Request to unlock Hempen set styles

[Fawkes]

There's clearly something different about the hempen gear, though. What other gear changes look based on race, while only being one single item? (as in, there's only one actual hempen camise item that can be worn by all races)

Well plenty of hats have ear pockets on miqote, or that weird evenstar tail sheath. There's gear that looks different depending on if a male or female equips it too, like how WHM AF pants become a panty-skirt. Granted the hempen gear is probably the most different looks on a single piece, but I don't think that means it's made differently.

[Nezerius]

Well plenty of hats have ear pockets on miqote, or that weird evenstar tail sheath. There's gear that looks different depending on if a male or female equips it too, like how WHM AF pants become a panty-skirt. Granted the hempen gear is probably the most different looks on a single piece, but I don't think that means it's made differently.

The hats are still the same model, with a slight modification for the ears, same goes for the evenstar chest and Miqo'te/Au Ra. The only thing that gets close to the hempen set is the items like the WHM AF pants that you mentioned, but even those are just looking at whether the character is male or female.

The hempen set uses entirely different models based on which race, so it's 6 different models on a single item. I think if it were something simple, they'd also be able to use this for multiple glamours on the same piece of gear.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

The hats are still the same model, with a slight modification for the ears, same goes for the evenstar chest and Miqo'te/Au Ra. The only thing that gets close to the hempen set is the items like the WHM AF pants that you mentioned, but even those are just looking at whether the character is male or female.

The hempen set uses entirely different models based on which race, so it's 6 different models on a single item. I think if it were something simple, they'd also be able to use this for multiple glamours on the same piece of gear.

I wouldn't be surprised if all gear actually worked this way under the hood...

Just because the model is similar across all races doesn't mean it's the exact same model being used by the game engine.
Tweaked to better fit each specific race/gender.