That kind of greed doesn't help the cause, Square Enix will never unlock anything race-exclusive!...
That kind of greed doesn't help the cause, Square Enix will never unlock anything race-exclusive!...
I dunno, I kinda like having some outfits be race specific. This game is really lacking in racial identity .
Well, to be fair, this game is lacking in *many* aspects. Content, crafting content, customization, primals, and more. It’s really up to the devs at the end of the day. For example, so many people want a male Viera, but will they actually do that? I personally don’t think it’ll happen, as much as I would love to see people enjoy using it. SE’s FFXIV division just doesn’t seem to have the same priorities as us.
The one thing I'd really want out of the actual starting gear being unlocked is the Roegadyn/Miqo'te 'gloves' for adding long sleeves to any body item. I hope we can eventually get something similar but generic.
The starter gear would actually work well for Xaela. I'm surprised we didn't see any of the pieces used for any of the tribes, considering what a weird mix of sources they drew from to assemble the different outfits.
"Gear" is not a community-established term (although "glamour gear" to describe Lv1 all-classes gear pieces possibly is). It's used in the game - eg. as in "gear sets" which can include glamour gear.
I can't understand your argument why the hempen sets are somehow "not gear" compared to starter gear. Both are level 1 gear with minimal stats, sold by the same suppliers.
Looking at the stats:
Any starter shirt: DEF = 7/9, MDEF = 15/18
Hempen Camise: DEF = 6/8, MDEF = 13/16
(No, I don't understand why there are two numbers for each stat.)
"Gear" means any equippable clothing item, and the hempen sets function exactly the same as any other gear piece in the game. I'm not sure why you have an objection to the term.
I think you're confusing the terms "homogenisation" and "variety".
Letting everyone wear everything gives an individual character more variety.
Only giving everyone a single option (where that single option looks the same for everyone) gives us less variety.
But right now we already have variety. There are 14 (soon to be 16) varieties of race-and-gender-locked hempen sets, unmixably split up into different strands or sections (Hyur + option A, Miqo'te + option B, etc.). They are heterogenous, the opposite of homogenous. A simple example is water and oil in a container - they're "together" but they don't mix, forming separate layers.
But taking something that is currently heterogenous and mixing it together so the substances are evenly distributed (everyone can now wear everything) is exactly what "homogenisation" means.
That's the male version of the "hempen camise" that's mentioned in the title of the thread. It looks different on all the races, and does tend more towards harnesses than the tank top that male Midlanders get (and is used as the unchanging icon).
Welcome to the pain of a female character who keeps seeing nice pants on icons, then tries them on to find they're yet another miniskirt.