Current Mob sizes

The recent update with the change of the mob sizes... is... driving me crazy. I mean for little mobs as with those squirrels it's ok. Since they're pretty detailed and stuff.. but a friend and me did a leve with those toads/frogs yesterday.

And that toad had like 3/4 of my screen size. Like a fu*****ing skyscraper.

Please reduce the mob size ;; Unless it's like a huge dragon.. it can stay that big :P But those oversized mobs are really destroying the atmosphere :(

Even the toads are bigger?! That is pretty crazy. Like the ones in Mor dhona? I remember exploring that place and those toads were huge. I'm going to have to start a new journey to see all the monster sizes. Question, are the Goobbues bigger O_o ?

I totoally agree, everything got too big, shrink em down just a bit >.< lol

They should put most of them back to their normal size since we have that new targeting system...

Dodos are huge, but to us Lalafells. . .EVERYTHING is big to us, but now, we can use the Squirrels as mounts! At least I wish ; ;

1.16 has really destroyed my sense of proportion in this game.. Mobs are huge just for the sake of being huge now, you can tell some weren't designed to be as large as they now are.. LS flags are for some reason gigantic, along with the Rank/Level Up animations. Everything is out of proportion and thus just looks silly. These sorts of things will only make it easier for me to leave this game - maybe I should be thankful?

Yes. They need to roll back the mob sizes. Why would they have even spent time on this in the first place? There are bigger fish to fry.

so i have this theory, me and some LS mates were talking about ffxiv coming to the PSP2 since its as powerful as the PS3. increasing the size of the mobs will make it easier to target on a PSP2 small touchscreen. i personally dont mind the increase in size. if someone were to start playing today, they wouldn't have a problem with it cause they never knew how small they were before. i mean look at the doomtoads in ffxi, they were huge too

Aww i like it

I find the new mob size to be enjoyable, especially those monsters pertaining to behests and leves. Dodo's do scare me now, the fell peiste's too lol..

I personally love most of the mob size adjustments. I love marmots now. What I don't like is that skeletons were made bigger. .... Why would a skeleton be made bigger?

The MOB size is OK to me. I like it !

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Originally Posted by Coyohma

1.16 has really destroyed my sense of proportion in this game.. Mobs are huge just for the sake of being huge now, you can tell some weren't designed to be as large as they now are.. LS flags are for some reason gigantic, along with the Rank/Level Up animations. Everything is out of proportion and thus just looks silly. These sorts of things will only make it easier for me to leave this game - maybe I should be thankful?

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I wholeheartedly agree! It's been making me feel like all the player characters have been shrunk down. Larger enemy models doesn't equate to more ferocious-looking monsters, S-E!

They need to be a little more selective with how they're picking monsters to increase in size. Marmots and smaller creatures absolutely, but cactuars don't need to be 5-feet fall, nor do puks and gnats. 6-foot dodos are pretty fantastic, though :D

I do like the larger level-up animations though. I'd like it if they brought back the fanfare for personal level-ups as well.

I agree with the mob size. For some Mobs it's okay. I like the new size of the Puks and the Plant-Type-Mobs. But even those i wouldn't have made THIS big. I also don't like the new size of the squirrels. I always imagine such a squirrel on a tree and i think the size of the mobs just dosn't fit in anymore with the size of the surroundings.

Just yesterday, when i thought about it, i had to think of the movie Avatar. Everything on this planet is big. The animals are, but the trees and plants are to, and so are the Na'vi. And if a human steps in, you just see how they don't fit in this world, as small as they're.

Now in FFXIV, the mob size inscreased. But the size of the surroundings, like flowers and trees, didn't. And now i've this feeling the world dosn't fit anymore. It just feels out of place now. Those Mobs, with their size, would totally just trample everything in their way down with their size and weight now.

Or ist it just me who feels like that? I mean, on earth... there was also a time where the animals were bigger then part of the surroundings. I just say: Dinosaurs! But if i look at FFXIV... i can't help but to feel displaced. D:

I can see why they thought it was a good change. Certain tiny mobs like ladybugs were a real pain to target before this patch when there were a bunch of players and other selectable obstacles around. But the modified target system alleviates that problem a fair bit, once you get used to it. Some of the mobs do need additional size adjustments, though.

I dont mind about the mob sizes, but I dont really like the oversized LS icon.

I didnt realise they adjusted everything, I like the new size of marmots and puks and things, but if skeletons and toads are bigger, that makes no sense.

The toad was a complete shocker to me, in a good way. I remember seeing it in its original size. I however don't mind it with its current size. Seems extremely creepy lol.

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Originally Posted by Sollos

The toad was a complete shocker to me, in a good way. I remember seeing it in its original size. I however don't mind it with its current size. Seems extremely creepy lol.

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It's funny because when I was doing r40 leves, everyone was in one zone and a dude made one aggro him.. pulled him to camp.. pretty epic lmao

I don't know, but I like the increased size in the monsters. Granted, I haven't seen every creature yet.

I like them just the way they are. I want to play a Final Fantasy game, not "Realism 101".

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Originally Posted by Sollos

I find the new mob size to be enjoyable, especially those monsters pertaining to behests and leves. Dodo's do scare me now, the fell peiste's too lol..

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Gnats are the scariest ; ;

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Originally Posted by Zorvan

I like them just the way they are. I want to play a Final Fantasy game, not "Realism 101".

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Yeah that's fine and dandy and all but the thing is, those mob models weren't made to be that big and when you have djiggas and puks jumping excessively high, it's not that fun. PLUS have you used the new targeting system? there is almost NO need for this new mob size.

I personally LOVE it. It makes mobs more intimidating.

Notice that most people are complaining about it are those that are lalafells? Something to think about! (Just playing)

But really, I like how the mobs would tower over the lalafell, it just shows their smallness, and would make it more fun to see lalefell destroying monsters that are 5 times their size. So much for picking on stuff their own size yeah?

For the most part I enjoy the change. A lot of them really needed to be enlarged and become a bit more intimidating or at least more personal looking; however... a select few mobs could use a bit of a 'toning' down on their size. I actually like the toads new size as it makes getting aggroed by one that much more exciting and intimidating... but for god sake change the cactuars and skeletons back to their old size. Cactuars should always be small unless they are jumbo cactuar in which case that should be a boss :(. And unless these new skeles are from aliens... they should be the same size as the regular players.

I'm glad they changed it. I play an Elezen, and sometimes it was hard to see the smaller mobs like spriggans and marmots when I was walking around. This makes them much easier to target with a mouse as well, and to see which I'm attacking when using my controller or tab.

More importantly though, it feels just a bit more epic. FFXIV desperately needs more excitement with it, and struggling against a foot tall marmot makes me feel really pathetic. This way it looks like the mobs actually can put up the fight they're giving you.

I'm still a beginner and lurking around Ulda.
Squirrel spriggs and bugs size are good now. It makes them better.
I saw so lizard ram and their size were fine also.

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Originally Posted by OJtheLIONKing

I'm glad they changed it. I play an Elezen, and sometimes it was hard to see the smaller mobs like spriggans and marmots when I was walking around. This makes them much easier to target with a mouse as well, and to see which I'm attacking when using my controller or tab.

More importantly though, it feels just a bit more epic. FFXIV desperately needs more excitement with it, and struggling against a foot tall marmot makes me feel really pathetic. This way it looks like the mobs actually can put up the fight they're giving you.

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Isn't that why they added the new targeting system? So you can change to enemies and such?

And on another note, if they can 'look' like they can actually put up a fight, why don't lala's look like they can too?

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

Yeah that's fine and dandy and all but the thing is, those mob models weren't made to be that big and when you have djiggas and puks jumping excessively high, it's not that fun. PLUS have you used the new targeting system? there is almost NO need for this new mob size.

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There is a need for this mob size. It's called FUN! Who the heck wants to go around kicking squirrels (marmots) and stomping on tiny ladybugs? Especially when these creatures in "real life" wouldn't be more than a one-hit nuisance to be swatted away while looking for REAL monsters. I want Final Fantasy, I don't want cute and fuzzy bunnies like all those F2P Korean anime-wannabe mmos.

Maybe which monsters need to be what size needs a little work, but i LIKE having monsters that are a bit intimidating, this helps.

Things are so big I am starting to measure them in units of lalafells. I do not have a issue with the majority of the mobs. I enjoy seeing all the detail I was missing out before. What is driving me really nuts is the increase size of the linkshell crest.

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Originally Posted by Zorvan

There is a need for this mob size. It's called FUN! Who the heck wants to go around kicking squirrels (marmots) and stomping on tiny ladybugs? Especially when these creatures in "real life" wouldn't be more than a one-hit nuisance to be swatted away while looking for REAL monsters. I want Final Fantasy, I don't want cute and fuzzy bunnies like all those F2P Korean anime-wannabe mmos.

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But cute and fuzzy lala's aren't intimidating that would go down in one hit? It's just a personal preferance that I liked the original sizes

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

But cute and fuzzy lala's aren't intimidating that would go down in one hit? It's just a personal preferance that I liked the original sizes

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Are you kidding? Lala's are like Chihuahua's. You think they're all cute and loveable and then BAM! a knife to the testes.

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Originally Posted by Zorvan

Are you kidding? Lala's are like Chihuahua's. You think they're all cute and loveable and then BAM! a knife to the testes.

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I'd prefer the phrase, 'all bark and no bite'

In my opinion they made some mobs too big like cactuars,wolves,gnats ; for some other i welcome the change in size.
I dont understand why they changed the size of linkshell crest tho,that was ok as it was.

They need to reduce the sizes of some of the enemies i mean dang dodo are bigger than me now lolz

not everything has changed, mitlings(sp) in bw are still same size. I did not even notice toad had been changed but I dont see them often.

I dont mind it in some areas but marmmots look stupid and puks move SO DAMN SLOW.

Only lalafells rate down? Ooooo, i like new sizes though, i can se the enemy, AND i can attack em under for example behest :D

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

Isn't that why they added the new targeting system? So you can change to enemies and such?

And on another note, if they can 'look' like they can actually put up a fight, why don't lala's look like they can too?

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They don't. It's something everyone has to put up with because some people want to play as overly adorable midgets.

As for the targetting system, it is much better than before, but oftentimes you're fighting groups of enemies with exactly the same name. If they are at that smaller size, it's much much harder to see which of them you're actually targetting.

Overall, to capture the overall FF feel, the game needs to be more epic in every quarter than it is atm. Yes, you do fight a lot of animals in FF games, but most of them are about the size they changed to recently except for gag enemies that usually mess you up pretty quickly.

Those goats look so roided out its hysterical.