Templar's Cobalt Vambraces & Templar's Kite Shield Request!

[Leonesaurus]

Templar's Cobalt Vambraces & Templar's Kite Shield Request!


I want to begin by stating that the Temple Knight set is my favorite glamour set currently in the game and has been since it first appeared in 1.0 via Faction Levequests and thereby rewarded to the player from Rowena.

I love the lore surrounding it, the meaning of wearing that armor, and the visual-style of it. I guess you can say, I'm a pretty passionate fan of Ishgard and their loyal knights.

Original Lodestone Lore Description

Worn by Ishgardian temple knights who have pledged their lives in service of the Fury, this suit of stunning silver plate and chain is an breathtaking display of master craftsmanship.

Original 1.0 Set





Now, I can't speak for anyone else, but I figured after seeing a lot of attention and dev responses for certain glamour requests recently, I figured I'd make one selfish request that I've been praying for since ARR launched.

I've been hanging onto my Templar outfit since 1.0 and have always used it as my main glamour for Paladin and Dragoon. The entire set is available to obtain to look like the Ishgardian Temple Knights, minus the lack of the Templar's Blue Cobalt Vambraces and the Templar's Kite Shield.

The House Fortempt and regular Cobalt Vambraces are what I've been using, but just aren't the same.

I know this request falls at the bottom of the bin in a long list of player requests in comparison to the more pressing matters around here, but I figured if I don't at least try and ask for something I really, really want, then no one will ever know or even attempt to make it a reality.

Ideas For Implementation

1) ~ Templar's Kite Shield ~

• A) This can either come from a side quest series dealing with the lore and stories that can be told about the Temple Knights and they're stories as protectors of Ishgard and Coerthas. The final reward can be the Templar Shield. I would find this option very enjoyable and interesting, since I have an affinity for Ishgard and the Templars ever since 1.0 revealed them.

• B) A faster idea for implementation is either as a Gold Saucer reward? An Aquapolis rewards. A crafted level 1 glamour item, or a level 44 item drop from Dzemael Darkhold, just like the rest of the Templar's set. It could also come from Diadem, somehow, as a random item reward when turning in lockboxes. Just some ideas to quickly add it in.

The item currently exists and doesn't need to be created from scratch, unlike most requested items; so implementing it as a player item and figuring out where to place it is the only work required.

2) ~ Templar's Cobalt Vambraces ~

This one is a bit tricky to explain, and I'll go into my reason why. This item actually used to be a real player item in 1.0, however, since ARR launched it became a dated item that no longer exists anymore.

It used to be a pair of Cobalt Vambraces that if you combined it with blue dye when crafting it would turn into a pair of Cobalt vambraces (Blue). These gloves would go on to become the now-famous Templar's Vambraces.

I know this because I made a pair for myself in 1.0 with triple materia melded to it before I knew what they would become in ARR.

Idiotically, I turned them in for the very first tomestones you could collect at ARR's launch for the last few pieces of Darklight gear I was missing for my character's Dragoon when they were still considered to be the best piece of gear in the game at that time as a 1.0 player.

Unfortunately, the only way to get them back is to have someone from the dev team copy/paste select-data from our character's 1.0 final save history to the same character (probably not even a possibility at this point in time), or by crafted a pair of Cobalt Vambraces as an Armorer and doing the best you can to make it look like the old blue style.

Which brings me to my first point...

• A) Update the current dye system to allow painting select parts of the gear that you cannot currently paint.

Example: The metal portion of several types of vambraces ONLY allow you to paint the clothed glove-portion. The metal part cannot be selected on any type of vambrace. There are many instances will more than just this gear that have this major issue of limited choice in customization.

I was hoping with the gain in more system memory after dropping the PS3 that this could be fixed in either Stormblood at some point (no rush!) or a later patch/expansion?

So, that's my first suggestion. It's not an easy thing to ask, but I think this suggestion would go even above and beyond just the piece of gear I'm asking for, but even go as far as to completely re-vitalize and revamp the entire dye system freedom of choice altogether with players being allowed to dye more various portions and whatnot on their characters.

Simplifying it further would be to have the dye system offer a "Portion A and Portion B" dye areas. This means that, for example, the metal portion of the dye could be considered Portion B, and the current cloth portion of the vambrace to be considered as Portion A. This means less work for the devs in expanded everything's dye area for all gear and still allows for more expanded freedom.

• B) The easiest and fasted solution is to just implement a level 1 recipe for a pair of Templar's Vambraces or make them a level 44 gear piece that also drops from Dzemael Darkshold, similar to the rest of the Templar's set. It can also drop from any of the suggestions mentioned in the Templar's Kite Shield section as well.

Conclusion

I think that's enough for suggestions and requests from me for awhile. I've just been wishing for this one for years. Since 2013 when ARR launched, to be more precise. No rush, but a word from the devs on this possibly happen would make my dream come true.

I don't mind waiting however long it takes, as long as I know someone out there is going to make it happen one day, I can be patient and wait when there's slow days at work for the XIV team.

Thanks for anyone who made it through my entire post and have a good day!

"Of the Sky. From the Sky. For the Sky."

[Lilseph]

You are not asking for the impossible. I will support your suggestion with all the fury. I hope it gets the correspondinh attention, good luck!

[Leonesaurus]

You are not asking for the impossible. I will support your suggestion with all the fury. I hope it gets the correspondinh attention, good luck!

Thanks, Lilseph! I'm hoping for the best!

[Galuizu]

Give this man some vambraces!

[Vulf]

Very well written report. You can go ahead and speak for me, too. There are many sets in the game that are no longer completable due to dated items or the current dye system and it annoys me greatly to be blocked from completing a set by a single missing item. Personally I think the best solution would be, as you say, a better dye system. One where you can just apply a primary dye and then a trim dye, for example. I know this thread is relatively old, but I think it's important to keep it alive!

On a related note, since it's been almost 2 years, have you found any decent alternatives to the Blue Cobalt Vambraces?

[Canadane]

When a request is made with such thoughtfulness and integrity, it's hard to counter.
I'm away from home for abut but I thought for sure these gloves still existed. Perhaps I am mistaken? You seem much more well read on the situation.
Take my like in hopes you get your vambraces.

[Vulf]

When a request is made with such thoughtfulness and integrity, it's hard to counter.
I'm away from home for abut but I thought for sure these gloves still existed. Perhaps I am mistaken? You seem much more well read on the situation.
Take my like in hopes you get your vambraces.

They exist, just not available to us anymore. If you dye the current Cobalt Vambraces blue it doesn't turn out right. The armored part stays gray...

[Claire_Pendragon]

I wish i kept more of my dated gear, had i known there was going to be glamour options.
i have my Lv1 starter stuff (which is pointless) and a Lv20 leather armor, and Lv25 chainmail.
both of which are terrible colors for glamouring lol.
Here's to them implementing the graphic they already have in the game, obtainable by normal means.

[Enkidoh]

I'm glad I held onto my old dated 1.0 gear and did not foolishly dispose of it when ARR started (I still remember all the threads on the Beta forum from 1.0 players gleefully mentioning how 'useless' the old dated gear was and that it wasn't worth holding onto). I feel vindicated now. (Especially my Dated Brass Dagger, which was one of the few knives/daggers that GLA/PLD retained when ROG/NIN was added. ).

Either way, it would be nice to get the old dated gear again but I don't see SE doing this, simply because it's 1.0 gear. More and more Yoshi seems to be erasing or gradually moving away from 1.0's legacies and dated gear was one of them (look at the game's logo, it doesn't even have 'A Realm Reborn' anymore but retains ARR's colouring in leu of the original 1.0 logo's colouring and style).

As for Ishgardian glamour, we still haven't got that special House Fortemps Knight haubergeon we wore during the Grand Melee in Heavensward's storyline (which ages ago Yoshi said he would look into adding as actual gear due to so many requests for it), so maybe a full Temple Knight's armour set might be a better alternative?

[Zsolen]

We need more Ishgard glam of both sorts: Militaristic and Civilian. These should certainly be on the list.