Quote Originally Posted by Catwho View Post
The heavy gear makes sense in Heavensward, because it's freaking COLD in most of the zones. Even the Hinterlands, which look nice and green and lush, are probably hitting a high of 60F at the highest in the daytime and drop into the 40s at night. Sea of Clouds? Have you ever been on a mountaintop because it gets CHILLY there even in the summer.

Maybe if our next expansion takes us to the beach or tropical rainforest, we can get skimpy stuff again. But it really doesn't make sense lorewise for the current chunk of story.
Now that I think of it, maybe my skin is actually gray from frostbite...