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Ashren Dotharl · **01-16-2015, 07:43 PM**

(01-16-2015, 03:44 PM)Melkire Wrote:
(01-16-2015, 03:36 PM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote:
(01-16-2015, 03:33 PM)Aldotsk Wrote:
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?)
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 gearÂ it looks great! I'm so used to getting stupid looking clown-suits from dungeons in other games, I think this is a treasure.

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 ofÂ models for a single gear set and then simply recoloring that setÂ to come up with two more (and recoloring old headgear pieces to include in the new sets to make themÂ "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.

Are people honestly stillÂ surprised by this? I mean... seriously? This has been what SE has done for literally every single dungeon since at least the first Coil dungeon.

In Binding Coil of Bahamut we had Monk, Dragoon, and Bard all sharing the same gear, while casters and healers had their own gear, and tank had their own gear. That's three sets of unique assets for the first raid in the game.

Then we had 2.1 which to my recollection didn't add any new armor sets to the three HM dungeons, but we got Labyrinth of the Ancients which had Dragoon and Bard sets, Caster and Healer sets, Monk set, and Tank set, for a total of four unique assets.

2.2 came out and we got SCoB plus a new set of dungeon gear. From SCoB we had the Caster and Bard sets, Monk and Dragoon sets, Healer set, and Tank set, for a total of four unique assets. From the dungeons we had Monk and Dragoon sets, Caster and Healer sets, Bard set, and Tank set, again for a total of four unique assets.

2.3 came out and we got yet another set of dungeon armor, plus the release of Syrcus Tower with its new armor sets. For ST we had Monk and Dragoon sets, Caster and Healer sets, Bard set, and Tank set for a total of four unique assets. For the new dungeon armor we got Monk and Bard sets, Caster and Healer sets, Dragoon set, and Tank set for a total of four unique assets.

2.4 came out and we got a new set of gear from FCoB, but no new dungeon armor. This is the first time they have done more than four since 2.1, with Monk and Ninja sets, Caster and Healer sets, Bard set, Dragoon set, and Tank set for a total of five unique assets.

2.5 it would seem as though they are for the most part trying to continue the five assets trend with WoD as it has five different sets of armor with Ninja and Monk, Caster and Healer, Dragoon, Bard, and Tank sets. The dungeon gear however fits into the older four asset rule with Monk, Ninja, and Dragoon sets, Bard set, Caster and Healer sets, and Tank set.

Is it lazy? Maybe (though I personally don't think so), but that would mean they have been lazy since the release of the game, and at least they have been consistent in that fact.

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