Something that's always bothered me ...

[Yhoiryo]

This is probably a small gripe but whenever I'm playing my tank jobs or jobs that can use heavy armor of the sorts, why in gods name is the sound of my walking/running dictated by the top I'm wearing?!

Really now, I'm wearing these nice clunky boots of armor and you're telling me as soon as I put on any sort of top that isn't heavy armor related I sound like I'm wearing cloth shoes ...

I know it's not that big but it really bothers me that the sound of you walking/running changes depending on what top you're wearing ... not your feet. <_>

[Erendis]

What bothers me more is that female midlanders are still prancing about even if they are wearing heavy armour...

[Muzetta]

What bothers me more is that female midlanders are still prancing about even if they are wearing heavy armour...

Gotta be girly no matter what you wear.

[Reokudo]

What? Really? Huh, I wonder why wearing the Odin armor makes me sound like I'm just wearing your average boots then?

[Elusana_Celah]

What? Really? Huh, I wonder why wearing the Odin armor makes me sound like I'm just wearing your average boots then?

#JustOdinThings

[Reokudo]

#JustOdinThings

Haha. Oh well, not like it bothers me... TOO much.

[Darus]

The sound you are hearing is the rattling of armor plates, not the clink of metal on ground. While leg armor generally has more leather and padding between plates, body armor is more designed from the top and let gravity hold it all down, and doesn't need much padding since it's a more static piece of armor. If you look at it that way, upper body makes more sense. Even chain leggings need to be bound with other materials and made taught, so they don't make as much sound as you would think. Some of this information is from experience mind you..... pauldrons REALLY start to get on your nerve when the clinking is beside your ear all day.

[Yhoiryo]

The sound you are hearing is the rattling of armor plates, not the clink of metal on ground. While leg armor generally has more leather and padding between plates, body armor is more designed from the top and let gravity hold it all down, and doesn't need much padding since it's a more static piece of armor. If you look at it that way, upper body makes more sense. Even chain leggings need to be bound with other materials and made taught, so they don't make as much sound as you would think. Some of this information is from experience mind you..... pauldrons REALLY start to get on your nerve when the clinking is beside your ear all day.

I can kind of agree with this, but still I'd like my heavy boots to make some noise instead of just the sounds of normal footwear like cloth shoes.

[Enkidoh]

I thought it was a strange change too, especially as FFXI had the complete opposite - if you were running in heavy armour you ended up sounding like Steiner from FFIX with his humorously exaggerated armour clanking as he ran. Maybe it was considered too annoying and thus SE decided to tone it down in FFXIV. Which is a shame, as I actually liked the clanking of my armour in FFXI (WAR was one of my mains and I normally wore heavy armour like the Adaman/Koenig set accordingly), and miss it here.