About Tank Design Winner

[ErryK]

A: This food is terrible!

B: how can you tell? you never leveled CUL!

They said it was boring, but seriously, can they come up with something better than the winning entry? Criticism is all fine and dandy if it has substance, but literally just saying "It's boring.", like at least provide some backbone...

[MaeIsMean]

They said it was boring, but seriously, can they come up with something better than the winning entry? Criticism is all fine and dandy if it has substance, but literally just saying "It's boring.", like at least provide some backbone...

Just because someone says it's boring doesn't mean they actually have the artistic talent to create something else. It's perfectly ok to think the winner was boring compared to the other entrants, without actually having to create my own design to "back it up."

[Jynx]

They said it was boring, but seriously, can they come up with something better than the winning entry?

You should really read your own comment back to yourself and then ask yourself.

Does that make any sense?

Go on I'll wait.

[ErryK]

You should really read your own comment back to yourself and then ask yourself.

Does that make any sense?

Go on I'll wait.

I don't think it's fair for an individual to judge a piece when they aren't in the position to judge it, that's why we had this one judged by the devs and I'm thankful for that. Had this been judged by players, probably some impractical Gobbuue armor or single-thread armor would have won, knowing how impractical this player based is. SE is only looking out for what the fans want. How this 180 on the Allagan Luminous Surcoat happened, baffles me, which is why I am asking... have you created anything better? Has it been judged and won the competition? No? Didn't think so.

[Jynx]

have you created anything better? Has it been judged and won the competition? No? Didn't think so.

Your gonna stand by that...really?

Too bad I'm not around to point out the moment you decide that you didn't like __________ to point out your invalidity of your inane perception on criticism.

[ErryK]

Your gonna stand by that...really?

Too bad I'm not around to point out the moment you decide that you didn't like __________ to point out your invalidity of your inane perception on criticism.

The thing is, I'm not relying on just having a winning entry, my issue is is that the person just said "plate armor is boring", and had nothing to back it up. I'm not saying make a winning entry (although that would be best ). I'm saying explain your reasoning. If you were doing a review of a dungeon or in game content, you don't glance at it and say "It's boring because the color blue is there" do you? :>

[Jynx]

I'm saying explain your reasoning.

That's not actually what you said. You dismissed their opinion on the basis that they didn't make a winning entry.

If you were this objective with your first statement then you wouldn't be catching flak in this way. Personally I don't mind the winner, I think it's a bit bland compared to what the other entries were to be honest. It's very samey to what we have in the game already and this is a perfect opportunity for the developers to be a little bit more outside the box with their choice of winner.

But hey the devs get to pick whatever they want, I'm just suprised to be honest they went with something so similar to what exists.

[Schneehase]

My entry have nothing to do with the Phantasy Star Series.

People say that it looks like it came from PSO2 because it looks to be on the same style as gear from that game, from the shapes to the light effects.
If you say that that it is coincidence then i will believe you, but there is a reason why everyone says "Oh, pso2" hehe

yeah, I believe u too that your entry have nothing to do with the Phantasy Star Series...I mean, it's a pure coincidence that the pose from both char's r similar

[Morningstar1337]

I don't think it's fair for an individual to judge a piece when they aren't in the position to judge it, that's why we had this one judged by the devs and I'm thankful for that. Had this been judged by players, probably some impractical Gobbuue armor or single-thread armor would have won, knowing how impractical this player based is. SE is only looking out for what the fans want. How this 180 on the Allagan Luminous Surcoat happened, baffles me, which is why I am asking... have you created anything better? Has it been judged and won the competition? No? Didn't think so.

(before I continue,, I must say that I wanted the allagan surcoat to win and utterly loath the idea of gag armor like the Gobbule one being role locked)

I'd think its more due to jealousy (Why didn't my favorite design win? its totally more original than this hunk of junk!) or disappointment of a larger problem players have with this game that this might be a symptom of...an affinity of playing it safe.

Consider this, Heavenward, as an expansion, inherently brings the promise of innovation. And I'd like to think they divered on this aspect in certain area, but the more things change, the more they say the same, is in play here. We still got the Gear treadmill left un-changed. Still get the usual itemization problems, The Anima playing out a remixed version of the Zodiac quests and some of the innovations were more to bring them in line with their counterparts (namely BRD/MCH and the concept of Scrips). Plus their initial additions of content, Lord of Vermillion and the Diadem, were massive flops, and well, you know what they say about first impressions.

Overall, after ARR pulled massive changes from 1.0 in a desperate and successful bid to save the game, the brand, and the company, Heavensward seems to playing it safe and taking an "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach towards most existing 2.0-type content

This might had affect how even the non-mechanical areas of development, including items appearance, and as such while the Allagan Surcoat fits the game, fans might had had a problem because it is as similar to other armors than Gubal Hard and Xelphatol will be to Sohr Khai and Hull Breaker Hard

That said I'm gonna assume Occam's razor is in play and say it more likely that Jeasousy that their favored entry didn;t win is the most likely factor

[LadyVal]

How this 180 on the Allagan Luminous Surcoat happened, baffles me, which is why I am asking... have you created anything better? Has it been judged and won the competition? No? Didn't think so.

You obviously don't work in fashion or any other field where you regularly, publicly display your work. If you saw any of the mannequins I've ever dressed in my career, or outfits I picked for others, you would have an opinion about them, whether you could create better looks or not. Everyone does. That's how people work. You don't need to make the salary I do to judge my work when you see it just like nobody here needs to be able to design a "better tank armor" to judge the winning look when they see it.