Cross-Class Aesthetics!

[Nektulos-Tuor]

This has nothing to do with skills and abilities. It changes nothing with your character, it just changed the way their attacks look with particle effects and trails.

I propose an idea if you master a class (Get it to level 60) you should be able to have unique skills that you can cross-class to give them different aesthetics.

For example:

Master Dark Knight (Level 60 and complete all quests.) gives you an item which you can slot on your character for every class:

Slotted to a Dragoon:
Dark Lance attacks and Darkness animations from lance.

Slotted to a Paladin
Dark Crusader, Flash and most aesthetics and particle affects and trails are turned to be more like Dark Knights.

Slotted to a Scholar
Turns Faerie into a Dark Faerie, two different types. Healing has a dark effect to it.

Slotted to a Bard
Dark Arrows!

It could be limited to mix certain classes with each other of course but it could be cool!


I would love for example, to slot a Warrior Soul on my character to give my Dark Knight more warrior-like effects. That is if I mastered both Warrior and Dark Knight.

I would also love to play Paladin with Warrior or Dark Knight effects on them, the Paladin effects hurt my eyes which is why I avoid the class. That is however my reward for being a level 60 Warrior and DRK and Paladin.

[EvinnaReed]

if it was just for glamour purposes, it would be pretty sweet.

[AlphaFox]

Would be cool, I suppose doing such for a mage would give normal skills a fire or ice effect? Ast would give like starry effects?

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Would be cool, I suppose doing such for a mage would give normal skills a fire or ice effect? Ast would give like starry effects?

Good ideas!

[Walluh]

If I could use BLM to give DRK tons of firesword swings, I'd be in love.

[Boyzby]

It's an interesting idea, but I don't think it would make any sense for the world. Being a SCH and using your darkness learned from being a DRK to somehow change your fairies and their moves without your soulstone, while doing your job? Pretty sure your energy would be better spent on the task at hand than making yourself look different.

A good example of why it would never happen: I can't even make my MNK's fists have stone or fire when I'm using Fists of Earth or Fists of Fire.

[Havenae]

It's an interesting idea, but I don't think it would make any sense for the world. Being a SCH and using your darkness learned from being a DRK to somehow change your fairies and their moves without your soulstone, while doing your job? Pretty sure your energy would be better spent on the task at hand than making yourself look different.

A good example of why it would never happen: I can't even make my MNK's fists have stone or fire when I'm using Fists of Earth or Fists of Fire.

I think they mean like a glamour but for effects as opposed to making gear look different. Nothing what so ever to do with taking away from your ability to perform your job's abilities in combat.
As for making sense... I could go down a list of a hundred things that don't make sense in Eorzea. But it's a fantasy game.


Anyway...

It's a cool idea. It would be really cool as a glamour for effects. I just don't see it happening on reason of resources. If particle effects were something that could just be "swapped out" in this game sure. But I don't think they are and would likely require the reworking of pretty much every skill in the game for each job, for as many times as there are jobs at any given point. Not to mention things like re-texturing for pets (i.e. dark faeries).

We've seen people complaining about the concept of giving Summoners an egi-glamour system and that's just one class making new models and textures for a handful of new pets. Imagine every class, every spell and ability, retextured or recolored... It's just not feasible.

[MistyMew]

Very nice idea op.

Its things like this that make a game stand out from the rest, not on its own, but bits and pieces like this and other suggestions that so many have given added up makes a game appear finished , modern and stand out.

So imo it is worth the time, the effort to add in.

(unless they are happy being average) I think they are far more capable and talented then that though, if given the freedom to be

[Naunet]

Really like this idea, OP! Something that actually works with the games multi-class system instead of against it... approve!

[Wings]

Really like this idea, OP! Something that actually works with the games multi-class system instead of against it... approve!

I agree! It feels to me like it fits, and would make this game stand out in a unique way ^_^

It would require a lot of time from whatever part of the team handles the visual effects, but the idea still appeals to me.