Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
Technically the design of PLD AF1 is based loosely on Cecil's PLD sprite in the original SNES version of FFIV (note the coronet especially)
VERY loosely I'd say, there are almost zero similarities.



The Paladin AF is missing many key things about Cecil's original armor in the sprite, namely the blue cloth over the armor which is white in the XIV version, the more traditional shoulder pads as opposed to the blocky mess that PLDs get, the cape and the more gold-ish look of the armor as opposed to the PLD AF which is white and grey.
The coronet is also different seeing as how Cecil's only has three spikes, two at the edge and a bigger one in the middle with a jewel, while the gallant coronet has 5 spikes and now jewels (also worth noting that Cecil's coronet is a bit more curvy and flowy rather than being a straight line of spikes.

Although personally if I had to pick a look of Cecil's to bring over into XIV it would definitely be his updated sprite from the PSP remake of IV.



I don't care about practicality, we need more sleeveless armor in the game!