New Race Announced! The Au Ra

[Meteos]

I'm confused. Wut is it about FF arr that you all think is so snowflake special that making some basic things seen in many other MMOs is somehow more of a unique problem here that deserves defending?

Have you seen FFXIV's graphics compared to GW2? Even the UI in FFXIV is better. The problem they're running into is memory. From the pictures you showed of GW2 leaf person, do they have different armor or is it just weapons? Every MMO i've ever seen has craptastic graphics compared to FFXIV, and it remains why I can't play WoW, their character models look like crap. (The world's colorful and pretty graphic-wise though.)

The reason people are so defensive is, we, the actual fans of this game, who had paid for the live streams, found out that the dev team is like 20 people. TWENTY!

SE is a big company but there's only teams working on some games, some are working on multiple games!

So you know what I say?

Either make a productive post and get all your friends who think similarily to "Like" it, gaining the attention of the devs, or take your money elsewhere! Why are you even posting on this forum.. if you don't enjoy the game, then leave! (Haha, no pun intended.)

[Renik]

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I don't know about the others, but i'm not defending SE, i'm very critic with them, and i said you were right, textures could be done in time, depends on their manpower, but if done is must be done well.

About the Sylvari, there are 2 big differences, first they had more time, and last, even if their body is different, the armor and weapons are the same ones used by humans, anyway, in most cases the gear in GW just auto-adjusts to the character, like what a slider does to character bodies in some games, this affects the overall quality of the item.

Yoshi always wanted a Lizard race, i mean the one mentioned in the 1.0 poll, beastly lizard like race , i'm sure it's already in development, it will just take much more time than a human hybrid race.

[Kyrausagi]

[/QUOTE]Though I focus on game animation I know modeling and texturing ... and I can say that textures surely shouldn't effect animation. In fact, even model changes shouldn't effect animation as long as it's within an acceptable range (meaning that, yeah, we should be able to have more body shape options for all races as well as any model changes to this race still being able to use the same animations). So now that that's outta the way, yeah, it mainly lands on the texturing and modeling departments to do the beasty bits if they add em in ... but SE aint a small company, they have tons of people working in their art department full time so I'm still wondering why people choose to be so defensive over their use of money and man power.[/QUOTE]

I dont see why your having such a conniption. I dont see you trying to make a video game, or 3D modeling. This game is a multi platform game. So some texture may work for one thing but not work for another.

[Kyrausagi]

I don't know about the others, but i'm not defending SE, i'm very critic with them, and i said you were right, textures could be done in time, depends on their manpower, but if done is must be done well.

About the Sylvari, there are 2 big differences, first they had more time, and last, even if their body is different, the armor and weapons are the same ones used by humans, anyway, in most cases the gear in GW just auto-adjusts to the character, like what a slider does to character bodies in some games, this affects the overall quality of the item.

Yoshi always wanted a Lizard race, i mean the one mentioned in the 1.0 poll, beastly lizard like race , i'm sure it's already in development, it will just take much more time than a human hybrid race.

Plus they cant spen all theyre time on the games they have to deal with clients and appointments ect..ect..

[Krr]

Have you seen FFXIV's graphics compared to GW2? Even the UI in FFXIV is better. The problem they're running into is memory.

A company with over triple the resources working with a relatively recent engine by MMO standards damn well better be making a game that looks at least three times as good.

Still doesn't explain why people are shoving technical limitations down our throats when we're simply saying that we found the Au Ra boring, bland, lazy, and disappointing in terms of visual design, not polycount or graphical quality.

I dont see why your having such a conniption. I dont see you trying to make a video game, or 3D modeling. This game is a multi platform game. So some texture may work for one thing but not work for another.

Hi! I worked for a professional 3D animation studio that was breaking into games before beginning my own freelance development. If they gave the excuses you are giving for not undertaking revisions such as "3D modeling is hard!" they would be bankrupt within a week and most of the staff would be fired weeks before then.

On even mid-size teams, 3D artists also do not have client meetings. Their producers do that.

[Kyrausagi]

Still doesn't explain why people are shoving technical limitations down our throats when we're simply saying that we found the Au Ra boring, bland, lazy, and disappointing in terms of visual design, not polycount or graphical quality.


Hi! I worked for a professional 3D animation studio that was breaking into games before beginning my own freelance development. If they gave the excuses you are giving for not undertaking revisions such as "3D modeling is hard!" they would be bankrupt within a week and most of the staff would be fired weeks before then.

On even mid-size teams, 3D artists also do not have client meetings. Their producers do that.

No need to act like a child.

[Dhex]

A company with over triple the resources working with a relatively recent engine by MMO standards damn well better be making a game that looks at least three times as good.

Still doesn't explain why people are shoving technical limitations down our throats when we're simply saying that we found the Au Ra boring, bland, lazy, and disappointing in terms of visual design, not polycount or graphical quality.


Hi! I worked for a professional 3D animation studio that was breaking into games before beginning my own freelance development. If they gave the excuses you are giving for not undertaking revisions such as "3D modeling is hard!" they would be bankrupt within a week and most of the staff would be fired weeks before then.

On even mid-size teams, 3D artists also do not have client meetings. Their producers do that.

Taste and opinion can be argued either way and nobody will be right. Remember that.

[Krr]

No need to act like a child.

You're right. You could start by not using your first 20 posts on a message board to insult people who disagree with you.

Taste and opinion can be argued either way and nobody will be right. Remember that.

These aren't opinions, though. They're proposed facts about art team resource use.

Also, opinions are not sacred and some can be better than others. I could eat turds for breakfast and insist they're amazing and you're an idiot for not liking them, that being my opinion doesn't make the idea any less absurd.

[Kyrausagi]

You're right. You could start by not using your first 20 posts on a message board to insult people who disagree with you.


What's that got to do with S-E's art team resource distribution, again?

Oh im sorry forgive me for being the adult. Im merely expressing my knowledge. and No i did not insult others.

[Krr]

Oh im sorry forgive me for being the adult. Im merely expressing my knowledge. and No i did not insult others.

Calling a poster a child and accusing another poster of having a serious mental disability for sharing facts you disagree with is insulting though.