Echoes of Vana'diel FFXI Alliance Raid

[Fawkes]

DNC AF and Relic? Prishe's outfit? Robes that are too long again?

I wonder if Prishe's outfit will be role locked or from a coffer like 2B's or a cash shop thing.

[CidHeiral]

My assumption is:

Shantotto = Casting/Healing
Lilisette = Aiming/Scouting
Prishe = Striking
??? = Fending/Maiming

Last one might be Zeid, maybe?

I hope for the last tier they go purely player armor sets. There are so many I'd love to see in HD, like the Igqira Weskit set with the arm tattoos, the San d'Oria guard armor, tons of things from Aht Urhgan, AF gear, etc.

[Fawkes]

My assumption is:

Shantotto = Casting/Healing
Lilisette = Aiming/Scouting
Prishe = Striking
??? = Fending/Maiming

Last one might be Zeid, maybe?

I hope for the last tier they go purely player armor sets. There are so many I'd love to see in HD, like the Igqira Weskit set with the arm tattoos, the San d'Oria guard armor, tons of things from Aht Urhgan, AF gear, etc.

Honestly I was hoping they'd make something like the orchestrion roll item but for glamours, and just put a ton of glamours you could exchange for. There's just too many that I want and I don't want most of them role locked.

I kinda expect the last tier will have Lion, Aphmau/Nashmeira, and Arciela sets now, and all the heroines will feature in the ending similar to the Ivalice raid.

[Tsukino]

My assumption is:

Shantotto = Casting/Healing
Lilisette = Aiming/Scouting
Prishe = Striking
??? = Fending/Maiming

Last one might be Zeid, maybe?

That all seems reasonable given the color variations and the one not shown. Zeid's not a mission girl obviously, but then neither is Shantotto.

Kind of seems like a shame to have Lilisette and Shantotto when they mostly don't have unique outfits, while leaving out Lion and Aphmau who do though.

[Cidel]

DNC AF and Relic? Prishe's outfit? Robes that are too long again?

I wonder if Prishe's outfit will be role locked or from a coffer like 2B's or a cash shop thing.

Eh, I think they're still going with NPC outfits. It just so happens that Lilisette was wearing the DNC AF1 save for the headpiece (which is why it is a feather instead of a rose).

As for robes that are too long, I'm more curious if the white robes only look long because that's how they decided to model it on the Lala? The caster set is Shantotto in her more iconic set, while the white healer version looks to be an alternative version she wore for one of their mini-expansions (I didn't play it), which is basically her wearing the player's Errant set. I'm assuming/hoping the caster and healer set have the same base model (as usual), because the Errant set in FFXI never went that much further beyond the hips. I would be disappointed if they decided to elongate the healer set here for no reason other then to slightly differentiate it from the caster set (which they have in the past) when the body piece it is inspired by is supposed to be shorter.

The male version was in the LL, but it was the Relic version with white and blue instead of red and black.

A part of me is a little worried though that that might have been the Scouting version perhaps... As they infrequently use the same model, just recolored like casters/healers. I'm hoping I'm wrong, otherwise I feel kinda bad for Ninjas and Vipers. The only other explanation is that they decided to model the Aiming set again on a male model to showcase the two dye channels turning it into the DNC AF2 Etoile set (which was basically just a recolor, as most AF2 were)..?

I also find it kind of humorous that this is where they decided not to create gendered differences for the Aiming set, when the male version of DNC AF in XI was probably one of the few pieces to have differences from the female. Their shirt being slightly open down from the neck in the front, rather than some sort of midriff like the females. And of course missing the skirt altogether.

I just wish instead of giving us role gear, they would have added the relic/mythic/empy gear for each class instead.

I'd prefer that too; having more iconic player-centric sets and favorites instead of NPC cosplays. But the problem with relic/mythic/empy gear as an alliance raid drop is that they would obviously be tailored to one job of a particular role, and the others sharing it sort of miss-out. Granted, that bandaid sort of has been ripped-off already, and there are a few examples already (just look at BRDs and MCHs having to wear DNC AF this tier, and the current tomestone tier healers obviously going with a WHM aesthetic).

[MicahZerrshia]

I'd prefer that too; having more iconic player-centric sets and favorites instead of NPC cosplays. But the problem with relic/mythic/empy gear as an alliance raid drop is that they would obviously be tailored to one job of a particular role, and the others sharing it sort of miss-out. Granted, that bandaid sort of has been ripped-off already, and there are a few examples already (just look at BRDs and MCHs having to wear DNC AF this tier, and the current tomestone tier healers obviously going with a WHM aesthetic).

I would be perfectly fine with job specific gear instead of role specific gear. If they wanted to make it easier to get a certain piece, all they would have had to do was offer a token to trade for the piece of your choice instead of a piece of actual gear. Not everything, imo, needs to be available to every job and it would go a long way at least giving us an illusion of class fantasy. But I also really hate the role gear, esp since its all seems to lean towards the aesthetics of one job out of the bunch anyway and completely locks out any chance of getting gear with job specific stats, like bonuses to songs/dances or buffs to summons/fairies.

[Batbrat]

This might look amazing on males, I'm quite hopeful that it is. The fitted upper area is REALLY nice...but the lowerrrr parrt...that will depend on how it dyes I suppose. The other outfits are cute too, but I just think that first one is QUITE striking!!

[Fawkes]

This might look amazing on males, I'm quite hopeful that it is. The fitted upper area is REALLY nice...but the lowerrrr parrt...that will depend on how it dyes I suppose. The other outfits are cute too, but I just think that first one is QUITE striking!!

I do wonder if males will get the ribbons for that headpiece or if they're going to get something else.