Hello forum community!
I have never posted in these forums before so I'm not sure if this is the right section for what I'm about to say. Forgive me my ignorance in these matters.
Wht I'd like to discuss is the aesthetics of samurai (SAM) armor, or lack thereof. I'm a samurai reenactor in real life and it peeves me to no end that FFXIV SAM doesn't have a decent looking armor, or more like there really is none.
Very few games out there have a samurai class and this is actually one of the reasons I play FFXIV. Adding actually samurai-looking armor to the game would make the job so much more unique looking compared to others (for example, DRG has a very unique looking armor style).
Historically, samurai is a heavy-armored fighter. They only started ditching it during the Edo period (around 17-19th century) when there was a relative peace. Perhaps the first SAM (lvl 70) job armour is designed after later perios? Kugane sure seems to resemble Edo.
I know that that Deltascape gear (Genji was it called?) is modelled after actual Japanese armor, but funny thing is, SAM one looks the least authentic. I think the best ones are DRG set which is probaby the most samurai-looking armour in the whole game and the tank set which resembles early samurai armor (Heian era and onwards).
I'm playing DRG atm to get the most "samurai-looking" glam. Since samurai mostly wielded spears on the battlefields, not katana (which was more like a side-arm) it's pretty belieable.
So what do you think SAM players out there? Does it bother you, or is it a non-issue? Am I just wishing something pointlessly specific? One could argue that samurai in clothing, which represents later periods, is repesenting SAM authentically as well (well, as far as authenticity can go in a fantasy game but let's not veer into that territory).
All opinions are welcome, of course!
Thank you for hearing me out.
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I have never posted in these forums before so I'm not sure if this is the right section for what I'm about to say. Forgive me my ignorance in these matters.
Wht I'd like to discuss is the aesthetics of samurai (SAM) armor, or lack thereof. I'm a samurai reenactor in real life and it peeves me to no end that FFXIV SAM doesn't have a decent looking armor, or more like there really is none.
Very few games out there have a samurai class and this is actually one of the reasons I play FFXIV. Adding actually samurai-looking armor to the game would make the job so much more unique looking compared to others (for example, DRG has a very unique looking armor style).
Historically, samurai is a heavy-armored fighter. They only started ditching it during the Edo period (around 17-19th century) when there was a relative peace. Perhaps the first SAM (lvl 70) job armour is designed after later perios? Kugane sure seems to resemble Edo.
I know that that Deltascape gear (Genji was it called?) is modelled after actual Japanese armor, but funny thing is, SAM one looks the least authentic. I think the best ones are DRG set which is probaby the most samurai-looking armour in the whole game and the tank set which resembles early samurai armor (Heian era and onwards).
I'm playing DRG atm to get the most "samurai-looking" glam. Since samurai mostly wielded spears on the battlefields, not katana (which was more like a side-arm) it's pretty belieable.
So what do you think SAM players out there? Does it bother you, or is it a non-issue? Am I just wishing something pointlessly specific? One could argue that samurai in clothing, which represents later periods, is repesenting SAM authentically as well (well, as far as authenticity can go in a fantasy game but let's not veer into that territory).
All opinions are welcome, of course!
Thank you for hearing me out.
Continue reading...