Really.
I love capes - I love wearing them (to, you know, cons and renaissance festivals and Halloween parties and such); I love characters who wear them. One of my great complaints about FFXIV is that there aren't more outfits that feature them. Yes, there are definitely a few notable exceptions, but the vast majority of 'flowing' garments in this game fall into one of three categories:
I know capes are perfectly possible because chest pieces like High Steel Scale Mail of Fending...
... have them, so it's not a technical hangup. Therefore, I'd like to see simple capes (not cloaks; not capes with huge neck wraps) become available to a wider array of glamours than the scant few chestpieces that feature them.
"But Tera, what about clipping? Building something like that in at this stage in the game would require them to re-edit every chest piece dating back to ARR to allow for it."
Actually, the answer to that is simple: prevent the display of capes for any chest that would suffer significant clipping issues. There are currently some pants/skirts that behave this way in the game right now - they simply will not display when paired with certain boots and/or tops. Capes could work the same way.
"But new stats will mess everything up!"
Make the cape slot statless and fully optional.
"Capes will ruin my immersion."
Prior to FFVII, nearly half of playable characters featured a cape. Capes are just a high fantasy staple. The fact that there aren't more of them in FFXIV jarring.
Honestly, I don't see an argument against this (other than "their time should be better spent elsewhere," which is nonsense. FFXIV is basically a glamour simulator). Oh, and before you beat me to death with this trope, congratulations - I've acknowledged it. Move on.
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I love capes - I love wearing them (to, you know, cons and renaissance festivals and Halloween parties and such); I love characters who wear them. One of my great complaints about FFXIV is that there aren't more outfits that feature them. Yes, there are definitely a few notable exceptions, but the vast majority of 'flowing' garments in this game fall into one of three categories:
- Skirts (dresses and kilts etc.).
- Waist capes.
- Coats.
I know capes are perfectly possible because chest pieces like High Steel Scale Mail of Fending...
... have them, so it's not a technical hangup. Therefore, I'd like to see simple capes (not cloaks; not capes with huge neck wraps) become available to a wider array of glamours than the scant few chestpieces that feature them.
"But Tera, what about clipping? Building something like that in at this stage in the game would require them to re-edit every chest piece dating back to ARR to allow for it."
Actually, the answer to that is simple: prevent the display of capes for any chest that would suffer significant clipping issues. There are currently some pants/skirts that behave this way in the game right now - they simply will not display when paired with certain boots and/or tops. Capes could work the same way.
"But new stats will mess everything up!"
Make the cape slot statless and fully optional.
"Capes will ruin my immersion."
Prior to FFVII, nearly half of playable characters featured a cape. Capes are just a high fantasy staple. The fact that there aren't more of them in FFXIV jarring.
Honestly, I don't see an argument against this (other than "their time should be better spent elsewhere," which is nonsense. FFXIV is basically a glamour simulator). Oh, and before you beat me to death with this trope, congratulations - I've acknowledged it. Move on.
Continue reading...