Less robes, please

[Hito-Shura]

I approve with many people in this thread and I even wrote my own threads in the past concerning the armor looks of this game and the illogical restrictions of glamours and dyes! What gives? The game already has a very limited amount of armors to choose from and the devs are making things worst by preventing the players from customizing a bit more their set and equipment.

If YoshiP's team don't have the time to make more armor sets for the needs of its growing player base, at least remove the silly restrictions!

[LineageRazor]

It's kind of amusing; folks bring up FFXI's WHM gear as examples of awesome non-robe design - but they're only the way they are at all because the armor system in FFXI is designed in such a way that it's almost impossible to create a good-looking robe. There are NO robes in that game - even the items that are CALLED robes end at the waist. It wasn't until the Abyssea before they finally added any body piece that extended lower than the upper thigh, starting with the RDM and BLM Empyrean armors - and even then, it was pretty much exclusively coattails.

FFXI's WHM armor is actually quite interesting, as it represents the closest FFXI's designers could come to displaying traditional FF WHMwear in FFXI. The traditional one-piece white robe with the red triangles on the sleeves and hem simply wouldn't work in that game, and so they needed to modify it into what they have. As for how well that was received... well, the so-called "condom hat" was a point of contention among WHMs in that game for a long time, especially since there was nothing like the glamour system we have here...

[Fleur]

I actually really like robes, but it annoys me that most of the mage chest pieces have some sort of poofy collar/shawl/etc. They are awful when it comes to clipping with hair compared to most physical DPS gear. :/ I'd like more simple and elegant robes that aren't foofy/frilly and have a more unisex look. Robes can look cool on guys too, and they don't need to have nun-level coverage!

That said, I am all for more options. It would be great if they added either a whole bunch more glamour gear (crafted, rewards, etc), or maybe added new basic styles of crafted 51-60 leveling gear in 3.0.

[Vespar]

I actually really like robes, but it annoys me that most of the mage chest pieces have some sort of poofy collar/shawl/etc..

I agree. I love the sleek design, I hate poofy looking designs. Especially shoulder pads! Shoulder puffs!! Annoying!
If it must be a robe, I'd love some slim/sleek looking robes. Something that shows off the waist well. (The Eerie robe was good. Just get rid of the cowl portion and make it a nice long looking robe)
Something like this for WHM plz! Shows off the waist but keeps the neckline open and free for Chokers or other cool looking neck accessories.

[CUTS3R]

I'd personally love to see more sets looking like the 90 allagan set of healing. It wasnt a robe, it wasnt armor either and still looked like what a mage would wear.
Aside from that ive been really disappointed that the Ironworks set of healing doesn't have all that "futuristic" feel the others sets have and is instead... another bland robe.




PS: Id'give everything for a body piece looking like the high allagan coat of fending for healers. I mean cmon it looks light enough to be used by a battlemage...

[Cynfael]

PS: Id'give everything for a body piece looking like the high allagan coat of fending for healers. I mean cmon it looks light enough to be used by a battlemage...

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So much this.

[Kio]

Wow that dress is gorgeous!

[Obysuca]

Well, after taking a good look at the robes we do get, all I have to say is that the problem isn't so much theres too many robes, it's that all the cool looking robes either come from 2nd/final coil or cost out the wazoo, while every other job gets their better looking glamour from extremely easy stuff, or barely cost a dime.

[Korbash]

Well, I posted a question for the coming live letter so you can check it out:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...63#post2868463

[Natsuno]

I'd 'like' your question that you submitted if it was a bit more neutral. Wanting more/different stuff, yep, sure, but I don't agree with your subjective view plastered all over the post, so I am disinclined to give it my favour. I dare say that there are others that feel the same.