Armor Glamours

[Packetdancer]

That's why everyone can run around naked or as mascots.

As ridiculous as I often find that to be, I think it's less about making sure a paladin looks like a paladin, and more that something else *doesn't*. In other words, if you see someone who looks like a paladin, chances are high that it is in fact a paladin and not a red mage.

(That said, as dumb as I think the mascot outfits are, props to the Roegadyn guy who always wears the chocobo head and named himself "Kwehstopher Warken". I gotta admire someone willing to commit that deeply to a pun.)

[Tigerlilley]

As ridiculous as I often find that to be, I think it's less about making sure a paladin looks like a paladin, and more that something else *doesn't*. In other words, if you see someone who looks like a paladin, chances are high that it is in fact a paladin and not a red mage.

If you were to show a picture of the Nier sets to a casual player, do you think they could pick out the tank? Or the bard? How about the Palaka sets, or the sets from Raktika?

Sure, lock AF gear. But locking everything else makes zero sense. In fact, it strips identity from the class even further. I know as a Dancer I'm sure sick of this cowboy set every damn patch - or having bullets strapped to my hip. I don't want to wear heavy armor type as a Reaper, who literally transforms into a goth robe wearing avatar. Even sage, a battle type healer, is now cursed forever in white flowy robes that suit WHM.

5 years ago I would have said differently. But with so many classes sharing sets now, the glamour locks are more and more restrictive.