So the new Egi Glamour system?

So we are finally getting the Egi-glamour system, took awhile right? But there was one thing I noticed about it in the preliminary notes. It says that the glamous wont be visible in PvP areas. Now for the moment I guess that isn't that bad since the glamous we have are only surface glamours. But I would hope that would change once more Egis become available, as well as the attack animations, since Shiva doing wind attacks doesn't seem right.

Anyone have any thoughts?

it is one of those "fair play" things, along the same vein of why glamours don't show in pvp (least I don't think they do haven't notice/checked) For example a green carby doesn't run up to you and ifrit stun you etc.

they have egi-glamour disabled just because any egi-glamour can be added to any egi and in pvp that is a disadvantage for others, since they don't know what egi it is, so i don't think egi-glamour is going to be added or we summoners or scholars have a advantage in pvp

League of Legends changes aesthetics for entire champions, it's silly that we can't do the same for this game's pets.

You still know what Champion you are playing against. Egis are 3 entities, a player could take the 3 carbuncles and mix-match them in such a way to confuse the target as to be unaware to which one they actually have out. That's the issue, it creates an unfair advantage of changing it's visual appearance and having to rely on the text name to know what pet is out(If it doesn't also change the name of the pet). For all we know when you have Garuda set as Topaz Carbuncle it will say "Topaz Carbuncle" and the pet and not "Garuda"

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Originally Posted by Rennies

League of Legends changes aesthetics for entire champions[...]

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In fairness, they take great care that you can still see at a glance which champion it is, by keeping their distinct posture and silhouette intact.

Plus...honestly, when a development team tries to push Ranked into a game in which like 95% of the playerbase doesn't even play PvP in the first place, you should expect their decisions regarding PvP to be a little hard to penetrate with common sense.

Hope a day SCH can get fairy glamour :3

Topaz carbuncle on an Ifrit-egi. One summon used for tanking to hide a harder hitting melee striker with a stun.

Not everyone reads patch notes and while word spreads quickly, not everyone will hear it quickly enough; it's better to just disable it for PvP for people too lazy to read than to have them file fake reports of cheating/bug/glitch for being duped. That's what I'm figuring the logic is behind it. I think armor glamours are allowed in PvP now, but originally it wasn't. It might be removed in the future once a sufficient time has passed for people to realize glamours for summoners are a thing.

is this what really people been whining about all the time? just to glamour Carbuncle.....?

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Originally Posted by YISUG

is this what really people been whining about all the time? just to glamour Carbuncle.....?

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Mostly, yes, because Garuda is ugly as sin and we lost access to such an adorable creature after level 45.

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Originally Posted by YISUG

is this what really people been whining about all the time? just to glamour Carbuncle.....?

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Yes. I love the cute carbuncles. The primal egis are ugly

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Originally Posted by Bixillarla

Yes. I love the cute carbuncles. The primal egis are ugly

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Originally Posted by Rennies

Mostly, yes, because Garuda is ugly as sin and we lost access to such an adorable creature after level 45.

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i thought people were asking for other primals egis not this :/

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Originally Posted by YISUG

i thought people were asking for other primals egis not this :/

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People were asking for both, they are just implimenting Carbuncles first after soo... long. I personally want Shiva.

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Originally Posted by YISUG

i thought people were asking for other primals egis not this :/

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They want both. I personally wanted the carbuncle back and now we get a ruby one :) can't wait for the patch.

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Originally Posted by YISUG

i thought people were asking for other primals egis not this :/

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We want that too. This is the first step, implementing the glam system.

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Originally Posted by RosaLunaCelestia

Hope a day SCH can get fairy glamour :3

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Absolutely!

So do I

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Originally Posted by Rennies

League of Legends changes aesthetics for entire champions, it's silly that we can't do the same for this game's pets.

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Even with entirely different outfits, characters in LoL have a much greater glance value.

Meanwhile in FFXIV, you can have a potato in a moogle costume, an amazon wearing full black metal plate, a petite woman with a maid outfit, and catboy wearing nothing but booty shorts all doing the same job.

Hopefully after this gets positively received, SCH could get a carby or two themselves. [Obsidian and Pearl]

Don't forget about SCH SE! :D <3

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Originally Posted by Eloah

People were asking for both, they are just implimenting Carbuncles first after soo... long. I personally want Shiva.

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This is what I was hoping for, would actually get me to play my SMN again. Hopefully they add not only Shiva-egi glamour, but Ramuh and others as well.

So we're only getting a carby first? Is there any idea. Of/when they'll add others?


I know it's a long shot but I want an Alexander Egi...

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Originally Posted by YISUG

is this what really people been whining about all the time? just to glamour Carbuncle.....?

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Carbuncle actually looks like what's it's meant to be a classic Final Fantasy summon in shape and form.
Garuda, Ifrit and Titan are just deformed floating gummy sweets that barely look like what they're meant to resemble.
XIV imo has the worst incarnation of summoner because of this, if I had it my way I'd make each individual summon act like its own ability much like how Yuna summons in the second Dissidia game.

I'm sure there's some people that like the egi's but they don't do it for me. :c

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Originally Posted by Yasuhiro

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"Gummy sweets" is being hilariously generous. They are simply poorly designed blobs that they refused to put any real effort into.

Oh believe me, gummy sweets is just one of the many names I have for these "summons"

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Originally Posted by NinjaTaru72

So we're only getting a carby first? Is there any idea. Of/when they'll add others?

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Most likely in the 4.5 patch.

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Originally Posted by Yasuhiro

Carbuncle actually looks like what's it's meant to be a classic Final Fantasy summon in shape and form
Garuda, Ifrit and Titan are just deformed floating gummy sweets that barely look like what they're meant to resemble.
XIV imo has the worst incarnation of summoner because of this imo.

I'm sure there's some people that like the egi's but they don't do it for me. :c

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Yeah the other egis leave something to be desired. I'd still like a Shiva egi because she is my favorite summon from the series. I also have to admit that I agree with you on XIV having the worst incarnation of Summoner. However it's the dots that ruin it for me. I wish it was more about pet commands. It really just feels like WoW's warlock to me. I know that some people like that though so to each their own.

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Originally Posted by YISUG

i thought people were asking for other primals egis not this :/

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They were, and the original intent was to add glamours for additional Egis. However, in order to do that, they have to also create new animations for every ability so that you don't have Shiva using fire attacks. I think it's more work than they want to invest on one job simply for visual appeal.

It's much easier to implement Carbuncle and keep existing animations for the time being. At least it's something for now.

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Originally Posted by Yasuhiro

Garuda, Ifrit and Titan are just deformed floating gummy sweets that barely look like what they're meant to resemble.

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Originally Posted by Rennies

"Gummy sweets" is being hilariously generous. They are simply poorly designed blobs that they refused to put any real effort into.

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The problem is more to do with the semi-monochrome glowing skins which lack contrast of the Garuda and Titan egis defusing the outlines of their models at the zoom out distances normally played at.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...016_213958.png
Titan-Egi isn't to bad close up but the yellow glow overpowers details such as its hair and distinct limbs to the point that most only see a "yellow mcnugget".
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...016_213741.png
Garuda's model has some fairly nice details up close but lack of contrast means that only her floating green wings are noticeable when zoomed out.

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Originally Posted by Blueyes

Most likely in the 4.5 patch.

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If thats how it happens, SE is going to have a mutiny. Considering we were supposed to get this system in 3.1.

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Originally Posted by Eloah

If thats how it happens, SE is going to have a mutiny. Considering we were supposed to get this system in 3.1.

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Since when? All they ever said since launch was that they were working on it, at best saying they hoped to have it ready by 3.4.

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Originally Posted by Rennies

League of Legends changes aesthetics for entire champions, it's silly that we can't do the same for this game's pets.

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Do show me what skin makes Annie look like Garen and I'll take this as legit.