Do you think certain jobs influence the gear of their class more than others?

[Iscah]

I think it may not be so much that gear is deliberately biased to a single job as that role-based gear is based on a broader concept (armoured tank, wizard, etc.) and some classes sit much closer to that generic concept than others.

[Crushnight]

Yes, dang near most tank sets feel Pld/Drk inspired rarely War (Hellfire set being the only one to come to mind immediately) Gnb is the new tank but nothing has screamed bodyguard of the new sets, but i'm more forgiving on Gnb/Dnc not having more sets more appealing to them than their counterparts, atm anyway(this will change by 6.0 where I hope 1 set is tailored to them).

Striking has been reasonable mix since 4.0 favoring more sam in 4.x while mnk more in 5.x.

Casters tend to favour Blm(more) or Rdm(less so) dang near never see a Smn inspired set.

Healers are Whm inspired 95% of the time other 5% split between Ast(lv60 dungeon) and Sch(Shire).

Physical Range tends to favor Brd most Mch gets a few sets and Dnc atm is AF or glamour gear (Dnc is probably the job with the most glamour only gear being aesthetically appropriate since people dance in dang near anything and everything in rl, but FFXIV Dnc is Middle Eastern inspired so narrows it by a fair bit if wanting it thematically appropriate to FFXIV)

[SturmChurro]

Yeah, like nothing default for dancer other than it's artifact gear. Have to build a glam entirely from scratch. Machinist barely gets any in comparison to bard either, it's just kind of glaring with how different each of the aiming classes are in comparison to each other aesthetically. Healing gear is pretty much always just casting gear recolored, so I wouldn't necessarily say it's always designed around white mage. I guess because sometimes you get a circlet instead of a pointy hat? but then it would have AST in mind.. what about SCH?!

[StriderShinryu]

It feels like it comes in waves to me. Earlier tank gear feels very PLD and later tank gear feels very DRK. Same with ranged DPS. There used to be a ton of BRD like gear and then we ended up with a lot of MCH like gear for a while.

[SturmChurro]

It feels like it comes in waves to me. Earlier tank gear feels very PLD and later tank gear feels very DRK. Same with ranged DPS. There used to be a ton of BRD like gear and then we ended up with a lot of MCH like gear for a while.

Thing with paladin/drk gear. Dyed white paladin, dyed black dark knight. Now about WAR..

[WhiteArchmage]

I find that the Neo Ishgardian Aiming top is actually a pretty good base for both a MCH and DNC glamour (maaaaybe for BRD, but way less so), since it gives a "Saloon girl" vibe for Dancer and an "Old-West shooter" (especially with the Makai gun) for MCH.

On to the point: yeah, I feel DNC gets shafted on most gear: E4S and E8S fit, like SamRF said, a more "fantasy ranger"-esque look that's only really close to bard. Tank seems pretty standard and Slaying... I really wouldn't know. For healer I don't think it's aesthetically tied to WHM other than it tends to be... white... and a palette swap of Caster gear which tends to be... black...

[Jirah]

as a MCH main we barely get any tbh most aiming fits BRD/ARC and 80s had a few DNC ones. but FF!$ has so many options in glam its hardly a compliaint tbh

[MirronTulaxia]

Hmm... I really only pay attention to Healing/Casting gear, but they feel pretty generic healer/caster to me.

[Hank_Hotspur]

Healing gear mostly have a WHMish vibe.

This is when I realized that Dancers weren't going to be healers, that a job based around movement and dancing around would not be suited for the heavy, long white robes almost all the healing sets are styled after.

[Platinumstorm]

as a MCH main we barely get any tbh most aiming fits BRD/ARC and 80s had a few DNC ones. but FF!$ has so many options in glam its hardly a compliaint tbh

Ionno, we vibe pretty well together. Whatever the current white gear is along with the crafted gear skews more towards machinitst, and I happily wear that.

As a bard, I often have gone for a more "wild-west" look. The flowy garmets are often too repetitive and not as good as the original Amon gear.