please add more unique outfits

it bothers me a little when jobs have the same outfits just with different color schemes
for example the gear from the new dungeons, bard, healers and casters share the same gear just with a different color pattern. it just annoys me and my friends and makes us feel like they are just reusing gear for other classes to save time/money.

I actually don't mind that they have the progression gear on their cheap cut and paste template... I would like to see more vanity gear that isn't adventurer specific that you'd see a civilian wear (Victorian era outfits! Civilian clothes from all the city states!) That has a lot more personality than crazy armor pieces from wild adventures.

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Originally Posted by Terrini

I actually don't mind that they have the progression gear on their cheap cut and paste template... I would like to see more vanity gear that isn't adventurer specific that you'd see a civilian wear (Victorian era outfits! Civilian clothes from all the city states!) That has a lot more personality than crazy armor pieces from wild adventures.

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not saying i don't like it in fact you can just glamour over it but it just annoys me, that being said would still like a variety when it comes do end game gear

The only thing that bothers me is that the new Monk gear from WoD and the new dungeons looks like Ninja gear ;(

No thanks SE, I'd like my funky monk gear back please!

I want more form fitting looking heavy armor. I much like the Odin's set(Sans the torpedo tit chest). By heavy, I mean it looks heavy but can be glamoured onto anything.

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Originally Posted by raymon

makes us feel like they are just reusing gear for other classes to save time/money.

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That would be the reason. They will reuse stuff wherever possible to get the most mileage out of their work. Same reason for making hard modes of all the dungeons instead of every dungeon being completely new. I guess the more unique stuff we ask for, the more we'd have to be willing to pay for it.

unfortunately, design resources are limited. The reason outfits look similar is that designing and testing 8+ different variations of about 6 different outfits every three months can be strenuous. There's also the desire, conscious and subconscious, to make them look like uniforms.

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Originally Posted by AlipheeseRhiki

The only thing that bothers me is that the new Monk gear from WoD and the new dungeons looks like Ninja gear ;(

No thanks SE, I'd like my funky monk gear back please!

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The new expert dungeons, MNK, NIN and DRG all share the same model.
Theres 3 new models :S Albeit I did glamor the healer chest from experts onto the ironworks, due to (well I like the design, wish the bottom half was a bit less ostentatious) becuase clipping ^_^

And here I am wondering why in a game where people can dress like they came out of Tron, I cannot have a plain T-shirt.

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Originally Posted by Bluevann

And here I am wondering why in a game where people can dress like they came out of Tron, I cannot have a plain T-shirt.

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If you look into historical outfits, there were MUCH more elaborate designs instituted before the simple t-shirt. "plain" T-shirts only really became popular because they're cheap to produce, buy, replace, and decorate thanks to mass production.
Eorzea, however, doesn't have proper mass production. Thus each piece of clothing is either made in an incredibly simple fashion (smocks, robes, and the like) or an elaborate work of art.
Plus the regular t-shirt can be a little...immersion breaking.

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Originally Posted by kyuven

immersion breaking.

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Everything they've added so far didn't break it for you, but a t-shirt would?

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Originally Posted by kyuven

Plus the regular t-shirt can be a little...immersion breaking.

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I don't know, there's only 300 years between bikinis and t-shirts and real life. And the Ironworks gear? That is so absurdly futuristic. With such armor in-game, I don't think ANY kind of clothing at this point would be immersion-breaking.

The only thing that disappointed me with Glamour is having tanks run around in Bikini's or event gear that is that far apart from their actual role.

However I can definitely get behind some more casual clothing, would be pretty interesting to see, specially in later new town hubs as it might look a little weird for one of the main 3 city states.

All of the jewlery in Eorzea looks the same...

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Originally Posted by raymon

...for example the gear from the new dungeons, bard, healers and casters share the same gear just with a different color pattern.

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While more unique sets for classes would be nice, on the other hand, if each set was class-specific in dungeon drops, I think it would be a huge pain since the chances of getting a drop for any class would be a lot rarer for everybody. Lol

More unique sets in exchange for seals/tomes/etc., though, yes.

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Originally Posted by Bluevann

I don't know, there's only 300 years between bikinis and t-shirts and real life. And the Ironworks gear? That is so absurdly futuristic. With such armor in-game, I don't think ANY kind of clothing at this point would be immersion-breaking.

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Well that is the power of Magitek.

With Magitek main source of advancement is combining Magic and Technology they can eeasily create things thousands of years ahead of their time as the Garlean Empire has shown due to how it harness Aether as a pure source of energy.

Heck the Ironworks Gears and Weapons are only the Generation 1 versions of their future planned mass produced weapons and gears.

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Originally Posted by Chambers

Everything they've added so far didn't break it for you, but a t-shirt would?

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Since the t-shirt was based on underwear from the 19th century, it kinda would. The circumstances for the popularity of the t-shirt don't exist in eorzea, while the circumstances for a lot of the other clothes (yes, including the chocobo and moogle suits and bikinis) currently exist. The camise and undershirt items currently occupy the role the t-shirt did around its popularization.
If we DO get a t-shirt, it'll most likely have buttons on it. A "plain" t-shirt without buttons would be, well, plain. And very few garments in this game can be considered "plain" beyond color.

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Originally Posted by Bluevann

I don't know, there's only 300 years between bikinis and t-shirts and real life. And the Ironworks gear? That is so absurdly futuristic. With such armor in-game, I don't think ANY kind of clothing at this point would be immersion-breaking.

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Technically they're based off of ancient tech in combination with steampunk-esque tech. The allagans kinda had a tron aesthetic going for them that Garlond Ironworks copied. Magical runes can strongly resemble "tech" tron lines, after all.

I'd be happier if we atleast be able to dye these gears rather than be stuck with reskinned gear

I agree with this. I made a thread about this months ago but every1 ignored me.

Well to be soecific i dont like that For example ironworks gears For healers r the same For whm and sch. Y dont they add a single gear For each Class. Y sharing with other classes?

addition of more variety is always a good idea
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I would love to see many more glamor /vanity sets added covering the silly whimsical side (which they do seem to favor sadly) and more so, gorgeous fantasy styled gear.

Some shoes/boots with higher heels would be nice too SE -.-

All gear should be dyeable as well by this point, nothing should be introduced without the ability to dye it imo, from the oldest gear to the newest that's acquired from any means.

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Originally Posted by raymon

it bothers me a little when jobs have the same outfits just with different color schemes
for example the gear from the new dungeons, bard, healers and casters share the same gear just with a different color pattern. it just annoys me and my friends and makes us feel like they are just reusing gear for other classes to save time/money.

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It would be great if each job got unique armor every time there was new content, but the developer's resources are limited and doing this would require a lot of extra work every patch. It's like if you have a favorite author that puts out a book every year. Would it be awesome if they put out a book every six months instead? Sure it would! But there's literally only so much they can do without sacrificing quality.

You know what. If they are running out of ideas, maybe they should reach out to us. We have so many talented people that can create outfits or maybe have some ideas. I don't know, maybe for 2 year anniversary they could host contest where people can design some glamour gear that is questable/crafted(if crafted, it should be easy to do for everyone).

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Originally Posted by Naliee

You know what. If they are running out of ideas, maybe they should reach out to us.

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Here's something that Neil Gaiman said that I've always appreciated about this sort of thing:

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Every published writer has had it - the people who come up to you and tell you that they've Got An Idea. And boy, is it a Doozy. It's such a Doozy that they want to Cut You In On It. The proposal is always the same - they'll tell you the Idea (the hard bit), you write it down and turn it into a novel (the easy bit), the two of you can split the money fifty-fifty

I'm reasonably gracious with these people. I tell them, truly, that I have far too many ideas for things as it is, and far too little time. And I wish them the best of luck.

The Ideas aren't the hard bit. They're a small component of the whole.

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Obviously, he was discussing writing in particular, but the principle is the same for any sort of creative work. The ideas are the easy part. I can promise you the developers at SE have more than enough awesome ideas.