Capes

I just love back armor in every game I play, any chance of that coming to ff14 you think?

They already said no. It's too expensive to create the animations for capes.

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Originally Posted by Caselia

They already said no. It's too expensive to create the animations for capes.

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PS3 limitation.

Capes are for comic books.

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Originally Posted by Evangela

PS3 limitation.

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So, they will probably never come with it then, even with the ps4 release ;(

I always hide capes anyways. Nothing more than unnecessary stat items, much like "shoulder armor". I much prefer the fact that shoulder armor is built into the chest.

http://forum.gamerage.com/grandchase...1_5F00_500.png

they probably feel the same way about them as they do about belts.


makes it way harder to make cool armor

Can I get tights and a mask too? I wanna play Eorzea of Heroes! ;)

I don't feel either way about this to be honest. I would love 'outer' and 'inner' layers in an MMO someday though.
So light armor could wear a shirt and pants on the inner layer with a robe on the outer layer and heavy armor could wear padding that would show through at the joints and neck for instance.

Personally I'm happy they don't have capes.. I can't imagine XI having them.. Just not a fantasy feeling to me for some reason

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Originally Posted by Caselia

They already said no. It's too expensive to create the animations for capes.

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uhhhhh
http://i.imgur.com/zXMW6wC.png

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Originally Posted by Tokochan

Personally I'm happy they don't have capes.. I can't imagine XI having them.. Just not a fantasy feeling to me for some reason

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Unless I misremember grossly, XI *did* have capes (the "back" slot). You never saw them equipped on your character, but they had them.

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Originally Posted by Holyhunter

uhhhhh
http://i.imgur.com/zXMW6wC.png

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Its one thing for the occasional Boss type enemy to have a cape and an entirely different thing to render 40 chr models running through a FATE with them on. Besides, if they did add them in I'm sure they would want it to be as realistic as possible, not like the WoW capes that look very stiff. I'm not opposed to them, I could just care less if they are there or not.

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Originally Posted by ZakarnRosewood

Its one thing for the occasional Boss type enemy to have a cape and an entirely different thing to render 40 chr models running through a FATE with them on. Besides, if they did add them in I'm sure they would want it to be as realistic as possible, not like the WoW capes that look very stiff. I'm not opposed to them, I could just care less if they are there or not.

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that's the Odin armor available to players.

I'm not for capes, but the excuse that they are too hard when we already have one isn't a good one.

Yeah my bad meant visible :)

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Originally Posted by Holyhunter

that's the Odin armor available to players.

I'm not for capes, but the excuse that they are too hard when we already have one isn't a good one.

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My mistake. I thought that was an enemy model, not a player model. I did not realize they have capes in the game that are displayed. Is it a part of the chest piece? is it displayed in the game world? To the best of my knowledge they were not going to be adding in any armor for the players that had capes. Do you have any reference points I can check out that state otherwise? Where did you locate this image?

Sorry for all the questions. I like to know when I have been wrong so I can correct myself and I'm just fact checking. I'll search too but if you have info handy I'm missing you could save me some digging. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by ZakarnRosewood

My mistake. I thought that was an enemy model, not a player model. I did not realize they have capes in the game that are displayed. Is it a part of the chest piece? is it displayed in the game world? To the best of my knowledge they were not going to be adding in any armor for the players that had capes. Do you have any reference points I can check out that state otherwise? Where did you locate this image?

Sorry for all the questions. I like to know when I have been wrong so I can correct myself and I'm just fact checking. I'll search too but if you have info handy I'm missing you could save me some digging. Thanks!

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It is a part of the chest/hands/legs/feet equip called Herkaeldi. The picture is a screencap from the website xivmodels.com, and as far as i know the cape is indeed shown in game on players.

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Originally Posted by Holyhunter

It is a part of the chest/hands/legs/feet equip called Herkaeldi. The picture is a screencap from the website xivmodels.com, and as far as i know the cape is indeed shown in game on players.

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Interesting. I'm a WAR myself and this looks like a fun vanity piece. I dont know how the stats stack up for end game stuff since its a one piece suit. I would love to see how this looks in-game. Thanks for the link, armor name, and resources! I stand corrected. Even though its just one thing that has a cape and its not something that will be easy to acquire, it does set a precedence.

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Originally Posted by moody

Can I get tights and a mask too? I wanna play Eorzea of Heroes! ;).

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last I checked, both of those are in the game right now, but nice try on being a smartass.

I love the cape idea. They should copy the capes from DAOC or something like that. IMO DAOC has alwaya had better capes.

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Originally Posted by setsua26

I love the cape idea. They should copy the capes from DAOC or something like that. IMO DAOC has alwaya had better capes.

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I like the approach to capes in Aion, where they represent your guild, with custom emblems and even being able to upload your own image to be the guild crest.

I believe they said Ps3 limitations on capes.

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Originally Posted by Evangela

PS3 limitation.

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i missed your bad sense of humor.
However, some armor here and there it's a thing, but they don't want put a slot for capes because:
1)capes have clipping problems. I look at you, whm hood
2)programming a realistic behavior for cape is difficult, and cost both money and system resources
3)40+ realistic capes on screen put much more stress on user's hardware

meh instead of a cape give me this - http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks8ixzbucz1qa5tqa.jpg

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Originally Posted by Holyhunter

It is a part of the chest/hands/legs/feet equip called Herkaeldi. The picture is a screencap from the website xivmodels.com, and as far as i know the cape is indeed shown in game on players.

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Right, but the entire set is built to flow well with the cape. That's probably the only way we're going to see capes - if the set is designed with them in mind. As an addon piece of gear.. Highly doubt it.

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Originally Posted by Holyhunter

that's the Odin armor available to players.

I'm not for capes, but the excuse that they are too hard when we already have one isn't a good one.

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A player is already wearing this on Gilgamesh and the cape does not show, unless it's a toggle option through the helm toggle.

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Originally Posted by Moheeheeko

I like the approach to capes in Aion, where they represent your guild, with custom emblems and even being able to upload your own image to be the guild crest.

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That was exactly what I was thinking! The 1st game where I actually liked capes, that's why I was wondering how they/if they were going to do this here

ive seen two people with the Herklaedi armor now, they both had no capes which I take as a fact there aint no player capes. If capes were in the game for players to use I would cape the heck out on that armor if I had it! :P

Umm what? Everyone seems to hate capes. Ff1 had capes, 2 had capes, 3 had a shit ton of capes, 4 had capes, 5 had capes, and 6 did as well. And I feel this game has more things in common with the early FFs than any other. I think it is more stupid to not have them. Also stop saying you will need tights with it. They wore capes in the medieval days before ideas of super hero's even started.
Edit: I really only read first page but now I see more people support capes. Woop!

We already have the Infantry Shirt and the upcoming Lightning outfit which both have cape like scarfs.

I love the Infantry Shirt.

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Originally Posted by moody

Can I get tights and a mask too? I wanna play Eorzea of Heroes! ;)

I don't feel either way about this to be honest. I would love 'outer' and 'inner' layers in an MMO someday though.
So light armor could wear a shirt and pants on the inner layer with a robe on the outer layer and heavy armor could wear padding that would show through at the joints and neck for instance.

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Well maybe they will release Blue Mage and you will get the traditional AF cape and mask like in FFV!

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Originally Posted by Laifon

I just love back armor in every game I play, any chance of that coming to ff14 you think?

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I really dont need an item slot I'd just hide if I get the option to do so. Capes only get you killed, they can hinder movement and get stuck behind something.
So.. No capes!.
No capes, incredebles