New gear slots: Cape, Shoulder, Face ???

[Black_Rose]

i know, but as a pouch i more of understand something like a small waist bag.
i wonder if we'll ever get equip for that slot ._.!

[Nuru]

I have seen NPC wearing glasses together with a hood, you can find the NPC standing around in the traumaturge guild close to the entrance.

Many NPCs are wearing equipment that we have yet to be able to wear ourselves. I'm so jealous of them ;-;

[Moth]

like a backbag for DoL classes to have increased inventory space especially for farming.

Yees I like that idea very much

[Jinko]

I remember back in beta being able to equip a mask and a hooded cowl at the same time, too bad they removed it.

I think those assassins from The Devilet Inside also wear masks and hooded cowls.

[Nuru]

I remember back in beta being able to equip a mask and a hooded cowl at the same time, too bad they removed it.

I think those assassins from The Devilet Inside also wear masks and hooded cowls.

Yeah, i've noticed this and wondered why we aren't able to do it.

[Elexia]

They cant balance accessories already so more equip slot options seems like a very , very far away idea , if it ever would happen.

personally im all about it customization is great.But judging by the developers history i would think this is never going to happen.

Accessories are balanced, the stats themselves aren't.

Stuff like this would fall under "decoration" type of equipment, separate from beneficial equipment. Also "judging by the developer's history", e.g Final Fantasy 1 - 14 (and off shoots), Front Mission - Front Mission Online/Evolved, Romancing SaGa 1-3 (+ Frontier, Remakes etc) it's up to if they decide it worthwhile in an MMO environment.

[Zkieve]

Accessories are balanced, the stats themselves aren't.

Stuff like this would fall under "decoration" type of equipment, separate from beneficial equipment. Also "judging by the developer's history", e.g Final Fantasy 1 - 14 (and off shoots), Front Mission - Front Mission Online/Evolved, Romancing SaGa 1-3 (+ Frontier, Remakes etc) it's up to if they decide it worthwhile in an MMO environment.

sorry tough we were talking about FFXIV.
And no i would say yey for more slots for actual equipment , we dont need more fluff with the stage of the game.
The only reason to not be able to equip full accessories slots is because they were to lazy or ran out of time to balance it correctly .This type of development is seen all around in the game.

[Dreamer]

Shoulders: No. Shoulderpads and such are already built into the armors, so there's no need.

Face: Yes, but it would probably be to hard to do separate face/helm components. You would need to account for every single variation when making new items for either.

Cloaks: Yes, with two caveats. 1) They should have hoods that can be raised/lowered. Said hoods should also not cause my hair to disappear. 2) They should be full cloaks, meaning they wrap all the way around the sides to the front, instead of just hanging uselessly on our back.

[Elexia]

We are talking about XIV, but when you say Developer's history, you're refering to Square(soft)Enix's history, which plenty of their games have decoration type of equipment. Decoration equipment in MMORPGs are stuff that makes your character "look epic" but doesn't give you wildly useful stats, which is what end game equipment and the like are for which we already know is coming.

Take Ragnarok Online for example, Wings and earmuff type of gears give nice little boosts, but nothing that will completely change your gameplay experience, mostly for looks for those who want to look epic mainly. I shouldn't have to use a cape because it gives +50 INT and 275 Magic Accuracy, it would look silly on a conjurer.

That's why they call it "decoration", another word is "Optional".

[OMEGA_HACK]

I wouldn't mind getting the back slot back...especially since they teased us with the NPC in the opening video leaning against the wall with a visible cape (something that was wanted since XI)...