It's time to remove job restrictions on glamour...

[Destati]

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I get where you're coming from, and I almost feel bad saying this because it looks like you put quite a bit of effort into your post, but your argument kind of flops when you take into consideration the fact that not every single little piece of gear has a sense of individual job identity, especially when gear sets are reused and shuffled into other roles (such as the Filibuster/Royal Volunteer sets).

Take the Alexandrian Boots of Casting and the Shire Philosopher's Hose for example; two pieces I have recently incorporated into an outfit with the Hooded Fireglass Leather Vest (a role-neutral glamour piece I will add). Look at those two items on their own - what (if any) indication do they give that they are something that a caster/mage would wear? I would argue that they look "casual" enough to be worn by any role. But they can't.
As a RDM main slowly but surely shifting towards maining DNC, it's really frustrating that I can't glamour this nice new outfit I made on a class I've been playing more often, and even moreso trying to find decent substitutes that I can wear on it.

Also,

Yes, because even in the FF universe, you won't see a tank running around with white satin gloves for good reasons. The RDM duellist attire* is not made of heavy materials but cloth and leather to make us nimble for our melee combat, and archers* do not wear heavy armor either. Dragoons* do not wear silk and satin, do they? Because it simply does not make sense. A tank running around in a nightgown, sorry, white mage robe?

Yeah? Well what about a Monk or Samurai running around in a frilly nightgown? Edengate Striking set says hi. Without a doubt those flowing robes allow for freedom of movement.

[Misutoraru]

Just because we already have some item that break the theme and immersion, doesnt mean we have to go further

We already have tons of glamour that have no restriction, those collection can get an expansion but I am still with restricting role specific gear to role

[LittleArrow]

Yes please! The exclusivity of classes / jobs in armor really bums me out when making glamour costumes. I really enjoy battlemages and lightly garbed melee classes. It's really fun to design outfits that go against the grain.

[Nedkel]

Its never going to happen, because glamour system is strickly tied with equipment system.
If you cant wear it, you cant cast glamour of it.

They will have to hire a bunch of really good programers in order to sort out the sphagetti code from the previous decade.

To be fair I wish we could get rid of the frog/pig/etc glam too. Gives me the Fortnite shivers. Just waiting for them to make it worse and put a dab emote in.

But yeah, I like my role restricted gear like others have said.

GIVE ME DE DAB EMOTE I WANT IT IN PVP> XDD

[Avidria]

you're a viera, your opinion doesn't matter

But what if I agree with OP and want role restrictions lifted?

[Nomuno]

Unpopular opinion alert, I prefer what we have now, role specific set fit their roles.

Right...because my paladin tanking in the old fishing gear is totally fitting for my role (nabaath set chest is old gathering gear)

There is no reason why role restrictions cant be lifted on glamour.

But I agree on the Job specific stuff. I don't want to see a tank rolling around in goon artifact glam but the rest is a moot point ( since all SE does is recolor old stuff mostly anyways)

[Lihtleita]

ah yes the current glam restrictions really make you look like the job youre playing.

just like the brightlinen caster set. really screams "wizard", love pairing it with my pagos bandana for the authentic black mage feel.

[Iscah]

(nabaath set chest is old gathering gear)

All the Nabaath gear is crafter/gatherer gear (and a few Serpent GC items for some strange reason), which is a weird choice - but healers get the Ironworks steampunk cap with goggles, so all is forgiven.

[Arrius]

I can tell you the reason why it won't happen:

It's called developer vision and job/role identities.
Sure, SE will occasionally toss the players a bone, like the Shisui and the Ravel gear. Maybe even put event gear out for more glamour options, like the Legacy Warrior armor.

But they will never make this a common appearance, as it would muddle the above mentioned job/role designation and make them less special.

[MajinSoul]

I'm all for opening up class gear for glamour. There is no such thing as a healer looking goofy in metal armour when you have all that nonsense glamour like the dumb Frog Suit or a tank running around in a bikini. We are past that point already.
I'd still want to keep job gear job specific though. E.g., when you see someone in the Drachen armour you should be able to instantly identify the player as a Dragoon.