Quote Originally Posted by Ransu View Post
I'm not a fan of that either honestly.
Cool, but Square Enix clearly are.

Quote Originally Posted by Silverbane View Post
Sure is. Characters who are nigh-invulnerable even naked are common in fiction.
Look at martial arts movies, for example, as well as anime, manga, comic books, and video games.
That's rather hypocritical. It's okay for someone to be "nigh-invulnerable" if naked, but a mage can't put on a heavier armor set ? Let's not forget about the fact that right now there's plenty of outfits that can make a healer and a tank look absolutely identical.

Quote Originally Posted by Silverbane View Post
Spell casters wearing armor is less common, and was not allowed in many RPGs as far back as the original D&D.
So we should base everything on the original D&D from almost 50 years ago ? As far as I know, Mages in D&D couldn't wear a Frog or Chicken suit either. Also, armored casters exist in many fictional works, even more so in RPG games (i.e. Souls/Elder Scrolls/Divinity etc.)

Again, this is ignoring the fact that most armor sets don't even follow the rules they established early on in the game, where armor silhouttes would fit the roles they were made for.