shoddy work of squareenix

[Yasuhiro]

Reposting again cause I love this image

We can't have full scale summons because of muh lore & Aether consumption (cough PS3 limitations)

[SaitoHikari]

I agree that FFXIV summons could be remodeled to look better and actually more representative of the actual primals. Ifirit-egi is pretty much a flaming cockroach, Titan-egi is a glorified chicken nugget, and Garuda-Egi is incomprehensible.

But if people are groaning this much about them more for their size instead of their actual design, then I kinda hope that SE actually DOES grant them their wish and make them much larger in scale. Only for it to backfire so hard that people outright ban Summoners from raid compositions.

[addz3]

But if people are groaning this much about them more for their size instead of their actual design, then I kinda hope that SE actually DOES grant them their wish and make them much larger in scale. Only for it to backfire so hard that people outright ban Summoners from raid compositions.

Its both for me. The designs are just awful, as you said, its pretty hard to see what the egi representation is trying to be. And the size is also a problem, but I could live with the minion versions rather than what we have now. I was kinda hoping we would have been able to glamour the minion instead of different coloured carby's... I know its better than nothing but that egi glamour was an epic disappointment...

[Zojha]

But if people are groaning this much about them more for their size instead of their actual design, then I kinda hope that SE actually DOES grant them their wish and make them much larger in scale.

They could have started by making their unique LB3 an actual summoning. I mean, Summons were usually just giant nukes in the series and seeing as Meteor hides the boss, mechanics, indicators and everything else under its shiny, eye cancer inducing glory, they had free reign here >_>

[Enkidoh]

They could have started by making their unique LB3 an actual summoning. I mean, Summons were usually just giant nukes in the series and seeing as Meteor hides the boss, mechanics, indicators and everything else under its shiny, eye cancer inducing glory, they had free reign here >_>

Maybe that's just it, maybe they do have that planned secretly but for much later in the game's life with future level increases (after all, it would make sense that a hypothetical 'level 99' ACN/SMN could summon a Primal at full strength and size, but a level 50 one cannot). But of course, players being how they are, with the whole "I want it NOW" mentality, cannot see this and just find it easier to attack the development team. *shrugs*

[Zojha]

Maybe that's just it, maybe they do have that planned secretly but for much later in the game's life with future level increases [...]

And maybe they don't. Maybe they'll end up ditching the summon aspect entirely because the summoner no longer needs them as they can channel the power of the primals directly and thus no longer need to summon anything. Maybe they don't. Maybe ninjas will gain access to their summoning technique that already exists in lore, maybe they don't. Maybe they'll learn the 4th mudra, maybe they won't. Maybe Black Mages will learn to summon voidsent. Maybe they won't.

Maybe maybe...

[Misutoraru]

since we no longer support PS3
can we have a HD patch give me back this?
allow player to choice if they have to install the HD pack, so those who could run 1.0 graphic can enjoy the old time, those lower performance user can still access the game with current graphic

[Fernosaur]

I feel bad for the dev team when people here seem to be implying that suboptimal graphic quality of hair models is comparable to the mess that 1.0 was, lmao.

I'm not saying "don't bitch and take it as it is," but seriously... there are different levels of criteria. Saying SE has done "shoddy" work because the hair in your character looks somewhat pixelated is outright insulting, specially for a team that has always been so concerned with accessibility and a proper gaming experience, and that also had to develop a game which would run on a past-gen dying console. Perhaps with the drop of PS3 support you will get what you want, but be a bit more understanding of the team's limitations and the circumstances under which these models were created.

[Misutoraru]

Any of us here knows how the game engine works? How many time they have to create content?

development will never catch up with timeless ppl grinding out every single bit of a update patch
3.0 make a bad start giving 3 jobs and new race, now when 4.0 introduce ppl are complaining about only 2 dps and no new race
i m more happy to see patch fixing issue/glitch, bringing balance, upgrading graphics etc than keep pumping out new content
i think we should all appreciate when dev is giving out new patch constantly, but i say it is time to fix thing before giving new thing

[ereskigal]

With the PS3 being dropped, most people will expect an upgrade or some type of improvement. But no SE can't do any wrong, always the same white knights comes in for SE defense I hope SE is paying them.