WHM gear is BUTT UGLY

[basketofseals]

Uh huh..
So I take that you've never heard of the Devout/Seer job, then?
You know, the job that's basically an upgrade to White Mage?

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Seer

Because it's clearly modeled after it (just like Black Mage's Esoteric gear, which is modeled after the Magus job).
If anything, it's appropriate that it gets said gear.

I really cannot see how this



is clearly modeled after this

[Fevelle]

I really like the AF2 and I'm eager to get my first piece this week, it's gonna be the robe. My only complain is that I want Raya-O-Senna's cane and I can't have one.

[Gist]

Nobody likes that.

I like that.

[Alahra]

I actually like the WHM set the best out of the three healers. Sadly, I don't actually like to play the job though, so I won't be getting it.

[Gist]

Let me elaborate on why I really think that I will keep AF2 WHM gear as my glamour after I (finally) get the full set.

Artifact gear, what I've come to know, is supposed to capture the essence of the job it portrays, based on the most relevant class from the core of the final fantasy series. This was drawn out for us very well with the orignal artifact set that we got at the very end of our job quest line, and for a while, I thought that there wouldn't be too much that made me more happy to play, and look like a White Mage. I don't know about some of you, but when I'm not able to look like the class I'm playing (hello leveling gear), I feel that the immersion that the game provides is broken. However, when the AF2 concept was released, I drooled over it. The accentuations that SE touched up on to bring it from 2013 to 2015 I feel were spot on. The stitching in the back helped make the piece of gear less of a dress and more of a robe. The pants are really the piece I feel is the most lacking, as it was advertised as a skirt, but actually isn't, and you can't see the majority of the actual piece once you equip the rest of the set, but even alone, I feel like the touches improved over ... the shorts that we originally had (whoever said that the AF2 pants show leg is a liar; they do not.). But with both sets, the legs were never visible anyway, either covered up by the actual robe itself or by the boots you wear on top of them, which the new AF2 robe actually allows us to see this time, which is a huuuge plus for me. I agree overall that the hood is a bit odd with the rest of the ensemble, as it has never been portrayed insofar with it worn up (especially with how this game likes to deal with nonhuman ears), but it still settles the ensemble in my opinion and tells me >I am playing a white mage. Which brings me to the staff/cane/rod. This is my favorite piece of the set. While it may be vernacularly known as the "booby staff" (I also endearingly call it this <3), it symbolizes the White Mage's core job, which is to provide succor and new life to their allies (Benediction, Tetragrammaton, Asylum) by being their guardian angel. Not to mention it's gold. >3>

Contrary to popular opinion in this thread, I really love the AF2 gear that SE has created for us, and if the trend continues, I think that AF3 will be even better, and I can't wait to see where they take us next.

((PS: AST Eso gear is fucking cool and I wish I had done research before solidifying WHM as my main class. The robe and hat are to die for.))

[Whiteroom]

The Dark Divinity Auga is black and works on any DoM job. The Gryphonskin Eyepatch (crafted one) can be dyed as well to any color.

Ty for the info!

[Muahbec]

At first i hated the SCH gear but after some time i started to love it...
AST gear was love at first sight
WHM though.... its...just....too simple....the hat is horrendous (sorry) the pants are meh... the boots are meh... the gloves are meh.... the robe in my opinion is the best part of the whole set (even the staff is meh, i see a LOT of WHMs around my server with a hive cane glamour) it could have been better >_>

[LeeraSorlan]

At first i hated the SCH gear but after some time i started to love it...
AST gear was love at first sight
WHM though.... its...just....too simple....the hat is horrendous (sorry) the pants are meh... the boots are meh... the gloves are meh.... the robe in my opinion is the best part of the whole set (even the staff is meh, i see a LOT of WHMs around my server with a hive cane glamour) it could have been better >_>

What is it a trend to hate the booby staff!? Oy mate i wont listen to ya!

[BroodingFicus]

At first i hated the SCH gear but after some time i started to love it...
AST gear was love at first sight
WHM though.... its...just....too simple....the hat is horrendous (sorry) the pants are meh... the boots are meh... the gloves are meh.... the robe in my opinion is the best part of the whole set (even the staff is meh, i see a LOT of WHMs around my server with a hive cane glamour) it could have been better >_>

I think that's the biggest thing for me (aside from hating the look of the fabric/fit). If I look at the original AF gear it had the little duck pouch, designs on the sleeves etc etc. The new one feels very lack luster in comparison. The arguably most detailed spots like the top of the gloves etc are completely covered up by a frumpy robe. Also does anyone else think the bottom of the boots resemble white ugs? Just saying.

Edit: Also, I don't think the staff is ugly but I would have loved to see a similar design (gold with the faint glowing bits) with a nature oriented theme. A tree or something.

[Muahbec]

What is it a trend to hate the booby staff!? Oy mate i wont listen to ya!

LOL
Why should i like the booby staff? its just ugly and boring...
sorry not sorry.