Quote Originally Posted by Reinha View Post


The theme is the same for both genders but you can see that the male X-shape and female hourglass shape are emphasized. Notice how the female gear is nothing like a beach bikini that people keep offering as the alternative for tin can armor.
What do you mean it's nothing like it? Every single woman in your picture is wearing skimpy swimwear while the men are all fully clothed. Ok, so the women's outfits are based on a one piece swimsuit or teddy rather than a bikini, but whether it's swimwear or lingerie, none of them have clothes on.

I actually do think the male and female versions should be modeled to suit each gender's body shape. The Noct armour is horrible because it fails to do that. The problem there isn't because women get the same gear as men, it's because they get the same gear as men that's still fitted to a man's shape regardless of the character wearing it. SE did a far better job with most of the rest of the armour in the game, giving the same gear but fitted to the character, so the female versions show off the female form flatteringly.

They really screw up when they try to give women different gear than the men, though, especially when they do it on iconic AF gear, like the DRG or NIN sets. The male versions of both of those look great and would look great on a woman as well, but women can't get them, because SE decided to change it up (which is to say screw it up) for the female version, giving them a different and far worse outfit.