SMNs, get used to the current Egis.

[Aryalandi]

Have to cater to the few and far betweens who actually /like/ their egi's or you will have this string of endless complaining replaced with "I want my egi back!!!" Threads. Instead we will have
"i shouldn't have to ask what my groups summoner summoned!" threads

[Tonkra]

Have to cater to the few and far betweens who actually /like/ their egi's or you will have this string of endless complaining replaced with "I want my egi back!!!" Threads.

As i already said thats the difference between MMO's of nowdays and back then.. i can remember graphics updates for a MMO that i played where they updated the graphics of pets and they looked partly different to the previous ones. And the devs havent added glamours for that^.


But i understand what kind of thoughts are behind the glamour system for pets. though my personal opinion is that its quiet awkward and inconsistend for a summoner class. if it would be an automaton pet of a puppetmaster who can easily change the frames etc.. yea.. but summoner pets?

and i cant believe that someone would prefer FFXIV pets over FFXI' avatars when they have actually played it
but well thats my matter of taste and opinion^^ :P

"i shouldn't have to ask what my groups summoner summoned!" threads

hah, maybe. though for me the bigger "deal" about that would be, that it is very inconsistent design wise... that you have different visual versions of the same pet ingame. doesnt look very round to me concerning design/aesthetically.


but if its going to be like that (glamour system) im okay with it.. as long as we finally receive epic looking summoner pets

[Musashidon]

and i cant believe that someone would prefer FFXIV pets over FFXI' avatars when they have actually played it
but well thats my matter of taste and opinion^^ :P

they could feel like yoshi p and seeing everyone with a (while not full sized) full fledged summon (people walking around with shiva following them or diablo)
it could make it boring because everyone has these big bad summons.

me personally i don't care either way.

[Tonkra]

it could make it boring because everyone has these big bad summons.

As you cant believe in FFXI.. there have been more than just one summoner on each server.. and they werent "boring".. on the contrary. everybody enjoyed their looks. and not everybody had all summons like Diablo, Odin, Alexander etc... especially that summoners in FFXI had to defeat the real primal (solo or in grp) first in order to obtain their alter egos in form of avatar pets .

in all manners SMN in FFXI was something special... you felt yourself quiet epic. the first time i bet shiva in a solo raid.. it was magical.. and it wasnt easy, you needed special potions, food etc... and you better fought shiva on fire day not on ice day or she probably would kick your ass out^^

Shiva solo prime with Carbuncle Youtube^ ahh.. great times

[BreathlessTao]

they could feel like yoshi p and seeing everyone with a (while not full sized) full fledged summon (people walking around with shiva following them or diablo)
it could make it boring because everyone has these big bad summons.

But that's the point. It's already boring, because everyone's running around with Garuda-Egi, never even mind the actual looks of it. (A smaller percentage maybe Ifrit, but I only really see that during duties.) This is exactly why we have been asking for new summons - or at least new "skins" for the existing ones.

It really feels like they totally changed their mind on where SMN was going and Egis now feel like an abandoned half-attempt.

And this. I like the damage Deathflare can do, especially when crit, and it feels kinda epic. But that can't make me forget or even overlook the fact that this new direction is completely random and has nothing to do with whatever we were before, as summoners.

[Musashidon]

But that's the point. It's already boring, because everyone's running around with Garuda. (A smaller percentage maybe Ifrit, but I only really see that during duties.) This is exactly why we have been asking for new summons - or at least new "skins" for the existing ones.

i get it, it just comes down to conflicting opinions who's comes out on top? with what they are saying they could give both what they want.

where it would be like seeing a tank in a bikini, they aren't actually so there is no problem either way. (well except if you hate seeing a tank in a bikini) XD