New 3.5 Screenshots: Gear, Mounts, Hairstyles, Side Quests, Dun Scaith!

Didnt saw the Hair from Sice for us! >_>;

3rd Raid dungeon reminds me of Kingdom Hearts! xD
Also.. looks like I still keep my current glamours, cuz those gears from 3rd Raid are recycles from Void Ark 1 lol...
But now those ugly 2nd-hand-tatters are coloured on black and red xD

Please let the one on the far right be the healer outfit. I'm tired of getting the nun sets.

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Originally Posted by Jadub2k

Sadly Recycling Gear models with a new coat of paint will always be a thing.. Saves them time I guess ^^;

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I don't have a problem with this so long as they're not giving the same designs to the same roles as before. When they give old gear to different roles it opens up glamour options.

I also don't mind if they're doing to save on development time. If there's something they really need to learn to do well, it's learning to re-use old assets in new ways, saving them development time to work on the quality of the gameplay, rather than the quality of howeverything looks.

Kirin bird come to mama!! I'm also a little disappointed in the Demonic Bird recolor, tbh, but it's the only one I need to ride the kirin bird and I am HYPED

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Originally Posted by Rosalynd

SE heard our complaints about potatofells being used as gear models, so they made sure there was a potatofell in nearly every gear shot this time.

Friggin hell SE enough with the stupid potatos! They are terrible for displaying gear models!

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Every gear looks better on potato. They're just trying to make the gear look better. ^_^

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Originally Posted by ZhaneX

If it looks like a duck...

Is it really so hard to comprehend this? Yes, obviously due to the lore reasons, the new mount will not be named Phoenix. But until we DO know what its actually name is, calling it by the obvious shared inspiration due to its nigh identical appearance should be an obvious shorthand. How does this simple mentality confound people so?

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They might call it a Fenghuang, which is the asian equivalent of a Phoenix, similar to how Kirin is like an asian Unicorn.

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Originally Posted by AsahinaMyLove

Also.. looks like I still keep my current glamours, cuz those gears from 3rd Raid are recycles from Void Ark

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I think you should look at the gear given too us in VA that gear is completely different.

Also in regards to the gear, at least the Healer gear isnt white, thank god.

I can't say that I like the new hairstyles. They look likes lightly altered version of the one's we have.

Also, I am amazed by this boss design:
http://www.famitsu.com/images/000/12...dd50742ec0.jpg
Looks like it belongs in another game at 1st glance.

Phoenix bird mount have a different name, its call suzaku

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Originally Posted by DarkB

oh man, i wish they would hire different artists and designers, these stuff are way so boring and recycled...
sad that still high allagan gear set is the best lookin one after all this time.

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Can you really blame the artist and designers? If anyone it's the lore team to complain to, for every raid on 3.x the artist and designers have been told "Yo, design gear for a void like appearance and/or ancient ruins with those black mage dudes lore in mind" every single raid.

Edit: I also disagree HA still being the best looking gear... Creator gear took the cake for me, especially the tank set with the baller mane on the neck making you look like a badass medieval fantasy king

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Originally Posted by Kai_Lee

Phoenix bird mount have a different name, its call suzaku

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Is that confirmed, not saying it couldn't be named Suzaku, but the origins are different for a Pheonix/Fenghuang and Suzaku, with Fenghuang being similar to Kirin in origin. Although, since we will be getting swimming and swimming mounts in 4.0, and most likely get new mounts from those primals, we could be looking at a new trend in mount names Suzaku in 3.0, Genbu in 4.0 and Byakko and Seiryu in later expansions.

Though honestly since those 4 represent certain things and usually always come as a set, I doubt they would use the name Suzaku. Considering since we went north, Suzaku is south, lol. We'd be going east, Genbu is north, and the name Seiryu is in the game as a term used for Hraesvalgr. All of these things make me think Suzaku is unlikely, but that's just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by DarkB

oh man, i wish they would hire different artists and designers, these stuff are way so boring and recycled...
sad that still high allagan gear set is the best lookin one after all this time.

still people arent tired of minions and mounts? and hairstyles?
damn the most discussed topic in xiv forum is glamour, pets, hairstyles, marriage megathread and mounts.. lol incredible.

this game really is just done :/

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I agree, but what do you want from a casual game. Most players here are casuals and they only "play" in hairstyle, mount and so on things.

HAIRSTYLE is not a content, SE! Do you hear me? Players cant play in a hairstyle or in mount! Players must play in dungeons, challenges and other battles!

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Originally Posted by Xyno

I agree, but what do you want from a casual game. Most players here are casuals and they only "play" in hairstyle, mount and so on things.

HAIRSTYLE is not a content, SE! Do you hear me? Players cant play in a hairstyle or in mount! Players must play in dungeons, challenges and other battles!

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Its not like Hairstyles or Glamour are the only things coming out. There is 2 dungeons, a normal and EX trial, a 24 man raid, the MSQ, 2 side quest chains, and later on the revamped Diadem. Those are all content.

People care about how their character looks. People like having sweet looking mounts. People like collectable stuff. They are going to show these things off because there are players who are very interested in these things as rewards.

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Originally Posted by myahele

I can't say that I like the new hairstyles. They look likes lightly altered version of the one's we have.

Also, I am amazed by this boss design:
http://www.famitsu.com/images/000/12...dd50742ec0.jpg
Looks like it belongs in another game at 1st glance.

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I guess I'd better start begging for a glamour of this now.

Thanks for posting this info Silkan!!!

Can we get some Dun Scaith housing items please? >w>
Like a Dun Scaith exterior?

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Originally Posted by Xyno

I agree, but what do you want from a casual game. Most players here are casuals and they only "play" in hairstyle, mount and so on things.

HAIRSTYLE is not a content, SE! Do you hear me? Players cant play in a hairstyle or in mount! Players must play in dungeons, challenges and other battles!

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Aren't you the guy who wanted to live on some planet in outer space?

Go back to outer space. :| Most of us are perfectly happy with what's coming out, hairstyles, mounts, RAIDS, TRIALS, and all.

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Originally Posted by Fawkes

I guess I'd better start begging for a glamour of this now.

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You have my vote for what it's worth !

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Originally Posted by Fawkes

I guess I'd better start begging for a glamour of this now.

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Sophia glamour first!

I love how the caster gear is super generic looking while all the melee look badass

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

Can we get some Dun Scaith housing items please? >w>
Like a Dun Scaith exterior?

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THIS.

Also....
Were you always a Roe?...:confused: Maybe I am remembering wrong?

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Originally Posted by Belhi

Its not like Hairstyles or Glamour are the only things coming out. There is 2 dungeons, a normal and EX trial, a 24 man raid, the MSQ, 2 side quest chains, and later on the revamped Diadem. Those are all content.

People care about how their character looks. People like having sweet looking mounts. People like collectable stuff. They are going to show these things off because there are players who are very interested in these things as rewards.

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First patch was really good, with content. But then, when all this housing-mounting-glamouring rave began, any patch begin to consist of 20% of the real playable content and 80% useless casual content like mounts, housing furniture and glamours. But you know what. SE want us think, that it is a real content, that can be playable. NO IT IS NOT! It is useless trash. And this trash continues- any other patch, 20%-80%

I hope you understand, that my game exp is much more greater, than you can see via Lodestone)

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Originally Posted by Xyno

So, the final boss in the raid will be like in the World of Darkness (giant, out of the location)? Does SE have a lack of imagination and cant create something new?

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1. How is the Cloud of Darkness out of location in WoD? She is in WoD since FF III
2. The pretty Lady (I think she is the queen and the endboss) don't look out of location.

http://oi63.tinypic.com/infi2d.jpg


I'm happy that we will get maybe Diablo as a boss again ^^

The awful type-0 haircuts are almost over, rejoice. Only 2 left.

Holy Hell !!! those pvp mounts !!!
Saint Seiya Baby !!!

Kinda shocked no mention of the singing emote.
Singing Emote

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Originally Posted by AlphaFox

Kinda shocked no mention of the singing emote.
Singing Emote

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I got the impression that will be from the Little Ladies day event

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Originally Posted by Xyno

First patch was really good, with content. But then, when all this housing-mounting-glamouring rave began, any patch begin to consist of 20% of the real playable content and 80% useless casual content like mounts, housing furniture and glamours. But you know what. SE want us think, that it is a real content, that can be playable. NO IT IS NOT! It is useless trash. And this trash continues- any other patch, 20%-80%

I hope you understand, that my game exp is much more greater, than you can see via Lodestone)

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Hey guess what.

Don't like the game?

Unsub. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

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Originally Posted by ErryK

That's not Phoenix. Go do T12 and inform yourself.

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Is this going to be the new forum thing now? Like 3 threads in this forum already with this. Next you'll tell us "soccer is called football" or "tomatos are fruits not vegetables" and other such obvious things.

Its a big fiery bird with a crazy tail. Yes its ho-oh but it isn't going to end things if people call it something else.

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Originally Posted by Yasmina

/backflip emote?

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Dragoon /vpose and (male) Monk /bstance.

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Originally Posted by DarkB

sad that still high allagan gear set is the best lookin one after all this time. :/

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Opinions are just that. I still think the HA gear is some of the ugliest stuff in the game that I've seen so far. On topic, the new raid looks like it'll be an entertaining one! Wonder how it'll pan out. Gear sets look alright, too!

Shame we'll probably never get her outfit, for the same reason we'll never get Succubus, Garuda, Shiva, Sophia and Calofisteri.
Lalafells.

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Originally Posted by Xyno

First patch was really good, with content. But then, when all this housing-mounting-glamouring rave began, any patch begin to consist of 20% of the real playable content and 80% useless casual content like mounts, housing furniture and glamours. But you know what. SE want us think, that it is a real content, that can be playable. NO IT IS NOT! It is useless trash. And this trash continues- any other patch, 20%-80%

I hope you understand, that my game exp is much more greater, than you can see via Lodestone)

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What you find to be useless trash is not so to others, like it or not the glamour endgame is real to many people.

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Originally Posted by Lone-wolfe-02

What you find to be useless trash is not so to others, like it or not the glamour endgame is real to many people.

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And this is sad, because the game looks like Sims now

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Originally Posted by myahele

I can't say that I like the new hairstyles. They look likes lightly altered version of the one's we have.

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I disagree, a lot of people wear the same hairstyles. Having alternately variates versions of the ones we already have isn't actually a bad idea. It creates more detail, and adds player diversity. I think the trend so far is new hairstyles with every patch. There might be more for part 2. Hairstyles are also very likely for an expansion. They might be holding the most creative of them for 4.0.

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Originally Posted by Xyno

And this is sad, because the game looks like Sims now

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Glamour makes Aquapolis relevant, which would be "content" in your eyes, no? Sounds like you only consider battle content as actual content. Aquapolis is battle content and it would be dead without glamour and housing, therefor glamour, and housing, is content. Or at least, not trash.

It finally happened!

/adjustglasses

http://www.novacrystallis.com/wp-con...46-150x150.png

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

The 24 man raid gear in 3.0 frankly sucks. 2.0 had more variety for the CT raids.

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I'm the opposite. I hate how some of the Crystal Tower set looks and love most of Weeping City.

my greatest fear is that the pvp version of the garo event gear will cost as much as the current gear. This is only plausible due to the fact that he stated that the event will be going for an extended period of time. To put things into perspective, the costs of each piece are as follows, assuming you are only going for glamour:

Weapon: 12,375 (PLD is usually a 70%/30% split)
Head: 7425
Body: 12,375
Hands: 7425
Legs: 12,375
Feet: 7425

That's a total of 59400 wolf marks for one set! That's a hell of a grind even with the wolf mark bonuses. While I highly doubt that would be the case SE has proven to make simple events into total grind fests. Anyone remeber the last 3 minions for the Yokai event? They also need to bump up the wolf mark cap. It's been that way since 2.0. Please SE don't make pvp more of a slog fest for glamour than it already is. I can just imagine the amount of salt coming in now from people just half-assing it in FL for that 600 wolf mark daily or win trades in the feast.

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Originally Posted by DamianFatale

I disagree, a lot of people wear the same hairstyles. Having alternately variates versions of the ones we already have isn't actually a bad idea. It creates more detail, and adds player diversity. I think the trend so far is new hairstyles with every patch. There might be more for part 2. Hairstyles are also very likely for an expansion. They might be holding the most creative of them for 4.0.

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Most are very similar to existing hairstyles with a few tweaks here and there. He's absolutely right. Furthermore some of them are clearly more suited to feminine or androgynous characters yet are made available to both genders at the expense of more 'masculine' options for those of us who would prefer more of that particular aesthetic.

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Originally Posted by myahele

http://www.famitsu.com/images/000/12...dd50742ec0.jpg

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Cant wait to fight THIS boss :3

Kinda sucks that only 3 GARO sets for female actually have pants...

Why must girl = skirt :(