[Arikana]

If you're a bard, then where be your instrument, Espykins? :P

[Tiva]

Gallaby is a Gremlin?

[Ashy]

oh how i love sebby

[Gallagher]

Oh, Tiva. Why do you hurt me so bad.

[Tiva]

The Ears.... they remind me of it...

[Espy]

Hm. We need more bard-like items.

[blackfoxette]

i like them alot i like the hair from the troll one and i love about 4-5 of the poses in the other rune one =D

[Arikana]

Originally Posted by Espy

Hm. We need more bard-like items.

We have a psaltery for starters. o3o Is that bard-like enough? :o

[katyasha]

Ok I don't see the Fisherking item are they going to release it later on?

[Nexess]

:I Yes, it's currently not finished, there was a minor delay. It was stated in the announcement though I believe...

[silverygit]

*fals into a pile of awesome new items* I especially love the tundra o.o;;;
but I love the requino too, so colourful and nice...*tries not to spend all her money on DIs* O.O I can't wait for the third one :3

[Mizeria]

While I love love love our artists with the most love a person can have....
I have some issues with Requiro. I really, truly, do.

Firstly, and most importantly in my mind. The items are far to girly.
Yes, we have been working had on this
(I know we have)
but honestly... Our guys NEED items..
So I still have an issue with that.

Secondly most of the poses make me think of other items I've seen before with some tweaks.
Looking through most of them they are mostly different.
Expect for a couple of them, which do REALLY resemble the other items I thought of when I looked at the item.

This is my honest opinion.
I thought you would all like to hear what I have to say, as that's what this thread is for.
So please, forgive me if this seems harsh or hurts feelings.
I know everyone worked very hard on ALL of the items.

Items I found extremely similar :

-Requiro Coat VS Corrupt Emissary Coat.

Yes, there are only so many ways to do a "COAT" item. But. Layering on top of one another, they are extremely close, even the flare.
SO, it landed itself on the list.

-Requiro Hair VS Lesallia's Hair

One is two-toned, one is not. One has a bigger loop, one has a smaller one. BUT, the over all hair looks the same.

- Requiro "sexy underwear" VS Solukino "under wear thing"

Solukino's looks more leather-y and thinker yes, but the straps are very similar and overall with the exception of the heart in the middle looks very similar.

- Requiro Underbust strap w/ beads VS Twisted Image Underbust strap w/ bead

Twisted image is a smaller version of basically the same item...

There were other items that didn't look as close as these but the Requiro item made me think of them first anyways.

I was honestly expecting something... more.

Its a "Lusty- Valentines Day Item"...
but really it just feels like a re-do of other items to me.

I love you guys, but I was let down with this item. I really was.

Unto the Tundra Troll...
I love the feel of this item.
It was well designed, and doesn't make me think of to many past items.
It does however match with the yearly theme.
Which is good, and bad.

I, personally, find fault with the horns
(I'm assuming that they are horns)
And with the "female" version of the hair.... it's going to be very had to layer, and looks like it was an after thought.

I also found myself wishing that the belt on the coat over the shoulder was a separate piece.
BUT, , I loved this item.
Its my favorite so far for Feb.


Thank you again to all of the art staff. And I'm sorry if my words came out to harshly.

An Idea:

It came to me a couple of days ago. Why don't we have one Male-based RDI and one Female-based RDI and then have the ADI a mix of both?
(have everything uni-sexed as always)

That way it may even out all of the issues we're having with mostly female items, and not enough male based items.

[Coda]

I'm not sure I support that idea. I think really it needs to be more a question of how we unisex items -- instead of just shaving a couple pixels off the hips and removing the curve from the chest, we need to make sure each DI has some poses that actively cater to our masculine population. It would suck to have the "girl" item for the month be the one with the theme I like.

[Mizeria]

I'm fine with that too.
It was an idea... because we really aren't doing a good job for our guys.
>.<;;

[Rem]

It would be more work -- not saying this as a deterrent, but just as a truth, for thought. If you have an item that has, say -- a dress-like garment as one of it's poses (I mean a clearly feminine dress) and you designed something to be the male equivalent of that, it'd be an entirely new pixel. I mean it can be done (as evidenced by some of the things MonMon has designed) it'd just be more pixeling and coloring work.

I don't disagree (in fact I do agree, I like that idea a lot) it'd just be trying to find the right mix of male pose, female pose, and what you'd want to keep and just shave a few pixels off of (as there are some poses in the DIs that work well simply unisexed.) Like finding that sweet spot -- I think settling on a set number of poses per DI would work to help the designers find that balance, idk. It always seems so arbitrary (although to be fair I don't actually count all the poses per DI so maybe it's always in the same general ballpark haha...)

As an aside, I am blown away by the design and pixeling of Requiro -- the intricacy is just amazing, and the coloring is as well, such unique colors. And those eyes -- in my opinion those are some of our best eyes available. I absolutely love the work of the item, I just wanted to say that. Though the item doesn't fit my personal tastes, I'd only wear two poses from it, the wings and eyes (but I do like those wings)

[littl3chocobo]

i am in favor of more masculine items as well, it is a little hard for me to dress more male without resorting to weapons and harsh colors and commons