Please do NOT alter Dark Knight AF for female characters.

[MirielleLavandre]

While this is about armor... can I just say that as a female I'd be pretty embarrassed to be using the WHM staff in the 3.0 shot...Just saying...

[Jynx]

can I just say

Seriously?

The staff doesn't portray anything but a angel figure. There us nothing sexual about it or even implied.

I think people get a bit over defensive about this kind of stuff. This is overreaching especially when there a good examples like the drg armor to look at instead of a staff with a figure on it.

[Kosmos992k]

Seriously?

The staff doesn't portray anything but a angel figure. There us nothing sexual about it or even implied.

I think people get a bit over defensive about this kind of stuff. This is overreaching especially when there a good examples like the drg armor to look at instead of a staff with a figure on it.

Jynx, you have to remember, we live in an age where the works of some of the greatest artists in history have to be covered in an effort to protect...well, I'm not sure who we are protecting, but someone is being protected according to those doing the covering. All manner of sculpture, including Michelangelo's David and heaven knows how many cherubs have been obscured. I'm sure that the figure on the staff would fall into the category of work that some would wish to see covered. We live in a new age of puritanical influence....

I'd only be embarrassed because it looks like a naked woman (very well endowed) thrusting her chest out - and not like something I think I'd want to show to my child or have them find in my closet. It isn't a bad piece at all - I just would be kind of embarrassed to own something that looked like that if it existed in real life and yep, in the game.

Why? Apart from the obvious fact that anatomy is anatomy, what would the problem be with having such a sculpture in your home? How would it in any way damage your child's mind or development to see such a depiction? It's not sexual in any way, it's simply a nude(ish) figure. People really need to start learning to separate nudes (works of art) from sexually charged or explicit material.

[Eidolon]

While this is about armor... can I just say that as a female I'd be pretty embarrassed to be using the WHM staff in the 3.0 shot...Just saying...

Why emberassed, if I can ask? It's meant to be a statue-esque piece on the top of the staff. It's not really overtly sexual, at least no more 'sexual' than say, Cloud of Darkness was? To me it's just a piece of nice visual art.

[MirielleLavandre]

Why emberassed, if I can ask? It's meant to be a statue-esque piece on the top of the staff. It's not really overtly sexual, at least no more 'sexual' than say, Cloud of Darkness was? To me it's just a piece of nice visual art.

I'd only be embarrassed because it looks like a naked woman (very well endowed) thrusting her chest out - and not like something I think I'd want to show to my child or have them find in my closet. It isn't a bad piece at all - I just would be kind of embarrassed to own something that looked like that if it existed in real life and yep, in the game.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I'd only be embarrassed because it looks like a naked woman (very well endowed) thrusting her chest out - and not like something I think I'd want to show to my child or have them find in my closet. It isn't a bad piece at all - I just would be kind of embarrassed to own something that looked like that if it existed in real life and yep, in the game.

You must not like beaches and pools.

[Lyrinn]

I'd only be embarrassed because it looks like a naked woman (very well endowed) thrusting her chest out - and not like something I think I'd want to show to my child or have them find in my closet. It isn't a bad piece at all - I just would be kind of embarrassed to own something that looked like that if it existed in real life and yep, in the game.

It looks like a classic Roman or Greek statuette ...

[Mahri]

No one is saying 'no more sexy in my game at all'. What is being requested is that an iconic piece of gear, that is the primary representation of a specific job or class, is not drastically altered for the sexes, theme wise or look wise. This set is suppose to represent Dark Knights. It does not need to be glamed up or dolled out for any reason.

Thank you for actually understanding my point. Like, seriously. All of it.

...though for the record, I kinda like the Noct gear for how hilariously overwrought it is. For the maximum impact, glamour the Replica Mistbeard Mask as the helmet (as it was originally designed to be, according to the art book)

If you are embarrassed, offended, or otherwise feel that this is inappropriate: Please, please never go to an art museum with ancient Greek sculptures. There are penises on some of them, oh my god

For the record: I might use skimpier armor myself if miqo'te had a damn muscle tone slider.