It still doesn't make any sense for Yoshi-P to keep clinging to his limited view of what "visual identity" even means. Even if you set aside all the tanks in swimsuits and mascot costumes, look at all the "tank sets" in the game that aren't armored at all.
I'm serious. Go check out the Eorzea Collection website and click on Gearsets, then the Tanks category.
YoRHa Type-51? Warg? Nabaath? Royal Volunteer's? Shisui?!
Please explain to me why these sets are Fending sets when their "visual identity" does not even begin to suggest tank gear.
If it's so important that players should be forced to conform to a very limited set of aesthetics based on role, why is it perfectly okay for a MNK, SAM, NIN, MCH, DNC or BRD to wear the Ward Knight armor from the Mog Station, but not the Ishgardian Banneret's Maiming set (or the Ishgardian Knight's Fending set) from Dusk Vigil? They're identical except for their color schemes. Either this stuff is vitally important, or it means nothing. Yoshi-P cannot keep having it both ways. I'm willing to concede leaving artifact armor locked, but otherwise we should be free to dress our characters how we like.
