Gender Locked Clothes

[LineageRazor]

So what's the reason they keep the genderlock?

Again, the reason is development time. All these female-only clothes are going to need to be redesigned to be able to fit male characters. It's a lot of work, and it is work that would be done for a pretty small group of people (mostly attention-seekers, a few honest crossdressing enthusiasts).

same thing for unrestricted glamour, it would ruin the aesthetic design and art direction of the game. Just because this is an MMO doesn't mean it's a free for all.

Missed that boat - the aesthetic design is ALREADY completely ruined, and has been since the glamour system was implemented. Since it's already FUBAR'd, there's not a lot of harm in opening the floodgates further. :P

[Yukiba]

Man.. This thread again? If they do this I swear ill quit the game. Sick of all this crap. Men and Women are different for a reason. Stop trying to erase lines between the two in dress or otherwise.

[Ymal]

I think most people tend to forget that the system of glamour in this game is taking your huge heavy armor and making it look like something else. You are still wearing that armor, it just looks different, an illusion of sort, you are not really tanking in a bikini unless you are actually using that gear and its stats.

dumbest thing ever, what would be the point of a bunch of adventurers running around in dresses please tell me.

Then what is the point of adventurer running around as a snowman, santa, a chocobo and many more? Or even as a tiny potato? Simple, how about because we want to?This is a fantasy game, the appearance of your character has no impact on the game, unless you put those restrictions yourself.

Again, the reason is development time. All these female-only clothes are going to need to be redesigned to be able to fit male characters. It's a lot of work

The spring dress is already fitted to Male Highlanders, pretty sure it wouldn't take that much work to do the rest.

Men and Women are different for a reason.

Men and women are both human being. Nothing make it impossible for men to wear dresses but what people think of it. Everyone thinks differently and have different opinions. The way that you think isn't entitled to your sex/gender. If you are uncomfortable with this no one is forcing you to do it, that's the freedom of choice and expression. Because one person disagree it shouldn't mean someone can't do what they want as long as they are harming no one.

TLDR don't stare and close your eyes if you see someone wear something you don't like.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET IT'S A FUCKING. VIDEO. GAME.

[ofTheMoores]

This game is definitely gender confused and it's a joke to everyone who doesn't play FFXIV:

[Ymal]

This game is definitely gender confused and it's a joke to everyone who doesn't play FFXIV:

I don't really see your point with this picture, both those gear set can be wear by both gender (except the highlander pants) and the 'dress' he is wearing is a tabard, an actual piece of clothing men (and women?) wore in more medieval times, with the final fantasy touch to it of course.

[LineageRazor]

The spring dress is already fitted to Male Highlanders, pretty sure it wouldn't take that much work to do the rest.

That's a pretty bold claim. First off, you have no idea how much work went into redesigning the dress for Hildebrand to wear.

Secondly, even if they have Highlander good to go, what about the other races? There's a world of difference between the build of a Broegadyn and a Manqo'te. They will need to redesign the dress to fit the other races; the Highlander model isn't going to cut it. (Admittedly, they could probably take a shortcut for Lalas, since males and females have very similar builds).

Thirdly, that's ONE DRESS. You think the upset folks in this thread will be satisfied if SE tosses them one dress? No, they want ALL the genderlocked stuff to be available: Lightning's outfit, swimwear, hempen underwear, etc, etc.

Let's not trivialize this; if SE decided to do this, it's going to take a whole lot of work. The question are whether there actually is a significant enough demographic to justify this effort, or whether it's just a fractional minority complaining in a forum, and whether SE actually knows the statistics and finds them lacking, or whether they don't care to do the research and simply refuse to add the dresses because of traditional gender norms?

[ofTheMoores]

I don't really see your point with this picture, both those gear set can be wear by both gender (except the highlander pants) and the 'dress' he is wearing is a tabard, an actual piece of clothing men (and women?) wore in more medieval times, with the final fantasy touch to it of course.

My point is that women can wear pants, but men in dresses just looks 'off', no matter how you cut it.

[Ashkendor]

My point is that women can wear pants, but men in dresses just looks 'off', no matter how you cut it.

That's... not a dress though. ._.

[ofTheMoores]

That's... not a dress though. ._.

If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck....

[Ashkendor]

If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck....

There have been times when women weren't allowed to wear pants, just like there have been times that the garment you showed above was perfectly normal for men to wear. That still doesn't make it a dress. *shrugs*

I don't think there's anything "off" about seeing a man in whatever the hell he wants to wear.