Raid sets are HORRIBLE

I don't mind the armor much at all, some of it isn't my preference but I get the appeal. The M8S weapons on the other hand look very underwhelming. A lot of them just look like gear you can find from standard dungeons and are missing that wow factor from a savage fight imo. I did have similar feelings last tier so I'm not expecting much change for the next tier.

I agree. I'm not a fan either.

I actually quite like the tier 2 armor sets. They look like neat designs you would see in a Trails or a Xeno game. I do think Alexandria's modern aesthetics would have been better received had the NPCs been walking around in cooler gear like this from the get go, rather than the egregious hoodies with rainbow LED lights (and ofcourse, the repercussions a modern urban city being isekaied into a medieval fantasy world actually explored). While the designs are cool on their own, SE has not made them feel integrated into the FF14 setting.

https://i.imgur.com/dLnfZlL.jpeg

I like sci-fi sets, so I'm happy with them, apart from Caster being just long coats/robes again.

I think its a matter of taste. I do like most pieces of the current set. Especially the Maiming/Fending pieces.

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Originally Posted by DreadCrow

...I don't know. The first set was professional wrestling-inspired sets in the professional wrestling-inspired story arc. The second is basically gear from Cyberpunk 2077.

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And they look like trash lol

The first tier's sets were easily my favorite in the whole game, and I was excited to see what other wrestling inspired gear they'd give us next. I'm really not a fan of this tier's either. I'm glad for the people who enjoy them, it just wasn't what I was hoping for.

I love these glams so I'm glad there's a wide variety of options in the game.

I think their designs are alright. The only thing that keeps me from using them is how small they make our character models look. They hang really close to the character's body, like the gear has almost no mass at all, but it doesn't really look like they should be doing that. They look padded and armored in some places, and baggy in other places, but this look is contradicted by their actual size relative to the base model, which makes it seem like the character's body under the gear must be extremely skinny. A lot of Endwalker/Dawntrail-era gear has this characteristic. It seems to be getting worse over time.

I'm a big fan of the healer hat, though.

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Originally Posted by Arohk

The people who think these look "good" have no idea what the game is capable of.

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I suddenly feel like I should send a gift basket and a thankful letter to FFXIV's gear designers. At least they protect our femoral arteries...about 70% of the time.

We actually need more varieties of scifi armor.