So, as with any game of FFXIV'S caliber, assets tend to get reused to save development costs. We see this a lot with our gear and some of the more basic mobs, a pallette swap here send there a slight name change and boom new item. But what about bosses? We tend to view the bosses as "unique" but there are cases when a boss has received a pallette swap, and uses the same skeleton as one we've encountered before.
I first paid more attention to this when I did Delubrum Reginae. I noticed that the third boss, Trinity Avowed's, movement looked familiar. Then someone pointed out it's using the original Shiva skeleton. That's not something you'd expect, especially since there are two Shivas in the game. So I'm curious what other bosses have you noticed shame their models/skeletons.
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I first paid more attention to this when I did Delubrum Reginae. I noticed that the third boss, Trinity Avowed's, movement looked familiar. Then someone pointed out it's using the original Shiva skeleton. That's not something you'd expect, especially since there are two Shivas in the game. So I'm curious what other bosses have you noticed shame their models/skeletons.
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