Job Specific gear and dyes.

[DeadRiser]

This thread was asking if there will be color variations/dying for job specific gear (like AF from FFXI) and basically rep says there are no plans for dying at the moment and also no plans in the future.

Two reasons for that
1. Idea of dying is for crafted gear/items only
2. Job specific gear is for making jobs image stand out, so the color has to match the image.

However we can't promise currently but later there will be a possibility that there will be a job specific gear with different color as a new item. Please look forward to that and leave any feedbacks.


--- so basically from my FFXI feel... AF1...and AF2.... boring... but I guess makes sense to make job image stand out... *talk in another thread plz*

This is a Reinhart translation from the Japanese forums. I know this has been talked about in another thread but WHY go this route?

We just got rid of everyone having the same gear because of the awful dyeing process we had before where everyone was either a fire red tank or a brown/red mage. Now with the job specific gear, everyone will look the same. Don't talk about that you don't have to equip this gear but why wouldn't we? Would you gimp yourself to look different. I know there is no "official" thing saying that it will have good stats but why make job specific if it won't be good.

It was also pointed out that there will be other job specific gear with a different color that will come out. So the second armor will have different stats? What if I want to buff, do I have to change my armor mid combat to boast my buffing better, then switch back to the first gear to heal? (just ranting)

I know that it's the old way that a white mage equipped white armor, but come on. Look at the day and age we are in now, I like being unique. I don't want to look like everyone else yet again. I don't want to gimp myself to be unique. I want choices. People know their roles by what weapon they have equipped or the STYLE of the armor, not the color of it. The only unique thing this does is by having everyone equip this unique piece of armor that probably is probably U/U.
/endrant

Thoughts?

[captainpicard]

Mark of Yoshida.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

If the job-specific gear will trump most other gear, then that has me worried already.

[RemVye]

"Stop STOP Stop STOP Stop STOP Stttttoopppppppppp

Lina Luxie loves to Kuxie"

Q_Q about looking pretty - /thread

[DeadRiser]

If the job-specific gear will trump most other gear, then that has me worried already.

A post relevant to the topic! Why wouldn't the job specific gear trump the rest?

[Rubicon]

Yea everyone will look the same for a few months but better gear will come out. That's what SHOULD happen anyway.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

A post relevant to the topic! Why wouldn't the job specific gear trump the rest?

I guess my concern is the balance. If one set of gear is significantly better than the others, it reduces incentive to obtain the other gear.

Whether that's from Stronghold Chests or HQ crafted gear with one-two materia.

[Reaujien]

JSG (AF) are so awesomesquness that they need no modifications at all!

I mean... GAWD! ...

[DeadRiser]

I guess my concern is the balance. If one set of gear is significantly better than the others, it reduces incentive to obtain the other gear.

Whether that's from Stronghold Chests or HQ crafted gear with one-two materia.

Well I mean look at the sentinel gear, that's the only set that CAN be melded. The rest can't.

[ninesunz]

i likes the standardization of the (AF) color - it makes it ff-ish