Summoners getting Carby now?!

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I sure hope it is! I love Carby and it's sad I can't use it when I want too!

Looks like nice concept art and that's all to me. I don't get the carbuncle love either. The abilities are mostly the same but weaker.

Hmmm... That looks like a screenshot, not concept art.

Just don't do SMN quest and u still have Carbuncle instead of Garuda

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Originally Posted by Kerberon

Looks like nice concept art and that's all to me. I don't get the carbuncle love either. The abilities are mostly the same but weaker.

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The Carbuncle Love derives from the fans of Final Fantasy XI, where in Carbuncle is the first and primary Avatar that you were able to keep out 100% of the time (with Garuda being the secondary and only able to be achieved at around level 99, where as Carby can be achieved at level 20).

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Originally Posted by Archadius

Hmmm... That looks like a screenshot, not concept art.

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I can't put my finger on it but there is something in it that makes me say it's not a screenshot. Something in the textures maybe, they're flat in that picture and it makes it more cartoony and wowish than what the actual game looks like.

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Originally Posted by Kerberon

I can't put my finger on it but there is something in it that makes me say it's not a screenshot. Something in the textures maybe, they're flat in that picture and it makes it more cartoony and wowish than what the actual game looks like.

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Personally ( and maybe I just don't have artist eyes) but that area in the picture looks the same as it does in game. That's just me though.

Edit: Even if it is concept art, they sure did put it out their that carby will be a summoners pet now.

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Originally Posted by Kerberon

I can't put my finger on it but there is something in it that makes me say it's not a screenshot. Something in the textures maybe, they're flat in that picture and it makes it more cartoony and wowish than what the actual game looks like.

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It's a downscaled, compressed, and slightly touched up screenshot, but it's still a screenshot. The blotchy low-res gress texture makes that easily apparent.

That being said, it isn't indicative of anything. The carby is a bit more iconic than the lame primal egis, so it's possible (probable?) that they just used GM powers when taking the screenshot to summon a carby instead, since it is a promotional image after all.

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Originally Posted by Tharian

The Carbuncle Love derives from the fans of Final Fantasy XI, where in Carbuncle is the first and primary Avatar that you were able to keep out 100% of the time (with Garuda being the secondary and only able to be achieved at around level 99, where as Carby can be achieved at level 20).

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huh? you got carby in ffxi at lvl1 the rest at 30(and earlier if you have the quest done with another job), and odin and alex at 75, and carby was the bad guy there, the carby love comes from it's cuteness lol.

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Originally Posted by Ninix

It's a downscaled, compressed, and slightly touched up screenshot, but it's still a screenshot. The blotchy low-res gress texture makes that easily apparent.

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That might be what I'm seeing then. It just didn't look right to me.