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  1. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by abzoluut View Post
    I agree. I personally made a thread about this longer than a year ago. We have yet to receive any form response. Hope we will get it though.

    http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Glamour-system
    They responded to this issue most recently in the Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVIII:

    Quote Originally Posted by Cherzy View Post
    1:44:27
    Q: I want to glamour equipment I use on multiple jobs on a job-by-job basis. Do you plan on implementing a feature to do this?

    A: Minagawa: Unfortunately, it is not possible. This would require us starting from scratch, or developing an entirely new system. Inside the item data, there is one section which stores information on which graphic to use, and this data can only store one piece of information.

    Yoshida: This is not to say we won't do it at all. However, doing so with the current system would require rewriting data for several thousand items, which may lead to bug-related issues. Therefore, even if we were to do it, we would need to come up with another method.
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  2. #22
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    Gunsa Cabalabob
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    Well frankly, I think they should start from scratch then... Their glamour system is atrocious. And in a game where basically 80% of content is only there to get glamour items I think it's kind of important to get that system right and they most certainly haven't.

    What idiot thought "In a game where 3+ jobs are going to be sharing the same piece of gear, it'll be fine to make it so you can only change the look of it for one of them!".
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  3. #23
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    Enkidoh Roux
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    Balmung
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    Because the glamour system was added in a patch and was not designed from the beginning, the way gear appearance is generated was obviously not programmed with easy implementation of glamours in mind (not surprising given they were rather under the pump to get the game to launch and to ensure it's core systems were functional and free of problems, at the expense of 'fluff' concepts that were overlooked or put to the bottom of the 'to do' pile - glamour is just such a minor aspect of the game in the grand scheme of things and so they had to work with what they had.

    However, I do agree FFXI's glamour system (that was added after FFXIV's system by the way) is handled a lot better, but that also has it's drawbacks (FFXI it's called 'style lock' and is a setting in Config, and is actually does not change that gear's appearance, but just locks your current appearance to whatever you happen to be wearing at the time, and is deactivated by enemy attacks that force-remove gear, which a lot of high-level enemies in FFXI use, like Yagudo in Campaign). Also style lock is deactivated if you change Jobs, thus preventing wearing another Job's AF or appearance (see below).

    Either way, despite it's drawbacks and restrictions (which are there for a good reason, the 'no glamouring Job-specific gear like AF on another Job - I know I certainly don't want to see some stupid WAR dressing in WHM AF for lulz for instance, which is the main restriction players are complaining about), it's better than having no glamour system at all, and I am thankful for that. If SE can improve the glamour system, great! But I think they've made it clear just what an ugly can of worms doing so would truly be so I think we have a better chance of seeing version 1.0 restored to service and given updates than seeing any great changes to the glamour system I'm afraid.
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    Last edited by Enkidoh; 09-04-2016 at 10:57 AM.

  4. #24
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    The could just create an "Advanced Glamour" system after you reach 50 of course. Only jobs, not classes, could utilize the system.

    You create your outfit, glamour it onto yourself, or just wear it outright. You approach an NPC in idyllshire (or mor dhona) promising everlasting beauty. While wearing your "perfect" outfit, the npc imbues it's glamour onto your soul stone, effectively overwriting any other glamours in place.

    If you try to equip an item that is below the item level of what you have "advanced glamoured" it would say the item cannot be equipped. You would also be unable to simply unequip gear to strip. A glamour dispeller would remove it.
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  5. #25
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    Rena Ryuugu
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    If they just created a basic catalog with say a "Multi prism" (say 1 of each to craft?) to just let us swap out a full set for a pre-saved one, would also save some hassle. Say register X amount of glamours, use a Multi-prism and select the glamour you want, instantly a new set is glamored on. Switch classes (say to a different tank), use another prism and back to the original.

    I guess a way it could work is you wear the items you want, use the prism to copy (and use several so you have say x10 of the outfit for re-glamour) then you can switch. Would also save some people time if they have an outfit they use for everything. I can think of one Roe on the server who seems to use the same set for everything.
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    Last edited by AlphaFox; 09-04-2016 at 11:23 AM.

  6. #26
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    Much needed improvement {yes please}.

    If it would take a complete revamp then its time to do so. I realize the vast amount of work involved but in reality this is 2016...the game should offer all the perks much older games do. The rush to get the game back in action shouldn't be a scapegoat forever to remain in the dark ages, the time does need to be allotted to upgrade the game to modern standards imo

    ie/ glamour book, player created housing, ui revamp with many new player choices /preferences/options added etc.

    Please consider SE !!
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    MORE HIGH HEELS + INSTANCED HOUSING! !

  7. #27
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    ^ this, they're into their first expansion now coming up on their second, 2.0's rushed launch or PS3 limitations aren't an acceptable excuse anymore. It's becoming a bit of a "the dog ate my homework" situation, just not buying it anymore. I realise it's a lot of work to revamp the system but it's work that needs to be done. Like I said, the majority of the rewards in this game are redundant if not for glamour so if they want to keep forcing us back into old content they need to make the only reward we're getting for it part of a system we can actually use.

    People say glamour is the true endgame and they're really only half joking, only a tiny portion of gear in the game is actually relevant and gets made redundant fast and it's only use after that is glamour. It is an integral system at this point and that warrants a revamp.
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    Last edited by Cabalabob; 09-05-2016 at 03:33 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Gilthas View Post
    The anonymity of the internet is what leads people to become jerks online.

    You could make a game where all you did was run through fields of flowers holding hands and you'd still get a guy telling you you're doing it wrong.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mcshiggs View Post
    Everyone knows you skip through fields of flowers holding hands, running noobs need to go back to WoW.

  8. #28
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    My solution would be to make it so we glamour gear to the slots on a gearset, not to other gear.

    E.G. I have a gearset called DRK and a gearset called PLD. On the DRK gearset I glamour chaos burgeonet to the head slot while on the PLD gearset I glamour Valor coronet to the head slot.

    No matter what gear I wear while equipped with the PLD gearset I will always appear to be wearing the valor coronet. I could wear the hellfire mask of fending or switch to midan helm of fending, as long as it registers me as wearing the PLD gearset it will appear as the valor coronet. But as soon as I switch to the DRK gearset it will change to the chaos burgeonet.

    This would not only let us glamour each job the way we want, but also have multiple glamours for certain jobs. Like I could have PLD A and PLD B as gearsets. Both sets could use the same actual gear but have different glamours on the slots.

    Job restrictions could still apply too, if I have the DRK gearset glamour to chaos burgeonet but have the actual gear be Paladin soulstone it won't let the chaos burgeonet appear until I make the actual gear Dark knight.
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    Last edited by Cabalabob; 10-05-2016 at 05:49 AM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Gilthas View Post
    The anonymity of the internet is what leads people to become jerks online.

    You could make a game where all you did was run through fields of flowers holding hands and you'd still get a guy telling you you're doing it wrong.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mcshiggs View Post
    Everyone knows you skip through fields of flowers holding hands, running noobs need to go back to WoW.

  9. #29
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    Ramo Dan
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    Brynhildr
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    I agree with OP, this feature is required. DRK would need a black set to give it a proper look plus obtain the dps bonus. I think glamour would contribute to the dps bonus (not sure tho). This would be required even for dps class, smn and BLM share same gear, BRD and McH as well.
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  10. #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cabalabob View Post
    My solution would be to make it so we glamour gear to the slots on a gearset, not to other gear.
    ^ THIS RIGHT HERE.
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