Ugly equipments

Is it me or lvl 50 Lancer equipments are just ugly?

When I got my low level Iron Scale Mail and Dented Celata, I thought it was great, especially after having be wearing tissue armors for a while. And then I looked at lvl 50 armors.. OMG! it is awful! seriously? Vintage Haubergeon and Mercenary's Pot Helm, Mercenary's Mitts... Have high lvl lancers to wear dresses and mittens? c'mon! we're warriors!

Does it really look as cool?

http://zam.zamimg.com/ffxiv/icons/1C610324.png

http://zam.zamimg.com/ffxiv/icons/1C610555.png

Seriously not. I would rather have the haubergeron lvl 20 and dump it as soon as possible than to have to wear it lvl 50 knowing there's nothing better in terms of stats.

Hopefully new jobs will resolve this problem, though i'm not sure if you can become a dragoon when you're lvl 50 or if it is an entirely new job.

I don't think it look that ugly it look like something someone wear back in the days in real life.

Yes! Its ugly. No FF Feel in the design.... Come on SE!!!!

They're very nice IMO. I liked a lot the way gears were made in this game. ^^

Only obliquely related... but I have the same complaint about the scimitar style of weapons in the game... they look like really bad theater props.

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Originally Posted by Fen-fen

Is it me or lvl 50 Lancer equipments are just ugly?

When I got my low level Iron Scale Mail and Dented Celata, I thought it was great, especially after having be wearing tissue armors for a while. And then I looked at lvl 50 armors.. OMG! it is awful! seriously? Vintage Haubergeon and Mercenary's Pot Helm, Mercenary's Mitts... Have high lvl lancers to wear dresses and mittens? c'mon! we're warriors!

Does it really look as cool?

http://zam.zamimg.com/ffxiv/icons/1C610324.png

http://zam.zamimg.com/ffxiv/icons/1C610555.png

Seriously not. I would rather have the haubergeron lvl 20 and dump it as soon as possible than to have to wear it lvl 50 knowing there's nothing better in terms of stats.

Hopefully new jobs will resolve this problem, though i'm not sure if you can become a dragoon when you're lvl 50 or if it is an entirely new job.

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Yes, it's ugly. It just so plain and basic. I want some bad ass armor, not same re - color crap over and over again.

I like the 2nd armor, thumb up on female :D

... I really like those o.O

I'm sorry but I don't want to be forced to run around looking like some sort of clown/walking light show. I hate when MMO's give me some gear that looks nice at low level only to force me to dress like a moron or wear gear that I just..

I like my armour believable, sorry. The gear at present has differences in the texturing and the way it's shaded based on material and quality and.. I really like that. Sorry if you don't.. maybe they'll put in some gear you like down the road?

It's bad enough they seem to have removed higher level actons and dalmatica, two gear families I really liked and wanted to wear at higher levels. I'd really rather they not remove the gear I find nice and tasteful looking in favour of forcing some gaudy spikefest down my throat.

Only way I'd ever support the implementation of 'badass' armour is if they implement a system like Aion's, whereby I get to have my gear use models from other, less distasteful gear of a similar sort if I so fancy. .. That or the old aesthetic slots concept.

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Originally Posted by Fen-fen

Is it me or lvl 50 Lancer equipments are just ugly?

When I got my low level Iron Scale Mail and Dented Celata, I thought it was great, especially after having be wearing tissue armors for a while. And then I looked at lvl 50 armors.. OMG! it is awful! seriously? Vintage Haubergeon and Mercenary's Pot Helm, Mercenary's Mitts... Have high lvl lancers to wear dresses and mittens? c'mon! we're warriors!

Does it really look as cool?

http://zam.zamimg.com/ffxiv/icons/1C610324.png

http://zam.zamimg.com/ffxiv/icons/1C610555.png

Seriously not. I would rather have the haubergeron lvl 20 and dump it as soon as possible than to have to wear it lvl 50 knowing there's nothing better in terms of stats.

Hopefully new jobs will resolve this problem, though i'm not sure if you can become a dragoon when you're lvl 50 or if it is an entirely new job.

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solid scale mail is still a good piece for lancer if you want something that looks better. drop rate in DH is real good no too.

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

solid scale mail is still a good piece for lancer if you want something that looks better. drop rate in DH is real good no too.

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DH is also pretty easy to beat now, so theres no excuses ;P

Truth to be told I think it fits a lancer better to have chainmail than full plate at higher levels, and hey, for me both armors are equally cool!
That is, not even close to what I'd call something worthy of an FF main character (the Job-specific equipment, now that's what I call worthy). However, being an MMO, I presume i'm a secondary character, anyway, so they're pretty cool still.

Needs bigger shoulderpads. Like knives shooting up that can pierce your ears.

Seriously though, I like the armor designs as they are fairly realistic and hopefully as new stuff comes out the more rare items will look a bit more snazzy.

I am a historical reenactor though and I think that armor is hawt...

Perhaps its just my texture filtering/quality (standard), but the only thing that really bugs me about the chain and 'hauby' armors is the chainlink texture. If my camera is more than 10 feet away, the gear starts to look like TV static with glitter all over it. If you covered the chest in a tabard or shirt like with the Merc Chainmail, I'd get around that visual annoyance at least.

Other than that, I am fairly happy with how it looks. It's practical and hefty looking, and at least it's not subligar + harness. Could use a few more belts though.

Right now though, I believe I'm using a red Ranger Tunic with +STR and ACC for my body piece, vambraces and plated jackboots. I have subligar on, but the tunic + jackboots hides that from sight thankfully...