Where did all the AF armor go?

AF1 and AF1.5 have been in-game for a while, but aside from a brief glimpse of the DRG AF2, we haven't heard much about Artifact armor.

I'd certainly prefer to have more iconic-looking class armors, as opposed to some of the current designs we've been getting with the soldiery and allagan sets.

Anyone else yearning for some new job-specific armors?

http://ffxiv.game-guide.fr/files/201...log-AF2DRG.jpg

We'll be getting them 2.3 or 2.4. I hope 2.3, I LOVE the new SMN AF armor <3

I'm holding out against hope that they aren't saving them for the expansion.

Hopefully they get released soonish. Here's the other jobs for those who haven't seen them yet:

Warrior:
http://cdn.dualshockers.com/wp-conte...Live_9_158.jpg

Bard:
http://cdn2.dualshockers.com/wp-cont...Live_9_152.jpg

Monk:
http://i.imgur.com/2jNhSBd.png

Summoner:
http://i.imgur.com/ZYfv7v8.png

My guess is CT

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Originally Posted by Corfish

We'll be getting them 2.3 or 2.4. I hope 2.3, I LOVE the new SMN AF armor <3

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I agree, it's awesome looking!

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Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP

I agree, it's awesome looking!

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It's nice to have mage armor that isn't heavy looking. It reminds me heavily of Yuna's outfit, very free looking, and seems to flow. Hopefully it's not too well liked, so I don't look like every other SMN on my server!

Dat goon Armor. Ooh.. I love it. ..PLEASE don't leave big gaping hole for female Dragoons. It's just so..odd to look at sometimes. At least for me.

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Originally Posted by Roll

Bard:
http://cdn2.dualshockers.com/wp-cont...Live_9_152.jpg

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I wonder if this was inspired by Locke's outfit...
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...-Locke_III.jpg

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Originally Posted by Nep_Nep

Dat goon Armor. Ooh.. I love it. ..PLEASE don't leave big gaping hole for female Dragoons. It's just so..odd to look at sometimes. At least for me.

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It actually really reminds me of a Kain Highwind style armor design, just much more updated and intricate. I love it.

I expect 2.4, that's probably they earliest they'll add new tomestones, assuming they come from tomestones. If they come from quests, I'd expect it to be new level cap material, and that's probably an expansion (though they give plenty of mixed messages about that). 2.3 will only be adding Crystal Tower as "endgame" to my knowledge, and we already have some concept art of Crystal Tower armor (based on the bosses), so I doubt we'll get any new gear alongside that.

I personally don't see AF2 armor coming from CT. The first set we got through job quests and the second through Myth tomes.

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Originally Posted by Nep_Nep

Dat goon Armor. Ooh.. I love it. ..PLEASE don't leave big gaping hole for female Dragoons. It's just so..odd to look at sometimes. At least for me.

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Amen to that. I want body coverage just like the male armor.

Watch some elitist clowns start trashing AF2 about a week after they're released. You pick the excuse. Chances are good you'll be correct.

I'm hoping they do more than give them a color touch-up like they did to Dynamis AF2 and Myth AF. Make the whole thing stand out and shout "THIS IS YOUR UNIFORM! STAND PROUD, <insert job here>!"

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Originally Posted by Hayward

Watch some elitist clowns start trashing AF2 about a week after they're released. You pick the excuse. Chances are good you'll be correct.

I'm hoping they do more than give them a color touch-up like they did to Dynamis AF2 and Myth AF. Make the whole thing stand out and shout "THIS IS YOUR UNIFORM! STAND PROUD, <insert job here>!"

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I'm not sure if you actually looked at the AF2 pictures ^^;;; It sounds like you are talking about AF1.5

I fell in love with the SMN AF2, I eagerly await it. I am really interested to see WHM AF2 as well... I really hope we get a hood up option for it!
Maybe it will get a breast plate armor like so many of the concept arts...

I like AF gear, but the bard's was so underwhelming. At least the other version posted was decent and less effeminate. I was so quick to stop using mine soon as I found something better.

I love the Monk AF armor.

I believe this is the main inspiration.

My guess is they will add AF2 when they add the new jobs. It seems like the best time to do it because they won't have to add in Ninja and Musketeer (I hope) after all the other jobs have already gotten their next set. So that would fall some time after 2.3 if I recall correctly, as Yoshida mentioned that new classes would come out shortly after that.

I guess 3.0, as rewards for the new job quests

I would have loved that Dragoon set this patch instead of the crummy Soldiery stuff for DRG. :(

Probably at the 2.4 with the next endgame reset.

every time that monk armor shows up I just want to go into a fit of rage; we're supposed to be monks, not gypsie dance kings. The artifact armor for 1.0 and 1.5 looks pretty decent; they looked like normal monk attire. Every thing before and after that is just awful though, it doesn't exude the personality of what the monk is - a warrior who uses sheer will and the power of his body to decimate his opponents. Instead it looks like we rolled around in the back of some theater dressing room, bursted out and yelled "Ta-da!".

Every other class their gear contains elements of their motif. Warriors get heavy armor or animal pelts, paladins get your typical knightly armor or something which looks holy, dragoons have a great deal of dragon aspects incorporated into their armor, etc.

Did the designer get Dancer and Monk mixed up? Because that's what it feels like.

My guess is that they will add the AF when they increase the level cap along with adding more Job Quests and (one or more) Job Abilities. Which i personally don’t expect to be released until the Expansion Pack.

I would really love to see the Paladin, Scholar, White Mage and Black Mage AF2. They haven’t shown those yet.

No love for the PLD?

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Originally Posted by Rakashu

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The upset feeling can be understandable however, If you look up Yang from FFIV, you can see the strong similarity of the outfit he wears and the AF armor Yoshida showed us.

Yang was one of the first true "Monk"s of the Final Fantasy series, I can be wrong though.

The armor pays homage towards him and it's design can rub many people who are unfamiliar with the franchise the wrong way since it's a total jump from Temple cyclas to red pants and some weird chest plate.

If we get his tattoos, I'll be super happy though. :)

I am betting we will see something about this at E3

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Originally Posted by Dashuto

I am betting we will see something about this at E3

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Seeing, maybe... but not touching!
I doubt they will add it with CT2 because we are getting new "Myth-Gear" with new Coils...
Most players hoped it will be with Coil2 but it seems we will not see them before Coil3... That means earliest release is 2.4
The funny thing is they showed us that gear in LiveLetter OKT/30/2013

I would assume expansion content. If we get them earlier, feel blessed. We still have a whole other coil to get gear from in 2.4. I would speculate 2.5 - 3.0(exp.)

They will be vanity gear available at the CashStation :D

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Originally Posted by Roll

Hopefully they get released soonish. Here's the other jobs for those who haven't seen them yet:

Warrior:
http://cdn.dualshockers.com/wp-conte...Live_9_158.jpg

Bard:
http://cdn2.dualshockers.com/wp-cont...Live_9_152.jpg

Monk:
http://i.imgur.com/2jNhSBd.png

Summoner:
http://i.imgur.com/ZYfv7v8.png

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Any pics for other classes? BLM? WHM? PLD? SCH?