Scion purchaseable sets limited by gender? Why?!

[Kosmos992k]

I'm just really irritated the sets aren't dyable. You'd think for a cash shop item that ought to be part of it.

Since the intention is to sell something that let's you cosplay as the original NPC, they probably did not consider that people would want to dye the gear items, since it immediately detracts from the link to the original character.

[Niwashi]

Since the intention is to sell something that let's you cosplay as the original NPC, they probably did not consider that people would want to dye the gear items, since it immediately detracts from the link to the original character.

But that's not what they're generally for. We're not pretending to be Minfilia or Thancred, or whoever. We're just dressing in the same styles they wear. Just like when my character, Y'kayah, dresses like Snow from FFXIII, he isn't pretending to be Snow (a person he's never met or even heard of). He's just wearing a cool looking trenchcoat he was given by a visiting lady he fought alongside a few times.

Lorewise, the fact that Minfilia wears what she does indicates that the tailors of Eorzea make clothes in that style, and it shouldn't be too difficult for other people to get similar outfits. Gameplay-wise, when players see an outfit that looks cool, they'll often want similar outfits for themselves. It's about getting that cool looking style they saw on someone else, not about pretending to be that someone else. And if the "someone" whom they saw it on is an iconic NPC, then it really helps if they can dye it or combine it piecemeal with other gear, not only to achieve a look they like better, but also to be able to avoid looking too much like that iconic NPC it was designed from.

All of these sets should be unisex, dyable, and divided into separate chest/legs/hands/feet pieces. The fact that they aren't is just sloppy and lazy.