Are we ever going to be able to put our FC emblems next to our names like in 1.xx?

I always thought it was cool being able to know what LS a person is from by looking at the symbol. They should implement this into ARR...and allow us to repair other people's gear as well :cool:

http://www.mmopro.com/wp-content/upl...9-1024x576.jpg

It was part of the original concept art as well

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__....0_Concept.jpg

That would be nice, who knows.

Can we not? One thing I hated about 1.0 was those emblems. They are ugly! Can we please have our pearls back or something else? I rather have a solid color circle next to my name over a badly drawn super tiny emblem.

If I recall they already said no or "no current plans" since it would be like FFXI and FFXIV 1.x and not the style of MMO they're going for with ARR.

Having some means of displaying one's loyalty beyond a silly abbreviation would be nice. I mean, you can have it placed on most head and body armor but it's only for you to see, noone else can see it. Further, it doesn't even show correctly in instances and not at all in voiced cutscenes. A shame, too, it was one of the coolest things of free companies, being able to wear your company seal.

You can display your FC crest on your gear, no need to have it over everyone's heads.

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Originally Posted by Tupsi

Yeah, I don't think everyone plays zoomed in enough to see that, not only that but they vanish from instances.

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the crest will vanish whether it's by your head or on your gear. Information about your free company is not sent to the instance servers. The crest on most body armor is clearly visible without zooming way in.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

You can display your FC crest on your gear, no need to have it over everyone's heads.

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Yeah, I don't think everyone plays zoomed in enough to see that, not only that but they vanish from instances.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

the crest will vanish whether it's by your head

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It didn't in XIV 1.x - [Spoilered for images]

http://i43.tinypic.com/rk926r.png

So they must have done some serious downgrading with how that data is handled, or because of the fact everything goes through instance servers now.

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The crest on most body armor is clearly visible without zooming way in.

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let's test the theory on being able to see it without zooming in:

Zoomed in

http://i44.tinypic.com/5chbhz.png

http://i40.tinypic.com/1z82ko.png

Zoomed Out

http://i42.tinypic.com/2v9znki.png - About where a lot play to see full battlefields

By name

http://i40.tinypic.com/2gvtsoi.png

Now let's be honest - Wouldn't it look better by the name? Though I believe you can move the Emblem around as to where it shows up..but quite honestly, you do have to be zoomed in to see it for the most part since how a lot of people actually play you'll most likely only see it standing around mor dohna.

I think they should have it, but then add HUD filters for all/party/only/hide, etc.

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Originally Posted by IgnatiusCrumwald

I think they should have it, but then add HUD filters for all/party/only/hide, etc.

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More than likely considering how much stuff people wanted to toggle off in 1.0 lol.

Company emblems are still player-specific. What you see isn't shared with anyone else. Ask someone in your company to put the emblem on their chest or head armor and look at them closely. You're not going to see it. Noone else can but the one wearing it. You should be able to see other people's emblems. That would be a better alternative to what's being proposed, I think.

I absolutely wouldn't mind having it next to our names but, since others might, it would only be fair to give us an option to turn those off. The current emblems on gear, imho, look horrible less it's a crest that meshes well with an armour/dye .___.

One of the very few things I miss from 1.0, especially now with the expanded designs and styles.

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It didn't in XIV 1.x

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It didn't in FFXIV 1.0 because 1.0 didn't use isolated servers for instances (there was no need due to the small size of the servers).

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Now let's be honest - Wouldn't it look better by the name?

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No. The fewer icons over people's heads the better. the search flag/search flag icon is enough as it is. I like it being on our gear. I don't need to see what company people belong to from 50 feet away.

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I would like this actually with an option to turn it off for people who don't want the crest displayed.

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Off by default with option to turn on please.

I would like this actually with an option to turn it off for people who don't want the crest displayed.

I would also like it, but off by default. I mean, I think it's neat and I really like seeing who's from where sometimes, and little coloured emblems stick better in my head then <<wurd>> ever will, but I totally understand that there would be good times to have it off.

And while in some cases it does look neat to have it on your armour and robes, other times it just looks like someone got into the stickers. :P

Notice in that art, not only the FC crest but also titles were displayed. Give me this please!

If they added this, it would just be another thing for me to toggle off.
There's plenty clutter on the screen at times as it is.

Seing as crests already have an option to be displayed on armor as well as you having the tag after your name, I don't belive its worthwhile the developer resources that could be better spent elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by Choyi

Seing as crests already have an option to be displayed on armor as well as you having the tag after your name, I don't belive its worthwhile the developer resources that could be better spent elsewhere.

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If you want to be technical, the fact the majority of the dungeons in this game is done only once unless you want the gear from it is the definition of resources better spent elsewhere, kinda like how he stated "End-game is when the game starts". As said, the crests only you can see for the most part, others can't even see it unless it's an option off by default.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

Company emblems are still player-specific. What you see isn't shared with anyone else. Ask someone in your company to put the emblem on their chest or head armor and look at them closely. You're not going to see it. Noone else can but the one wearing it. You should be able to see other people's emblems. That would be a better alternative to what's being proposed, I think.

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wtf are you talking about. 100% wrong.

in dungeons is the only time the emblem disappears from your gear and its replaced with the grand company emblem.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

Company emblems are still player-specific. What you see isn't shared with anyone else. Ask someone in your company to put the emblem on their chest or head armor and look at them closely. You're not going to see it. Noone else can but the one wearing it. You should be able to see other people's emblems. That would be a better alternative to what's being proposed, I think.

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False /10char

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Originally Posted by madolyn

wtf are you talking about. 100% wrong.

in dungeons is the only time the emblem disappears from your gear and its replaced with the grand company emblem.

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Then I must have network problems cause I've stood next to fellow free company members who also had emblems set on their armor, even telling me where on the armor, and I couldn't see it. Not even in first person view.