Glamour restrictions: a hinderance to creativity

[Vatom]

Only in ffxiv will people defend limitations and say they're actually good for the game. Mental institution.

Thank you (No sarcasm) Its really comical hearing people say its promotes creativity or its job identity
The best one I heard so far which I aware of SE just has to much to manage to bother going back and doing every piece
But this isn't new we've been here before Im not going to bother since it probably wont happen anytime soon
a bit pessimistic I know but i just see it as it is no fight left to fight here

[Raikai]

Thank you (No sarcasm) Its really comical hearing people say its promotes creativity or its job identity
The best one I heard so far which I aware of SE just has to much to manage to bother going back and doing every piece
But this isn't new we've been here before Im not going to bother since it probably wont happen anytime soon
a bit pessimistic I know but i just see it as it is no fight left to fight here

Yeah. I also see, in this and other threads, the argument that if everything is free for glam, it will kill people's creative inputs because they'll all go for the same items.

Like... what?... Do Fending/Maiming (since, often, both share appearances) users always gravitate towards the same item? Casters?... I don't think.

Ironically, the stuff that people gravitates towards are already All Class cosmetic items like the 2P thighboots, Valentione waistcoats, etc.

[TheMightyMollusk]

We should have to be able to equip a piece of gear to put it in the glamour dresser; but once we do, we should be able to use it freely. To use the same example I always do when this thread comes up again, if I want that Copied Factory caster dress for dancer, then I'd have to have a level 80 caster to put it in the dresser, but once I do, I should be able to use it on dancer without a problem.

[Deveryn]

I'm not even against it. I just don't see them doing it.
The idea of creativity being hindered by limitations is absurd. That's the very thing that inspires creativity. There's nothing truly creative about that first post.

[Raoabolic]

Only in ffxiv will people defend limitations and say they're actually good for the game. Mental institution.

At this point the devs might as well open the flood gates, unique looking classes are an afterthought now so might as well go full TF2 with the game, lol.

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

This is one issue I hope SE doesn't budge on.

[Darthgummibear]

This is one issue I hope SE doesn't budge on.

I guess we're lucky you aren't the one making the decisions, then.

[Siddiax]

Good to see more threads about this, its time we move past these arbitrary restrictions. I still struggle to believe that people actually defend them.

[Flaws]

Absolutely the glam must be freed as soon as possible except for AF gear as that actually makes sense to be restricted. Outside of that it 100% must be free for every job/role and there are many reasons for this. Not only will having full freedom with glam create some of the most amazing glams this game has ever seen which are currently not possible, it will also create an incentive for a lot more people to level a lot more jobs they'd normally not bother with just to get pieces of gear for glam of other jobs they actually do play.

Another point is that freeing the glam will ensure that any new jobs/roles that get introduced in the future will always have a wide, ever-expanding selection of glam available. If we look at the 4 newest jobs in the game (GNB, DNC, RPR, SGE), they are completely screwed in terms of glam and have to mostly rely on their AF gear and maybe 2-3 other sets of gear at best, if they're lucky. As they expand roles by adding more jobs with entirely different aesthetics to each other they are trapping themselves in a situation where they have to design gear with all jobs in that role in mind, which just simply won't hold long term (and it literally doesn't now either). In fact its getting worse with each expansion as new jobs are being added and older glam fits the new jobs less and less.

Restrictions stifle creativity and thats a fact. A painter on a blank canvas with full creative freedom will paint you a picture many times better and prettier than one who is, for example, only restricted to 3 colors. They're called "creative freedoms" for a reason. Also, I don't know what insane amount of mental gymnastics you have to pull to convince yourself that everyone would go for the same pieces of gear if they lifted glam restrictions. It is the exact opposite of that. Currently, people DO go for the same few pieces and very often they're level 1 all classes pieces anyway and this is BECAUSE of the restrictions. That entire argument gets obliterated the moment you look at what players actually wear in the game currently.

I am amazed at the few people here who actually try to defend the existence of restrictions when it comes to something such as cosmetics and I sure am glad they're not the ones making the decisions for the game.

[Duskane]

I'm in the same boat as "unrestrict all but AF gear"
even a way to earn or make a mega glam prism to turn gear into all class glam would be nice