Character Action Skins

They'll be showing this system off in Berlin, but that is a good while away.
So, skies the limit on what the system will let us do.
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With White Mage being the Job I'll take through Evercold MSQ.
I'm only going to focus on it, but this thread is to share hopes for the system.
So, comment what animations and effects for your favorite jobs you'd want to see your WoL doing.

As a disclaimer, I'll bring up Evolved/8.0 WHM and for my own fun I'll be overly dramatic about it.

Well after seeing the build they showed at Fanfest. My hopes for the DPS kit are below zero.
A fitting temperature for the coming expansion.

So, I'm banking on this system to at least let me be able to choose the Conjurer elements I fire off.
I wasn't anti light before but pro conjurer elements.
Now with the possible loss of Assize the final attack I could use at level cap not light based.
I'm now anti light when it comes to attacks on WHM.
That will be reflected in my hopes for the Action Skins.
I want to replace Glare and high Glare with two Aero spell effects.
Holy I use to be fine with. I now want to replace its spell effect with Aero 3's.
And the new Holy Sanctuary while it looks nice. What if it was wind based?
I'm thinking of a mini tornado with healing winds to wrap around the party.
Seeing as the skill in the Fanfest Demo showed the attack had a bonus healing effect.

Of course I'm just replacing light with wind. Well, I'd hope that earth and water would also be available as options for the offensive magic. As elements got taken away back in Shadow bringers.
Aero 3 hit me hardest while Assize has been the last bastion from becoming just Glare Mage.
I can give up on water easily. Earth not as easily but I can. However, I can't give up on wind magic.
I hope Eternal Wind doesn't become a song of lies in the next expansion.
It's my favorite FF song after all... Well not really.
The price of Freedom is, but Eternal Wind is my 2nd.

Plus, it's kind of dumb how Red Mage has more elemental diversity in their White magic than an actual White Mage does after Shadowbringers.

This is extra and nothing to do with the Action reskin system.
Please change LB3 to the one Y'shtola uses.
Preying to a placeholder LB1/2 weapon has always been so underwhelming.
The fact it stayed after the LB3 update in the same expansion as Y'shtola's LB...
Well at least Y'shtola only ever used that LB once in a solo duty in Heavensward.
Imagine if it had got a full on cutscene in the next expansion.
That would really make praying to a place holder staff disappointing.

Overly dramatic part over. To sum up everything nice and simply.
I hope Wind, Earth and Water can be elemental reskins for offensive magic.
I'd like to do more than just glare at things until they die when I'm doing the MSQ.

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Originally Posted by TKMXIV

They'll be showing this system off in Berlin, but that is a good while away.
So, skies the limit on what the system will let us do.

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Skies the limit on how much they will milk players for these action skins.
Why do you even remotely assume that it will be free?
Maybe they'll give some very basic reskins for free obtainable in a limited time just as a tease, but that's about it.

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Originally Posted by Alicie

Skies the limit on how much they will milk players for these action skins.
Why do you even remotely assume that it will be free?
Maybe they'll give some very basic reskins for free obtainable in a limited time just as a tease, but that's about it.

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I'm not assuming but hoping.

I think for character action skins, they will experiment small at first like with dragoon example. But I think they also been quietly paying attention to what some more creative folks have done, is basically retool entire jobs to present a different sort of fantasy. What if you wanted a specific kind of thing that is not currently present as something you want to play, but you could have this reskin bundle instead. Different animations, new particles and models, but its still what you already played anyway?

Considering the announcement image used Ring of Thorns, I'm guessing early on it's just bringing back removed/replaced attacks.

But it would be nice to have options like changing the element on WHM/BLM spells.

I'm expecting the first rounds to mostly be removed actions given that Yoshida first talked about the idea of bringing back DRG's pole dancing (I can't remember the name of the skill) as an emote or alternate animation in 3.5. If Plunge comes back early on, I'll be happy.

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Originally Posted by Daralii

I'm expecting the first rounds to mostly be removed actions given that Yoshida first talked about the idea of bringing back DRG's pole dancing (I can't remember the name of the skill) as an emote or alternate animation in 3.5. If Plunge comes back early on, I'll be happy.

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I'm assuming (hoping?) at least some of it will be obvious stuff like this. "Yeah OK Shadowstride is kinda...not Plunge. You can have Plunge back if you like it better." Or things like, "Stone through Glare III has a LOT of animations for the same button, would you like to use one of the older ones instead?" If either of these are the case the very first thing I do if I can is using Plunge and Bloodweapon instead of Delirium. I like Delirium. Bloodweapon is WAY BETTER.

Cant wait to change the god awful DRK run animation. It's finally happening.

If it means old classes will finally get better or less boring 1 2 3 rotation animations, that'd be great. Paladin for instance feels very drab compared to something with high production animations like Viper.

Also I hope they add different weapon stances and movement (as mentioned above regarding DRK) I don't like MCH run animation where the gun holding arm is frozen in place.

I do not know if it would be a thing but if we could change our character run and also certain stances for each race.

I do mind my hyur run as much now as got used to it but if I was given the choice then I would swap.

I also like my hyur idle poses way more than my miqo'te and think that would be nice. I do think they will add a few for free but then the rest will be a cash grab.