So uh... whats up with the end game gear designs lately?

[enthauptet]

IMO the Creation gear looks like the MegaBlocks version of the Ironworks set (LEGO). That's about the best description I can give, the design is similar and function is the mostly the same but something is just not quite there.

[Ferrasper]

I have to say this is a really fundamental truth that seems to have been lost. I mean, I know that what is ugly to some isn't ugly to others, but there are basic fundamentals of style that should at least guide the aesthetics of gear design. I love Japanese style armor, I do not like Japanese style armor over muted colored robes all of which looks like it was washed in a dilute paint called urban drab. Yet that's what we have. I hate armor that completely obscures gender and body shape, and yet that describes about 90% of the gearsets in the game, including the gear design contest winners. It shouldn't be hard to make gear that is pleasing both to the eye and to players who want a level of immersion. However it often seems to me that the gear designers lean heavily towards immersion and forget about pleasing the eye.

It's an MMORPG, I spent a long time creating Kosmos, and I've played her for 4 years now (longer if you include her previous incarnations), and you know, I love taking down the bad guys, but darn it I want to look good while doing it.

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What are you talking about? Most of the armor in this game leans itself to female figure and design? Granted, the cyber men armor isn't the best, but it is not the worst one either. I say that title goes to the shisui set for male models. I say less then half of the armors in the game lend themselves to fully covered body.

[Princess_Momoka]

These sets are so bad, I was hoping for the SCH inspired winner for the healer set um.. someone help me out here? XD
AH found it

The yellow script alc tool is also pretty bad:


Why does it have eyes?!!?!?!?! Looksl ike they infused nidhogg's eyes in my alc tool

[CosmicKirby]

This thread has devolved into the discussion of some objective ideal of aesthetics.

wut

Are people 'wrong' if they like the Genji or Creation sets?

[Felis]

I hate armor that completely obscures gender and body shape, and yet that describes about 90% of the gearsets in the game, including the gear design contest winners.

I think the fault was all those threads about female DRG AF1 during 2.0
Since them most of the gears look the same on male and female

These sets are so bad, I was hoping for the SCH inspired winner for the healer set um.. someone help me out here? XD
AH found it

At the earliest 6 months after the content ended.

[JisKing98]

Imma get some heat from this but when wow has more interesting armor sets for each and every class.

[ToasterMan]

I am convinced they don't bother anymore because they figure we will always be glamoring over it again. (Which we do)

[Ghastly]

It just feels like they run out of ideas...They know how to do good glamour it's just they don't seem to have ideas most/a lot of times. Who here isn't expecting Return to Ivalice gear to just be world of darkness/city of mhach robes?

[Lukha]

I am convinced they don't bother anymore because they figure we will always be glamoring over it again. (Which we do)

I mean, yeah, I'm always going to be glamouring, but it would be nice to have sets where at least some pieces are worth saving for glamour usage...Though I do kinda like at least the healer coat, I'm gonna have to see what that looks like on its own.

[Ametrine]

It just feels like they run out of ideas...They know how to do good glamour it's just they don't seem to have ideas most/a lot of times. Who here isn't expecting Return to Ivalice gear to just be world of darkness/city of mhach robes?

I'm expecting to Return to Ivalice gear to be straight ripped from the Tactics series and from XII. Since we aren't getting veteran award cosplay gear, nothing is preventing them from slapping cosplay gear into there.