Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
It would have made sense if we got the "festival gear" right at the start of the questline - kind of like the Ixal crafting gloves are required for their quests. All the Namazu need to dress up in it instead of their usual apron, so why don't we?
Because it was incredibly irritating as an actual game mechanic that actually punished natural game progression to a certain point to boot.

Could they have given them?! Yes. As mandatory crap to wear during their quests?! No way!