More gender locked clothing

[Wolfyboy]

I personally find the biggest problem with male and female sets is that is gives a different vibe. If you noticed, typically when male and female armor that is actually exclusive to the gender has the same theme they stay exclusive to each gender. Swimsuits, wedding (for bride and groom), etc. The problem I've noticed is that they give off different themes belly dancers for females and desert dweller for males; hence, expanding the themes a female can equip by making the male armor unisex.

Um, I don't quite agree. That's like saying Disney's characters Aladdin and Jasmine belong in different movies because they don't fit the same theme. Both outfits are fantasy-arabic. =)

Hmmm, I guess I'll try to explain it this way. There are four types of underwear: Boxers, boxer briefs, jock-strap and thongs. They're all relate-able due to them all being underwear. However, all of them have a form of "feeling", "vibe" to them. I guess I'm having difficulty finding the word to fit what I'm saying, but I hope this helps.

[Noxifer]

different themes belly dancers for females and desert dweller for males

Um, I don't quite agree. That's like saying Disney's characters Aladdin and Jasmine belong in different movies because they don't fit the same theme. Both outfits are fantasy-arabic. =)

[Terrini]

They both have an Arabic theme, sure, but one is unisex the other female only. The one has a glamorous "performer" aspect and the other a more practical Arabic aspect. Why can't men be glamorous performers too?

[Noxifer]

Hmmm, I guess I'll try to explain it this way. There are four types of underwear: Boxers, boxer briefs, jock-strap and thongs. They're all relate-able due to them all being underwear. However, all of them have a form of "feeling", "vibe" to them. I guess I'm having difficulty finding the word to fit what I'm saying, but I hope this helps.

It's kinda true that the "male"/female outfits differ in that one's the owner of the harem and the other is the harem girl. So to speak. I just don't quite see the same disconnect in theme as you do ^^ Might be because I saw (and still see) the term 'theme' a bit more strictly, so it's entirely because of me =D

They both have an Arabic theme, sure, but one is unisex the other female only. The one has a glamorous "performer" aspect and the other a more practical Arabic aspect. Why can't men be glamorous performers too?

Oh, I completely agree =) Either they should both be unisex, or both be gender-specific. I never said anything different.
(And yes, we need harem boys just as much as harem girls...)

[DracotheDragon]

oh hey this thread again,

useral stuff
yes let guys wear what they wish
wait til next patch there might be more glamour

yadda yadda ya,

i run out of energy to type on these threads since 2.0 where there was a thred about men wearing the female bikini

tho i did a big thread supportingg guys wearing this on the big 60+ page one on page 20 something

its also 4:30 in the morning no energy really to type

[tymora]

How about an option for censorship for unsuitable audiences...? When turned on, all indecently exposed characters will be displayed wearing a robe + cowl...

[AskaRay]

But the game is rated T and no one's full on naked so

[Buff_Archer]

But the game is rated T and no one's full on naked so

As of now, I am to protest this. Until we have equality in clothing options, I will henceforth wear nothing but a pair of boots.

[KaijinRhada]

I suppose it's better than a pure lockout, but that also seems to be functional gear and less so vanity sets, so a lockout really couldn't happen without clear gameplay effects.

GW2 has plenty of vanity gear with no lockouts, and themed sets with one set per gender, which, as another poster has described does give rise to the problem of different aesthetics, unfortunately. And yes, the revealing armour for women, making them seem less functional has gotten pretty over the top.

[NozomiKei]

I 100% agree with op.
These are some of the things from my thread on this topic where I drew my guy in the Thavnairian Bustier and some variations I came up with.