Airship downgrade?

[Tsukino]

I agree.

I love the wood and balloon basic design, but the details and textures are just so lame. Examples from both FFIX and XI show how you can take wooden designs and add all kinds of fancy carvings and inlays. The balloons could easily be given a more interesting texture showing intricate painting and such. The worst part is it clashes with everything else we own that's so detailed, like THM scepters, decorated armor and shields, laces and brooches on robes, etc. Your average adventurer equipment is more intricately crafted than a ship that flies through the air.

If anything the lack of technology in Eorzea should mean more decoration, because each airship is an expensive piece of craftsmanship, while Garlean airships are likely mass-produced.

[User201109011315]

I agree.

I love the wood and balloon basic design, but the details and textures are just so lame. Examples from both FFIX and XI show how you can take wooden designs and add all kinds of fancy carvings and inlays. The balloons could easily be given a more interesting texture showing intricate painting and such. The worst part is it clashes with everything else we own that's so detailed, like THM scepters, decorated armor and shields, laces and brooches on robes, etc. Your average adventurer equipment is more intricately crafted than a ship that flies through the air.

If anything the lack of technology in Eorzea should mean more decoration, because each airship is an expensive piece of craftsmanship, while Garlean airships are likely mass-produced.

A texture can be detailed without being overly colourful and decorative. If I wear everything in my wardrobe, I'm not more fashionable for it.

[Pandastirfry]

I agree.

I love the wood and balloon basic design, but the details and textures are just so lame. Examples from both FFIX and XI show how you can take wooden designs and add all kinds of fancy carvings and inlays. The balloons could easily be given a more interesting texture showing intricate painting and such. The worst part is it clashes with everything else we own that's so detailed, like THM scepters, decorated armor and shields, laces and brooches on robes, etc. Your average adventurer equipment is more intricately crafted than a ship that flies through the air.

If anything the lack of technology in Eorzea should mean more decoration, because each airship is an expensive piece of craftsmanship, while Garlean airships are likely mass-produced.

look at a finely crafted silver tea service in the real world...now look at a nuclear powered Super Carrier...one is decorated beautiffully, one is big, gray and ugly as sin and has no outward decoration.

now which one of these can cost as low as $100 and which one costs over $1,000,000,000