Why are the high summoner's armlets rigid?

Wasn't the whole point of the outfit to be something that flows with movement..? Instead we get something that looks like plastic wings attached to your arms?

It really does need a cloth dynamic to it, even if it's just a little bit. It's way too stiff.

ps3 limitations please understand.

(tho it looks like the arm flappies the samurai gets will be sufficiently flappy)

Maybe all get better in june with stormblood.

At some point in 3.x they seemed to forget how to make a lot of things flappy in general. My favourite legwear (Dragonskin trousers) have flappy bits which look ridiculous sticking out when my legs are bent.

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Originally Posted by Serilda

At some point in 3.x they seemed to forget how to make a lot of things flappy in general. My favourite legwear (Dragonskin trousers) have flappy bits which look ridiculous sticking out when my legs are bent.

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The skirt responds to movement and wind with all its clipping glory. No idea why they were suddenly afraid of it on the arms...

It's more a matter of, skirt movement is something they designed a long time ago, and it is common to all kinds of garments. It's not as though skirt movement is random - it's a scripted movement pattern that moves in exactly the same way every time. Use a weaponskill, and your skirt will flare out in the same way each and every time - that pattern of movement was designed to go along with that weaponskill.

The floppy sleeves are a new piece of equipment, and dangle in a way that no previous piece of equipment has. New movement patterns would need to be designed for each and every action you can take in the game. Running, fighting, weaponskilling, even just standing still in the wind. Or, they can just leave them stiff as cardboard. Can you guess which is the easier solution?

I doubt they'll ever fix this. Just take a look at Mi'qote female's default /doze on bed position while wearing a skirt. It's still a tent, after all these years!

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Originally Posted by LineageRazor

The floppy sleeves are a new piece of equipment, and dangle in a way that no previous piece of equipment has. New movement patterns would need to be designed for each and every action you can take in the game. Running, fighting, weaponskilling, even just standing still in the wind. Or, they can just leave them stiff as cardboard. Can you guess which is the easier solution?

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For that price I would have hoped they would have been willing to put a tiny bit more effort in. Silly me, yeah... too bad we can't get a refund :/

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

For that price I would have hoped they would have been willing to put a tiny bit more effort in. Silly me, yeah... too bad we can't get a refund :/

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I'm disappointed in the lack of proper physics as well...

But "that price" was for the stream access and access to the VOD of it later. You didn't buy the outfit for $30.

Well...considering all the other loose sleeves in the game, I don't think it's surprising. It's the same with Yukatas, so going by past precedents, it was to be expected.

I agree it just looks...bad. I'm not very pleased with the dye options either. There's no ability to make the sleeves a dark color. Jet black dye makes them a dark gray and the general purpose dyes make them a darker pastel.

I'm glad I didn't spend the $30
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Originally Posted by AnaviAnael

I agree it just looks...bad. I'm not very pleased with the dye options either. There's no ability to make the sleeves a dark color. Jet black dye makes them a dark gray and the general purpose dyes make them a darker pastel.

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Not to mention dying the top dyes over at least 3 separate colors

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Originally Posted by Roda

Not to mention dying the top dyes over at least 3 separate colors

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At least it does all dye though... I tried the "Tidus" outfit this morning and was shocked to see that one arm doesn't change colour at all. Stays blue/yellow :S

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

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Originally Posted by worldofneil

At least it does all dye though... I tried the "Tidus" outfit this morning and was shocked to see that one arm doesn't change colour at all. Stays blue/yellow :S

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

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Wow, I thought Yuna's outfit dyed poorly...this is just strange.

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Originally Posted by Roda

ps3 limitations please understand.

(tho it looks like the arm flappies the samurai gets will be sufficiently flappy)

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Quoting for visibility. I also noticed this immediately when I saw the trailer, his sleeves were like jelly.

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Originally Posted by Nirokun

Quoting for visibility. I also noticed this immediately when I saw the trailer, his sleeves were like jelly.

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I just looked at it again. Maybe there is hope. They may even fix the clipping issues.

I love the entire outfit except for the sleeves. They look like water wings. I'm using the housemaid wristlets instead since they're pretty much the only armwear I can find that matches the outfit at all
http://i.imgur.com/4TREVjW.jpg
Overall though it looks really nice. I think they messed up the back pleat a little on her skirt. There's supposed to be two on the back.
http://i.imgur.com/WzK0gJ1.jpg
But overall the details are very true to the cg model and its textures if you ignore the awful sleeves.