China is getting wings

[Colorful]

Maybe, but still seems a bit of a dick move to take region exclusive items without at least giving them something new to play with for a few years.

Unless they specifically promised that it would never leave China, I still don't see a problem. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ From what I read it seems the only reason it was exclusive to begin is that Shanda Games requested that specific style, and Yoshida stated that Chinese players don't care about lore/realism (after implementing the Yokai event). No one cared that the butler/maid equipment made it over there.

[aLoverNoTaFighter]

Yay! bad looking wings \o/ let's go!

[Lokier]

Unless they specifically promised that it would never leave China, I still don't see a problem. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ From what I read it seems the only reason it was exclusive to begin is that Shanda Games requested that specific style, and Yoshida stated that Chinese players don't care about lore/realism (after implementing the Yokai event). No one cared that the butler/maid equipment made it over there.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree, our opinions on equality seem vastly different. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Lokier]

My only bunch of complaints is that they're not long enough and aren't animated. It's just a clump of plaster stuck to your back.... xD


#PS3 limitations

[Colorful]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree, our opinions on equality seem vastly different. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sounds good to me.

My only bunch of complaints is that they're not long enough and aren't animated. It's just a clump of plaster stuck to your back.... xD


#PS3 limitations

Hey, at least its realistic now? The further we are from wings like this, the better.

[Lokier]

too much sparkles

Those are nasty, lmao... I've seen some really nice MMO wings that don't sparkle like some 12 year old's cartoon fantasy though...
I don't think developers actually know what a bird's wing looks like half of the time when they conceive these ideas at the very least.

What a dev team thinks a wing looks like;


What it actually looks like;



The wings would probably look a lot better if they didn't make them fluffy and actually went for long elegant feathers, lmao.

When I said animated I didn't mean moving constantly, I meant that they should have some kind of joint that allowed them to at least stretch open when you're idle, or maybe even responded to an emote that made them spread out / up. Would have looked nice if you macro'd it into a rez command, lol.
Healers should get healing effects like that in general to spice up their animation scheme a little. You rez someone, or use your large heal (such as benedict) and for maybe 5 seconds after you have some nice wings, like the ones you get when you use the Magicked Prism (Wings.)

[Colorful]

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They just make what sells the most and people are drawn to fluffy angel-like wings rather than looking like a bird, and I'd guess they didn't want them animated as they're a one time item. Other developers like to throw in wings constantly with different variets, but I figure they're all using the same skeleton so the animations work across the board. It also wouldn't make sense for them to move at all really, considering they're a prop attached to an outfit. Wings are going to look subpar in FFXIV due to everything being low detailed, they look decent in other SP titles like DS3 (NPC mob, not the PC) but the visuals of that title are leagues ahead of FFXIV.

[Morningstar1337]

I don't think developers actually know what a bird's wing looks like half of the time when they conceive these ideas at the very least.
The wings would probably look a lot better if they didn't make them fluffy and actually went for long elegant feathers, lmao.

That might because Naturally wings ona humanoid figure are...unatural to begin with. Which is why the concept originaed with supernatural beings. The Greek first used this with the Sirens and the Harpies, but they are usualy birdlike in their extremities as well (talons and clows isntead of arms and legs for example). Then came the Renaissance era where painters decided to interpret the Angels that serve Gof this way, retaining only the wings. The problem is that the more a concept pops up, the more diluted it is (see: the comment about winged character being cliche earlier in the thread). I don;t think the Greeks or Renaissance painters do not think wings look like that first picture you posted.

It is form that we get out conception of Angels from, and with it the power fantasy of being like those that are second to God in terms of power or divinity, and also why these particular wings tend to pop up a lot in stories.

[Lokier]

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Okay... But that doesn't excuse the fact that they look like pom-poms and not wings...

[Lendle]

What does it matter? Not like your going to have the ability to wear them lol.