Consensus about lifting job glamour restrictions

[myahele]

He's mostly worried that it will confuse new players to see things like mages wearing heavy armor, but he's at least open to lifting some restrictions.

Q: Can you ease up on the class and job restrictions for glamours to expand their use further?
A: We’re gradually easing restrictions, but since FFXIV’s setting strives to be a real fantasy role-playing game, there is a possibility that players who are new will become confused, so we’d like to maintain certain rules for glamours such that you cannot be a mage that is wearing heavy armor.
I’m not saying that this rule will still hold true 10 years down the road, but currently the upcoming expansion will have a dark fantasy setting and we’d like to preserve that aspect of the lore.
However, we received a lot of feedback asking to make it possible for males to wear skirts to expand the use of glamours.
The game is being development by a large amount of people, and if we don’t have easy to understand rules in place things will likely become a mess, so I’ve given the order to separate glamours for role and class, but if there are a large volume of requests for something in particular, there is a fair chance it will be addressed. We’d like to expand the ways you can glamour yourselves bit by bit.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...801-08-2015%29

[ItMe]

He's mostly worried that it will confuse new players to see things like mages wearing heavy armor, but he's at least open to lifting some restrictions.

Q: Can you ease up on the class and job restrictions for glamours to expand their use further?
A: We’re gradually easing restrictions, but since FFXIV’s setting strives to be a real fantasy role-playing game, there is a possibility that players who are new will become confused, so we’d like to maintain certain rules for glamours such that you cannot be a mage that is wearing heavy armor.
I’m not saying that this rule will still hold true 10 years down the road, but currently the upcoming expansion will have a dark fantasy setting and we’d like to preserve that aspect of the lore.
However, we received a lot of feedback asking to make it possible for males to wear skirts to expand the use of glamours.
The game is being development by a large amount of people, and if we don’t have easy to understand rules in place things will likely become a mess, so I’ve given the order to separate glamours for role and class, but if there are a large volume of requests for something in particular, there is a fair chance it will be addressed. We’d like to expand the ways you can glamour yourselves bit by bit.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...801-08-2015%29

I can understand his concerns to an extent. Especially in a game where any and every character can be any job, having no holds barred with glamour would really muddy things up.
On the other hand, there are many other things a new player might be confused by that deserve dev attention more than how well randos look like they're sticking a role identity.

[Raikai]

I can understand his concerns to an extent. Especially in a game where any and every character can be any job, having no holds barred with glamour would really muddy things up.
On the other hand, there are many other things a new player might be confused by that deserve dev attention more than how well randos look like they're sticking a role identity.

I honestly don't view with that amount of aggravation, since the interfaces of regular equipment and gamouring are completely different, plus glamouring is not a default feature, as you need to unlock it.

I agree with you that there are more urgent matters regarding the perception that new players have... Most likely a proper job tutorial at advanced levels. The game does an abysmal job at explaining things in the long run.