Blue Mage Concept Art vs Render

[Shougun]

NOBODY WINS! \ o /

Give the men the booty shorts and the ladies the pants? lol

As for the art I do feel bit of a difference, perhaps they can greatly embellish the "af2"? Concept art is generally free from restrictions in game so that tends to happen (I /love/ the Au Ra concept art and would have race changed if it was that lol), but yeah I like the concept art more but I imagine they could still make it later too. It's a good general AF (the render), but the concept art is nice and perhaps it can be the next tier still.

[Canadane]

Looks really casual. I like that.

In what world is suit pants casual?

[Fredco191]

In what world is suit pants casual?

Well- as in. It doesn’t look over the top. It’s a nice suit.

[Iscah]

I was going to assume one was the starting gear and the other is the Artifact Gear.

But we're starting at Level 1, so I have no clue.

They're definitely the same costume, just male and female variants (on top of the concept art to in-game process). Same patterned waistcoat and hat.

Still, it's a good question whether they'd be nice enough to give us the costume straight away, or whether it's artifact gear.

For Heavensward Lv30 jobs, we just got handed generic ARR leveling gear to begin with, better generic gear at Lv50, and didn't get a job-specific costume until Lv60.

For Stormblood Lv60 jobs, we got our job costume straight away.

So what's the logic, and which way will it go this time? Low-level start means generic gear? Or changed policy on giving out unique gear means we all join the masquerade at level 1?

For visible promoting of the class, they might go with the second option. But it does look like relic gear. Hmm.

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On the original post mentioning the unicorn design on the hat changing from a 3D piece to flat embroidery - that would be to with the amount of modeling that has to go into it. The unicorn as drawn is quite a complex shape - that's 'free' and no extra work when it's all just lines on paper, but would make the hat a lot more complicated as a 3D shape.

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Something else I noticed, though it took me a little while to work out what was going on, is that the design has both a coat (with blue lining) and a cape (with red lining). Because they're the same width, I first thought it was just a long coat with two different colours of lining, and it looks quite odd. But then I realised you can see the upper part of the cape in the gap between his arm and waist.

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Anyway, I think I'll figure out my own costume even if that's going to be starter gear. It's nice, but there's going to be such a horde of people wearing it all at once.

[Canadane]

Well- as in. It doesn’t look over the top. It’s a nice suit.

That is certainly agreeable.

[Nariel]

The IG one look like a cheap cosplay of the art one.

[MPNZ]

Oh look generic booty shorts and thigh-highs for females yet again......

It's actually based on one of the BLU outfit in FFV

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Mage_(Final_Fantasy_V)

[Hyperia]

Many of the starter outfits were designed with cosplayers in mind. Its a bit of a challenge to get some men to cosplay and this is a nice simple outfit that even the most conservative of men would probably feel comfortable wearing. As to the ladies outfit, it looks like a lot of fun! I cant wait to see if any show up at EU or JP Fanfests.

[Destati]

Man I wish they had gone with the aesthetic FFXI had. Would have been awesome to rock some scimitars.

[Kurando]

I'm kinda wondering whether the BLU weapon will be classed as being 1h or 2h (handed). If it's 1h, perhaps this could allow the older WHM and BLM weapons to find new life as glamour with BLU.