NKato

Yes, I'm taking the word "Storyboard" quite seriously. Here is a four-page storyboard of Feral Ren's voluntary exile from her homeland, the first of what is hopefully many storyboards about her experiences in FFXIV in a backstory context. You must be very curious as to what the rest of the details are. You're more than welcome to ask some questions here. Note: In the comic artist world, storyboards are used to help lay out a comic page prior to actual production work. It's a work process that helps with the framing of panels and dialogue placement. [attachment=0]

You should crop it a bit to ditch the legs at the bottom.

Miqo'te Pugilist Sketch Complete. It has been posted on DeviantArt.

The difficult part is knowing the specifics of the Pugilist's starting outfit. I can remember the general details, but not much of the finer points of it. If anyone can dig up a picture of a Miqo'te Pugilist, that would be helpful.

Since I need to get some more art practice under my belt, I'm considering taking on doodle requests for player characters in XIV. Even concept doodles for roleplay characters, if the need arises. If anyone is interested in this, speak up, because I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Here are some examples of doodles in my deviantArt gallery: http://nkato.deviantart.com I might decide to do them by traditional pencil and paper sketching, or I might do it on my wacom tablet. It depends on the mood. :3 I'll also probably post some pieces that I may have done from time to time here as well. Edit Note: FFXI characters might be acceptable as well. I haven't played that game in quite a while though. Edit Note 2: If you are indeed interested, just post about what you'd like me to doodle, and describe it. :3 Images are a big plus. If you haven't seen my dA gallery, here's an example of an FFXIV-themed doodle.

True, still, going AFK for a very brief period of time like, say...fifteen to thirty seconds to deal with an important matter...would be pretty much instant death in a game like XIV. I don't think that'd jive well with people who have busy home lives.

A brief summation of what I think of the current combat system in the FFXIV Beta, from all the leaked footage that has gotten out so far... The combat system as it is now requires constant input by the player to continue doling out damage as well as to avoid dying easily. This is not very conductive for those who have lives that may involve emergency or brief AFKs.