Less robes, please

[Obysuca]

People have forgotten about the Soldiery set for BLM and SMNs already?

>_> We don't talk about the boner tail

[Bluevann]

Excuse me, let's not forget of the most fashionable he-black mage in Filgaia!

Wild Arms 4 - Arnaud G Vasquez!

[Gogi]

I've always loved Aion's gear designs because they were so diverse in the styles throughout the years I've played .. from long robes to shorter ones, from basic Mage-type looks to more fashionable Haute Couture-type stuff. They even have just regular cloth-based fashion that you could " glamour " over your entire gear set. It's the only game where I keep going back for the fashion because it's sooo diverse and fun !

Of course there is slight variation of the sets between the two races, but generally they looked the same.

These are just my favourite sets~ You can google to find more.

These are the full level 30 Daevanion set pieces; you could get a piece each time you leveled a character to 30 and could exchange the material of the pieces to get a full set..








Gunner is " magic leather ", and bard is cloth (though that style is mostly for the job).. but they have stats catered to those particular classes. I am hoping Heavensward has sets similar to this that is more dark and Dragon-based ! This style is inspired by Dragon Lord Beritra, who is launching invasion into Elysea, Asmodae and Balaurea in the 4.7 storyline.


" Innocent Aris's " set was really cute and you could acquire it from " guestbloom " planting system for housing. People could visit your house and water your guestbloom plant daily. After x amount of time, you had a chance to get a *random* weapon or clothing of this series.






These are both pvp sets, just 2 variations of each clothing type with slightly different stat builds. ← Plate / leather / chain / cloth →
I really liked these sets and favoured the lower cloth one, but they were so expensive and I couldn't get back into the game long enough to get ;__;

I know Aion has been out much longer so there is much more " set styles " from the many instance (also too, Aion has pve and pvp sets...), but I really hope in the future we see a lot more different themes, cuts and colour because I really like variation ! I think we'll get there !

[Anapingofness]

*sigh* It has nothing to do with polygons.

=| That last part was a joke my friend...

[Zohar_Lahar]

They came from savage

They really should implement some Treasures of Aht Urhgan style armor in this game. I know some of the new crafted gear added recently was based on the "cursed" armor from FFXI.

But more in general, they should add more stuff like the Bliauds.

[Vespar]

Gary Gygax did - the creator of Dungeons and Dragons, which pretty much every RPG since has utilized basic elements from - one of which is indeed, class restrictions for armour (specifically, the 'no heavy armour on mages' rule.) FFXI's manual actually stated that BLMs can't wear heavy armour because (paraphrasing) "it would otherwise interfere with their ability to concentrate".

Thanks for posting who came up with the rule... Let's See Dungeons and Dragons 1st came out in 1974. I think its high time we can break with tradition... Though I loved XI, this is XIV, again, we can break with tradition. I'm not saying I want HEAVY armor, but some of the pics people have been posting of mages in armor look cool as hell, can we take a page from that? I'm also not saying I dislike robes, but some variation would be appreciated. I very much like some of these female designs (and some of them are still robes... just much more detailed or varied in their designs):

Gunner is " magic leather ", and bard is cloth (though that style is mostly for the job).. but they have stats catered to those particular classes. I am hoping Heavensward has sets similar to this that is more dark and Dragon-based ! This style is inspired by Dragon Lord Beritra, who is launching invasion into Elysea, Asmodae and Balaurea in the 4.7 storyline.


" Innocent Aris's " set was really cute and you could acquire it from " guestbloom " planting system for housing. People could visit your house and water your guestbloom plant daily. After x amount of time, you had a chance to get a *random* weapon or clothing of this series.

[Gramul]

I'm sure a DoM can wear the same.

Very true, but it is still cloth. I can wear pretty much anything that isn't a long robe. Mages don't have much in terms of metal plating.
Which is pretty pointless. All this glamor specific gear they keep adding defeats the purpose of the restrictions.

If the glamour restrictions are supposed to enforce the idea that mages wear magey gear and tanks wear tanky gear, I shouldn't be able to cast all these soft casual clothes on my armor, or they should just remove the class restrictions.
I'll be set with either, but all this indecisive inbetween nonsense isn't cutting it.

[TheRogueX]

seems like I'll have to retire my white mage permanently.

They need to not show these gear sets on just ONE race, but if they must, they need to show it on something NOT a lala.

The "traditional" RPG is "cloth for casters"

These D&D Clerics have some words to say about that:

=| That last part was a joke my friend...

My apologies then!

[Natsuno]

Very true, but it is still cloth. I can wear pretty much anything that isn't a long robe. Mages don't have much in terms of metal plating.
Which is pretty pointless. All this glamor specific gear they keep adding defeats the purpose of the restrictions.

If the glamour restrictions are supposed to enforce the idea that mages wear magey gear and tanks wear tanky gear, I shouldn't be able to cast all these soft casual clothes on my armor, or they should just remove the class restrictions.
I'll be set with either, but all this indecisive inbetween nonsense isn't cutting it.

Just throwing it in for the sake of it (as someone else will probably mention it anyways), there's the eerie robe from last years all saints wake (or whatever the halloween event is called).

[marewa]

Stuff

Those are gorgeous!!
I'd have a little less exposed boob though.