Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
It's not shitting over ideas..it really does look tacky seeing glowing armor, especially if it's not tastefully done. What we do know is SE is trying to work on things like Warrior's visor going down or up and WHM's hood going up or down depending on what you choose. Stuff like that they're already trying to do.

Walking around looking like a glow stick..yeah this isn't exactly the MMO for that.


Yep considering Relic were Hydra Corps armor, it was to show they were higher rank than those who just get the standard gear tailored for them (back during Crystal War, since for the most part we're getting them stuck in coffers after the fact) and Empyrean Armor were the version of armor tailored in the Abyssean timeline, which had to be made to kill enemies stronger than those that live in 'our time.'

The thing about DRG glowing is it technically wouldn't make sense from a lore standpoint, unless they completely change the storyline and final cutscene of the game that tells us we'd essentially be corrupted by Nidhogg if we're going to be start glowing.
Estinien has Nidhogg's eye in the story missions for DRG. When you meet him for the first time, the eye around the center of his breastplate begins to glow, signifying that your character also has the power to become Dragoon.

It's pretty simple to add a small effect like that. I think it'd be pretty neat, and I like the OP's ideas.
Also, AF should be entirely upgradeable, just like relic, so they can come close to filling BIS.