Low quality of new CT gears...

Anyone else noticed how low quality the new gear are? (look wise)

I feel a really huge gap between original gears, and the new sets...

Can't find a way to upload images, anyone knows how to do?

Do you mean the looks of them? You must considering at ilvl 80, the stats are right where they should be between ilvl 70 and ilvl 90.

But I disagree that they look low quality. I have 4 different pieces, and all but the WHM feet I feel are an aesthetic upgrade!

I'm playing on a really good PC, and the difference in details is HUGE.

Here you go. Can you see the details of the healer's gear on the left compared to the tank's one on the right?

link below:

http://s907.photobucket.com/user/kus...22646.png.html

Um. What exactly are you having an issue with? Beyond jaggies that are on just about everything it looks normal.

If you mean the white cloth the details look to be the same as the red's but well it's white. I have to squint to see it but its there.

have to zoom on the pic to see the quality difference, but when you look at it close enough, you can see how pixelised CT gears look. I don't have that much jaggies on original outifts, and women/men gear are all different as wel. CT gears are excatly the same for male/female.

Not sure what you're talking about. Or is it you just notice that textures are low resolution? They are low resolution on all gear and SE won't be increase the texture resolution till Directx 11 client.

http://i.imgur.com/cgj5xxh.png

http://i.imgur.com/ELOR30v.png

http://i.imgur.com/jJucvN2.png

Only thing I see is they all have low resolution textures.

Original ones are slightly better though. more especially mage robes:/

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Originally Posted by Kusottareme

Anyone else noticed how low quality the new gear are? (look wise)

I feel a really huge gap between original gears, and the new sets...

Can't find a way to upload images, anyone knows how to do?

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You must not have seen a Royal set (WHM) with a Thyrus, it looks awesome.

Nah, their design look awesome, im just talking about resolution:/

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Originally Posted by Kusottareme

Nah, their design look awesome, im just talking about resolution:/

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Ahh I got ya now, I haven't really stared at it long enough to care. lol

Really? I just love the CT caster gear. My only complaint is that SE should make different designs for caster/healer classes, because DL, Allagan and CT gear are just the same but they only changed its colors from white to black. But, look at them, they're amazing!

http://imageshack.com/a/img829/585/fx29.png

http://imageshack.com/a/img28/181/p46d.png

Honestly the BLM robe doesn't fit the theme of a BLM. It looks like something a red Mage would wear. I can't figure out why SE chose red as the go to color for that set.

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Originally Posted by Pinworms

Honestly the BLM robe doesn't fit the theme of a BLM. It looks like something a red Mage would wear. I can't figure out why SE chose red as the go to color for that set.

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Because it's not BLM gear... It's caster dps gear, summoners wear it too.

As for the resolution of the textures.. yea, it's crap, Much older mmos have much better resolutions on their textures so I don't understand their logic, DX11 support should have little to do with it, especially if they add a high resolution pack when dx11 support is available, PS3 will still have the crap textures anyway so they could as well put them now..

I'm just guessing the engine is lacking and they're still coding stuff in and they can't get it to work efficiently with higher resolution textures.. or something. Like the performance would tank without any logical reason, since other engines support high resolution textures with dozens/hundreds of people on screen (with a smart distance decay).

Anyway, looking forward to the texture upgrade, as it stands they looks like crap when you zoom in.

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Originally Posted by Pinworms

Honestly the BLM robe doesn't fit the theme of a BLM. It looks like something a red Mage would wear. I can't figure out why SE chose red as the go to color for that set.

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Black mage is a mage that uses black magicks... the color of their robes is irrelevant.
The usual black mage has blue robes.

And yeah, the Royal Robe looks awesome with the Thyrus. But it doesn't goes well with scholar... worse in my case since I use that horrible relic Mini-skirt.

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Originally Posted by Pinworms

Honestly the BLM robe doesn't fit the theme of a BLM. It looks like something a red Mage would wear. I can't figure out why SE chose red as the go to color for that set.

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Red Mage wouldn't wear that. It doesn't have a feathered chapeau nor is it cool enough for Red Mage!

Besides, it's not supposed to fit the BLM theme. The only gear that really does for any job is their AF/AF1.5 and DL for a couple jobs. All opinion of course, opinion isn't fact and there are probably people who will disagree lol.

http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__..._Armor_Set.JPG

http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...b3/EAF_RDM.png

RDM is my favorite job so yeah... RED MAGE NEEDS TO BE IN XIV ALREADY DAMMIT.

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...mage_large.png

http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...Redmageiii.jpg

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Originally Posted by Ri_ri

And yeah, the Royal Robe looks awesome with the Thyrus. But it doesn't goes well with scholar... worse in my case since I use that horrible relic Mini-skirt.

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I don't think it looks bad on SCH. It fits nicely with Deus Ex Gratia's design.

*Please excuse the poor quality*
http://i.imgur.com/CClwW6o.png

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Originally Posted by Cyrus-Wallace

My only complaint is that SE should make different designs for caster/healer classes, because DL, Allagan and CT gear are just the same but they only changed its colors from white to black. But, look at them, they're amazing!

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I'm certain this is why we'll never be able to dye this gear. x.x Their laziness in designing different models is frustrating. (On a lighter note - I love the shoe model for the CT cloth gear...)

Regarding low resolution textures: Wasn't there a dev post (or a Yoshi post?) a while back that said they did not plan on increasing texture quality, even with the DX11 package? I remember being disappointed by it, but I can't recall where the post was.

Speaking of lazy modeling in CT it's not just in the caster and healer sets, the drg and brd gear are the exact same models excluding the helmet they're just recolours >_<.

I agree, if you view them up close they look terrible.

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Originally Posted by GabrielK

Because it's not BLM gear... It's caster dps gear, summoners wear it too.

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For my summoner, it almost perfectly matches the myth head piece too. :)

The main problem is not only the texture resolution (which is decently high). Without being able to look at the actual flat textures I can't say for certain, but it looks to me that the color overlays/cutouts (that changes with the effect of dyes, etc.) are not anti-aliased in the native game engine, making those regions jagged and mostly terrible to look at. The worst offender I can think of is the WHM AF2 with the red spike detailing.

To be honest though, while I don't care for 4 out of 6 CT sets being recolors I thought their quality was pretty good. I don't think anyone can complains about the caster sets.

The reason they, and every other visually represented armor and weapon, look like they do is because of the downscaling that went on in the conversion from 1.0 to 2.0. 1.0 was very graphically demanding, you needed a PC more powerful than was needed to play a Crysis game just to 'break even'. Yes, they may have been a little zealous in the downscaling, but thanks to that you can play on a contemporary PC without having to tone anything down. I noticed the pixelated textures in the Beta, well before Crystal Tower, but you have to give a little to get alot.

Obligatory "ps3 limitations"

you have way too much afk time

Design-wise, the only bit I specifically dislike is the Bard hat.
I get what they were going for, but it ends up looking awkward and hobo-esque to me.
Plus I wouldn't have made it white... So tired of light colours...

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Originally Posted by Dark-Saviour

Design-wise, the only bit I specifically dislike is the Bard hat.
I get what they were going for, but it ends up looking awkward and hobo-esque to me.
Plus I wouldn't have made it white... So tired of light colours...

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I love the look of the CT Bard gear personally - makes me look like a peppermint pimp!

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

I agree, if you view them up close they look terrible.

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AH THANK YOU!

I hate the stripes on the WHM gear. :/

I think I just hate stripes in general now that I think about it...

But the Crimson gear looks better because its red and black...

Yeah its the white on the stripes... LOL

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Originally Posted by Naunet

I'm certain this is why we'll never be able to dye this gear. x.x Their laziness in designing different models is frustrating. (On a lighter note - I love the shoe model for the CT cloth gear...)

Regarding low resolution textures: Wasn't there a dev post (or a Yoshi post?) a while back that said they did not plan on increasing texture quality, even with the DX11 package? I remember being disappointed by it, but I can't recall where the post was.

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Yes, DX11 won't raise texture quality at all

Ah didn't catch it was caster and not blm. My bad. That makes it somewhat more understandable. I do wish there were more class, job, race specific relevant gear in the game.