Quote Originally Posted by Moonsprite View Post
Can your elezen go to Eulmore? Try on all the Eden fending gear, go to Bozja and try on those sets. The fending gear is always made with males in mind. Look at all the artifact gear for tanks, also made with guys in mind. The only time I get anything good is when it’s genderlocked. Even the new pld armor is going to have a great cape I won’t use because it’s probably going to be another shapeless plate armor.

The same bias exists for healing gear. Almost always feminine or neutral. This is because there is still this idea that healers are feminine and tanks are masculine. I’ve been using hellfire armor and Halone with bonewicca boots (now viera sandals) for most of my tank glams. I’ll probably be using neo now for a long time. However a lot of the healing gear this expansion has had neutral themes, the exception being Eden, nier raids, and one dungeon. There has been more to choose from but it’s just not the styles people want.
Honestly even with all that, I'm still not really seeing how all of the fending gear is made masculine. If anything, all I'm seeing is that most Fending gear tends to be on the bulky side, as befitting the role that's meant to be getting punched in the face by demons, gods, primordial beings and keep on ticking. In regards to the Bozjan set, all I see is a big old fur coat and a hood. The Judge fending set and the Zadnor fending set are based off of Gabranth and Basch's gear from 12 so I get those.

Maybe now that we're going to Thavnair we'll get tank gear that shows more skin like the Omicron and Hellfire sets?