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    Player fantasiaaddict's Avatar
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    Let me remind you that all of the current tomestone weapons were all fan-made, it was the creators choice to make a shorter spear, and the developers choice to pick it. If you don't like it, then don't use it, it's not meant for everyone. There is nothing they CAN "fix" if this is how it was intended to be designed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fantasiaaddict View Post
    Let me remind you that all of the current tomestone weapons were all fan-made, it was the creators choice to make a shorter spear, and the developers choice to pick it. If you don't like it, then don't use it, it's not meant for everyone. There is nothing they CAN "fix" if this is how it was intended to be designed.
    You can go look at the submitted graphic using 100% of the provided length, and even a bit more.
    You can also go compare the DNC weapons to their submitted graphic and see how they shrunk the blades by like 50%.
    Square just didn't do the concept art justice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kayll View Post
    You can go look at the submitted graphic using 100% of the provided length, and even a bit more.
    You can also go compare the DNC weapons to their submitted graphic and see how they shrunk the blades by like 50%.
    Square just didn't do the concept art justice.
    The dancer ones pissed me off the most tbh
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reimmi View Post
    The dancer ones pissed me off the most tbh
    The dancer one getting shrunk seemed inevitable for that design. I'm surprised it wasn't just a "nice idea, but it can't work in motion" runner-up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fantasiaaddict View Post
    Let me remind you that all of the current tomestone weapons were all fan-made, it was the creators choice to make a shorter spear, and the developers choice to pick it. If you don't like it, then don't use it, it's not meant for everyone. There is nothing they CAN "fix" if this is how it was intended to be designed.
    Does that mean that most spears actually exceed the template? Because looking at this, the creator's choice was for the spear to be at *least* average in length.

    https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/f8...879.1673406266
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    Quote Originally Posted by Myon88 View Post
    It's also an issue with the Elemental Lance from Eureka. The model is so short that on the female /cpose it doesn't touch the ground and looks kinda silly.

    Since animations are preset, any weapon that deviates too much from the norm runs the risk of something like this happening. It's possible they think awkward animations for a subset of use cases are worth the tradeoff of having more experimental weapon designs.
    Yeah, despite the nice glow Elemental weapons have, I've never liked the lance precisely because of its length. That's fine though so that there's more variety but there's certainly weird issues happening when spears are too short as your picture shows.

    The newest Manderville relic is another example of this. I like it but I'd prefer if it was longer so that it better highlighted the glow and design of the weapon, as its mostly centered around its tip area. I also feel the same with the first glowing stage of the ShB relic but as I said, it's alright to have so many choices for those who enjoy shorter lengths.
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