The female DRG AF belly window needs to be closed

[Grey_Cain]

Please close the female DRG AF's belly window, SE. It's been ridiculous for long enough, and now it's just become fodder for people that think the female DRK AF is going to be just as bad or even worse.

[Sylve]

Please close the female DRG AF's belly window, SE. It's been ridiculous for long enough, and now it's just become fodder for people that think the female DRK AF is going to be just as bad or even worse.

Fodder for idiots you mean. DRG AF is literally the only AF gear that is even slightly different between Male and Female.

Know what the difference is? The Male DRG wears a chainmail undershirt. The hole is still there. That is literally the only difference.

I fail to understand these people who think that of all the Jobs we have, 1 has a TINY difference and that means DRK will be a plate bikini for females. (Its not like WAR/PLD females don't already glamor bikinis onto their plate anyways. lol)

[Chiramu]

Fodder for idiots you mean. DRG AF is literally the only AF gear that is even slightly different between Male and Female.

Male and female WHM trousers... On boys they are culottes, on girls they are panties.

[Grey_Cain]

To be honest, I'm not really against the window (or for it, for that matter). I was just disappointed that after wearing so many nice types of scale-mail while leveling the DRG AF took away one of the biggest things I liked about scale armors.

[Sylve]

To be honest, I'm not really against the window (or for it, for that matter). I was just disappointed that after wearing so many nice types of scale-mail while leveling the DRG AF took away one of the biggest things I liked about scale armors.

The hole being there makes sense when you consider what a DRG does, and when you look closely at the armor itself.

Zoom in on it, you will notice that the area surrounding the hole is ribbed, which is in turn connected to a chain 'shirt' before going up to the shoulder area. A Job that jumps a lot would need a lot of flexibility in the stomach region. In my opinion, the ribbed armor and the hole reflects that.
The leveling scale mail armors are similar in that they appear to be quite flexible. So it really isn't such a weird thing.

[Edellis]

The hole being there makes sense when you consider what a DRG does, and when you look closely at the armor itself.

Zoom in on it, you will notice that the area surrounding the hole is ribbed, which is in turn connected to a chain 'shirt' before going up to the shoulder area. A Job that jumps a lot would need a lot of flexibility in the stomach region. In my opinion, the ribbed armor and the hole reflects that.
The leveling scale mail armors are similar in that they appear to be quite flexible. So it really isn't such a weird thing.

Uh...the armor being scaled kind of already takes care of the "flexible armor" problem.


Ultimately, there is just no logical way to justify bare skin in combat armor. Cotton cover would be better than bare skin. If she ran past a branch and it skimmed her belly, now she's bleeding.


Not that i have a huge problem with female dragoon armor, FFXIV does a very good job at managing practicality over style. But it always sounds silly when people try to justify extremes of the latter.

[Alacran]

The hole being there makes sense when you consider what a DRG does, and when you look closely at the armor itself.

Zoom in on it, you will notice that the area surrounding the hole is ribbed, which is in turn connected to a chain 'shirt' before going up to the shoulder area. A Job that jumps a lot would need a lot of flexibility in the stomach region. In my opinion, the ribbed armor and the hole reflects that.
The leveling scale mail armors are similar in that they appear to be quite flexible. So it really isn't such a weird thing.

Seriously? If one can argue the need for a lack of armor where armor is needed most then obviously it would be same for both genders correct?
Also, DRG fight dragons, the habit of them chewing/breathing fire on their enemies is probably why derplander went for the more armored set. A belly is a bad place for a burn/dragon tooth to be.

[Kallera]

Please close the female DRG AF's belly window, SE. It's been ridiculous for long enough...

To be honest, I'm not really against the window (or for it, for that matter)..

So, basically you are doing an impression of Rokien then?

[Grey_Cain]

The actual point of the thread is that female DRG AF (and Ninja AF, dammit SE) should not be used in discussions about why females should not get their own version of the DRK AF.

But I still want to get ribbed stomach armor because I'd like to glamour in that body piece instead of glamouring it out.

So, basically you are doing an impression of Rokien then?

Maybe not really? Rokien just liked to complain that FFXIV wasn't like other MMOs that he played. I'd just like to take away one piece of "evidence" that people seem to think means female DRK AF is going to be skimpy, while also getting that ribbed stomach armor look that I like so much on armor that I otherwise like so much. By the way, I'm not under any illusion that I'll get my way; I just don't want the people that don't want a female version of DRK AF to get their's either. So, less Rokien and more straight-up trolling, I guess. <_<

[Grey_Cain]

I'm not concerned about how it works, I just liked the way the stomach armor looked. >_>