Please bring back "Equipment Favors", abolish Equipment Requirements for craftables

[SilvertearRen]

I just noticed, and thought I'd throw this out there because it kind of goes along with the OP.

wtf is with colored versions of gear having different class requirements and better stats? That should've been an obvious major nono. Whats the point of even having undyed gear if that piece is going to be inferior to the colored one?

Personally I find the Cobalt (Red) gearset rather hideous, but I'm forced to wear it over the perfectly fine Cobalt set simply because I don't want to miss out on better stats :/

COLORS DO NOT EQUAL BETTER STATS, YOSHI-P. COLORS ARE A F*CKING VANITY THING.

You don't make people wear specific colors for the goddamn stats, dolt.

[Asvolies]

Because that model of armor wearing sucks. It doesn't make any sense, it destroys individuality of classes, and the vast majority of players don't want that system...

yeah and being restricted to gear that EVERYONE of the same class wears feels generic and retarded. It gives you no individuality and makes you look the SAME as everyone else minus a simple color swap. Whoopde freakin do.

Yeah that's their WHOLE big thing on individuality! "you can now dye your gear!"
yeah because having my armor be Red instead of brown is so fucking individual!


it's one thing for "Class identity" but a whole different subject when it comes to "individuality"
Which exists in maybe 2 MMO's in the world.
Aion and Rift.

[whoopeeragon]

COLORS DO NOT EQUAL BETTER STATS, YOSHI-P. COLORS ARE A F*CKING VANITY THING.

You don't make people wear specific colors for the goddamn stats, dolt.

It is when you use another piece of equipment to MAKE the coloured goods. Take cobalt Cuirass, for example. The red-coloured version requires one more cobalt plate along with the dye. If that doesn't give extra stats, I don't know WHAT does.

[Razor]

It is when you use another piece of equipment to MAKE the coloured goods. Take cobalt Cuirass, for example. The red-coloured version requires one more cobalt plate along with the dye. If that doesn't give extra stats, I don't know WHAT does.

I think that's just silly, the original recipe should require optional dye and that's it. Poor design on SE's part imo.

[Jennestia]

COLORS DO NOT EQUAL BETTER STATS, YOSHI-P. COLORS ARE A F*CKING VANITY THING.

You don't make people wear specific colors for the goddamn stats, dolt.

Every MMO I've played gear with better stats had different colors and different color auras to designate it's worth. Some even had auras that grew in size depending on how powerful the gear was.

[SilvertearRen]

Every MMO I've played gear with better stats had different colors and different color auras to designate it's worth. Some even had auras that grew in size depending on how powerful the gear was.

Sounds like you've only played Korean garbage!

[Zezlar]

Personally. I prefer the requirements over favor.

[SilvertearRen]

yeah and being restricted to gear that EVERYONE of the same class wears feels generic and retarded. It gives you no individuality and makes you look the SAME as everyone else minus a simple color swap. Whoopde freakin do.

Yeah that's their WHOLE big thing on individuality! "you can now dye your gear!"
yeah because having my armor be Red instead of brown is so fucking individual!


it's one thing for "Class identity" but a whole different subject when it comes to "individuality"
Which exists in maybe 2 MMO's in the world.
Aion and Rift.

If we're gonna talk individuality I'm going to say three words:

[SIZE="6"]Star Wars Galaxies[/SIZE]

EVERY MMO game developer should review that game as a case study on what to do right, and what NOT to do.

[Jennestia]

Sounds like you've only played Korean garbage!

Hmm, nope. Pretty sure every MMO I've played come from a Western Developer, Chinese, Korean or Japanese developer. Much like a common system in MMOs these days are to push the player to max level through questing, color coding is a very common system in eastern MMOs.

So unless "garbage" MMOs only uses this system, that makes XIV garbage as well in retrospect, no?

[SilvertearRen]

Hmm, nope. Pretty sure every MMO I've played come from a Western Developer, Chinese, Korean or Japanese developer. Much like a common system in MMOs these days are to push the player to max level through questing, color coding is a very common system in eastern MMOs.

So unless "garbage" MMOs only uses this system, that makes XIV garbage as well in retrospect, no?

lol. Alright.

Still, my point stands. If you've played Star Wars Galaxies, I'm sure you understand what I mean by individualization.

I was a three-year SWG veteran, and I really loved the customizability in that game.