Little Ladies's Day

Here's a look at the event and the reward items. The info for the gear doesn't say that they're gender locked and at least we know viera will be able to at least wear the flowers.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...le_Ladies_Day/

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Originally Posted by SannaR

The info for the gear doesn't say that they're gender locked

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Good to see!

I looked up starter gear on the same database to check where it lists the race/gender restrictions, and they're definitely not listed on the new headpieces.

The peach corsage looks lovely, and I'll definitely be making use of it. I've never been keen on monocles though.

Since the monocle frame hooks over the ear, I have to wonder what they'd do for the beast-eared races. Still clipping onto nothing like normal glasses, or would they alter the shape of it?

Finally a dyeable flower headpiece. Been wanting one for the longest.

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Originally Posted by SweetestLily

Finally a dyeable flower headpiece. Been wanting one for the longest.

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Still I don't get why it were chosen to create ten colored copies of same flower headpiece than just one dyeable.

Dang! I was hoping for another snazzy hat.

I could use an update to my monocle though, and that banner is nice and colorful!

Nothing that really interests me, but I can't complain after getting that killer suit last event.

Honestly, I'm just waiting for the flower crown from last year to be put up in the Mogstation. I'd be happy just to have that. But this year's items look alright, I guess. The corsage looks better than the ones that are currently in the game.

Yup! I hope it's accurate because I'm pretty excited about the glams because they check every box:

• No gender restriction
• Dyable
• Tagged for Armoire
• Viera shown wearing it

I feel like I already have more monocles than I'll ever use but this one looks nice and I'm excited about the flowers, plus that stage furnishing looks like it'll get some usage.

I love the peach hairpin! It's even dyeable.
(It fits my FC name. ♥ It's been so warm here lately that my dwarf peach and nectarine trees already start to blossom. Last year they didn't when the event came.)
Though I'm sure it will either clip with hair or float too far away from the head again. Or both. But I'll use it anyway, I've just learned to ignore the clipping if it's not too extreme.

The stage is nice too, and we're finally getting the cherry banner as well. I wanted it ever since the first Little Ladies' Day event. Now we just need more furniture slots.

The peach corsage looks nice, and also looks like it's worn on the opposite side of the head than the existing corsages? Could help with certain gear matching.

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Originally Posted by Sated

Yup! I hope it's accurate because I'm pretty excited about the glams because they check every box:

• Viera shown wearing it

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I'm not happy about it still because it's just flowers, so there's their get out of jail free card for Viera being able to 'wear' it.

Ok ... this thread has some strange praise.

Flowers and monocles have never been gender locked. (Your character is GIVEN a monocle that looks very much like this in the story)
And Viera and Ronso can wear all head gear that's not hats or helms so there's no reason to expect a flower or monocle to not work on them when every other flower hair pin and monocle works on them.

O_o

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Originally Posted by reivaxe

Ok ... this thread has some strange praise.

Flowers and monocles have never been gender locked. (Your character is GIVEN a monocle that looks very much like this in the story)
And Viera and Ronso can wear all head gear that's not hats or helms so there's no reason to expect a flower or monocle to not work on them when every other flower hair pin and monocle works on them.

O_o

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It's simple really, people have gotten so used to not being allowed to wear pieces it is actually a surprise people like when they show off Viera/Hrothgar wearing them.

Well played SE, but you can't fool me mwahahahahahahahaha.

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Originally Posted by reivaxe

Flowers and monocles have never been gender locked.

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They could have made these headpieces one item and forced its appearance change based on gender, which still happens frequently, so I'm very happy they didn't do that with these regardless of how similar they might be to existing alternatives.

They've gendered sandals in the past, so if they need a thankful reminder every time they don't pull stunts like that I'll happily remind them that this is an ideal glam setup. Besides, enjoying the content when they get it right is much more fun for me than expressing grievances when they mess it up. I want them to know that.

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Originally Posted by LalaRu

Still I don't get why it were chosen to create ten colored copies of same flower headpiece than just one dyeable.

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I think they've locked themselves into a system with the "growing coloured flowers" mechanism and they just have to keep going with it.

Still, I wish they managed it better because the flowers are usually lurid bright colours that don't match anything ever.

It would be great if you could tint them with dyes, or if they were partly dyeable while still retaining the specific coloured parts.

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Originally Posted by Tsukino

The peach corsage looks nice, and also looks like it's worn on the opposite side of the head than the existing corsages? Could help with certain gear matching.

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There aren't anywhere near enough headpieces that sit on that side! Only the Makai butterfly hairpin as far as I'm aware.

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Originally Posted by reivaxe

Ok ... this thread has some strange praise.

Flowers and monocles have never been gender locked. (Your character is GIVEN a monocle that looks very much like this in the story)

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Yes, but event gear is often locked so it seems like a 50/50 chance.

Also, last year's daisy crowns were essentially gender-locked by giving us one item with two different appearances.

I love how when a piece of headgear actually does work on viera they show the heck out of it. Like, "SEE, SEE it works!". :p

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Originally Posted by Crushnight

It's simple really, people have gotten so used to not being allowed to wear pieces it is actually a surprise people like when they show off Viera/Hrothgar wearing them.

Well played SE, but you can't fool me mwahahahahahahahaha.

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They actually go out of their way to show them wearing the head gear they can wear when new sets are added.
The new PvP gear showed off both Viera and Hrothgar wearing mask on the official spread, in one of the recent dev streams they used Hrothgar and Viera to show off the Pld and healer gear cause the head gear wasn't hats, Hrothgar is the ranged DPS in the official spread for the tome gear for 5.2
Feels strange that I have a better understanding of what to expect for head gear for these races than people who main them.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

Yes, but event gear is often locked so it seems like a 50/50 chance.

Also, last year's daisy crowns were essentially gender-locked by giving us one item with two different appearances.

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It's not a 50/ 50 if you apply any bit of logic to it.
Even your example of daisy crowns doesn't work here. Yeah, the other gender gets a different type of daisy crown. But it's still a daisy crown, not a highly gendered thing 1 way or another. It's not like dudes get a face mask or something else that's completely unrelated instead.

There's no logical connection between a flower hair pin and a monocle.

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Originally Posted by Sated

They could have made these headpieces one item and forced its appearance change based on gender, which still happens frequently, so I'm very happy they didn't do that with these regardless of how similar they might be to existing alternatives.

They've gendered sandals in the past.

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Are the gendered Sandals still sandals between the genders or are they turned into combat boots?
And again, there's no logical connection between these 2 items.


Feel like this obsession over gender and head gear is a meme at this point, we all know good and well that Viera aren't getting Hats or helms but we also know they can wear anything that's not a hat or helm.
And yes, they make design changes between gender on items. But there wouldn't be any reason to think a flower hair pin becomes a monocle on a male... when every flower hair pin in the game works on both genders (the only gendered Monocle that I can think of is the Char glam on the mog site which are always gendered)

Anyway, on the topic, I like that you can dye these so that I don't have grow flowers to get different colors of the same flower.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

I think they've locked themselves into a system with the "growing coloured flowers" mechanism and they just have to keep going with it.

Still, I wish they managed it better because the flowers are usually lurid bright colours that don't match anything ever.

It would be great if you could tint them with dyes, or if they were partly dyeable while still retaining the specific coloured parts.

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I'd love to see them redo the corsage system and should probably make a separate thread for this being kind of off-topic but...

I think ideally I'd do it like:

White corsage: Rare flowers, can be dyed
Black corsage: Rare flowers
Rainbow corsage: Current "rainbow" version crafted using blue/yellow/red flowers
Fire corsage: A "Rainbow" crafted using yellow/orange/red flowers
Pastel corsage: Soft version like hydrangeas, crafted using purple/blue/red flowers

And other color combinations, etc. It'd still keep the gardening for unique colors aspect in tact while also creating room for better/alternate rainbow patterns AND allowing room for a dyable version.

Also RIP Reuse... corsage king.

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Originally Posted by reivaxe

And again, there's no logical connection between these 2 items.

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They do it with skirts/shorts and pants quite often... when they change an outfit based on gender it may not even match the icon meant to represent it.
They do it often enough that I've begun to notice when they don't do it, like with this event fortunately.

I'm not big on any of the furnitures but I looooove that corsage, the monocle is good for a more foppish character, too.

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Originally Posted by Sated

I'd love to see them redo the corsage system and should probably make a separate thread for this being kind of off-topic but...

I think ideally I'd do it like:

White corsage: Rare flowers, can be dyed
Black corsage: Rare flowers
Rainbow corsage: Current "rainbow" version crafted using blue/yellow/red flowers
Fire corsage: A "Rainbow" crafted using yellow/orange/red flowers
Pastel corsage: Soft version like hydrangeas, crafted using purple/blue/red flowers

And other color combinations, etc. It'd still keep the gardening for unique colors aspect in tact while also creating room for better/alternate rainbow patterns AND allowing room for a dyable version.

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Please do, because I'd support the heck out of a system like that.

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Originally Posted by WhiteArchmage

Please do, because I'd support the heck out of a system like that.

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I just did here in the Items forum.

I'll try and remember to edit a screenshot when I get home to help illustrate it better since a list isn't as fun to read though:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/415346

And yea, I really like how this new corsage looks. I'm curious how it dyes.

So no FEM roes in that pic? The oppression is real.

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Do mine eyes deceive me or do I perceive a new monocle awaits me? :eek:

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Originally Posted by Iscah

Also, last year's daisy crowns were essentially gender-locked by giving us one item with two different appearances.

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The corsage looks like it changes appearance some based on gender this year too. The Viera in the image has 5 flowers and in a bright pink. The icon only has 3 flowers in a duller pink and maybe a (more) yellow center. The icon usually depicts the male variation. Can't say about the monocle because the image shows it on a male character.

More flowers for my hair? This pleases me immensely.

Super hyped for the hair ornament, and the stage and banners look really nice as well. I'm usually a little down on seasonal events that don't offer much in terms of glamour but this one is quite appealing regardless.

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Originally Posted by Ariane

The corsage looks like it changes appearance some based on gender this year too. The Viera in the image has 5 flowers and in a bright pink. The icon only has 3 flowers in a duller pink and maybe a (more) yellow center. The icon usually depicts the male variation. Can't say about the monocle because the image shows it on a male character.

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Hmm, good point. Though I think the yellower(?) centre might be just how it's rendered on the image vs the 3D item.

It's an odd decision to make, though. It's not like having less flowers in your pink flower hairpin makes it more masculine.

Forgive the gender stereotyping please - both my male characters made use of the daisy crown! (And no it didn't look feminine on them. Really.)

I'm not a big monocle fan, but I really enjoy the hairpin, it's lovely !

At least it's not just food for once :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by reivaxe

Ok ... this thread has some strange praise.

Flowers and monocles have never been gender locked. (Your character is GIVEN a monocle that looks very much like this in the story)
And Viera and Ronso can wear all head gear that's not hats or helms so there's no reason to expect a flower or monocle to not work on them when every other flower hair pin and monocle works on them.

O_o

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Viera have so few hat and hair options that I mean, I personally get unreasonably happy when I find something new actually fits on them at all. So it's the fact that it's even something they can wear.

Me being outright giddy about being able to wear the freaking Nier hood is part of why I switched off the race. Because it kinda hit me how silly that was.

Anyway. Really like the pin. It doesn't fit any of my current glams but I'm sure I'll find a way to use it eventually!

For some reason, I'm not able to go back into the Phrontistery after having left it. Is there a step I'm missing? I did the main quest and I want to do the repeatable but I don't see the NPC that lets you in.

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Originally Posted by RoseSymphony

For some reason, I'm not able to go back into the Phrontistery after having left it. Is there a step I'm missing? I did the main quest and I want to do the repeatable but I don't see the NPC that lets you in.

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I've just checked - the alchemist is still at the door for me, and lets me in if I speak to him.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

I've just checked - the alchemist is still at the door for me, and let's me in if I speak to him.

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I just checked again and either I'm blind or he did disappear temporarily, but looks like he's there now. All is well!