Well i once again see ppl complaining about "New char. models..new hairstyles..blah blah blah..." you know what kinda game you get when you make extreamly customizable char. models.... you get WoW. People have to remember if you add one place you gotta sacrifice another... If you try and make a game that has it all.. no system is gonna run it good. Then people will complain about that... Personally, i have no problem with FFxi's model chocies. Its plenty. Id rather see better graphics in othere game aspects than be able to make my char have visiable earrings.. or 5 o'clock shadow. or have the choice to make him and shade or any color in the book...

and about back peices.... ya ... how about no. What will you want next..both equipped rings to be visable. and earings. and can't forget to show the neck peices. Oh wait how about a quiver on your back that has 99 arrows in it..and the number of arrows goes down as you use them...........

Come-on people.. FFxi is a great game. Quit crying about all these petty things.

I will be very suprised if this does happen, but I am praying that DRG will get a hold of some of the better DD armour.

Sure we can get some pretty good stuff (if you have alot of money) but come on, no Hauby, a MEGA-DD armour piece?!?!

I always rant about thi to ls members and usually get ignored so I thought I'd bother you all with my little rant.

I know it won't happen, but I can wish ^^

I agree with ZexathePirate! I don't play anymore for that reason and a few others. I am concidering it again, but it sucks that I have to start from scratch. I played Wow for a bit as well and love the idea if I need a break, I can just pick it up from where I left off. But WoW was a bit too cartoonie for me. FFXI can learn a bit of different trick by looking at a few of the other MMO titles out. Heres a few of the changes i believe, and maybe a few others would agree.

1.) Character design is to basic. You can't make them as unique as other
games.

a) Back pieces (as someone else in this forum pointed out) would be
nice.
b) Hair styles would make a huge diffence! Whats the point of running
around town without your helmet on then, lol.
c) Another nice addition would be color choices for armor. For a little
extra gil you can buy differnt colors of the same armor at
different prices. Like the ones with different attributes would
be a different color. That way when someone runs past you, you'll
know what they are wearing without having to scan them.
d) At least 2 more races would be cool. I would like to see a dwarf.
We have elves what about dwarves. I know they're Taru but what
about a small physical powere house. Could you imagine seeing a
little person PT with taru and Beared Dwarves. That would rock!
Taru are the most powerful mages in the game. Give then an ancient
allegiance with the Dwarves. Shoot, the dwarve should also start
with a crafting bonus. As far as a taller character I say another
animal based race. Something cool like Kimari from FFX. Anything
with horns, I think

2.) Last but not least, Everything shouldn't evolve around PT'n
a)XP in a party is good, but what about XP after you comleted a mission
or quest. I know theres the mobs you kill, but that is at no rate,
getting you XP in a reasonable fashion. Thats why I suggest a little
reward by the NPC in XP along with items. It would definately
encourage more people to play the storyline and not just trying to PT
for XP. I've lost countless hours waiting for a party. It sucks! If
you could get XP from a mission or quest wouldn't you?

Where's the new stuff for the rest of us who aren't PLD's, Mages or DRG's?

And where did I say in my post that all players were against it? I said that I was sure that a lot of people would like a race change. I never EVER insinuated that everyone was against it.

So, Kisami, you need to learn to start reading the whole post thoroughly before you come on here bashing other people, it makes a fool out of you. Reading two lines and then spewing forth idiocy doesn't count as 'reading the whole post.'

Anyways ... I think a race change would be a definite step in the right direction. It would not hurt anyone, and would only help to increase player performance across all servers, without a doubt. It would be a big plus. And when you weigh the credits and the debits in this situation, I think anyone will agree that the credits outweigh the debits.

Ummm... Hello... no offense, but don't get picking over the details of whom and what about the new equipment. Programmers can edit this stuff at a drop of a hat. Besides, They could be just using those jobs for the scene. You know, like a body double in a movie. The SMN's animation might have been the "Look" they wanted rather than the outward positioning of the hands like with the Normal spell cast. That's just my take on it as an art major, of course I could be totally wrong.

sorry double Post because Lag.

Edited, Jun 1st 2007 8:49pm by Trunksmidg

To be fair, in the Japanese text, Paladin is simply "Knight". No sign of holiness there, though I suppose most San d'Orian knights have some relationship with the church.

As for basic heavy armor, the set looks pretty awesome. =D

SE is outdoing themselves with all this new armor, the new additions are really sweet. The graphics on the new items are awesome, the ability to change items you got before that you can't get again (e.g. - Divine Might rewards) is awesome but...

Will they ever allow a change that will, in effect, really change a persons overall performance? I've been rallying for a race change for the past year, and I would love to see SE provide us with a one time opportunity to change race but ... seems like a distant wish.

Talk about changing the games dynamics... Galka's that you see running around w/ most all mage jobs lvled, would most likely change to Taru or Hume, Taru's with melee jobs lvled would change to Hume, Galka, or Elvaan ... heck. I could see an over-all shift in party dynamics across all servers if this were to happen.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking anyone. You just have to admit that Taru's have much better mage stats than do elvaan or galka. And Elvaan and Galka have much better melee stats than do taru.

A race change would be a plus for the better, and I'm sure there are many people that would love to see it happen... but people gotta start speaking out. I dunno if it's too late or not, but if you'd like to see it happen, rally for it now before the update comes, something might actually happen. Don't be afraid of what others in protest will say, because nine out of ten they're probably just jealous that others will have a chance to better themselves if they don't like the idea of a race change.

Speak out, see what happens. If you can get them to gimp up CoP missions, then surely you can get them to allow something that will actually help a persons character out w/out making others feel screwed over (hints at CoP missions again). It would be a change for the best for everyone.

Icewind.

I wonder if they'll make it possible to re-aquire the more mundane Rare/Ex rewards like the wastebasket, engineer's gloves, windshear hat, bibiki seashell (Especially the seashell as it's more than just situational). I've got a whole bunch of Rare/Ex items I'm a little afraid to toss because I know I'll never be able to get them again.

Aren't Pld's a "Holy Knight," more or less? Aren't most colors associated with holiness are white, gold, silver, etc.? Granted the new Pld set looks super-sweet, but it's doesn't scream "Holy protector of the Realm." I see it more as a "Tainted Holy Protector of the Realm."

At any rate it all looks neat-o!

FINALLY! PLD ARMOR THAT LOOKS LIKE A PLD!

Looks like the galka is wearing full homam but sporting some cool new spear.

And take a gander at that black mage! THEY LOOK ALL BLACKISH! O.O