Armoury Chest

<<Excitement>>

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

Full-size image here =)

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Is that insinuating there are 25 spaces to store each of the 13 different equip slots? And still 100 regular inventory slots?

I am so incredibly happy.

I'm excited to see how it's going to work.

And the contents finder in the back! Looks like you just highlight the quests/etc that you need help on and other people can filter them =D

Full-size image here =)

I sorta wished that people would use better topic titles lol. I almost completely ignored this topic because I thought it was one of the "I have an idea/suggestion or let's talk about a feature." threads.

I'm currently not sure what it is but I can say that I like how the layout looks. Also nice to finally catch a glimpse of the content finder.

I like the look of everything here. Where is this from though? I checked all of the usual suspects and no dice....

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Originally Posted by Vydos

I'm currently not sure what it is but I can say that I look how the layout looks like. Also nice to finally catch a glimpse of the content finder.

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It's the idea made from Alpha feedback which allows different gear sets to equip the same piece of gear without having to unequip it from 1 set to place it another.

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Originally Posted by Hulan

I like the look of everything here. Where is this from though? I checked all of the usual suspects and no dice....

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JP FB page =)

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Originally Posted by Shikaree

I'm excited if this is gear space to be made separate from normal inventory space.

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It looks that way! The inventory gear space in that ss is displayed as the pips on the bottom-right of the screen and is @13/100 with 87 slots empty.

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Originally Posted by Vydos

I sorta wished that people would use better topic titles lol. I almost completely ignored this topic because I thought it was one of the "I have an idea/suggestion or let's talk about a feature." threads.

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Those kind of threads are always prefixed with "Suggestion:" or "For the DEVS" or "ATTENTION DEV'S" ;)

More Lalafell <3 and a new hair colour? Those eyes... they Miqo'te eyes?

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Originally Posted by Shikaree

No, Al, those are typical Plainsfolk eyes, they look a bit more slitted like that if you choose a very light eye color.

But if I didn't know any better, I'd say the Lalafell finally came up with a device that turns all "lesser races" into Lalafells. And the one on the right that you see there is an unfortunate Elezen that was victim of the test fire. And I must say he seems a little ticked off about what happened to him.

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Those DEVS! they been peeking at my work!? =O

But i haven't finished my thesis about Aetheric Re-*Ahem* nevermind! none of you could possibly comprehend of what i speak! Suffice it to say the chainsaw initiation test for my top secret lair will have to do for now!

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Originally Posted by Alaltus

Those DEVS! they been peeking at my work!? =O

But i haven't finished my thesis about Aetheric Re-*Ahem* nevermind! none of you could possibly comprehend of what i speak! Suffice it to say the chainsaw initiation test for my top secret lair will have to do for now!

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top secret lair? like the one in your mom's basement? O.o (lol jk XD)

In case anyone is wondering what the "Producer Director" is saying:
Producer Director has resurrected.
: Ifrit is so powerful
: Will die
: Finder Check
: Just a bit more (literally, "just one more breath")
: Shadows OK
: Going to check the remaining MAPS
: Finish the rest tomorrow

You mean I don't have to be in absolute terror over what I am going to do with all of my inventory?
Sweet.
I have sooooooo much stuff...
I have been waiting til 2.0 before I used or sold, any of my top grade mats.. mwahahahaha.
I have hordes or stuffs. :P
I horded it for the whole time 1.0/1.23 was running. lol..

Must.. contain.. excitement.

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Originally Posted by Pwnagraphic

Must.. contain.. excitement.

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Don't be silly, it contains equipment =/

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

Don't be silly, it contains equipment =/

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Dammit Fantasia, Tea up my nose now. I hope you're happy!

I swear, if it's not Moose getting me to inadvertently snort Tea, it's you now x_x

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Originally Posted by Nix

Dammit Fantasia, Tea up my nose now. I hope you're happy!

I swear, if it's not Moose getting me to inadvertently snort Tea, it's you now x_x

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What a waste of perfectly good tea! I'm sorry xD

This forum is a lot more fun without the massive crowds, I think I'll make my new home here <3

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

What a waste of perfectly good tea! I'm sorry xD

This forum is a lot more fun without the massive crowds, I think I'll make my new home here <3

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*opens pocket*
You're cool!; if you get scared, hop in XD Just mind out the others that I've kidnapped over the years e_e WILLINGLY OF COURSE gawwwwwsh.

Gonna be smellin PG Tips for a WEEK. A WEEK @_@

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Originally Posted by Nix

*opens pocket*
You're cool!; if you get scared, hop in XD Just mind out the others that I've kidnapped over the years e_e WILLINGLY OF COURSE gawwwwwsh.

Gonna be smellin PG Tips for a WEEK. A WEEK @_@

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I'll hold you to that!
Or would... you hold me...?

PG Tips are beaten only by Twinnings, it's the best thing to smell of!
And now I need more.

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

I'll hold you to that!
Or would... you hold me...?

PG Tips are beaten only by Twinnings, it's the best thing to smell of!
And now I need more.

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Depends, if you're all scared n' stuff I'm like compelled to hug! haha

It's hard to find good Twinnings over here, I'm all over the PG Tips though, Pyramid Bags only!

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Originally Posted by Nix

Depends, if you're all scared n' stuff I'm like compelled to hug! haha

It's hard to find good Twinnings over here, I'm all over the PG Tips though, Pyramid Bags only!

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Hahaha, yay!

Pyramids are amazing, I'm so easily pleased when it comes to tea.

(To everyone reading this thread expecting stuff about the Armoury Board, I apologise! It's tea now)

Tea Board. Make it happen SE D: <3

At least a tea category in the Armoury chest so that you can maintain the necessary range of blends (depending on current job/activity). I know Yoshi-P is more of a coffee fan, but I hope we're not going to be saddled merely with Chamomile Tea!

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

At least a tea category in the Armoury chest so that you can maintain the necessary range of blends (depending on current job/activity). I know Yoshi-P is more of a coffee fan, but I hope we're not going to be saddled merely with Chamomile Tea!

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When I'm on ARC I prefer green tea =)

Oh gosh haha you guys crack me up!

I'll take either rooibos or chai ;)

What is the lower-right icon on the Armory Chest window? Job soul crystals?

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Originally Posted by VerthandiValkyria

What is the lower-right icon on the Armory Chest window? Job soul crystals?

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Ooo I missed that! Could be... but I don't think it makes sense that a soul crystal could be used on more than 1 class >.>

Unless it's there so you can make, say, DD-WAR and tank-WAR gear sets.

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Originally Posted by VerthandiValkyria

What is the lower-right icon on the Armory Chest window? Job soul crystals?

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That would be my guess too.

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

Ooo I missed that! Could be... but I don't think it makes sense that a soul crystal could be used on more than 1 class >.>

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It wouldn't be used on more than one class; it'd be there so you could have one equip set for the class and one for the job without having to go through an extra action to select it as such.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

It wouldn't be used on more than one class; it'd be there so you could have one equip set for the class and one for the job without having to go through an extra action to select it as such.

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I know they wouldn't be for two classes, I was just ruling that out =b
And having it so you could have a gear set for the class and job is redundant, too, since only the job gear set would require it.
Only thing it would really be useful for is for multiple gear set for the exact same job, like I said with DD-WAR and Tank-WAR as an example. WHM and DD-WHM gear sets as another.

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

And having it so you could have a gear set for the class and job is redundant, too, since only the job gear set would require it.

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How else would you be able to tell the game you wanted to equip the job instead of the class? It's not redundant, it saves having to equip the soul crystal separately after changing class. :)

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

Only thing it would really be useful for is for multiple gear set for the exact same job, like I said with DD-WAR and Tank-WAR as an example. WHM and DD-WHM gear sets as another.

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There are some occasions where you want to go MRD instead of WAR (for instance), so having the soul crystal slot as part of the Armoury Board would enable that.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

How else would you be able to tell the game you wanted to equip the job instead of the class? It's not redundant, it saves having to equip the soul crystal separately after changing class. :)

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You can have 1 gear set for MRD and 1 gear set for WAR.
Only WAR would need the soul crystal, so you can place it directly into the WAR gear set.
It doesn't need to be placed on the armoury board if you're only using it in one gear set =)

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

You can have 1 gear set for MRD and 1 gear set for WAR.
Only WAR would need the soul crystal, so you can place it directly into the WAR gear set.
It doesn't need to be placed on the armoury board if you're only using it in one gear set =)

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Ah, I see where our understanding is diverging! I shouldn't think that the Armoury Board has a one column-per-job/class restriction.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

Ah, I see where our understanding is diverging! I shouldn't think that the Armoury Board has a one column-per-job/class restriction.

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I don't think so either =b

As far as I know Gear Sets exist as they did in P1/2, so we can equip whatever to each of those sets. The Armoury Board is only relevant when there's a piece of gear that you want to equip to more than one Gear Set.

You may see where our understandings clash, but I can't see it yet xD

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

As far as I know Gear Sets exist as they did in P1/2, so we can equip whatever to each of those sets. The Armoury Board is only relevant when there's a piece of gear that you want to equip to more than one Gear Set.

You may see where our understandings clash, but I can't see it yet xD

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Hehe. xD

It was stated in the 5th Live Letter that the Armoury Board replaces the Gear Sets altogether (which would only be in use in P1 & P2) in order to enable a single piece of equipment to be used "from a catalogue" (ie this Armoury Chest) in more than one set.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

Hehe. xD

It was stated in the 5th Live Letter that the Armoury Board replaces the Gear Sets altogether (which would only be in use in P1 & P2) in order to enable a single piece of equipment to be used "from a catalogue" (ie this Armoury Chest) in more than one set.

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I don't think it replaces them completely... that'd be the worst thing ever. We already see that each category is limited to 25 pieces, so if you have AF for every job (including the new DoH/L AF) there will be no room for all of them + classes =/

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

I don't think it replaces them completely... that'd be the worst thing ever. We already see that each category is limited to 25 pieces, so if you have AF for every job (including the new DoH/L AF) there will be no room for all of them + classes =/

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It does repalce them, it said so in Live Letter V. I don't think it's bad though, in fact, I think it's very good.... So there's still gotta be a misunderstanding somewhere... lol

How have you got more than 25 pieces of armour in a given slot (eg 25 body pieces)? If you had a different piece of armour for every single job and every class, that would be 27 (unless SCH, then 29). There are going to be a comparatively tiny few who will be able to make use of that, let alone need to do that - this is just so you can change on the fly.

If you're a player that is going to have all the DoL and DoH AF (11), plus have over 14 different pieces of each armour to spec for you DoM/DoW classes, then kudos to you I guess, but even those players wouldn't need to be able to Gear-Swap between all of that on a whim!

You can still carry gear in your inventory and store it on your retainer (and for 99999999 at the MW *cough*), so it's not prohibitive as to how much you can carry.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

It does repalce them, it said so in Live Letter V. I don't think it's bad though, in fact, I think it's very good.... So there's still gotta be a misunderstanding somewhere... lol

How have you got more than 25 pieces of armour in a given slot (eg 25 body pieces)? If you had a different piece of armour for every single job and every class, that would be 27 (unless SCH, then 29). There are going to be a comparatively tiny few who will be able to make use of that, let alone need to do that - this is just so you can change on the fly.

If you're a player that is going to have all the DoL and DoH AF (11), plus have over 14 different pieces of each armour to spec for you DoM/DoW classes, then kudos to you I guess, but even those players wouldn't need to be able to Gear-Swap between all of that on a whim!

You can still carry gear in your inventory and store it on your retainer (and for 99999999 at the MW *cough*), so it's not prohibitive as to how much you can carry.

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But then, how do we select the class/job we want to use? We just repeatedly have to select each piece of gear one bit at a time every single time? There must be something else that they haven't revealed yet, because the only way it would work without Gear Sets is... I don't even know.

Guess we'll just have to wait it out. Hopefully they'll make a video tutorial for it, like they plan on doing with materia.

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

But then, how do we select the class/job we want to use? We just repeatedly have to select each piece of gear one bit at a time every single time? There must be something else that they haven't revealed yet, because the only way it would work without Gear Sets is... I don't even know.

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Oh no! This is the Armoury Chest, merely for storing equippable gear. The Armoury Board is where the equivalent of gear sets will be administered from, using pieces stored in the Armoury Chest. Here's a link to a still from the Live Letter the Armoury Board was showcased in.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

Oh no! This is the Armoury Chest, merely for storing equippable gear. The Armoury Board is where the equivalent of gear sets will be administered from, using pieces stored in the Armoury Chest. Here's a link to a still from the Live Letter the Armoury Board was showcased in.

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I think the Board was renamed to Chest, and redesigned (according to what they said about it when they posted the image, but I may have misinterpreted). Also, I was reading through the new updates and found this:

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A variety of elements can be set to the hotbar, including character actions, main command windows, macros, items, emotes, target markers, and eventually gearsets. If you were to select the cross hotbar position first, it would require a menu with a very large hierarchy. We've decided to go with the lighter and simpler option first.

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So it looks like gear sets are still going to be used in conjunction with the Armoury Chest.

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

I think the Board was renamed to Chest, and redesigned
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So it looks like gear sets are still going to be used in conjunction with the Armoury Chest.

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That makes sense. Are you still concerned that 25 options per slot isn't enough? Do you see that having the soul crystal slot is necessary?

ARE WE NOW ON THE SAME PAGE? :D

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

I think the Board was....

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I guess this counts as "innocent" breaking of NDA? ;)
Currently the line is very blurry, with SE posting images publicly and ... not making comments about them publicly.

*consults calendar* Oh, just 2 more weeks, thank the dozen. (...or maybe less, since everyone here should get invited into beta testing at least a few days before Phase 3 starts.)