This morning (North America time) Yoshi-P presented his Producer Live Letter 89 (Part 1) for Final Fantasy XIV. I watched a couple of streams along with following along with the translations on the Discord server for the FFXIV sub-Reddit. One of the streamers, MrHappy, said for a part 1 PLL today's presentation was unusually detailed.
One of the surprising slides came near the end of the two-hour presentation.
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| Dark knight dressed like a white mage |
That's right, glamours are no longer locked to classes and jobs. Here is the slide with the details.
Before anyone asks, Yoshi-P did indicate these changes were in response to the recent banning and shutdown of Mare Synchronos. Those who wondered at the timing of the legal action against the developer of the mod might believe Yoshi-P did not take action until he had a replacement. While not a full replacement, at least the new glamour functionality will work after a major patch.
I have wanted the ability to mix and match between classes and jobs forever. For example, I currently have separate glams for armorsmith and blacksmith. But shouldn't they have the ability to wear the same clothes? After all, they both work over an anvil at a forge. So with patch 7.4 I can free up one glamour plate for something else.
In connection to the glamour update, Yoshi-P pointed out that the changes to housing to allow smaller houses to have larger item limits is pushed back to patch 7.5. Apparently CPUs started crashing when 1.5 times the current limits were reached. What does housing have to do with glamour? Because after the housing issue is taken care of, the next feature planned for an upgrade are glamour plates. So perhaps at the start of the next expansion players will see either more glamour plates or an alteration to the system. But until then, more space in the glamour dresser would be nice.
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