Bunny outfits for men, not a cryptid!

[Vstarstruck]

This was a bad idea and this thread is proof why. Hopefully they don't make this mistake again. Last thing this game needs is to become like Tera

they could of just did bunny ears long ago and see how people reacted at that point? I mean the pic is pretty cringe, i legit thought it was a joke.

[Nestama]

They could have, but people also said "bunny outfit," so they're doing what they did with the Setzer gear and making it unisex.

Some find it "cringe," others do not.

This was a bad idea and this thread is proof why. Hopefully they don't make this mistake again. Last thing this game needs is to become like Tera

Gold Saucer Playboy rabbit glamour has been a thing for females since 2.5. Tera, as far as I've cared to look, doesn't really let males (especially the beastmen-types) dress up in "revealing sexy" gear to that extent.

With the exception of the DRG AF1 body, progression gear has been pretty equal in design for both males and females. Females aren't reduced to wearing bikinis and/or strings and instead wear what the males wear (and the reverse applies for males when it comes to some Casting/Healing gear. I do not like the Shivan gear as it looks weird on my Roegadyn, but I guess it looks decent on characters not made of muscles).

[Mahrze]

Strictly speaking, not wanting to do it at all is what took them so long. The actual effort involved likely wasn't very high. But it was also never a priority, so it sat around in a to-do pile until someone had nothing better to do.

So, to quote this from PAX East 2016:

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.

I'm whatever about the gear and frankly, I was expecting it to be the same one as the females. What I don't like is that I already expect this to be a different item set instead of just gender-unlocking the existing one.

[Vidu]

Exactly. This is exactly what people asked for, removing gender locks on female glamours. And then it comes out and they cry that it's not what they asked for. I actually feel bad for Yoshi P and the dev team, because they can't win with this.

I think no one would have had such an issue with this, if it had happend in a timely manner. Its been how long since the first female bunny outfit now? 2 years? 3 years? Bad enough that it wasnt released at the same time, but if the male bunny outfit would have been in the Gold Saucer like half a year later, it would have been okay (not great - just okay).

What happend however was that we've been told and told again that they're "working on it". That they have people desiging/modeling something. At somepoint during the last year they claimed they'd finished the outfit for a few races, but needed time for the rest. Its been delayed and delayed again - while, at the same time, new glamour gear (to be fair: for both genders) was released. Which makes one wonder how that was possible but this outfit took over 2 years...
So I can understand people being upset about this.

And yes, in general I agree with the sentiment of "the devs cant win this" because someone will always dislike something. But this one they lost because they played badly.
Honestly, the release of the outfit now seems like them throwing the towel to me - "We tried, we cant some up with a real male version of this... lets just copy&paste the female one"

Wether you like the outfit or not is a question of personal taste (I wasnt a fan of the female bunny outfit to begin with... except for the ears). And the question wether or not men should wear fishnets isnt excatly one we need to discuss here either.
However, how the whole thing was handled could have been much, much better and faster. Nothing here warrants a 2+ year hold up and multiple "We're working on it"s.
(Personally I'd be a bit less upset about this if they'd truely just remove all gender locks now - in that case I would have even understood taking 2 years for it. But for one set of glamour gear...? Nope.)

[Alistaire]

This was a bad idea and this thread is proof why. Hopefully they don't make this mistake again. Last thing this game needs is to become like Tera

The idea wasn't bad; it's the lack of effort put into it for the delay. This would've been fine if it was done quick as is. This would've been fine if it took this long with them making entirely new outfits.

Them taking this long with such lack of effort is what has people annoyed.

Imagine going to a restaurant and ordering a dessert, and it takes a while but they assure you they're working on it so it'll be special, and then comes out and hands you a bowl of ice cream with a chocolate bar shoved into it. I'm a fan of ice cream and chocolate bars but that'd be the last time I go there.

[Loki]

so ugly....

and ya maybe something more masculine.

I wasn't interested about it but i wasn't against it, if some people wanted it. But now we have a picture..... ewww

guys can be sexy without looking like a prostitute you know....

[Ayer2015]

The idea wasn't bad; it's the lack of effort put into it for the delay. This would've been fine if it was done quick as is. This would've been fine if it took this long with them making entirely new outfits.

Them taking this long with such lack of effort is what has people annoyed.

Imagine going to a restaurant and ordering a dessert, and it takes a while but they assure you they're working on it so it'll be special, and then comes out and hands you a bowl of ice cream with a chocolate bar shoved into it. I'm a fan of ice cream and chocolate bars but that'd be the last time I go there.

Lets take a step back and be really honest here; the community would be complaining regardless of when it was released because that is all we do. Can't people just be happy it got released at all....

[Ayer2015]

so ugly....

and ya maybe something more masculine.

I wasn't interested about it but i wasn't against it, if some people wanted it. But now we have a picture..... ewww

guys can be sexy without looking like a prostitute you know....

I wasn't aware male prostitutes wore bunny outfits.

I wouldn't call the look sexy in the slightest. But I am happy for the people who wanted the outfit.

[AmemeAmeklin]

I thought it was fantastic because 1) it's an exact copy for the men, 2) I don't find the outfit sexy on anyone, period, so I don't care that it's more hilarious than sexy, and 3) there aren't any (commercial) playboy bunny outfits for men IRL, so SE is making great strides in gender equality already even if it took 2 years (Playboy's been around for...how long?). Designing a legit sexy male bunny outfit would take an actual fashion designer...

Anyway, I will likely laugh any time I see it in-game, so mission accomplished. More power to you, guy toons! I will continue to dress my retainers as shirtless cowboys, though. XD

[Vanitas]

This thread is a fine example of how one sided and jacked up people's priorities are. /shrug