Ifrit Fight

[goonMagi]

Yes. These are the kinds of weapon designs I want in the game. More stylized versions of the "bland" weapons we have.

I agree!! FFXIV should have "bland" stuff, but that doesn't mean it can't look awesome! That lance looks amazing, and WAY cooler than the ifrit lance.

[NarikoStar]

Watching that video made me cringe; I hope this isn't indicative of future designs.

Previously revealed weapons:1, 2, 3.

What happened to them, Square Enix?

Interesting, as far as where/when these weapons will be seen not sure- but aside from the lance both the Axe and Sword have traces of Ahriman-like wings upon them, although I'm sure this has been pointed out where ever you came across the original post~

[Agoven]

Interesting, as far as where/when these weapons will be seen not sure- but aside from the lance both the Axe and Sword have traces of Ahriman-like wings upon them, although I'm sure this has been pointed out where ever you came across the original post~

There have been a lot of concept art and I'm sure they have a fair number of items they've designed that they have yet to introduce. When you fixing a game you don't want to roll out all your eggs before they ready for hatching. There were other types of bows, the trinity arrow etc etc. I bet some ideas were scrapped after balancing...and still others in the pondering stage. There's probably hundreds if not thousands of sketches like the ones you've posted.

[NarikoStar]

There have been a lot of concept art and I'm sure they have a fair number of items they've designed that they have yet to introduce. When you fixing a game you don't want to roll out all your eggs before they ready for hatching. There were other types of bows, the trinity arrow etc etc. I bet some ideas were scrapped after balancing...and still others in the pondering stage. There's probably hundreds if not thousands of sketches like the ones you've posted.

I guess it just seems odd for me to be announced it would be coming then never show~ But then again, I work in the gaming industry so I honestly realize how much concept never makes it to production and finished product that never gets shipped... but then again YAY in 21st century we have DLC so it usually just get's pushed back to a later date. After working 8-10hours on an assets to have your producer come in and tell you that it's not getting shipped sucks. Just seems odd to me that it was announced publicly then nothing else said (or did I misunderstand and it was just found posted someplace with no content involving a release?)

[Exni]

Watching that video made me cringe; I hope this isn't indicative of future designs.

Previously revealed weapons:1, 2, 3.

What happened to them, Square Enix?

To me these would make for decent crafted gear, pre-endgame or just before getting endgame gear. They are still just as bland as the current gear we have and I wouldn't be motivated to go for any of them unless they were pimped out in stats. They wouldn't stand out by design alone, and in fact we already have some gear that, to me, looks more appealing. I like alot of the Ifrit loot, especially the glow because it's far from overkill but enough to stand out when you go into active mode. Though some of the pieces do look abit 'off', it's a welcome change from the sea of blandness we currently have.

[Misha]

LoL someone actually stated the armor and weapons are SUPPOSE to be bland?! ...Wow that's ... oh it's Ren... nvm then xD

Gotta love all the silly arguments against making a final fantasy game ... into a final fantasy game *facepalm* It's sad how many people haven't obviously even played other entries into the series and/or are expecting the game NOT to be turned into one! Tanaka may have wanted a totally different game with very few weak FF elements, but it's known Yoshi is a huge FF fan who wants to make the game into one ... Some of you people are just... yuck ... spend less time on the forums and go spend time on other FF games! Maybe you'll actually know what people are talking about in the forums here lol

[Picoman]

We are only level 50 ffs!!!

Low level gear tends to be 'bland'. To me the detail and work that has gone into even the 'blandest' of gear is awesome.

[Focant]

I like the overall philosophy behind their design, working characteristics of the primal into the weapons themselves. I do have a little bit of an issue with the execution on some of the weapons though. The bow and hand-to-hand weapons specifically are a little too big and could probably be pared down a bit while still maintaining their look. The axe, on the other hand, looks perfect and makes me regret giving up marauder lol.

Either way, I'm not sure why we have to have only one type of design: practical or extravagant. I'm sure there's plenty of room in this game for both just as there was in XI.

[Vingtdeux]

I don't really have a personal opinion on the new weapons, but I think it's good for FFXIV.

One of my friend asked me to show him FFXIV last week. I showed him all the classes, one after another, with various pieces of gear (mostly DH and NM gear), and it's first comment was: "The gear looks really dull and unimpressive for someone who has multiple 50's and cleared all content ...".

I think that these types of weapons will appeal to new players, and motivate them to get to 50.

[Raikki]

This is tasteful and appropriate in context. I applaud them for finding a meaningful way to deliver bolder-looking gear. WoW's weapon glows were simple horrible particle effects that they threw on top, like fog or blobs of meaningless glowiness, which is far from what we're looking at here. Coming off of Darkhold which had some extremely bland weapons (oh boy, it's a black Bill...), this is a godsend (or is that gods-send?).