What is with the Bard costumes/armor/gear in early Heavensward?

[Warlyx]

yeah brds have the least cool costumes in the game , outside 3-4 cool sets everything looks ugh.... Tanks get the most cool (plate sets are usually cool), followed by DRG (the snowflake that gets special treatment ) , the casters suffer the copy paste curse.... and look like white/black clones

[AskaRay]

yeah brds have the least cool costumes in the game , outside 3-4 cool sets everything looks ugh.... Tanks get the most cool (plate sets are usually cool), followed by DRG (the snowflake that gets special treatment ) , the casters suffer the copy paste curse.... and look like white/black clones

Errr to each their own I guess.
I really don't like plate armor.... I think tanks and DRG have the worst of it TBH.

(bards get the best)

[RiceisNice]

BRD (and by extension, MCH since they share gear) aesthetics have been an incredibly weak point for me, compared to other jobs. Their exclusives have been recolored gear that were previously available to them (and was also previously shared with healers and casters), by comparison of other jobs who had new or previously exclusive models made available . And just to put salt on the wound, MCH/BRDs have lost glamour that was previously exclusive to them entirely when they introduced uraeus coat, which is much much more readily available and is also dyble for all classes.

That, and the amount of robes we'd get that's more fitting of a caster. I could see some resembelence of a BRD/bow wielder wearing a long robe/skirt, but not MCH, and even then it starts to get a bit excessive and disappointing in consideration of their current design.

[Aryalandi]

It is this exact issue that has me looking forward to getting my miqo'te huntress in to her skyhunter set as a glamor, i would have loved a full-on ranger job in this game but it is possible to make yourself look the part with the right gear~

[Kazrah]

What if they're making you look that dumb with that armor as a means to motivate you leveling out of it?

[RiceisNice]

What if they're making you look that dumb with that armor as a means to motivate you leveling out of it?

Glamour is the true end game. You can't out level end game. Therefore, you cannot outlevel glamour and armor.

[Kazrah]

Glamour is the true end game. You can't out level end game. Therefore, you cannot outlevel glamour and armor.

True, but you also can't outlevel the cheapness of not glamouring leveling gear and the humiliation of looking like the most depressing clown.

[nexas506]

All the gear at that level for every job is similar to what you would find in a Victorian Era royal Cort setting.... I think?

[Avidria]

A lot of it is pretty terrible (imo), but there are a couple of decent or even cool sets for bards 50-60.

My biggest issue is with finding good looking pants. So many of the pants that I can wear as a bard are just... so awful. Or they just don't look good with/match any of my other gear. It's better once you hit 60 but still. :/

[AskaRay]

A lot of it is pretty terrible (imo), but there are a couple of decent or even cool sets for bards 50-60.

My biggest issue is with finding good looking pants. So many of the pants that I can wear as a bard are just... so awful. Or they just don't look good with/match any of my other gear. It's better once you hit 60 but still. :/

The only pants you need are the Aoidos ones and their....very tight fit...