An idea for Glamour

[Lilyarel]

Make all glamour available for all classes except for job icon gear.

For example, a Bard cant wear a BLM cant wear a SMN coat and so on.

[Dyne_Fellpool]

No thanks. I'd actually prefer if they tightened the glamour restrictions a bit more. Tanks shouldn't be able to run around and tank effectively in robes or swimwear, for instance. And mages shouldn't be able to fight in heavy armor.

You can play any class in this game. If you want to fight in a robe, be a mage. If you want to fight in armor, be a tank. I think stuff like swimwear should be of course equippable by all but it should be unglamourable so that if you want to wear it in town, fine, but this way it would not be usuable in battle.

Just my opinion, of course.

[Adire]

I'm all for glamour freedom.

I don't get all of the defenses saying things like "tanks should always wear armor"

Isn't the lore behind glamouring that magic is masking the true appearance of armor/clothes with the appearance of another piece? So technically a tank in a bikini is wearing armor, magic is just masking its appearance.

The fact that if a tank just wears a bikini directly, they'll take a massive amount of damage also supports this.

That said, if I'm correct, there's no reason for restricting anything at all. There's a lore reason that conveniently allows for ultimate freedom without having to cause breaks in immersion for anyone.

[Dyne_Fellpool]

Lore-wise, sure. But it just detracts from the overall fantasy aesthetic of the game.
Remember, Lore can be used to creatively explain ANYTHING. That's a given and not really in itself a reason to justify things. (imo)

[Lilyarel]

Lore-wise, sure. But it just detracts from the overall fantasy aesthetic of the game.
Remember, Lore can be used to creatively explain ANYTHING. That's a given and not really in itself a reason to justify things. (imo)

I'm afriad the fantasy argument is against you

http://static.gamespot.com/uploads/o...31352-0004.jpg

"A garb imbued with the soul of the warrior. It increases the wearer's physical damage and maximum HP.

A warrior soul. Which is a tank in FF14

[Rfus]

No thanks. I'd actually prefer if they tightened the glamour restrictions a bit more. Tanks shouldn't be able to run around and tank effectively in robes or swimwear, for instance. And mages shouldn't be able to fight in heavy armor.

You can play any class in this game. If you want to fight in a robe, be a mage. If you want to fight in armor, be a tank. I think stuff like swimwear should be of course equippable by all but it should be unglamourable so that if you want to wear it in town, fine, but this way it would not be usuable in battle.

"No fun allowed."

[Dyne_Fellpool]

"No fun allowed."

Hyperbole, much?

I think it's more fun to play alongside magey-looking mages and armorey-looking warriors. I think its fun to be able to look at someone and tell what kind of role they would play in combat by the garb they carry into battle.
This topic is all opinion though, so you will find no right or wrong answers in this thread.

[Dyne_Fellpool]

I'm afriad the fantasy argument is against you

http://static.gamespot.com/uploads/o...31352-0004.jpg

"A garb imbued with the soul of the warrior. It increases the wearer's physical damage and maximum HP.

A warrior soul. Which is a tank in FF14

I said the overall fantasy aesthetic. You are still trying to use lore to make your case.

Again, this is my opinion. But I feel it would detract from the fantasy aesthetic of the overall game.

[Lilyarel]

I said the overall fantasy aesthetic. You are still trying to use lore to make your case.

Again, this is my opinion. But I feel it would detract from the fantasy aesthetic of the overall game.

Coliseum set. Secondly, Loonh Gah. Its the garb of the warrior. Not the job warrior but warriors in general. Thats the type of aesthetic in FF games. If this were something like Skyrim, then yeah I would agree. But this series has its fair share of skimpy armor.

[Colorful]

I said the overall fantasy aesthetic. You are still trying to use lore to make your case.

Again, this is my opinion. But I feel it would detract from the fantasy aesthetic of the overall game.

Personally I think lore enhances my immersion into a fantasy game, and with that immersion comes "fantasy aesthetic". Sure, a warrior wearing a bikini is out there, but I don't see anything wrong with a Mage wearing plate armour. There's nothing preventing them from doing so, they have the same physical strength of every other character. Whatever floats your boat though. I'd like to see this happen, but it's been suggested countless times and SE has yet to say much about it.