Can the males get swimsuits that are a little more...manly? [Not a hate thread]

[SupaCancerion]

Again, this is NOT a hate thread at all. I LOVE this Summer Event. Yoshida, I think you and your crew have done a wonderful job capturing the feel of a festival for your game. You've surpassed my expectations (Admittedly, kind of half expected Bells again ^^; ) in pretty much every way! The animations for the balloons, and the atmosphere of the event is completely awesome! As well as the idea behind it.

That being said, as a male player, I'm not particularly excited to receive the rewards for myself. The ONLY reason I've seen any actual excitement to wear them is from people who enjoy wearing Subligars as joke, or male players that like/used to effeminate clothing. I went and got one, of course, but it doesn't mean I actually enjoy wearing it.

I understand that traditional Japanese swimsuits are more along the lines of what we've received in-game, and that's fine. All I'm really asking for is variety in the future. I want to be able to put a swimsuit on my character in-game without it being a skin-tight speed-o. Release different types of swimsuits.

Possibilities: You all remember the famous Blitzball player Tidus (at least..if you played FF10 you do).

Make something like what he's wearing. It's like a mix. He used them to swim in so I'll consider the trunks a swimsuit! http://www.heavenlyswords.com/images/C/tidus.jpg

Now, to go along with that, I understand that since SE has decide to go with swimsuit Tops as well, just go with the vest-style idea that XI had. I actually liked those. I remember only ever wearing those instead of the full set because the male trunks always looked so close to a speedo.

Once again, I'm not hating on the summer event, I just know I'm not the only person thinking this. If women can get swimsuits that get to show off that they are sexier (i.e. thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/16387-Can-we-get-female-outfits-that-are-a-little-sexier?highlight=sexier") then why can't the male versions also be able to feel at least comfortable in their swimsuit? I want to want the reward, I really do.


TL;DR - Just asking for more "style" variety in next year's rewards. Some men like to wear Speedos/skin-tight short-shorts, but I like to wear swim trunks.

If you think I'm completely wrong and 90% of the male population actually LIKES their swimsuit for reasons other than joking around about it, then I'll gladly tear this thread down. But it doesn't hurt to simply ask them in a nice way.

I see your point, I don't like the man bra either. I think if they got rid of the male tops it would look a lot better and more like actual swimwear. I'm fine with the tight shorts tho. I honestly like the fact that SE is going against the grain and isn't afraid to bring out the sexy in the males too; the male body is beautiful as well! It's kind of lame and even a bit sexist in my opinion that in our culture it's deemed weird for guys to show off their bodies, but females are encouraged to do it. Gender roles are dumb if ya ask me :-P However I'm all for options, swimtrunks would be cool too. They could have little chocobos/moogles on them or something! That would be sweet :-)