I have to say that I'm not a fan of applying this idea to FFXIV. Have seen the idea in other games, sometimes it works okay, sometimes it is a mess.

I guess I just prefer seeing people that are wearing heavy armor to ... well ... LOOK like they are wearing heavy armor. Rather not see hordes of Mi'qote in bikinis and Roegadyn in santa outfits battling Ifrit.

Yes, I understand the concept of putting in restrictions, but making a "bug free" system that doesn't allow people to exploit a weakness to get to unintended consequences is another pile of work on someone -- and that someone could be designing / implementing new content.