Shiva model!

[Mamba]

Actually only a few at start notice is a WIP, and when they do, claim to known for it since begining :P is human nature to hide shame

Right...
And ARR is ready, they are just holding on to it to build up the suspension?

[Firon]

Ok, let me reply to this as it is one of my pet peeves on these forums.

I am sure most people realized these pictures were work in progress. I am not an expert in game design etc. and I know just about how to install a game to my PC but even I knew it is work in progress.
But yes I still posted that I didn't like the model... because well... I didn't like it - and *shock horror* even after the "clarification" that it was work in progress I still don't like it. I think her face is somehow off even if it was green or red or made of sparkling ice.
I think it is really ignorant for people to start calling everyone who disagrees with something as trolls, idiots etc. when they just give their honest opinnion about something. Should we all just have a forum where we all say "omg it's awesome"?

I always look forward to new sneak peaks from ARR and I will keep giving my honest feedback about it. That's why I signed up for Alpha and Beta... Not to see things in advance and "ooh" and "ahh" with the croud when new pictures are released.

If I need to say something positive, I do like her body. Shiva is supposed to wear skimpy outfits (still looks a bit tera copy though) so I am fine with all the clothes etc.

Actually no a lot of people thought she was gonna be looking just like that if you read the first few comments, and this is not the first time this happened. I mean Bey had stop using big words in his post cause people misunderstanding things a real shame people gotta type more words cause the common sense factor is completely gone.

Hey guys the notes say we don't regen mp while in combat they nerfed mages so hard!!!!! man i miss that thread.

[AdvancedWind]

Thanks to you guys, next blog post will have "Work in Progress" written in all caps, each letter a different color, rotating, font Comic Sans Serif 24 and inside a marquee tag.

[Zahak]

Edit: Nvm, already explained. I wish we could make a zbrush show off thread

<_< >_>

This is a dinosaur, my first project I have been working on. For FFXIV...yeah FFXIV dinosaurs.



Head Detail:

[Linkurrra]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/171

Lookin' good there, Shiva! Can't wait to see you rendered in-game!

I like the different colored streaks in her hair. Kind of odd to see her without blue skin though.

UPDATE:


Shame it takes the person who posted the info to confirm what should be common knowledge. Oh well...

I agree, that the colors looked weird and fleshy for Shiva. However like he said in the Dev Blog they were testing the normals. Meaning Normal Maps which gives the character the look of having more polygons of a higher end model than it actually has. Shiva when she is textured properly is very light in color and would make it incredibly difficult to see the gentle blending in shading of a normal map. So she is darkened in and textured in contrasting colors to make it easier to see the subtle differences in shading. This is why Fernehalwes made the comment of keeping designer's eyes from bleeding!

When she's finished she will look like the concept art. Despite being only work in progress she does look really good! Almost like a Elzen thats really cold but you can still see the blood under her skin and slight blue hue around her lips and skin because.... well she's ICE COLD BABY!

[HiirNoivl]

This was funny, until I started crying. Yeah.... Truth be told though, I only decently started working with SVG, Illustrator, and other vector technologies recently and only for my own entertainment but I'm familiar with this type of idiocy.


On topic (and I can't believe that this is on topic), I don't mean this as a self-endoursement or bragging or anything of the type. However, I think the reason some people, including myself are getting so exhasperated over this particular incidence is that while it is perfectly alright not to know what ZBrush is (and that is exactly why I explained), it was the veritable mountain of complaints after it was explained to them by several people familiar with the process why they shouldn't be worried.

It's hard to prove credentials on the internent, but I think we did a pretty servicable job between the four of us of explaining the problem. The fact that people continued to just keep bringing up the same issues over and over after that was extremely frustrating.

You do not have Ferney's dev powers. Only the ones with the crown can stop the madness!

[Alhanelem]

But yes I still posted that I didn't like the model... because well... I didn't like it - and *shock horror* even after the "clarification" that it was work in progress I still don't like it. I think her face is somehow off even if it was green or red or made of sparkling ice.

Subjective. Her face looks fine. Again, it's a work in progress and it's not necessarily just going to be color changes.

You know, I won't be suprised if they don't show us any more behind the scenes stuff after this because of all the ignorant people complaining about something they don't understand- This, my friends, is why we can't have nice things.

[Nuinn]

I won't be suprised if they don't show us any more behind the scenes stuff after this because of all the ignorant people complaining about something they don't understand

Thus, thanks (again) to the posters who take the time to explain it to the ignorant (ages 13 to whatever???), in a nice and comprehensive way.

It's comforting, though, knowing how colourful our world is. All sorts of people with different opinions and taste in it, but I'm always a bit surprised in a warm and fuzzy way when I come across, cue the heavy quotation marks, someone who "knows it all".

[Inaaca]

Ah, hm..well fair enough. I didn't realize the post had been edited, heh.

[Ryokyu]

cant wait for the final draw of shiva and i cant also wait to see how our summon spirits gonna look O.o