I see what you did there, SE.

Maybe I'm late on the train and this had already been noted, but I noticed something earlier while looking at the Bard Artifact Armor.

http://i.imgur.com/sjJeQ.jpg

Either I'm crazy, or that's a sneaky little throw back to Kefka.
I hope they do more of this.

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Originally Posted by Endemerrin

Maybe I'm late on the train and this had already been noted, but I noticed something earlier while looking at the Bard Artifact Armor.

http://i.imgur.com/sjJeQ.jpg

Either I'm crazy, or that's a sneaky little throw back to Kefka.
I hope they do more of this.

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lol maybe, however id bet your just looking into this too much.

I'm not sure that I see what was done here.

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Originally Posted by Bled

lol maybe, however id bet your just looking into this too much.

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I don't know, seems like an awful lot of similarities. The red and blue leggings. Almost identical pattens on their various scarves. The two-tone feather. Even their roles are in the same sort of archetype. A crazy court mage/jester and a minstrel. "Entertainers" more or less, though Kefka isn't exactly.... ...yeah.

I'm getting heavy Kefka vibes from it either way. I think it was intentional.

Unintentional inspiration is highly plausible.

BRD just got atleast %20 cooler.

Class comparisons maybe. What class was Kefka any ways? The Esper system in FFVI kind of denies being able to simply call him a Mage class. Looking at Kefka before or without magic, Bard would fit.

In that sense, it's no more 'inspiration' than the white mage artefact is a throw back to FF1

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Originally Posted by NefarioCall

Class comparisons maybe. What class was Kefka any ways? The Esper system in FFVI kind of denies being able to simply call him a Mage class. Looking at Kefka before or without magic, Bard would fit.

In that sense, it's no more 'inspiration' than the white mage artefact is a throw back to FF1

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He was a mage. Magitek infusions gave him magic without having to use espers, just like Celes. But in Dissidia, he does use instruments as weapons.

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Originally Posted by NefarioCall

What class was Kefka any ways?

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Considering he used strictly magic for the most part he was a Black mage of sorts.

Not that there really were "Classes" in that game. He could use the magic without esper aid the only similarity would be he uses instruments as weapons.

BRD AF looks a lot more like a really flaming Robin Hood than Kefka.

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Originally Posted by Ashthra

BRD AF looks a lot more like a really flaming Robin Hood than Kefka.

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I'd go more with pied piper of Hamelin.

Bard is to Kefka as Dragoon is to Kain Highwind. Really wish they were a tad bit more... unique for these new AF armors, than bumming the concepts off of already existing ones.

The concept from the outset is to provide FF fans with familiarity. The whole reason jobs are being introduced in the first place is to add the FF feel.

I may not necessarily say the inspiration was directly Kefka per se but it is without a doubt Yoshitaka Amano. The Dragoon concept art has a direct reference to the ankles being "in the vain of Amano". I wouldn't hold it out of the realm of possibility that Amano's influence is infused into the rest of the job specific equipment.

...On that tone, then MNK Artifact Armor reminds me of Gilgamesh, because we can fight like men, fight like women, or fight like men dressed as women!



ZING!

That's a bit of a stretch. PUP relic armor from FFXI though, THAT was a kefka callback.

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Originally Posted by Merylstryfe

...On that tone, then MNK Artifact Armor reminds me of Gilgamesh, because we can fight like men, fight like women, or fight like men dressed as women!



ZING!

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Gilgamesh in this game would make me a happy player.
A very happy player. ; _ ;

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Originally Posted by Urthdigger

That's a bit of a stretch. PUP relic armor from FFXI though, THAT was a kefka callback.

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Didn't he control Terra in the beginning of 6 like a puppet?

I thought they were going more classic bard like edward from IV

http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery...ff4-edward.jpg

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Originally Posted by Jinrya-Geki

Didn't he control Terra in the beginning of 6 like a puppet?

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Yes, yes he did :P

There's a part in VI when Kefka was referred to as the court mage while the emperor was alive. Unsure if it was a soldier or General Leo which referred to him as that, but yeah.