In response to "It would be akward to see a BLM in plate armor"

[Merrigan]

Visual identity was lost long ago, if it ever were there, and visually jobs are only distinguished by their weapons. (Possibly with the exception of "artifact armor", but nearly nobody wears that anyway.)

No, there are no good reasons for restrictions on glamour.

I know, but I still enjoy the fact that some glamour are locked and only accessible to my Sam / WHM / Sag. I would really be upset if, for example, and BLM was able to equip the armor of a PLD.

But it's a personnal opinion, as stated before. I don't think there is much to discuss here : I agree to disagree with you, and I understand your position. But this isn't what I wish for the game.

[Kemiko]

And then there's the Genji set from stormblood. Or the armor sets from Bozja. In which they straight up slap armor on casters in both instances.

[Erinellza]

Except...look! It's a BLM wearing plate already. One of many examples.

Yup. This is a ridiculous excuse. SE should just admit that they are too lazy to remove job restrictions from gear when used as glam.

[Roda]

Yup. This is a ridiculous excuse. SE should just admit that they are too lazy to remove job restrictions from gear when used as glam.

I wouldn't say "lazy"..
"Timid" is usually how I would describe their approach to most changes that would potentially change a status quo.
See: any fix that requires a bit of player adjustment or implementation time being announced with slews of apologies punctuating it. While the community is largely like "no this is cool, ur good- thx 4 the fix" they accommodate their message for those who would be facing LITERALLY THE MOST TRYING TIMES IN THEIR LIVES due to this disruption in their expectations.

[riani]

Hey y'all, can you channel your support to this thread too, if you haven't already?
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ther-jobs-sets
(A massive ongoing thread might be able to gather more attention...? Maybe?)

[Jkap_Goat]

while I don't play FFXIV anymore and have moved to FFXI, I don't understand why SE won't remove glamor restrictions, I mean in FFXI, you can wear any gear as long as you have that job leveled to wear it (e.g, wearing 99 AF PUP leg armor)

I hate FFXIV and there glamor restricted game



here is Arciela V Adoulin, a red mage/black mage/paladin hybrid and the princess of Adoulin <3

I just wanted to post FFXI stuff because I love Vanadiel

[Iscah]

Nothing odd about any of these, a perfectly normal party with a tank, healer, melee and mage in it...



Lest the point be missed, in order these are:

• a white mage (healer) in Legacy plate armour and parts of the role-specific Genji, Daystar and Swansgrace sets

• a dragoon (melee) in role-specific Shadowless robe and Shire Pathfinder circlet, all-class skirt and fabric sleeves, and the Fae spear which is prettier than the actual WHM cane from that series

• a black mage (caster) in almost entirely role-specific gear: Eikon top, High Allagan mask, Rakshasa hakama, Kokuko shoes

• a warrior (tank) in fully role-specific Nightsteel / Void Ark armour set and Facet circlet.

[Raikai]

Nothing odd about any of these, a perfectly normal party with a tank, healer, melee and mage in it...



Lest the point be missed, in order these are:

• a white mage (healer) in Legacy plate armour and parts of the role-specific Genji, Daystar and Swansgrace sets

• a dragoon (melee) in role-specific Shadowless robe and Shire Pathfinder circlet, all-class skirt and fabric sleeves, and the Fae spear which is prettier than the actual WHM cane from that series

• a black mage (caster) in almost entirely role-specific gear: Eikon top, High Allagan mask, Rakshasa hakama, Kokuko shoes

• a warrior (tank) in fully role-specific Nightsteel / Void Ark armour set and Facet circlet.

That was a perfect illustration on how the current armor restrictions means next to nothing. You could even add more salt to the injury by having the White Mage equip Gaia's hammer.

[Pavise]

As annoying as it might be if that one item that just makes a glam set for you has the wrong DoW/DoM tag on it, It's honestly better for the health of the game overall in keeping certain visual parity in being able to look at something and say yes that's X.

Sure there are going to be some exceptions to the rule when style of certain armour sets add plate options for casters, or more lightweight armour for tanks but overall it's better this way. Even though there are many joke glams that people like to use which aren't apart of this rule but are there moreso for fun.

[Evergrey]

Yup. This is a ridiculous excuse. SE should just admit that they are too lazy to remove job restrictions from gear when used as glam.

"Naoki Yoshida: Again, from a technical standpoint, it’s not impossible to do. But that said, looking at the jobs that are available throughout the final fantasy series, it would feel awkward say if a Black Mage jumped into an instanced dungeon with full plate armor. I think we want to maintain the image that we’ve depicted through these different jobs that are available in the series."

It continues though.

"That said, Final Fantasy XIV has been around for 10+ years at this point now and we understand that glamour and having different gearsets in terms of appearance, cosmetic elements, is a big part of players’ play style, and we totally understand that. So, there have been, in passing, conversations that would be brought up amongst even the team mates saying, “Should we consider opening it up?” “When should we do that?” Of course it’s still not anything that’s set in stone, but we do want to look to having more freedom for our players for sure."

This is taken from a Q&A from the Media Tour, found on Gamerescape

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Q&A with Naoki Yoshida