(01-16-2015, 03:44 PM)Melkire Wrote:Er. I'm not quite sure where the whole apologist thing comes in, but what I stated was my opinion on the dungeon sets. As for the lazy thing? When these guys pump out patches every three months with stuff inbetween, it doesn't come to mind, simple as that.Â(01-16-2015, 03:36 PM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote:(01-16-2015, 03:33 PM)Aldotsk Wrote:I don't think it's so much as a lazy similarity than it is just them sticking to a job aesthetic. In fact, it's pretty sweet that they let us get the gear from those Qarn guys, in addition to giving us those sweet MNK/DRG/NIN sets. For dungeon gear it looks great! I'm so used to getting stupid looking clown-suits from dungeons in other games, I think this is a treasure.TheLastCandle Wrote:
From left to right: NIN, DRG, Healers, ???, ???, MNK, Tanks
Hard to tell whether the Miqo'te or the Highlander is the BRD.
My personal opinion about these gear is that they seem to be a bit too similar to 2.4 gears and seem extremely lazy. NIN/MNK above looks same and if Roe's outfit is BRD or DRG... that's a bit of disappointing too. They just seem color changed and nothing really different. Likewise for the casters in the middle.Â
I hope crafting gears will make up the designs at least. (and is that a bucket helmet for the tank?)
It fits Eorzea well, and the characters look snazzy. I can't wait to collect my sets.
Giving us the Qarn gear is sweet, but I'm in agreement with Aldotsk that creating one set of models for a single gear set and then simply recoloring that set to come up with two more (and recoloring old headgear pieces to include in the new sets to make them "different") is the definition of lazy.
Job aesthetic? What job aesthetic? All three feature the same unbuttoned/unfastened shirt, same gloves, same pants, same boots. There's nothing in there that screams "MONK!" or "DRAGOON!" or "NINJA!" to me. The only reason we even have reasonable guesses as to which is which is because the headgear differs (eyepatches are the usual headgear for monks in XIV, masks for dragoons).
They're cutting corners so that their costs in pumping out new assets don't climb higher than they can afford. No need to be an apologist about it. It's just the way it is.
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Personally, I like that the melee jobs have a matching theme differentiated by the headpieces, as well as the casters, it seems! The bards usually have a gaudier feel to them too -- though this time it seems different. I'm guessing that the feathery hatty thing is bard-san. That's just something that pleases me.
Perhaps I'm simple like that! I don't know, I'm one of those easy to please people who get excited and enjoy the hell out of new stuff, however simple. Either way, I don't too much appreciate the accusation that I'm being an apologist. That's...not quite necessary.Â
I'm just enjoying what they've put out, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Opinions abound about how people don't like what, I'd not like any bad light cast upon my own little view that I like it.
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