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We have all heard that SquareEnix is allowing some intense character customization. Well... one aspect of customization not often talked about is armor customization. Dengeki PlayStation Magazine noticed at in the CG headshots, 4 of the characters are wearing the same armor. However, the coloring of the breastplate area is different on each of them. They wonder if this means we’ll have some ability to create custom colorized version of armor. Look at this picture and you tell me!
There are some other interesting things hidden in the pictures that could foretell exciting changes between FFXI and FFXIV. One of them is the possibility of visible neck equipment. Several characters have necklaces or something similar on in the picture. The most solid piece of evidence is found when comparing the picture representing the Disciple of the Land and the CG headshot of a female Lalafell. They are both wearing the same body equipment: a sturdy looking grey turtleneck with a rough tunic over the top. However, the Lalafell has an interesting neck piece as well.
The people over at Dengeki PlayStation magazine also focused on the metal plates some of the characters are wearing. They found 3 different patterns which are blown up for comparison in the picture below. They wonder if the designs correspond with three starting city-states. Also, since the same armor can be found on multiple races, perhaps this time will we have starting armor that comes from our starting city-state versus something based solely on the race of our character.
People are still hoping for male Miqo’te and female Roegadyn. So far there is nothing released about the background story that could keep that from happening. In their mini Q&A with the developers, they ask about the possibility for both of these races. Their answer: “In regards to your question about different genders, that is still a secret at this time.†Keep your hopes up!
Before I mentioned that in Weekly Famitsu, there was nothing mentioned about a stats difference between female and male characters. In Dengeki PlayStation, they only say that whether there will be additional playable races or if there will be a difference in stats between male and female characters has not yet been announced. In other words, there is nothing to worry about and Dengeki PlayStation probably could have worded that better so that it didn’t start baseless rumors. We haven’t seen anything like that in FFXI and given how many times they’ve said they want character design to be flexible so that people create a character they truly want to play with, I doubt there will be a difference in FFXIV as well.
Eorzea was referred to the starting region in the interview with Weekly Famitsu. In the Q&A, they said the game will grow to areas outside of Eorzea in the future. We also know that battles will be different in FFXIV. Before they said they were looking at ways of doing many versus many and other styles of battles. They follow that up with another answer in the Q&A saying that there are different things built into the system that will require you to take other things into consideration besides your main target. There will be times where you pick your target, pull it back, and fight it. However, they don’t think this will be the main style of battle.
They are looking into ways to make the user interface customizable, like the ability to move chat windows around. Still no set date for the beta or an idea of when they will make the announcement.
-- All text and pictures were originally posted on Eorzeapedia: Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV, FF14) News, Wiki, Forums, Community and more
Just thought it was interesting and pointed out very valid points.
There are some other interesting things hidden in the pictures that could foretell exciting changes between FFXI and FFXIV. One of them is the possibility of visible neck equipment. Several characters have necklaces or something similar on in the picture. The most solid piece of evidence is found when comparing the picture representing the Disciple of the Land and the CG headshot of a female Lalafell. They are both wearing the same body equipment: a sturdy looking grey turtleneck with a rough tunic over the top. However, the Lalafell has an interesting neck piece as well.
The people over at Dengeki PlayStation magazine also focused on the metal plates some of the characters are wearing. They found 3 different patterns which are blown up for comparison in the picture below. They wonder if the designs correspond with three starting city-states. Also, since the same armor can be found on multiple races, perhaps this time will we have starting armor that comes from our starting city-state versus something based solely on the race of our character.
People are still hoping for male Miqo’te and female Roegadyn. So far there is nothing released about the background story that could keep that from happening. In their mini Q&A with the developers, they ask about the possibility for both of these races. Their answer: “In regards to your question about different genders, that is still a secret at this time.†Keep your hopes up!
Before I mentioned that in Weekly Famitsu, there was nothing mentioned about a stats difference between female and male characters. In Dengeki PlayStation, they only say that whether there will be additional playable races or if there will be a difference in stats between male and female characters has not yet been announced. In other words, there is nothing to worry about and Dengeki PlayStation probably could have worded that better so that it didn’t start baseless rumors. We haven’t seen anything like that in FFXI and given how many times they’ve said they want character design to be flexible so that people create a character they truly want to play with, I doubt there will be a difference in FFXIV as well.
Eorzea was referred to the starting region in the interview with Weekly Famitsu. In the Q&A, they said the game will grow to areas outside of Eorzea in the future. We also know that battles will be different in FFXIV. Before they said they were looking at ways of doing many versus many and other styles of battles. They follow that up with another answer in the Q&A saying that there are different things built into the system that will require you to take other things into consideration besides your main target. There will be times where you pick your target, pull it back, and fight it. However, they don’t think this will be the main style of battle.
They are looking into ways to make the user interface customizable, like the ability to move chat windows around. Still no set date for the beta or an idea of when they will make the announcement.
-- All text and pictures were originally posted on Eorzeapedia: Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV, FF14) News, Wiki, Forums, Community and more
Just thought it was interesting and pointed out very valid points.
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