Request to unlock Hempen set styles

[MsQi]

On a side note: Will this stop with just hempen gear, or will it take from the race's starting gear as well? Will those that demand this be satisfied with just the undergarments?

The thing about racial gear and the hempen styles is that there doesn't seem to be any lore behind it, at least as far as I've played (starting HW now). Nobody besides players (adventurers) seem to wear the starting gear. I haven't seen a Miqo'te village where females tend to wear little red skirts. Where do these clothes come from if there is no cultural context? I’ve seen the Miqo'te hempen shorts on one character and of course Yda wears the Midlander shorts. If these are traditional garb of specific people groups there might be a valid point for restricting them. If so then maybe there should be some sort of reputation grind to become friendly with each group's tribal leaders, etc. However, there doesn't seem to be cultural centers for specific races. Most areas of Eorzea seem to be culturally mixed.

There are references to where these races may have come from in ancient times but these areas have either become part of the current city-states or are extremely distant. They are not likely to be where our adventurers came from.

[Zathurain]

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One thing I would like to add to this point is the factor of the Au'ra starting gear. When you read the text about the Raen and Xaela in character creation it somewhat explains the culture of both versions of the race; Raen are an isolated nobility type of culture, while Xaela are warring nomads. But when you look at the starting gear it only looks like it fits for the Xaela. If there really was a cultural aspect to the starting gear, wouldn't the Raen and Xaela have different starting clothes?

Granted, I'd personally be satisfied with just the hempen gear being unlocked. But that's because of the fact that it's more than a little annoying to see it on someone of a different race than you, like it, and craft it yourself just to realize it's nothing like what you saw on the other race. The starting gear has the race name in it. The hempen gear does not. And while I may be envious of say, the Elezen starting gear when I'm playing an Au'ra, I can get past it as that's the gear you start with when you pick that race. We're not in 1.0 anymore, races no longer have unique underwear when you take off your gear and all that keeping it locked does is limit other players from properly expressing themselves through their character.

[Rokke]

The thing about racial gear and the hempen styles is that there doesn't seem to be any lore behind it, at least as far as I've played (starting HW now). I haven't seen a Miqo'te village where females tend to wear little red skirts. Where do these clothes come from if there is no cultural context?

The only race/gender combos where the hempens are worn and match the racial lore are highlander males & (xaela) au ra males. In that same vein, the only starter set that matches the racial lore are xaela au ra. Everyone else just gets cute generic looking fantasy-esque casual clothes.

If they were more unique to the different cultures I'd see why people would want them to be exclusive..but as it stands, croptops, nighties, and sleeves are hardly representative of their respective races so Im in the camp that says unlock em.