6 months to create ONE equipment set!?

[Ilean]

6 months is an unforgivable amount of time for one equipment set. How long would it take to make a zone, 5 years?

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;D

[Reika]

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;D

You know none of us want any more black shrouds to happen!

[zaviermhigo]

You know it takes 9 months to make a baby, and people really care about their babies most of the time. 6 months for a piece of gear just means we should care more about it, because of the effort that goes into it. Right now its kind of hard, because some of the gear is rather meh. But w/e why diss how long it takes them to make gear, when that's how they do it, if you don't like it, why don't you go make a game with comparable graphics and see who long it takes you to make gear. Did you even watch making of eorzea? As a consumer we have a right to judge quality, but not how long it takes them to do things, we just don't have the know how, no one on this forums has made a game even close to FFXIV.

[Khalus]

Dunno if any of ya remember this video:

Eorzea ― The Making of a Realm #3 ~ Equipping Eorzea, but it shows how they make the armor!

[viion]

The most obvious excuse is that development lacks and/or crystal tools (or dev tools) lacks. This is evident when other studios can throw out new gear in a fraction of the time.

[miqokini]

The most obvious excuse is that development lacks and/or crystal tools (or dev tools) lacks. This is evident when other studios can throw out new gear in a fraction of the time.

This is what worries me most. Are we playing a game with a broken engine? If that's the case, how will there ever be any hope?

[Verecund]

Well if by 6 months they mean 6 months to create an entire complex set from which they can derive 3-6 lesser sets + recolors (as seen in the video), then that is a little more reasonable XD ... hopefully that is the case.

[Gramul]

Well it's not like they're doing them one set at a time.

[miqokini]

Well it's not like they're doing them one set at a time.

Again, they should have been more specific. If that's the case, they should have said that it takes 6 months to create 10-20 new sets of armor. That would be much more acceptable, although I'd prefer 20 over 10. 6 months still feels too long even for 10.

[Gramul]

Again, they should have been more specific. If that's the case, they should have said that it takes 6 months to create 10-20 new sets of armor. That would be much more acceptable, although I'd prefer 20 over 10. 6 months still feels too long even for 10.

I assume it was like making a show or cartoon. I recall being told it takes 6 months to do an episode of Adventure Time or My Little Pony, it may take 6 months from start to finish with one episode, but they're working on several at a time.
At least I hope that's the case. For 20 sets of armor in 10 years, those sets better be damn impressive.