Realistic equipments or More fantasy equipments?

[Evangela]

do you think the current equipments in the game are so boring? are they lack of fantasy?

[Taichi]

Fantasy is the only way to go. The imagination is limitless where reality has boundaries.

[Onidemon]

Fantasy equipment. It's been part of the essence of final fantasy for as long as i can remember. I really don't know why they decided to make all the gear and weapons look so normal and realistic... I don't want a plain regular iron sword.. i want my character to swing around a huge crystal sword twice his size and that is surrounded with lightning .... you get the idea...

[Evangela]

and my conjurer using a piece of branch as a staff/rod... wearing an old robe attire like an old lady

[Jennestia]

and my conjurer using a piece of branch as a staff/rod... wearing an old robe attire like an old lady

Mages used a cane and robe in a lot if not all of the job based FF games.

[Verecund]

What you guys want is more end-game content =3 (which ironically keeps an MMO game from ending)

... but hopefully the new gear is fantastical, in a realistic sort of way

[Neptune]

and my conjurer using a piece of branch as a staff/rod... wearing an old robe attire like an old lady

hahaha

Haha, I love your sig SHJcules.

[Malakhim]

A mix of both is fine in my opinion.

Save the really awesome fantasy stuff for drops/quest rewards/rare crafting/etc., and have "standard" gear for buying from NPC shops/"standard" crafting/etc.

There's no reason that fantasy can't be grounded in SOME reality. How many nameless soldiers in different fantasy mediums ALL have unique, fantasy-inspired gear? I think it gives some variance in the overall population, which isn't bad in my opinion.

Plus, having the really sweet looking stuff on a "higher shelf" than you can currently reach makes for a better carrot, right?

I like that crystal sword idea though... Maybe an entire tier of "crystal weapons"?

[Rentahamster]

A mix of both is fine in my opinion.

Yep. Variety is the spice of life.

[Vanguard319]

A mix of both is fine in my opinion.

Save the really awesome fantasy stuff for drops/quest rewards/rare crafting/etc., and have "standard" gear for buying from NPC shops/"standard" crafting/etc.

There's no reason that fantasy can't be grounded in SOME reality. How many nameless soldiers in different fantasy mediums ALL have unique, fantasy-inspired gear? I think it gives some variance in the overall population, which isn't bad in my opinion.

Plus, having the really sweet looking stuff on a "higher shelf" than you can currently reach makes for a better carrot, right?

I like that crystal sword idea though... Maybe an entire tier of "crystal weapons"?

I agree, there's nothing wrong with realistic gear, and you can have more fantasy gear and materials as well (i.e. Mythril is not a real metal people.) There are even real weapons that only work well in a fantasy setting (Gunblades are technically possible, but were never proven as effective weapons.)

Still, I like the idea of crystal mail or Genji gear being available, maybe the Lightbringer too.