Quote Originally Posted by BlaiseArath View Post
Yes, some games out there are ridiculous when it comes to armor choices and if anyone read my first post (hint they didn't) they would see I find these options absurd sometimes because it takes it too far, but XIV is by and far one of the most fair MMOs I've played when it comes to attire options.
Just because they're relatively decent on their track record of not going TERA and making any female armor show 90% more skin than male armor, doesn't mean they aren't still at fault for when they do decide to have a vast disparity in appearance between male and female. Scylla, DRG AF, NIN AF, BRD AF, Evenstar, and probably more that I'm forgetting at the moment - that's still far too much, and made even worse by the fact they ARE so good at keeping armor relatively the same for both genders. Especially when it comes to the iconic FF gear that the AFs tend to represent, what even is the point in making such disparity and cutting out pieces of the gear for females other than just for some ridiculous sex appeal which ends up annoying a good portion of the game's population?

Make ridiculous gender-disparity all you want with dungeon or crafted gear, or heck do us all a favor and make all revealing female gear revealing on males too, the Twelve know I'd enjoy some more skin on my male characters. But don't cut out random bits and pieces of AF gear just so females will have the "sexy" version. It's ridiculous and unnecessary. And plenty of people in the DRK AF discussion thread aren't happy about the gendered differences in some of the AF pieces we have already.

If SE really wants to have females show skin for the purposes of showing skin and leaving huge gaping "Stab me here!" holes in their gear, then do so for males as well. Least then we'd all be dying in equal amounts.