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  1. #1
    Player
    Hysterior's Avatar
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    Larek Darkholme
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    Gilgamesh
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    Sage Lv 100

    No to cowl in end-game! ranting lalafell inside!

    Hi,

    I know it sound like a trivial complaint compared to major ones (lag and bots are my biggest grip so far) but it is not discussed much and I personally HATE it!

    Why put a cowl as a end-game equipment?
    Darklight Cowl of Healing and Casting, I am looking at you!

    I can tolerate getting some cowl through the game, fine. But in end-game...
    I want to see my character! Could we at least have the option to take the hood off?

    I created my character for a reason.
    Right now I have the DL cowl, I am too broke for Vanya and I am SO FAR AWAY from getting the Mythology equipment (as it will required both body+head to replace the cowl).

    SE, please, no more cowl! pretty please!
    (or let us take the hood off)

    end of lalafell rant
    (34)

    Larek Darkholme @ Ragnarok

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    Player TeganLaron's Avatar
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    Tegan Laron
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    Conjurer Lv 50
    Lots of people seem to have an issue with this. They can't remove the cowl now, but I guess they'll introduce the option to have the hood down at some point.
    (1)

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    Raminax's Avatar
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    Shinonome Sanada
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    Phoenix
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    Conjurer Lv 92
    I dunno, I'm more annoyed by how inflexible two-slot equipment is. They're always a pain to upgrade.
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  4. #4
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    diulalasing's Avatar
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    Yaladilae Hallucinate
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    Cerberus
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    Culinarian Lv 50
    As an lalafell, I love the fact that when you talk to someone, they can't look down upon you anymore, because they simply can't see you

    This force them to kneel before you if they want to see your face.
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  5. #5
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    Shadowzanon's Avatar
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    Aether Flow
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    Cactuar
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    Red Mage Lv 70
    I also was tired of the cowl. but because ak, wp cm and praet all give 100 tomes, I do not see whats holding you back to collect 1125 tomes to get the potash needed to get the crafted robes. the rest of the mats cost little. I am cowl free for a darn long time.
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    TaranTatsuuchi's Avatar
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    Aryn Tatsuuchi
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    Balmung
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    Samurai Lv 90
    Just another reason I say the vanity system can't come soon enough...

    Even though they said no vanity system in the petition thread to get it in 2.1... People are still signing it and talking about it.
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  7. #7
    Player Shioban's Avatar
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    Shio Ban
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    Twintania
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    Conjurer Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by TeganLaron View Post
    Lots of people seem to have an issue with this. They can't remove the cowl now, but I guess they'll introduce the option to have the hood down at some point.
    They won't.

    They mentioned that this would require two separate 3D models for each hood which is a waste of memory and development time for something negligible, where-in the case of the /visor for the WAR Helmet and SCH glasses, its much simpler obviously.

    In the case of the White Mage AF for example they'd have to go back and probably start the process over again just to make a hood for the second model as the graphics have already been finalized for it, to go back now would be a huge waste of time.


    I'd rather have them focus on making new gear rather than worrying about adding a hood option for things they've already made.

    Quote Originally Posted by TeganLaron View Post
    Of course they'll introduce new gear in the future, but that still leaves the same problem (and I use that term quite loosely) for anyone coming into the game later reaching DL level. I didn't know they had already said no, but I think they will eventually find some sort of solution to it.
    The only solution would be to go back and edit/create a zbrush model that has two states an 'Up' and 'Down' hood.
    This would be two 3D models, so they' have to back-track and actually remake them again, including re-texturing, re-topologizing, rigging, skinning and weighting and then sizing for each race i'd assume too.

    It's a lot of work just because people want to put the hood down when we'll be replacing it with new gear in the next few months anyway.

    As it's pretty much the only cowls we use in the game bar level 20(ish), I think its perfectly acceptable to deal with, we can't have everything we want.
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    Last edited by Shioban; 10-28-2013 at 09:15 PM.

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    Player TeganLaron's Avatar
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    Tegan Laron
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    Cerberus
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shioban View Post
    snip.
    Of course they'll introduce new gear in the future, but that still leaves the same problem (and I use that term quite loosely) for anyone coming into the game later reaching DL level. I didn't know they had already said no, but I think they will eventually find some sort of solution to it.
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  9. #9
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    Nuinn Nomi
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    Excalibur
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    Bard Lv 64
    Hardly going to see the existing hoods and cowls have an on/off setting. New gear perhaps. The old ones, not so much any time soon. Maybe eventually (eventually = years from now). Best brace yourselves and learn to love it :x
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    Evangela Monterossa
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    Balmung
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    Ninja Lv 90
    You can save myth tomes for 3 weeks and buy AF2 body ASAP. downgrade your headgear back to AK headgear or buy a Vanya hat (they're not that expensive). then buy the AF2 headgear next week.
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