Notorious Monsters - First Blood (12/01/2010)

[ZarakiKujata]

Currently Tights favor all classes, would be weird if they changed that and threw on the Craftsmanship, I guess we should take heed of the fact they said the stats are subject to be changed..

[Franzer]

game hasn't even been out 3 months and they're already reskinning gear. ps3limitations etc

[Gokulo]

game hasn't even been out 3 months and they're already reskinning gear. ps3limitations etc

What are you talking about? The game was about reskinning since day 1, you only have a couple of base models and they expanded from that.

[Dantrag]

I really hate the mixed gear crap. So tired of caster gear having +crafting on it... ;(

[Franzer]

What are you talking about? The game was about reskinning since day 1, you only have a couple of base models and they expanded from that.

Yeah you're right lol. I just figured with the onset of some new NM's, we might get some cool looking gear.

[Katlan]

Yeah you're right lol. I just figured with the onset of some new NM's, we might get some cool looking gear.

hat is cool, but ya... they have been overusing the reskinned models more then any mmo I have played (its worse then in XI). Its either a reskin, or its like a minute difference from another piece to another (like they added an additional strap or something).

Anyways... related to OP pic... I thought the thing behind the wolves was the coolest... and it doesn't sound like that's even involved in the fight

[Franzer]

I haven't played ffxi in a few months but just from following threads on bg, isn't that hat just the puppetmaster af3 hat?

[Siatdiat]

I don't know why I'm still surprised by the ridiculousness of posts on here anymore.

Anyway, I think it is safe to say level 50 won't be the final level cap of this game. I have never played a game where low level gear was really different. Low level gear of most games is real shitty looking compared to this game. It is also just as repetitive in other games.

Yes, amazingly I'm defending this game. But just on facets that shouldn't be critiqued by silly people who have no ability to look at things objectively. It still doesn't change that even though the game is free atm, I still find I have many other things to do that are more worthwhile than play this boring game with no goal other than to grind through shit that is not exciting or interesting or "new".

tl;dr

If you want to mock this shitty game, mock it on the grounds of its actual problems and not some stupid shit that is typical of all mmo's.

[Gokulo]

@up

Get over yourself. We're just stating the facts, nothing else was said.

@Franzer

It's just a jester hat in general, not an original idea S-E is copying from themselves

[Vuitton]

Let us keep in mind that:

The aforementioned items are still under development and may change before the time of their release.

Which I believe means they've only completed the graphics for this set of gear, and are working on the stats still. These item stats otherwise are only rank 50 version of their item types, and have yet to be given appropriately unique stats.

[Kurokikaze]

A little disappointed that its just reskinned gear but I welcome the new content.

Btw.. I fully expect a level cap increase in March.

[Katlan]

I don't think anybody ever expected the lv cap to stay at 50.

[TacoTaru]

Well if you watch the DVD that came with the Collector's Edition they really patted themselves on the back with some idea they are using to "create new gear" by simply removing certain pieces or adding small patches onto already existing gear. Kinda bummed me out because they acted very excited about the prospect of being able to reuse models over and over again. (The word revolutionary might been used in this too.) I'm sure someone who has more time can find the Youtube video where they talk about it, but it gave me the impression we aren't going to see truly unique models for quite some time.

[Levin]

Yeah, I think this hat from the NM set (can't see picture atm since I'm on a filtered network) just has a mask added on to it, compared to the hat that had almost the same look that could be bought from a vendor (not sure if that hat is still sold by a NPC). As long as the "add ons" look decent, I don't mind the reuse. Just hope the add ons are noticable so it's easy to tell what armor people have so there isn't a need to check the player.

Will be interesting to see what the other sets are like, so we can compare stats once SE finalizes them.

[Agito]

It's not like they're trying to be secretive about recycling armor models...

[miokomioko]

Wut?? They re-used the basic model between 4 body pieces that are all "Actons" but gave it over a dozen skins depending on the material/color that was used to craft it?? This copy pasta has. Gone. Too. FAR.

[Lucavi]

They still all wind up looking the same. Acton is acton is acton is acton is acton.

[Reapz]

I'm hoping that just means we'll see more reskins rather than re-used armour models that look EXACTLY the same just with different stats (see FFXI). That being said, I don't want everything to be reskinned all the time, unique is good. I doubt reskins are all we will be getting though, they were criticized enough for copy/paste terrain

[bruiser]

I hate to be captain obvious guys, but this NM gear is absolutely terrible. Forget about how it looks, the stats are laughable.

[ZarakiKujata]

I hate to be captain obvious guys, but this NM gear is absolutely terrible. Forget about how it looks, the stats are laughable.

Stats arent finalized. etc. etc. There was no gamebreaking lvl50 gear in vanilla XI either, deal with it. And I'm sure there will be a new robe based on a previous note they posted, so theres better mage gear. Some of the higher level vintage gear is already on par w/ that so obviously this is just the shittiest of the armor/NM updates we'll be getting since theres still like 2 weeks till the update. Honestly hate to be a mioko but quit hating nig.