Job Specific gear and dyes.

[fusional]

Look at the day and age we are in now, I like being unique.

Thoughts?

lol

/10char

[Jennestia]

Lots of people look the same now due to the ability to attach materia. All JSE/AF would be is just a nod to the series in terms of look, which there's nothing wrong with that, especially if the concern is people looking alike since that happens now and will happen in any MMO that has a "good/best" set that may or may not be able to be dyed, but even then, how likely it is no one but you will choose say, Blue Paladin AF?

[viion]

Things will only get unique when there are hundreds of pieces of gear, and gear for specific types of situations, the reason XI was quite unique was because a lot of it was very rare, or expensive or situational due to gear swapping.

Now there is no gear swapping and people are happy it means you're stuck with the best of the best for everything, which is always going to tie down to 1 piece. 1 piece will be good at xyz. So there is one reason you wont ever have uniquness in XIV.

But then when lots do come out they will make others good and some not so good, take a look at XI (again haha) not all AF is good, some is garbage, some you use at 75, some you use 50-60, some you dont use at all because there is other gear out that is better for that slot, so things will eventually turn out like that.

What SE need to do is create a range of gear and not try make gear all very similar with just better def and more stat boosts, they need to make some have more uniqueness, and i think that is their goal. For example, a Monk could get Legs that Increase Evasion by like 15%, epic for solo or where a Monk is tank but will you always be needing that evasion? Unlikely, so you will need equipment that has damage output stats.

Those gears you can dye, I stand by SE's reasoning because like they said its an "Image", unfortunately we are all going to look the same until SE some how manages to speed things up and not take 6 months to design gear.

[NoctisUmbra]

Job-specific gear. Gear you will be wearing when playing that job. A job you will be playing whilst in a party. Sort of like a uniform. Gear you cannot equip when on a class - which will be what you will want to spend your time in during solo/light party content.

Lots of room for uniqueness. Job sets can stay iconic and uniform.

[DeadRiser]

I guess I'm the minority.

[Rentahamster]

More customization, not less. Players should always be given as much freedom in this area as possible, especially when it is purely visual and does not require any kind of balance testing.

If they're so worried about the AF gear losing their iconic look, then let the dyes just change the color of the trim only.

[Jennestia]

It's not less customization, it's just one set of armor.

[DeadRiser]

It's not less customization, it's just one set of armor.

So we can't even change one little thing about it? I don't see the big problem about that. This is what makes the community so weird, any little thing to make people look a little different is not wanted. I don't care if there is only 4 different colors like we have now for every peice of gear, as long as we get choices.

[Jennestia]

So we can't even change one little thing about it? I don't see the big problem about that. This is what makes the community so weird, any little thing to make people look a little different is not wanted. I don't care if there is only 4 different colors like we have now for every peice of gear, as long as we get choices.

So once again:

How likely is it that no other player in the world who may choose to be a Paladin will dye their armor the same color you choose too? Doesn't that kill the "make people look a little different" argument? Will you complain at that person for dying the armor the same color as you?

Despite the fact you can dye armor now, I still see a lot of people looking alike because of the materia they've attached, so really, it's just 1 set of armor it's not a big deal if it's not able to be dyed, there will be literally hundreds of other sets to choose from that can be dyed. One undyable set of armor is not the end of the world or end of customization.

Hell in other MMOs I play, you can't even dye or attach enhancement stones to raid gear because the gear is colored by tier, people aren't complaining there about not being able to dye it even though people will seek out the gold sets which makes them look alike, since all it does is say "I completed (insert hard instance raid/boss) and here's my golden shirt."

[Jinrya-Geki]

It doesn't matter if there are 50 lalafel who look like me in Black Mage gear.

They aren't Red Wizards. My name, unless they are off, should be more than enough for anyone to know what I do, not my gear.