(03-30-2015, 03:59 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: The whole premise of the thread is predicated on justifying why armor restrictions are the way they are, and I fundamentally disagree with those justifications. Saying "the devs decided it is so" is less a justification and more a statement of fact after the fact has already occurred, which makes it a useless observance considering it was already informed by the very premise of the thread. So repeating it over and over just feels like you're saying "shut up, there's nothing to discuss" because it's so, so useless.
And, for that matter, I would like to push more folks to then push Square Enix harder to lighten up on those archaic glamour restrictions. Yes, yes, "you should be happy with what you've got" and all that claptrap- look, just because I think things can be better does not make me somehow unappreciative of what I have. Contentment is not complacency and I will have no part in that kind of inaction.
Apologies for the double post, I didn't see this come up.
How do you justify gravity? Or justify the physics behind an archer launching an arrow? There are certain things that are justified by forces beyond yours, ours, or anyone's means. Every change starts somewhere, you are correct, but sometimes the buck just stops. We can manipulate the effects, but not that basic understanding and the basic understanding is that there is no way to have a black mage in heavy armor. This isn't socio-political or a matter of consensus. It's for all purposes, a law of the universe Eorzea is based in. I'm not even certain that the devs created any lore about glamours other than "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO, YOU CAN TOO NOW. COME, LEARN."
While Newton possibly ran out into town square and yelled that about his findings on gravity, which were eventually proven to be what we call fact (I'm taking some creative license here), we have yet to disprove gravity itself. It is a law of reality. It can be manipulated but not changed.
(I'm rambling.)
Back on point, considering that Eorzea is a fictional reality with its own physics and laws of energy, matter, etc, it is naturally written in that they are (gasp) laws. Immutable. We, as RPers, can hand-wave that off if we like and decide it doesn't exist in our perception but that creates chaos. And now we've entered into the realm of philosophy and archaic existentialism, which was the predecessor of modern science. Modern science being what proves and disproves theories about our universe.
And finally, I am by no means a pessimist. I am, however, an obvious realist (if you hadn't guessed by now) and I am full of concern that there's such zeal for affecting change in a video game's very minor detailing system when there are so many things about our real world that could use the attention. Which is why I felt that "The Devs said No" was a proper response, because if they said No and "No means No" then we can devote our time and mental efforts to other enriching activities.Â
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Cheers!
-Black Hat
What a colossal waste of time and energy.
