Scholar Pet Glamours

[Rennies]

I want a healing Carbuncle, and Airy/Anne glamours where the fairies glow blue/purple respectively.

[Rawrz]

Pet Glamour and SCH (Live Letter)

I asked this before. :[ Devs are ignoring it.

[GMERC]

I want a healing carbuncle.

Considering SCH applies Shields and Carbuncles originated as a summon that applied Reflect, it wouldn't be too off flavor-wise.



I'll remain hopeful.

[Ultimatecalibur]

I asked this before. :[ Devs are ignoring it.

More staying silent to protect themselves by not promising anything.

[Kosmos992k]

When it comes to Scholar Fairies, really only one glamour (or recolor I guess) comes to mind.


Granted for story reasons, which I won't spoil, maybe no? Yet all that comes to mind to me.

If not a full pet glamor system for Scholar pets, then how about an alternate costume for Eos and Selene? I mean I actually can't see a reason not to use a white carbuncle with a different colored gem in it's forehead to represent Eos or Selene, and it's not like the name would change, only the appearance.

It just seems rather stupid and illogical that Arcanists who take the more destructive path (aka Summoners) have access to glamours for their summons, but Scholars do not, despite both being offshoots of Arcanist which is the origination of the summoning abilities. I've always found it odd that both Scholars and Summoners lose the ability to summon the carbuncles anyway. Shouldn't those pets still be available to Scholar and Summoner? It's not like PLD loses the ability to use RoH that they gained while GLD is it? So why do Scholars and Summoners lose the abilities to summon carbuncles?

[Nirokun]

Considering SCH applies Shields and Carbuncles originated as a summon that applied Reflect, it wouldn't be too off flavor-wise.



I'll remain hopeful.

I had always hoped Carbuncle would return to SMN as a defensive (self-)buff pet, given his nature as a summon throughout FF history.

My hope for 4.0 is that SCH and SMN are split and reworked (not alone in this) to fix the balancing problem and make each thematically appropriate. This would mean that SCH would start with a fairy, and SMN would be the sole owner of Carbuncle. Scholar having a historically Summoner-only spell/pet would then be out of the question, and make more sense. At that point, SMN could have a buffing pet (if anything like FFXI, also mediocre healing pet) to round out the job.

They've clearly stated that ACN branching to SMN/SCH was a big mistake that lead to many balancing hurdles. I hope they get around to reworking them when they said they wanted to take jobs back to their roots.

(To any response saying SMN is fun and balanced and fine, I understand. But it's not SMN, and I understand FFXIV is it's own game, but it's not SMN. I understand FFXIV is an MMO, but this SMN is not SMN. If I made blm an elemental potion thrower, with aspected alchemical explosions, it wouldn't be very "black mage". Sure there would be elements of FF BLM, but it isn't gratifying to whip up a fire potion, toss it, and have it do a small flame. That's what Egis are to SMN right now. Deathflare is a step in the right direction, but there's a long way to go to making SMN gratifying, and poison/disease is not it.)

[Eloah]

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Okay, I don't want this to come accross as mean, but please no do not start this topic up again, it just finally died. SE made a mistake spliting Arcanist into Summoner and Scholar, they admit that, but the 2 jobs aren't being split, that would take too much time to rework. Also, there is no true Summoner in any FF game, end of story. Just because its not the Summoner you invisioned doesn't mean it isn't one. People are already bitching about how RDM isn't a true RDM and the job was just revealed. And Yoshi-P even stated,"RDM is different in every FF game" and this will be XIV's incarnation. Yes there were issues with Summoner in ARR, and yes HW fixed those issues a bit, but please stop the whole "its not a true summoner" grip because the series has never had one, every incarnation is different.

[JunseiKei]

I mean, recolors and stuff would be nice. Or glamouring to the fairy you get from the Angel Feather limit break.

(Sorry for the poor quality. Camera would not focus on the image.)

[GMERC]

Where's that Angel Feathers art from, out of curiosity? Is there any accompanying info you'd be willing to share?

[Lambdafish]

I actually think it is really unfair to SCHs, and a waste of resources, to create an entire pet glamour system and only apply it to one of the three pet jobs (I understand not applying it to MCH, but SCH is very viable). I hope the devs reconsider this, and actually use this system to its fullest potential.

To the people saying about lore, lore can be changed and expanded. Nymian technology given to the player in order allow Lily to more easily traverse the world undetected. The technology works like a glamour prism and changes Lilys aetherial signiture to allow her to blend in. (took 2 minutes to think of and is horribly hashed together, the devs can do even better). If you think that lore suggestion is stupid and not viable (spoilers for the beast tribe ally quest):

That quest had a sylph that disguised herself as a human, and SCH fairy glamour makes no sense in the lore?