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#1 Mar 15 2013 at 6:43 AM Rating: Excellent
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/252

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DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGITEK?
March 14, 2013
Greetings, seekers of knowledge.
Fernehalwes here, and for this post I come to you with an actual scoop du jour!
While Project Manager M was diligently crafting away, I slipped over to the BG design section and snapped a few shots of what I’d bet my Meteor Survivor shirt to be...magitek armor!
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But what kind of area would house this many─ OH... ;)
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Now, while the map and armor are obviously still just mockups, word has it that Yoshi-P has already given the final OK on the designs, so now comes the polish.
But why wait for polish, when I can borrow the keys to the prototype and take a little test spin on the internal servers...
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♪Rollin' in my 2.0, with my mag-top down so my hair can blow.♪
♪The Miqo'te on standby, waving just to s─ Hey! Bad squirrel! Bad squirrel!
Fernehalwes


Woot!
#2 Mar 15 2013 at 6:47 AM Rating: Excellent
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That is an amazing post. Dropped a lot of teasers in a short post.
#3 Mar 15 2013 at 6:56 AM Rating: Excellent
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*Can be heard from the distance as he runs towards the thread*

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

GIMMMMEE!! GIMME NOW!!

Totally rocking that in Dragoon AF for complete badass effect. I can just head-canon Lin leaping off the Armor to slam Jump on someone's poor head.
#4 Mar 15 2013 at 7:19 AM Rating: Decent
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Very nice! The Magitek armor is shaping up! Makes me want to break out FFVI! I hope they continue to add little things from previous FF titles and intertwine them with FFXIV's current setting. I'd love to see a job added later with the ability to "morph" like Terra from FFVI.
#5 Mar 15 2013 at 9:00 AM Rating: Excellent
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I nostalgia hard for FF6 every time I see pictures of magitek stuff. Man that'll be fun.
#6 Mar 15 2013 at 9:23 AM Rating: Decent
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I hope to God they shoot lasers!!!
#7 Mar 15 2013 at 10:05 AM Rating: Decent
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I hope to God they shoot lasers...

...out of their sharks!
Or even better: Let them shoot sharks out of their lasers. Now how cool would that be! ^.^/

Edited, Mar 15th 2013 12:06pm by Rinsui
#8 Mar 15 2013 at 10:54 AM Rating: Decent
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The major question is whether they'll be summoned from a puff of smoke and hop about like WoW mounts while we're followed around by our cute WoW-style pets.

What I mean to say is that I know we all love FFVI, but context matters. If everyone could ride around on Bahamut's back, well, Bahamut would become significantly less awesome. Hopefully this isn't just some superficial addition to cash in on nostalgia; though I suppose that's really all SE has left these days -- and there's no denying that it clearly works for them.
#9 Mar 15 2013 at 11:18 AM Rating: Excellent
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FatChocobro wrote:
I hope to God they shoot lasers!!!


Every fight would play out like this:

Enthusiastic Magitek Party Members: I'M CHARGING UP MY--
Disgruntled Party Leader: Yes, I know! I know already!

Smiley: lol
#10 Mar 15 2013 at 11:20 AM Rating: Good
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KaneKitty wrote:
The major question is whether they'll be summoned from a puff of smoke and hop about like WoW mounts while we're followed around by our cute WoW-style pets.

What I mean to say is that I know we all love FFVI, but context matters. If everyone could ride around on Bahamut's back, well, Bahamut would become significantly less awesome. Hopefully this isn't just some superficial addition to cash in on nostalgia; though I suppose that's really all SE has left these days -- and there's no denying that it clearly works for them.




It was confirmed a while a go that these would be primarily mounts, but would also take part in a couple missions designed around them. Yoshida also went on to say that he'd be looking into further uses in the future. He's well aware that people want the whole "I get to blast stuff with Magitek Armor!" request.

Personally, I hope it becomes a PvP element.

"Sup Byches! I'm-a chagrin my Laazoooor!!!!!!"

>.> Yes. I'm still stoked about this. FFVI is my favorite Final Fantasy of all time.
#11 Mar 15 2013 at 12:04 PM Rating: Decent
I hope to god it is a mount that is only obtainable by clearing the magitek factory in some sort of hardmode. Not just here welcome to 2.0 have a magitek armor and run around
#12 Mar 15 2013 at 12:08 PM Rating: Good
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Looks nice!

Maybe it will be a good idea to tie it in with a specific class like summoner and primals.
#13 Mar 15 2013 at 12:50 PM Rating: Good
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From the pictures, they seem to be in a docking bay of sorts. I certainly hope there are enemies that mount these things, because that would be a FUN fight. Personally, I'd like to see this in a raid or instance - like maybe at the end when you're escaping said facility and need to mow down that last pesky group of enemies. That would be way cool.
#14 Mar 15 2013 at 12:57 PM Rating: Good
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This is a nice little addition, that's for sure.
#15 Mar 15 2013 at 1:08 PM Rating: Decent
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That looks pretty sweet, though I see the wings sticking out and think they better not be pulling some Evangelion **** with these.

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The major question is whether they'll be summoned from a puff of smoke and hop about like WoW mounts while we're followed around by our cute WoW-style pets.

What I mean to say is that I know we all love FFVI, but context matters. If everyone could ride around on Bahamut's back, well, Bahamut would become significantly less awesome. Hopefully this isn't just some superficial addition to cash in on nostalgia; though I suppose that's really all SE has left these days -- and there's no denying that it clearly works for them.


You successfully tempered my enthusiasm. However, I will say that as far as run-of-the-mill mounts go, they could do worse.
#16 Mar 15 2013 at 2:04 PM Rating: Good
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Kachi wrote:
That looks pretty sweet, though I see the wings sticking out and think they better not be pulling some Evangelion sh*t with these.


Hmmm... not sure if I get what you mean by saying Evangelion as I've actually never seen it... but I'm going to assume those robots flew and that won't be the case here, lol.

The design of the armor is 100% based off of Amano's artwork from FF6: http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-01/art/ff1-ff6-terra_magitek2.jpg And if the gears from FF6 didn't fly, I think it's safe to assume the same here.

Though, I do hope we get a black chocobo that we can soar around in one day!





Edited, Mar 15th 2013 3:05pm by Onionthiefx
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#17 Mar 15 2013 at 2:44 PM Rating: Default
Onionthiefx wrote:
Kachi wrote:
That looks pretty sweet, though I see the wings sticking out and think they better not be pulling some Evangelion sh*t with these.


Hmmm... not sure if I get what you mean by saying Evangelion as I've actually never seen it... but I'm going to assume those robots flew and that won't be the case here, lol.

The design of the armor is 100% based off of Amano's artwork from FF6: http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-01/art/ff1-ff6-terra_magitek2.jpg And if the gears from FF6 didn't fly, I think it's safe to assume the same here.

Though, I do hope we get a black chocobo that we can soar around in one day!


Edited, Mar 15th 2013 3:05pm by Onionthiefx


You played Xenogears am i wrong ?
#18 Mar 15 2013 at 2:58 PM Rating: Decent
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You played Xenogears am i wrong ?


Stand tall and shake the heavens.

Why? :D

Edit: oh... I said gears... haha...

Edited, Mar 15th 2013 4:01pm by Onionthiefx
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#19 Mar 15 2013 at 3:07 PM Rating: Default
You called Giant robots and magitek armor Gears XD!
#20 Mar 15 2013 at 3:08 PM Rating: Good
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Yeah, I really like that the design is based off of Amano's Magitek Armor, seeing as while I don't like his humans, he can draw some pretty good equipment and the like :P
#21 Mar 15 2013 at 3:37 PM Rating: Decent
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Hmmm... not sure if I get what you mean by saying Evangelion as I've actually never seen it... but I'm going to assume those robots flew and that won't be the case here, lol.


They did not fly:

They were actually an alien creature that had been armored in a way that they looked like a mecha.
#22 Mar 15 2013 at 3:48 PM Rating: Good
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Xoie wrote:
FatChocobro wrote:
I hope to God they shoot lasers!!!


Every fight would play out like this:

Enthusiastic Magitek Party Members: I'M CHARGING UP MY--
Disgruntled Party Leader: Yes, I know! I know already!

Smiley: lol


Like a Valkrum Mele waiting to SC...
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Often macro'd into /shout circa 2004
#23 Mar 15 2013 at 4:08 PM Rating: Good
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Well DUH. Everyone knows that you have to shout the name of your attack just before you execute it. That's how you achieve maximum levels of badass.
#24 Mar 15 2013 at 4:28 PM Rating: Good
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I thought my "I smite thee with my flaming fists of fury" in party chat were great back in the day :P
#25 Mar 15 2013 at 4:36 PM Rating: Excellent
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My favorite, which I'll never forget, was this MNK named Soundwave. Met him in Yuhtunga, and he had a Boost macro (which he activated every 15 seconds without fail) that said PUMP UP THE VOLUME. It was hilariously obnoxious.
#26 Mar 15 2013 at 4:41 PM Rating: Good
My WAR's provoke macro on my teeny tiny Tarutaru main is "Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?!"
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