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    Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai's Avatar
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    Nanot'hrat C'hla'eag
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    /ponder ...My only thought on the Reaper icon is: why a circle with the scythe?
    It looks a little weird, and the intent of it is lost on me... It would have been seen as good by me, if the icon was half the Scythe shape, and half what would look like the silhouette of the Void specter that is possessing the Reaper as its host.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai View Post
    [...]A much better thing to do with a large amount of actions, too many for a player to use all of the actions, is to create in-class diversity. ...hieh.. my disappointment finds it mind-blowing stupid that FFXIV never did this, and has always done that delete actions nonsense, instead.[...] ------------ [...]"I want you to lower me down into my coffin... so that you can.. let. me. down.. one. last. time." - 6.0 Dark Knight[...]
    [...]"...you want to know.. why I chose to abandon the abyss for the void? ...It is simple. That power of darkness did fail me, so I chose to embrace a new power of the darkness...." - Anahlise, a Reaper[...]

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    Burningskull's Avatar
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    Markov Dracul
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    I should say I'm not expecting them to change it or anything. Just wanted to vent a little. Personally I think it would look better if it had just been the Avatars face outline or a cloaked figure holding a scythe or something... Kirby holding a scythe does not intimidation make.
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    Aurelie Moonsong
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    Quote Originally Posted by Burningskull View Post
    a cloaked figure holding a scythe or something...
    That would be so hard to make out at icon size.

    They're not supposed to be illustrations. They're not supposed to intimidate the enemy. They're meant to be a simple representation of the weapon used by the class that can be understood at a tiny scale – and I think it's fine as a stylised scythe and the circle representing the avatar.
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    Enkidoh Roux
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    Paladin Lv 90
    I presume the circle in the icon is not so much meant to represent a Voidsent per se, but rather the portal to the Void the Voidsent is summoned from.

    As Iscah said, Job icons are meant to be a simplified stylization representing the lore and weapon of the Job - the class icons are ironically more detailed depiction of the weapons or abilities they use - and as the Voidsent RPR uses is not a pet but an extension of the weapon, the icon makes sense.

    Or at least, to me it does.
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