Request: Hempen Garb - Racial Unlock

[Oscura]

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It's less that anyone is making this clear cut and more just that people want to see it happen, and that it is possible. I was simply addressing that it is not as if them deciding to work on this will ultimately take away from anything else. No one can prove that, so it is pointless to say. Even in their own excuse, they wanted only 1 dungeon for odd numbered patches for extra content like eureka, ultimate, stuff like bard songs, etc. We were supposed to get those this patch. Most were delayed. There was no equivalent exchange as people like to argue.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

However, in FFXIV I need someone to explain why only miqo'te are allowed to wear this sexy schoolgirl halloween costume RSE, because it doesn't really seem evocative of their tribal roots and there's no miqo'te city where all the NPCs run around in miniskirts.

In all honesty, the only RSE that makes "sense" in terms of appearance is probably the Au Ra set - and even there, I still feel it works more for xaela than for raen. But the rest of the gear on other races? I have absolutely no idea how it relates to their culture or history at all.

I'm all for tearing down unnecessary locks on gear and glamour items. While the RSE makes little sense to me, it's fine to have those locked for whatever lore purposes one wishes to justify them with somehow - but.... come on. Underwear is race-based? Lmao.

[Serilda]

Where it's frustrating is that a lot of the designs are basic, ordinary clothing shapes; to use an example, if the Miqo'te female top is deemed to be too cultural to share, can we at least get a similar vest for everyone else with different stitching or dye patterns or something? For males, can we please have some kind of actual loincloth all jobs can wear? Why can't anyone wear halternecks other than a single subset of Hyur? And how relevant are these items anyway? My friend only knew they existed because I bought her a set for a POTD adventure the other day, it's not as though they feature heavily in the lore or background like the FFXI equivalent. Race optimisation is fine when it makes sense, like tail decorations or ear pouches (however controversial). This does not make sense.

I think even slightly modified patterns or stitching to make the racial variants special would be fine so long as the gaps in our wardrobes are filled. It's easier for them to adapt the existing designs than make up new ones though - most (if not all) will only need the modelling team rather than going all the way back to the drawing board - so it makes sense to press for that as a solution. S-E is plainly interested in helping so second-guessing their resource management skills doesn't seem worthwhile.

[LineageRazor]

The original racial sets I agree should stay racial, even if the relation they have to their races' actual cultures seem dubious at best. It's still the case that all the promotions and advertisements featuring these races show them in their race-specific starter gear, so those items really do have a strong racial association to them from the get-go.

The hempen sets, however... I don't have an issue with spreading these around. Perhaps the split variants could be named things like "Highlander Chemise" or "Elezen Underpants" to keep the original racial source in memory.

That said, I can't decide whether seeing a Lala girl decked out in Highlander bondage undies would be more hilarious or disturbing...

[AmiBeau]

No offense, but this is coming off as if you're attacking her opinion. We're all allowed to have our own thoughts when it comes to topics like these. Layla feels that they should remain locked as she feels they are linked to the individual races. I personally feel differently about the subject, but I won't rehash that as I've already shared my thoughts. What stats are you expecting anyone on these forums to throw at you?

I'm honestly not attacking anyone; I just expect some evidence of their claim. Simply saying I don't want something isn't productive; use examples to state your case, even anecdotal would be fine, just SOME evidence backing up their claim. That's all I ask.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

They previously said that they were looking in to doing exactly this, so all we can do is wait. The debate was in quite a long thread about the topic.

Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...77#post4084077

Saw the subject brought up again, and was going to go look for this quote...

Thanks for saving me the trouble of looking it up!




I support unlocking.

[ErryK]

That said, I can't decide whether seeing a Lala girl decked out in Highlander bondage undies would be more hilarious or disturbing...

They can already wear bikinis and do this, I think that's the last thing anyone should worry about.

[Aldotsk]

Why would I want to see muscly Roedagyn/Elezen/Highlander/Au Ra male wearing female version hempen garb?

I mean people have their own kinks, but I am good enough seeing people wear yoga pants locally where I live in IRL. I don't need to see some unisex skimpy outfits in game. Hi Blade and Soul.
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[Dualgunner]

Why would I want to see muscly Roedagyn/Elezen/Highlander/Au Ra male wearing female version hempen garb?

I mean people have their own kinks, but I am good enough seeing people wear yoga pants locally where I live in IRL. I don't need to see some unisex skimpy outfits in game. Hi Blade and Soul.
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First: the thread is asking for racial unlock, not sex unlock.
Second: I respect you don't want something like that. I however like the idea of more glamour freedom.

[Serilda]

Why would I want to see muscly Roedagyn/Elezen/Highlander/Au Ra male wearing female version hempen garb?

I mean people have their own kinks, but I am good enough seeing people wear yoga pants locally where I live in IRL. I don't need to see some unisex skimpy outfits in game. Hi Blade and Soul.

What are you talking about? This is about female Lalafell wearing female Highlander underwear (and other combinations like that).

A lot of the male underwear is already skimpier than the female versions since there's no need to cover our breasts. If you hate unisex gear, just avoid wearing it and move on with your life.