Can we please get more cool looking outfits for male characters?

[dinnertime]

So can anyone tell me how a bow, ears, short sexy pants take so long to make? What complicated bunny outfit are they planning?

I'm guessing it's in their low priority list so they keep it at the back and are slowly working on it, as mentioned.

And apparently, implementing gear into the game takes several months. Still, the amount of time it's been is pretty ridiculous.

[Theodric]

When they were asked if it were possible to make Edda's outfit into a glamour option they said it would take 'some time' as it would need to be developed from the ground up to fit the various female models. A few months later it ended up being sold on the Mog Statiion. The Gold Saucer outfit, however, has gone years without implementation.

If nothing else, throwing in a pair of bunny ears to be used by male characters should not be that difficult or time consuming.

[Synrin]

SIGH, I know...

[Lukha]

I mean, the Carbuncle ears are pretty similar to bunny ears, only kinda annoyingly gaudy and glowy...shockingly, I've even seen a few male characters on my datacenter wearing them, and the strain of acknowledging that male animals also have ears hasn't crashed the game yet...

[dinnertime]

When they were asked if it were possible to make Edda's outfit into a glamour option they said it would take 'some time' as it would need to be developed from the ground up to fit the various female models. A few months later it ended up being sold on the Mog Statiion. The Gold Saucer outfit, however, has gone years without implementation.

Well, the difference is that the Edda outfit already exists (and probably fitted to every race already, considering that they do it for other NPC outfits), meanwhile they decided to make a new version of the Gold Saucer outfit for males instead of copy-pasting the female version, so that will take more time.

But it's still unfair because obviously they put much more priority on the Edda outfit vs the male Gold Saucer outfit which has been a problem for years now.

[Tsumdere]

I feel like I am the only one in the world who likes Alphinaud's outfit. I would welcome it.

[jameseoakes]

I feel like I am the only one in the world who likes Alphinaud's outfit. I would welcome it.

You might be, but hopefully you'll look great in it

[BillyKaplan]

I actually dig the style of Alphinaud's new garbs. Would be interesting to see how it looks on someone with an actual shoulder-span

[Kazrah]

But it's still unfair because obviously they put much more priority on the Edda outfit vs the male Gold Saucer outfit which has been a problem for years now.

There may also be a cultural component at play, which is why I don't think it'll happen until there's more input on the male bunny outfit from more JP players rather than them thinking it's just another "#balmung" thing.

Then there's also the whole thing about making gear styles that more than just a niche group of players would want. It's why as much as I want dyeable Bardam's Mettle sets for combat jobs and won't ever shut up about it, I know that the odds are fairly dim because it's not really an outfit lots of people would want (despite how much easier it would be than a complete remake of a male bunny suit).

[Nestama]

There may also be a cultural component at play, which is why I don't think it'll happen until there's more input on the male bunny outfit from more JP players rather than them thinking it's just another "#balmung" thing.

I was wondering if there are an plans to do away with gender-locking on gear.

We understand what you mean – especially a lot of gear from the Gold Saucer is gender-locked. To take all of the things that are gender-locked currently and make them available for male and female characters would take a lot of time and resources, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t want to. We’d like to do it a little bit at a time, and so we want feedback from you guys. Tell us what gear you want us to start with, and we’ll prioritize starting from th- [shouts from all over: “BUNNY GEAR!”; Yoshida laughs.] We get that a lot! You really want that bunny gear for everybody? <cheers> Please look forward to it! <cheers intensify> Also, when you start giving feedback, let’s keep it in one forum. It’s tough for Matt. One thread, not a hundred threads. It’ll be a lot easier to tell the team what you want.

From PAX East Live Q&A 2016.