Lord Hien's attire is on mogstation

[Antonio_Xul]

It's a pretty strange excuse. If we can't get outfits based on antagonists then why were Edda's outfit and the Heaven's Ward Knight outfits added to the game?

The reason we can't get Zenos' gear is the same reason we never got Gaius, Livia, Rhitatyn (sp?), Regula or Thordan's gear, they are the MAIN antagonists of the MSQ and SE doesn't want us to dress like them. Henchmen don't matter, but main antagonists do.

[kupokage]

Is Hien modeled after actor Takeshi Kaneshiro?

[Glenfiddich]

You want the hair, the facial hair, original outfit.
Why not simply ask for the original Npc as a playable Char?
That could be done with all important Npc's. Different outfits could be put into the Cash shop to be up to date.
They could charge 20 euro for every Npc and 10 euro for the outfits. I'm sure people would buy it.
Of course it should be for one Character only.
I wish you a happy shopping.

[ern815]

Is Hien modeled after actor Takeshi Kaneshiro?

Could see the resemblance but I don't think they really did thought on this.

[Iscah]

It's a pretty strange excuse. If we can't get outfits based on antagonists then why were Edda's outfit and the Heaven's Ward Knight outfits added to the game?

The reason we can't get Zenos' gear is the same reason we never got Gaius, Livia, Rhitatyn (sp?), Regula or Thordan's gear, they are the MAIN antagonists of the MSQ and SE doesn't want us to dress like them. Henchmen don't matter, but main antagonists do.

It could be because of the "main antagonist" thing as well, but I've said before, for Zenos specifically he's not a normal NPC with separately-modeled clothing and hairstyle, he's a completely custom model and presumably 'all in one piece'. \

On the other hand, the other Garlean uniforms are modeled to go on standard NPCs, so have more chance of being released - although I haven't seen many people asking for them. (I guess maybe a lot of requests for "character costumes" are driven by wanting to get their hairstyles, as mentioned here, and we never see most of their faces.)

[Iscah]

Lol this is exactly what I'm going to do to my alts large mist. Im going for a stormblood theme obviously. Im planning to add a Lysa in the yard as well. However, on the Lord Hien, I'll try to match up my Highlanders retainer as close as possible. The hair will be an issue though...mmi might just toss on a hat on and call it good. lol

There's a ponytail style that's similar but shorter - should be down near the end of the list.

[Theodric]

Speak with your wallets.

I plan to, don't worry.

[Duskane]

You want the hair, the facial hair, original outfit.
Why not simply ask for the original Npc as a playable Char?
That could be done with all important Npc's. Different outfits could be put into the Cash shop to be up to date.
They could charge 20 euro for every Npc and 10 euro for the outfits. I'm sure people would buy it.
Of course it should be for one Character only.
I wish you a happy shopping.

because that takes away how unique the character is they changed Yshtola,Thancred and Minfillia for that reason in HW
and we would have like 10000 of aymerics and hiens around if they did that

[Theodric]

It could be because of the "main antagonist" thing as well, but I've said before, for Zenos specifically he's not a normal NPC with separately-modeled clothing and hairstyle, he's a completely custom model and presumably 'all in one piece'. \

On the other hand, the other Garlean uniforms are modeled to go on standard NPCs, so have more chance of being released - although I haven't seen many people asking for them. (I guess maybe a lot of requests for "character costumes" are driven by wanting to get their hairstyles, as mentioned here, and we never see most of their faces.)

It just seems weird to me. WoW and various other MMO's have no issue throwing players a bone by allowing for various costume items to be added. A large part of any game's appeal is going to be the antagonists, too, for many - and that is most definitely the case for Final Fantasy games. FFXIV included. Then, of course, there's the role-playing community to consider - a lot of us enjoy playing Garleans and would appreciate having some heavy Garlean armour to play around with. Especially if it could be dyed.