Yeah, most XIV players kinda knew it was a load of chocobo dung the moment the devs spoke it, but they've essentially doubled-down, refusing to give an actual reason for it. Hence my creation of this thread.O.O Is that even an argument?
Practially half of the glams provided in game are All Classes.
And even the ones that aren't... The designs more often than not dilute the notion of heavy/light armor. See YoHRa sets... Everything looks caster gear, period. Or the Law's Order sets where everything looks like tank heavy armor.
Honestly, I think if anyone still holds this argument of "knowing at glance", they are either playing a fool or just delusional, lol.
The only restriction that still makes sense is Job exclusive geear, because they are signature pieces.






I continue to believe that they know it's just a polite deflection and really it's because they either can't do it at all or can't selectively keep artifact glamours job-locked while allowing everything else. So instead of saying they can't, they try to suggest that you shouldn't want it anyway.
To me it's still "don't want" rather than "can't", even if this don't want is more something like "don't want right now"...I continue to believe that they know it's just a polite deflection and really it's because they either can't do it at all or can't selectively keep artifact glamours job-locked while allowing everything else. So instead of saying they can't, they try to suggest that you shouldn't want it anyway.
They know players care a lot for glamours, and sometimes I think some decisions are more like a carrot-on-a-stick to look forward to new things in the future, like for example, dyeable version of dungeon gear used in the next xpac. Not a long time ago, I remember that a Reddit post datamined a lot of glamours gender-unlocked with the Wedding outfits, and it turned out they are apparently releasing these unlocks drop by drop. I remember seeing picures of items like the Maid's outfit or the Thavnairian bustier available for males.






Can't, won't, aren't going to.To me it's still "don't want" rather than "can't", even if this don't want is more something like "don't want right now"...
They know players care a lot for glamours, and sometimes I think some decisions are more like a carrot-on-a-stick to look forward to new things in the future, like for example, dyeable version of dungeon gear used in the next xpac. Not a long time ago, I remember that a Reddit post datamined a lot of glamours gender-unlocked with the Wedding outfits, and it turned out they are apparently releasing these unlocks drop by drop. I remember seeing picures of items like the Maid's outfit or the Thavnairian bustier available for males.
Whichever way it is, I feel like doing this sort of thing to "prove why restrictions aren't needed" as if you can catch them out and force them to relent is just a lot of wasted breath and keystrokes.
Which isn't a reason to not have fun defying roles within the restrictions as they stand, but I'd rather just have that thread than one with yet another attempt to convince the unconvincable.





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