Can you stop reusing models please?

[CStrife912]

Assets being repurposed or recolored is a staple of any game development, heck Final Fantasy since the first one re-used assets and just recolored them. There was always like 6 of a monster type that just had a hue change, so this doesn't exactly bother me. Also most mobs aren't alive enough for me to care how they look mainly. But armour makes sense that they shouldn't of cut corners as much as they did.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Games have reskinned things since back in the 8 bit NES days.

Nowadays though it's almost a necessity due to the amount of work needed to create something from scratch with the amount of detail seen in games now. Even with reusing assets from previous game titles we still see development times of 4-5 years for a AAA game title to be made.

[KizuyaKatogami]

The complaints are what's insufferable. You can't even point to a game that has achieved the level of perfection you're seeking out. You're asking the impossible and making claims about a company when you really have no clue what's really going on there. Show me where this precedent has been set and I'll accept this as more than just idle complaints. This is not any kind of defense, just straight facts and you can't accept them.

How is it asking the impossible to expect the devs to keep their word when it comes to race exclusive hairstyles for hrothgar. How is it asking the impossible to expect reused gear to at the very least be dyable in an expansion where we missed out on an entire set of gear? Like please explain this to me why we got less on release than prior expansions despite the game making the most money yet and retaining the most players yet.

[Deveryn]

How is it asking the impossible to expect the devs to keep their word when it comes to race exclusive hairstyles for hrothgar. How is it asking the impossible to expect reused gear to at the very least be dyable in an expansion where we missed out on an entire set of gear? Like please explain this to me why we got less on release than prior expansions despite the game making the most money yet and retaining the most players yet.

I actually explained why on page 5.

I've been thinking about this some more.

The intro to Endwalker just doesn't lend itself to exploring new and varied styles as previous expansions. Only two of the six areas we go to have anything to offer as far as culture and dress. They likely went back to Stormblood for crafted gear for that link back to Zenos.

Hopefully, we'll see more as we start on our new adventures.

I actually made an effort to see the other side of things. I saw that we got less and asked myself why. I came to a logical conclusion. Norvrandt offered varied styles and cultures to work with, as did Stormblood.

It's honestly hard to make a proper comparison, when we're not even done with all the expansion content. About the only one to make is with artifact gear being more readily available and easier to get dye options for.




As for Hrothgar. I don't know and honestly don't care. It escaped my mind when I think of "all the complaints". Half the ones I see look cringe ignoring the hair. And an Au Ra player is complaining about it. Do you even care or are you just complaining for the hell of it? I don't really care about that answer either.

[Minarisweet]

People going over each other's necks is getting to me, this place is so toxic for me. Makes me feel like back in league but its all passive agressiveness no one calls out.

[VirusOnline]

People going over each other's necks is getting to me, this place is so toxic for me. Makes me feel like back in league but its all passive agressiveness no one calls out.

welcome to the forums
please stay a while
you'll soon find that even paying the sub becomes passive agressive

[KizuyaKatogami]

I actually explained why on page 5.



I actually made an effort to see the other side of things. I saw that we got less and asked myself why. I came to a logical conclusion. Norvrandt offered varied styles and cultures to work with, as did Stormblood.

It's honestly hard to make a proper comparison, when we're not even done with all the expansion content. About the only one to make is with artifact gear being more readily available and easier to get dye options for.




As for Hrothgar. I don't know and honestly don't care. It escaped my mind when I think of "all the complaints". Half the ones I see look cringe ignoring the hair. And an Au Ra player is complaining about it. Do you even care or are you just complaining for the hell of it? I don't really care about that answer either.

Okay, but again. If they aren’t able to come out with new gear then at the very least the gear they reuse should be dyable. Yes i care, because players shouldn’t have to suffer due to the laziness and incompetency of game developers that are getting paid. Your logical conclusion isn’t very logical. They gave us snow themed gear for the new thavnair dungeon lmao. A place set in an arid desert….and we get snow gear….

[KizuyaKatogami]

no. just make gear the rabbits would make after actually talking to people from etheris. its a good opportunity to add some mildly sci-fi themed gear without breaking immersion.

Or at this point just give us the actual ascian gear as drops. Not the bootlegged lookin shadowless gear.

[OM3GA-Z3RO]

I'm still waiting for them to reuse the Plague Doctor set but make it dyable.

[Raikai]

I'm not terribly bothered b reused models because they tend to make some very visible distinctions... However, I'd love to see more new enemy models added. I think in Endwalker we got two or something?

But the biggest aggravator to me is not that... but the Beast Tribes. They feel really underwhelming, because races like Matanga are so important to the main story and yet their NPCs look really generic. They needed more variations at that.