Live Letter LXXXVI 86 Discussion Thread

[Iscah]

The tome gear looks to be FFIX-inspired, to varying degrees, though WHM gets very classic WHM robes and I don't recall any of the characters having those. Sadly it seems to have been used as the base for casters as well and just recoloured to kinda-sorta Vivi instead of actually giving us a Vivi outfit.


(will update with pictures in a moment) ...never mind, looks like Discord has stopped making the URLs findable.

[TheDustyOne]

... though WHM gets very classic WHM robes and I don't recally any of the characters having those.

Likely in reference to Garnet very early on using WHM robes as a disguise.

That said, now Square has no excuse when it comes to AF gear being something sacred that other jobs can't have; now all healers have WHM AF gear.

[Iscah]

That said, now Square has no excuse when it comes to AF gear being something sacred that other jobs can't have; now all healers have WHM AF gear.

They have been using the classic WHM red-and-white colour scheme as generic healer colour scheme all along, though I'm trying to think if there's anything quite so blatantly WHM-styled.

Meanwhile, everyone else seems to be stealing what should be perfect RDM gear. First the Rinascita DPS design, then healers in Yuweyawata, now the ranged tome gear is taunting us.

[Mikey_R]

The tome gear looks to be FFIX-inspired, to varying degrees, though WHM gets very classic WHM robes and I don't recall any of the characters having those.

The closest you get is at the beginning of the game, Garnet has the robes which resemble the classic WHM look whilst she is trying to escape the castle. That is, until Vivi sets them on fire accidentally and they are ditched.

[Iscah]

Aha, found the URLs for the tome gear, though they'll probably stop working in a day or two.

[TaleraRistain]

The tome gear looks to be FFIX-inspired, to varying degrees, though WHM gets very classic WHM robes and I don't recall any of the characters having those. Sadly it seems to have been used as the base for casters as well and just recoloured to kinda-sorta Vivi instead of actually giving us a Vivi outfit.


(will update with pictures in a moment) ...never mind, looks like Discord has stopped making the URLs findable.

Fending is Steiner. Maiming is kind of following the same Steineresque pattern which is a little odd since they used Freya for aiming instead of maiming. Striking is Amarant. Scouting is like Zidane but not exact. Healing and Casting are both like Garnet's first disguise at the beginning of the game and also invoke a little Quina. A dash of Quina is nice because Quina hasn't been getting a lot of love. Only glam missing is Eiko but probably because she already features elsewhere.

BLM did already get the Vivi outfit which is probably why they had to go this route. Same with the real Zidane outfit we already got as a veteran reward. It is nice to see VPR get the mage mashers, though.

[Wired-Lain]

The tome gear looks to be FFIX-inspired, to varying degrees, though WHM gets very classic WHM robes and I don't recall any of the characters having those. Sadly it seems to have been used as the base for casters as well and just recoloured to kinda-sorta Vivi instead of actually giving us a Vivi outfit.


(will update with pictures in a moment) ...never mind, looks like Discord has stopped making the URLs findable.

I've been hoping for a real Vivi outfit for years
so seeing the FF9 themed sets give us another basic white mage outfit to recolor for casters has left a really sour taste in my mouth lol. The closest you can get is the shadowbringers dwarf hat, but that has a big goofy beard attached you cant turn off. I just want my jawa eyes man. Its supposed to be Garnets white mage disguise I guess, but it lacks a hood. Probably to make it more fitting for casters. I don't know. Baffling that aiming gets Freyas outfit instead of Maiming though.