Question about Job "AF Armor"

[Corrderio]

Hardly. I'd say model is the smaller part.

This is really up for debate since tradition has changed ever since the games went 3D.

Tifa/Zell are considered Monks but they don't wear the tradintial gi attire

Freya is a Dragoon but her design looks nothing like the traidiontal

Eikko was a White mage but didn't didn't wear the traditional robe (Garnet did during the first bit of FF9, but the irony is she was the more potent summoner while Eikko was the better White Mage, yet had the summoner horn)

Garnet - See above

Khimari was a Dragoon/Blue Mage, but his gear didn't suggest that

[Betelgeuzah]

This is really up for debate since tradition has changed ever since the games went 3D.

The traditions haven't. That doesn't mean the games have to follow said traditions.

One could argue that the identity with those characters only came in to practice with the role they performed in, plus perhaps their gender and characteristics as well. Oh, but you still couldn't change their equipment around, so they always had a certain identity to them through that approach also. Maybe not specifically job identity, but something to set them apart from each other.

The fact is that all characters in past FF games have had certain identity to them, whether it has been traditional or not is irrelevant. Identity is important, and when it comes to traditional jobs, color is very much a part of what identifies them from one another. White white mages, black black mages, purple dragoons, white paladins.

The fact that you admitted that it's up for debate proves that it's not some bullshit excuse as you seem to imply. We can debate it all we want, the fact remains that some people, rightfully so, identify a traditional FF job with the traditional color. That alone shows that the dev team has a point, as much as you'd like to reject it. When you strip the Job away from a part of what makes it unique, you also shit on everyone who identify Dragoons as the purple job and White mages as the white job.

[Velhart]

This is really up for debate since tradition has changed ever since the games went 3D.

Tifa/Zell are considered Monks but they don't wear the tradintial gi attire

Freya is a Dragoon but her design looks nothing like the traidiontal

Eikko was a White mage but didn't didn't wear the traditional robe (Garnet did during the first bit of FF9, but the irony is she was the more potent summoner while Eikko was the better White Mage, yet had the summoner horn)

Garnet - See above

Khimari was a Dragoon/Blue Mage, but his gear didn't suggest that

You are right that models change overtime due to 3D. However, it isn't the case with these characters. While these characters derive from a classic job, they do not directly tell you they are that class (Could make FFIX an exception to this). Their attire is for the purpose of matching the character's characteristics and personality. When you make the jobs and their armor, you have to make something that lets others know that you are "this job".

EDIT: Hey kids! The secret word today is "assumption". When you see someone type assumption in their post, you need to scream REAL LOUD!