Male Armor Sets too flamboyant. Bring full armor back!

[Kurogaea]

*gag*

Oh god put it away! *Hrmmphh* ugh... I kinda see what the OP is saying. Tanks are wearing less tank looking gear and looking less armored than they should. Honestly I'd actually like to see the soup can armors come back as well as the dungeon exclusive metal armor plate sets.

[LadyVal]

Oh god put it away! *Hrmmphh* ugh...

If you're that worked up over seeing fully clothed men in moderately laced/fastened corsets, I would hate to see you react to anything more vulgar than Care Bears. lol

[Kurogaea]

If you're that worked up over seeing fully clothed men in moderately laced/fastened corsets, I would hate to see you react to anything more vulgar than Care Bears. lol

Its not the fact that they're fully clothed, obviously. You do know what happens to your organs when you keep those laces on for too long as tight as they did in that last picture right? They all shift to your lower regions. For a guy it sounds just as horrifying X(

But what is tank gear supposed to look like? And how much should a tank be required to wear to visually qualify for their role? If you want to start getting into the realm of realism, no amount of armor would feasible protect you from most of the creatures we fight anyway so how little or how much anyone wears should make no difference (yeah that plate armor is going to do you a whole lot of good against something that blasts you with super-heated plasma or swats you with a paw the size of a sedan). But this isn't real life, it's a High Fantasy game so basic logic need not apply.

I just find it funny that people are fine with our characters being able to survive hits from things that would most certainly kill you in real life, but having armor that shows a little skin or doesn't look "tanky enough" is suddenly going too far and breaks immersion. Where's your consistency?

What? I never even said anything about reality now did I? All I said they're wearing gear that doesn't look tanky and I see what the OP is saying. As for an idea of tanky gear, I would probably talk about adamanite armor being probably the strongest metal, like Wolverine strong so it'd make sense if reality played a part though I don't care for it in my Fantasy RPG MMO. Though I do see people playing the reality card when some ask for child races in this game, or more bikini skin revealing armor in dungeons.

[ElHeggunte]

What? I never even said anything about reality now did I? All I said they're wearing gear that doesn't look tanky [...]

Yes, you kind of did. Pointing out that tanks "look less armored than they should" or that the gear doesn't look "tanky" implies a realism argument. If you aren't applying realism, it shouldn't matter what the armor looks like outside of aesthetic preference. If you mean to say the appearance of the armor simply doesn't fit the popular knight-in-a-can archetype, fine. Fair enough. But if you mean that the armor doesn't look like it would offer enough protection from attacks you need to check your logic at the door.

Because like I mentioned in my previous post, most of the things we fight in this game (and most fantasy games for that matter) have the strength or abilities that would immediately render armor completely useless if you start trying to be realistic. If you're fine with being able to survive a blow from a creature the size of a house or any of the other crazy attacks we're hit with in this game you should have no problem with how practical your equipment looks. It's inconsistent reasoning otherwise.

Paladin: *survives being punched by Sephirot* Man, look at this crazy Hellfire armor. Someone could stab me right in my perfectly sculpted chest and there's nothing there to protect me. Talk about impractical design. It's so unrealistic!

[Whiteroom]

Yes, you kind of did. Pointing out that tanks "look less armored than they should" or that the gear doesn't look "tanky" implies a realism argument. If you aren't applying realism, it shouldn't matter what the armor looks like outside of aesthetic preference. If you mean to say the appearance of the armor simply doesn't fit the popular knight-in-a-can archetype, fine. Fair enough. But if you mean that the armor doesn't look like it would offer enough protection from attacks you need to check your logic at the door.

Because like I mentioned in my previous post, most of the things we fight in this game (and most fantasy games for that matter) have the strength or abilities that would immediately render armor completely useless if you start trying to be realistic. If you're fine with being able to survive a blow from a creature the size of a house or any of the other crazy attacks we're hit with in this game you should have no problem with how practical your equipment looks. It's inconsistent reasoning otherwise.

Paladin: *survives being punched by Sephirot* Man, look at this crazy Hellfire armor. Someone could stab me right in my perfectly sculpted chest and there's nothing there to protect me. Talk about impractical design. It's so unrealistic!

This. People seem to be having a bit of trouble understanding what Fantasy is. If you want to start getting into the whole "That doesn't look like it would offer protection" arguement, where are the, "that looks like it would hinder movement, why doesn't it have negative skill speed?" discussions?

[Kurogaea]

Because like I mentioned in my previous post, most of the things we fight in this game (and most fantasy games for that matter) have the strength or abilities that would immediately render armor completely useless if you start trying to be realistic. If you're fine with being able to survive a blow from a creature the size of a house or any of the other crazy attacks we're hit with in this game you should have no problem with how practical your equipment looks. It's inconsistent reasoning otherwise.
Paladin: *survives being punched by Sephirot* Man, look at this crazy Hellfire armor. Someone could stab me right in my perfectly sculpted chest and there's nothing there to protect me. Talk about impractical design. It's so unrealistic!

It implies I seen how tank armor used to look and how it looks now. You happen to be thinking about realism for some reason when I'm thinking about previous armor sets in the game that just happen to be what I can clearly see as tank gear (metal plates, chainmail, etc).

Also you do realize the WoL are basically immortal right? We can't die thanks to the Echo and Hydaelyns blessing. We just get beat up till we pass out and promptly warp to a safe spot. That's why we take as much damage as we do and move around like nothing happened. Or at least thats what I heard from my lore buddies anyway. >_>

[Chasely]

Its not the fact that they're fully clothed, obviously. You do know what happens to your organs when you keep those laces on for too long as tight as they did in that last picture right? They all shift to your lower regions. For a guy it sounds just as horrifying

Corsets were originally designed for men, you know. They were created to help mens' ppostures and fix hunched backs.

[Nestama]

Corsets were originally designed for men, you know. They were created to help mens' ppostures and fix hunched backs.

Were they good for a war-type setting, though?

[Chasely]

Were they good for a war-type setting, though?

Of course. If you sit striaghter in your saddle you're less likely to fall off.

[Whiteroom]

Were they good for a war-type setting, though?

Tbh, I don't think Magic, dragons, demons, dinosaurs, the void, giant dolls, animated statues, eikons,or primals were considered in real world armor designs either... Ramuh would be fun in steel plate right!

How does that skimpy outfit offer protection, magic is how. We aren't exactly playing Calvary Sim 3.0 here.

If you want to star arguinig real world designs, why don't we start talking about armor weights, mobility, endurance etc. Maybe you can throw on your darksteel plate and your skill speed goes down by half, but your chance of taking a crit hit also goes down, maybe it decreases your inventory by half, since it is so heavy, that whole thing games used to do.

I'm assuming real world semantics only count as far as the benefits to your point go, right?