Damaged gear appearance!

[Shiki_Lockhart]

As much I would like to see this I doubt they will do it. They are already busy making new gears where they copy paste casters and ranged with same equipment with different color instead each one with theirs to the point of being even lazy to make primal gears with just 4 types instead of 6 so... adding even more the same gear getting broken seems like impossible.

Do you notice that just AF gear that come once a expansion is the one that get privilege of getting each job their own gear? Because they got a lot of time to make them, making same thing in every patch seems kinda hard.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

With the low resolution of the gear in this game, it already looks damaged.

[Cakekizyy]

So, we all have been through great battles with god-like foes. though it's kinda weird that we come out of the fight unscathed. our skin without a single scratch and our gear in perfect condition (at least in appearance). so i was thinking maybe damaged versions of gear could be added. say you have your beautiful gear at 100% condition, and that when it reaches a 50% condition it would change into a damaged version of the same with maybe some damage on our character's body! it would be cool in my opinion. making our characters look less "extremely overpowered".

They did do this in Third Birthday.

[Nicobo]

...it would be cool in my opinion. making our characters look less "extremely overpowered".

Great idea!
The only problem is then ppl will ask for glamour broken look gears.
Alternatively, it can make players lost their glamour effect when a gear is under n% durability. ^^;

[Nestama]

So...hypothetically speaking: If people run around in a glamoured Bikini, how much can you "damage" it before things become NSFW?

The glamour won't take visual damage, but what is being glamoured (what you're actually wearing) will. So the bikini would only be damaged if it's actually what you're wearing.

[Eul]

Might be a fanservice on female character. I bet ppl disgusted to see male damaged gear has undies shows.

[MaeIsMean]

The glamour won't take visual damage, but what is being glamoured (what you're actually wearing) will. So the bikini would only be damaged if it's actually what you're wearing.

Well, then it's pointless to even put in the effort to add "damage look" to gear if it doesn't affect glamour. It will require significant time to create, and if putting a glamour just covers that up, why should they spend the effort?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Well, then it's pointless to even put in the effort to add "damage look" to gear if it doesn't affect glamour. It will require significant time to create, and if putting a glamour just covers that up, why should they spend the effort?

Echoed my thoughts exactly. All that resource and energy used is better off making better content or improving on the one we have now and we need a LOT of improvements right now.

[Nestama]

Well, then it's pointless to even put in the effort to add "damage look" to gear if it doesn't affect glamour. It will require significant time to create, and if putting a glamour just covers that up, why should they spend the effort?

Exactly and as neat as this idea sounds, it's better to use whatever amount of resources the XIV team has into making better content (as Miles said), rather than redesign the exact same gear for every % lost.

[Evangela]

Gear ripping, please.