Petition Against Ifrit Weapon Designs

[Kiote]

Actually there have been quite a bit of complaints on bland weapon design.

The complaints have been that they were reskinning the same designs, not that the designs were bad. people generally approve of the look of this game and would like to keep things in line with it. They want new weapon and armour models not a massive change in the direction of the games art.

[Zottan]

give that magnetic knuckles please!

[Isaaru]

oh ok, well SE isn't going to look at this petition and change their mind. Just like every single other petition.

[Keith_Dragoon]

While they may abit on the large side I do not feel the overall style of the weapons stray away from the FF feel. In XI weapons of varying styles have found their way into the hands of players. This Dark Knight Scythe almost looks as it belong among these weapons from the Ifrit Battle.

As for the glow it was "voted" on and approved months ago that we'd see glowing weapons in the future of this game. So aside from a resizing of the weapons I see nothing really wrong with them.

[Zoltan]

That is a falacious argument called Irrelevant Conclusion.

[Isaaru]

Like I said before, they're just a bit wide. If they narrow them down a bit then everything would look fine.

[Teknoman]

So would you guys be against something like this:

http://ffcompendium.com/art/10-tidus-a.jpg

or

http://ffcompendium.com/art/2-frionel-a4.jpg

Granted its not Akihiko's or samples from his usual style, he does have a habit of making rare weaponry really elaborate/strange looking, judging by FF tactics advance or FFXII. And those are examples that FF games do have a mix of normal "realistic" weaponry and strange looking weapons.

[AtryxEtair]

The problem here is not the weapon designs. I for one think they look awesome. I believe the concern here is their size. I saw the video and when that archer pulled out that gargantuan "bow" I almost laughed. Good fantasy is borders on believable. Bad fantasy borders on absurd. YES to weapon designs. NO to hauling around ridiculously massive chunks of a deceased beast.

[Kiote]

The problem here is not the weapon designs. I for one think they look awesome. I believe the concern here is their size. I saw the video and when that archer pulled out that gargantuan "bow" I almost laughed. Good fantasy is borders on believable. Bad fantasy borders on absurd. YES to weapon designs. NO to hauling around ridiculously massive chunks of a deceased beast.

This, this is exactly how I feel. There is absolutely no reason for the size of these weapons. They would look a thousand times better if they were just a realistic size. Detailed items look a lot better than Giant items..

A person could not hold a bow like that with one hand and punching something with those PUG knucks would break your wrist. We all get that it's a fantasy game, but there is no reason to make things absurd for the sake of being absurd. Especially in the case of making things oversize.

Giant Crab looks kool.

Giant Knuckles looks absurd.

[Holland]

A person could not hold a bow like that with one hand and punching something with those PUG knucks would break your wrist. We all get that it's a fantasy game, but there is no reason to make things absurd for the sake of being absurd. Especially in the case of making things oversize.

Giant Crab looks kool.

Giant Knuckles looks absurd.

A person could also not withstand none of the blows Ifrit or Batraal deals and yet none complains about that being unrealistic. In my opinion, the weapons look great, the size is great seeing that Ifrit is huge, his horns would be huge too, the weapons, like everything on this game is very detailed, they are not 'just' big weapons.

Please developers, continue with the great job you are doing, the weapons are amazing.

Edit: To everyone comparing the designs with other games I tell you this: One thing I don't like about some FINAL FANTASY fans is they think they are above other players in terms of taste, they feel they are refined gamers above all others and therefore inspiration from other franchises can not come into their beloved FF. I love the tip they might have taken from Monster Hunter (I feel this is where they go this, Yoshida being a fan of the games) when designing this weapons. I say keep at it and apply the FF spin to it. I am looking forward to new armour found in other FF's too.