipment for a single expansion.