FFXVI Collab feedback (spoilers)

[Syln]

I want that dodge mechanic available for every physic dps job (each with their own visual/effect), it felt really good to use, could add a counter mechanic for tanks and a short CD/duration absorb barrier for caster that would buff the next spell's damage if used correctly.

Definitively the kind of change this game would need to feel fresh again.

[Allegor]

I think the event was fun. I know XIV is definitely not built for it, but would be fun to have a dodge action cuz it reminded me of GW2. Clive's outfit is also nice, I can already see it being the go-to attire for every DRK and RPR for the next week or so, and even though Clive himself isn't my cup of tea, his model is frikin Adonis compared to any ingame Hyur, npc or pc. Give us prettier Hyurs Yoshi, we know you can - we are literally seeing that you can.

That said, my one complain is that Torgal is disappointingly small. I was honestly expecting it to be a reskin model of the SB doggo mounts, and I don't think it looks good on anyone bigger than a Miqo (what a surprise *rolls eyes*). It would be a godsent if they rescale the mount but given how it's already ingame that's 99.8% unlikely. Oh well, I love him, but feel bad for mounting him when I'm literally as big (or bigger if Roe?) than him.

[Alleo]

I really enjoyed the fight, it was short but nice.

The story was a bit strange imo. We find Clive, the Wandering Minstrel somehow guessed quite fast that he is not from this world then makes up a fight in Clives head which we were able to join. (I know that Ultimates and other extreme fights are also just imagined by us but I never knew that other real people could join that) Then Torgal pops up and Clive is on his way back. Somehow the Minstrel also creates another Torgal for us to ride and thats it. On top of that they spoiled that his brother dies and that he is Ifrit. I have not played FF16 before this and would have been a bit miffed if I still wanted to start it. Even if its just something from the start, especially the Ifrit part feels like a twist that now is lost for anyone that played this event before the game.

Anyway the character model of Clive looks really great. I hope our hair will look just as good after the release of 7.0.

[rawker]

1 more wish... can I make this pet glamour? My SCH would love to have a pet doggo as his companion. I think Torgal in FFXVI can cast Cure

[EorzeaHero69]

Clive does look more detailed in ffxiv than he does in XVI imo. I was a little disappointed we didn't get his hair as a quest reward or an MGP like Noctis's. The solo instance was fun too.

[mallleable]

The dodge move was a ton of fun to use in the solo battle!

[HeyMcFly]

We already have faces with stubble;
Any attempt at a real beard seems to be reserved for the NPC Cid

We haven't gotten a proper character customization update ever- that seems to be something SE is very keen on ignoring. (so people have turned to mods to fix it)

Clive's hair, although abit comical looking bc it looks like a muppets hair or a mop, resembles generic anime protagonist hairs we already have. ('styled for hire' hair basically)
I'm not going to go into why his hair actually looks so strange but Clive has a huge freaking cranium, so maybe scaling issues are why we didn't get his hair.

They'd probably have to just give us Clive's face which would come with the tattoo and no option without- he's probably a direct copy from the game. Just like how we were given a midlander face with stubble instead of just adding stubble to the faces- but if they did that, you'd start to see "Hey, why can't we have any female face options added?" Since there do exist a few unique female NPC faces.
I did notice how his face has all of the detail but his neck and chest lack any of the same texture- so his face & only his face was used as a model.
But Clive isn't unique looking, outside of the brand he has on his face- he's basically just midlander with a slender nose or younger Gaius without the caveman forehead. So, just pick stubble midlander.


While I like the armor and mount (finally, we have a wolf mount that actually looks like a wolf) I'm bummed we didn't get Jill's outfit too.
And the action part was... okay. If I could have skipped it altogether that'd been a nice alternative.


Regardless of how it sounds, I appreciate what we were given.
I'm not compelled to go play 16 since there are already several solo-ff titles with brooding leading male protagonists so, It's kind of a given that something with family/loss/death always is the go-to with them so I didn't see it as a *major* spoiler. It was more of another "so what's this guys deal?"

[DrForester]

Going to chalk up the graphic difference to Clive being made using the Graphics Overhaul system.

I loved the event. Only thing I would improve for a better user experience, is to put the MGP rewards on a special NPC, rather than buried in the normal MGP and Tripple Triad Card NPCs

[OceanWater]

The story was OK wasn't expecting much since they don't want to spoil people. The fight was mid as a healer it was pretty boring. You didn't even have to dodge the attacks. I was disappointed they went with a solo lvl 50 duty for this. The mount is nice tho

[Raikai]

- Clive's hair was super detailed. I hope this is a sign of what we gonna get in DT?
- He had a stubby beard, need more beards for our beard enjoyers
- The battle part was fantastic and honestly wish stuff like that could be implemented somehow... Of course, FFXVI is action oriented, but this was a prime example that it is possible, even if it's in solo battles.
- I haven't played FFXVI, so to mention Clive's brother died because of his accidental summoning kinda spoiled the story a bit, no?

Overall really enjoyed the event 10/10

I looked at his hairstyle and thought to myself on how it wouldn't be an event reward? It looks SO good and it's already modelled ingame. Yes, you'd need to adapt it to every race, but that's less work than if the 3D meshes and texture didn't exist at all.

... And then it hit me. Clive's hair was probably made with how they are making the revamped character models and that's probably why we didn't get it. The hair would clash horribly with the rest of our characters. So, here's my hope to see it added as a 'random expansion hair' when Dawntrail launches. Or at least, an added reward when the XVI collab inevitably returns in a far future.