Quote Originally Posted by Hestzhyen View Post
We're not asking for girls to get less stuff or for all guys to be forced to "wear mini skirts and high boots". We're asking for SE to stop being lazy with our designs. If girls are getting a unique outfit that hasn't existed previously, we should too. Or at least equally flip-flop between who gets the special new stuff if resources are too strained to do two new things at once. We're paying customers too.
Um, I'm sorry, I just can't share the same view of females getting better things than males in this game, as I'm too in love with tons of the outfits males have (>_<) Believe me, this is a matter that has bothered me greatly in every other game I've played, and I'm the first one to complain. I just don't feel that way in FFXIV; I think that both males and females get very nice things.

The Saints Wake samples you gave are both modified versions of crafter gears. The female one was modified into having a skirt, a detail you can't add to the male one because the majority of males don't want to wear skirts (as I mentioned, it's not SE's fault that male fashion is a bit less versatile than female one when it comes to skirts/trousers). The bottom part is supposed to be chosen by you in both the male and the female case, which makes them the same. For the record, I happen to like the male version of that outfit more than the female one *falls over*.

So I don't know, I really don't get the impression that male designs are being made carelessly or have less thought poured into them. FFXIV males look extremely good to me @_@; (just my opinion, though)