Artifact Armors!

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Wow... you're right. There is a harp attached to the bow. That's rather interesting.


Edit: BTW Artifact Armor is a FFXI term. This is art work for the FFXIV job system. Not the FFXI Artifact Armor system. Should correct the thread title.

That's no harp. To me it looks like something that would increase the velocity and the momentum of the arrow fired. It could be more than that but I instantly came to this conclusion upon seeing it and based on theory.

[Sav]

Wow... you're right. There is a harp attached to the bow. That's rather interesting.

I totally didn't even see that at first (or second) glance! Well I guess that confirms it...

[Kristina_Farron]

This is the original source: (Famitsu "Connect On!" magazine, to be published on 9/27)

The big title is "FFXIV, first anniversary and beyond", this cover is illustrated by art director Yoshida Akehiko, and the cover story will be the interview of our Yoshi-P.

Obviously the characters are one-to-one correspond to current 7 classes, but their gears are derived from the "Job artifacts" (AF) of FFXI, especially PLD, WHM, BLM, and MNK.
(Edit: I must emphasize, the original design of these gears can trace back to FFI ~ FFIII, but its the FFXI that first use them as "identity of jobs")

The DRG can be identified from its headgear, which is the trademark of most famous DRG of FF series, Cain (FFIV).
But the RNG is very confusing, because the hat is somewhat like RDM and there is a harp on her bow.

After all, the Job system supposed to be go live on v1.21 is still far away, and maybe we will get more information from the interview inside. I MUST pre-order one today...

[Yukagama]

This is the original source: (Famitsu "Connect On!" magazine, to be published on 9/27)

The big title is "FFXIV, first anniversary and beyond", this cover is illustrated by art director Yoshida Akehiko, and the cover story will be the interview of our Yoshi-P.

Obviously the characters are one-to-one correspond to current 7 classes, but their gears are derived from the "Job artifacts" (AF) of FFXI, especially PLD, WHM, BLM, and MNK.
(Edit: I must emphasize, the original design of these gears can trace back to FFI ~ FFIII, but its the FFXI that first use them as "identity of jobs")

The DRG can be identified from its headgear, which is the trademark of most famous DRG of FF series, Cain (FFIV).
But the RNG is very confusing, because the hat is somewhat like RDM and there is a harp on her bow.

After all, the Job system supposed to be go live on v1.21 is still far away, and maybe we will get more information from the interview inside. I MUST pre-order one today...

your right so much and this guy down here never play FFXI sorry bruce but it did derive. ^-^

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

Sorry, but the gear did not derive from FFXI.

[Stilzkin]

Oh God *_* Yoshi-p posted month ago the concept of 2 set:

http://www.epictoon.com/blog/wp-cont...1/03/602_0.jpg

http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joy...or-epl-228.jpg

Are same in the cover.

[RemVye]

This looks pretty cool, arch-bard is interesting to say the least!

But...

Look at the top guy in dark armor (dragoon - dark knight~ish) it looks like he has a shield and a dagger to me.

A small shield on his right arm and a dagger pointing backward in his left hand... or are my eyes playing tricks

[Jennestia]

Sorry, but the gear did not derive from FFXI.

Actually, it did derive from FFXI as actual gear. The art style did not but it turned it into actual quested armor pieces to define the job's classic appearance.

[syntaxlies]

yeah, so i downloaded the pic and looked at it at 400% and that dragoon is defiantly holding a scythe, do doubt. So, maybe its not a dragoon after all. Ive heard the term dragon knight and people said that was a dragoon but maybe its not. maybe se is saving dragoon to be a pet class as a 2nd or 3rd job for lancer.Makes more sense when you think about it.

[EmeraldHill]

So we're getting the same old boring armors that have been in the franchise for so many years?

...What.

How about some...new designs please? I wanted to play FF14. Not "Nostalgia of all the old-school FFs".