Void Ark... Players are getting sick of Palette Swap Gear.

[Kogasan]

I really wish they would make it so that smn and BLM would have their own gear instead of grouping them up under the group heading caster. That to me is lazy. Besides which not everything that is good for a BLM is gonna be good for a SMN unlike healers. So to me they should fix that first.

[Tyrn]

I really wish they would make it so that smn and BLM would have their own gear instead of grouping them up under the group heading caster. That to me is lazy. Besides which not everything that is good for a BLM is gonna be good for a SMN unlike healers. So to me they should fix that first.

If BLM and SMN get unique sets then all the other jobs that currently share gear sets with other jobs would also want unique sets and then they'd end up having to make 13 sets for for the 8/24 man raid of the patch and another 13 for the dungeon sets (2.4 was the only patch in 2.x to not get new sets in the new dungeons) making it 26 sets every patch. Not only do I doubt SE would be able to create that many sets in the 3 month period between patches, I also doubt people would actually want it when they realize how stuffed the loot tables would be making it impossible to get those new pieces they want.

[Mug]

You have to remember that casters and healers make out 5 different jobs. 5/13 jobs is a pretty significant number of jobs sharing the same gear models. Meanwhile you have dragoon on the side, almost always having exclusive gear for their job. There's definitely an imbalance here. At the very least, they should seperate caster and healing gear entirely.

To me though, it just seems like they've become stuck with these formulas now. One of them being that all mages share the same gear models. It's like they don't even question it. This also extends to other types of content, like how dungeons always follow the same pattern and how everything is centered around tomestones and daily/weekly limits. I realise it's very cost/time-effective, but the game is starting to become stale as a result (some would argue it has been for a good while now). I'm putting all my hopes on island exploration being the content that breaks this trend. I just hope they do it right.

[FallenArisen0990]

You guys are asking way too much work if you want SE to give all 13 classes different looking gear. Gear sharing is nothing new to the FF series so what is the big deal? Hell, gear sharing is pretty damn common in RPGs.

[Noxifer]

You guys are asking way too much work if you want SE to give all 13 classes different looking gear. Gear sharing is nothing new to the FF series so what is the big deal? Hell, gear sharing is pretty damn common in RPGs.

Well, the main thing people are tired of is the fact that those who already have separate gearsets (whether it be MNK, Casters, Tanks, or others) keep having to share what that gearset looks like with one or more other gearsets. That doesn't mean asking for 13 different gearsets, but just that the gearsets that currently are get something to differ them from another gearset instead of simply a colour change.
Something that comes to mind that wouldn't take a ton of effort, for example, would be to mirror the design in addition to palette swap. So the one-sided shoulderpad is on the right instead of on the left shoulder, or the satchels and dagger are hanging on the opposite side. Yes, that kind of thing would also be a "lazy shortcut", but it would be something more, at least.

(Of course, I'd prefer if they did more separate designs to gearsets -- not 13 different gearsets, but that the currently shared gearsets at least get their own design -- but I can understand that they have a lot to do already ^^; )

[BreathlessTao]

Gear sharing is nothing new to the FF series so what is the big deal? Hell, gear sharing is pretty damn common in RPGs.

I don't think gear sharing in itself is the issue. The issue is that it happens too often, pretty much always with the very same basic "trick", pretty much always to the same jobs (and many of the base designs have also gotten quite old, long ago, cue long caster robes). One of those signs that say "slow down with gear progression already" - as obviously the fact that we "have" to get new gear so often contributes to this phenomenon.

[Astral145]

I'm getting sick of farming for the old crappy gear period. I am tire of this vertical climb in gear. Sure the content is new and shiny but that will get stale so quick. I would really love for the devs to step out of their boxes (cubicles) for once and bring out relic gear. But not just any standard stat gear. I want to see spirit bonding traits on the gear that will boost the jobs performance to the max... like adding 5% to 10% pierce damage boost on bows, or perhaps a trait that eliminates the pointless enochium timer on blms but still have to use bliz 4 after bliz 3 to activate it....ect..... I am tired of being held down by stupid timers and weak boring stats. We literally got zero new traits from 50 to 60. Give us something that will make our job feel less clunky and boost the performance of the jobs.

Tired of the same old cookie cutter designs we see in MMO's... Step it up SE.... you are way better than this....

[BunnyChain]

I think their faces speak for themselves:



"Same ol' crap."



"Am I really wearing this?"



"Why SE??"

Jokes aside, I mostly like them but the general designs are kinda getting a bit repetitive;
Robes for tanks/healers, same looking stuff for caster, white healer gear, etc. :c

Edit:

Now for the important question: what the hell is the purpose of all those belts?

Google: "Everything Wrong With Square Enix"

[Yhoiryo]

Dat lalafells face doe

[Shori]

I too was dissapointed by the gear designs for Void ark not only by the fact that everyone looks identical but also it literally has no identity at all. When seeing the first concepts for void ark I was picturing something a bit alien-y and hoped maybe the gear would be a more out-there and darker Poetics/cybery look. I'm not sure I want to faceroll content just to look like everyone else.