Valentione's Day 2014 Edition

[Enkidoh]

Gotta say, i'm getting a little tired of the gender armour.. I don't know if even half the costume designers have actually spoken to a real woman, but not all of us want to wear miniskirts, high stockings and generally look like every outfit was designed to be modeled in front of a guy; While the male version of the outfit looks like an actual outfit that's suited to be worn outside.

I mean really.. you see both of those outfits being worn by people in the real world; Most would think that the man was a chef at a restaurant (even if they thought the colour scheme was gaudy); While the look of the female armour would get her pegged as a theme stripper.

I'm not saying -don't- make the miniskirt (and other armours) but give the women a chance to wear the respectable clothes (and of course give the guys the chance to wear their own *ahem* stylized clothing.)

Although I understand and sympathize where you're coming from, I actually like this attire - the maid costume is more in the 'elegant lolita' fashion style that is actually a popular subculture in Japan which I've always had a fascination with (I admit I squeed when I first saw that concept art for these costumes back in one of the Live letters last year).

Incidentally, Square Enix does actually have women on it's art design team, so your argument that SE's art team are out of touch isn't right - if anything FFXIV is one of the more tamer MMOs I've seen when it comes to female fashion and armour (about the only slutty armour in the game is the Colosseum gear, and even that makes sense in context). FFXI was a far worse offender in that regard.

Anyway, I can't wait for this! I can't wait to see my bf's character in the maid costume hehe.

I just punched a walrus in the face.

Why? I saw that artwork. Most notably, the cat.
I scrolled down to the rewards for this event. No new cat minion.

Aww, the poor walrus!

To me the cat looks more like the Cait Sith minion, which would explain why a cat minion isn't included in the event. But then I'm probably wrong.