Why are cosmetics so restrictive?

[Serilda]

You don't. Consider others. I am all up for tanks wearing bikinis and mages wearing Disciples of War gear, but a monk wearing the classic White Mage set can be confusing.

In terms of lore though, once our character has earned their WHM AF it makes no sense that they cannot continue to wear it while fishing, dancing at Gold Saucer or waving a sword around. They're still the same character; that's the theme of the game's job system. If people can cope with a gigantic metallic red pigman punching enemies as a Monk, I think they can cope with a really angry career WHM punching enemies as a Monk too.

[Kallera]

In terms of lore though, once our character has earned their WHM AF it makes no sense that they cannot continue to wear it while fishing, dancing at Gold Saucer or waving a sword around. They're still the same character; that's the theme of the game's job system. If people can cope with a gigantic metallic red pigman punching enemies as a Monk, I think they can cope with a really angry career WHM punching enemies as a Monk too.

Hell, you could make that a running gag, what with all the "angry healer" trend that is all the rage these days.

[RoseBnargin]

I dont get why males can't wear bunny ears thoug. Again a Pegi12 thing or whatttttt.

[Celef]

Officialy ? Lore
I still think it's both denial that the idea was bad from the start and laziness

[Lukha]

they can cope with a really angry career WHM punching enemies as a Monk too.

This made me smile so much. Especially since it's more or less my character's backstory at this point.

[YuzukiHibiya]

I say as long as you have the job or class leveled the required gear level, ex.) say I am a monk but want to use level 45 bard gear as a glam... well you need to have bard and monk to level 45. The party list tells you who are what jobs.

[SenorPatty]

In terms of lore though, once our character has earned their WHM AF it makes no sense that they cannot continue to wear it while fishing, dancing at Gold Saucer or waving a sword around. They're still the same character; that's the theme of the game's job system. If people can cope with a gigantic metallic red pigman punching enemies as a Monk, I think they can cope with a really angry career WHM punching enemies as a Monk too.

Well said!

You know, funnily enough, up to this day I still get confused about some classes not by what they wear but by the job icon, more specifically nin, mnk and smn. Is there current setting that could change the icons into the job abbreviations?

[UnstablePersonality]

They're probably more about trying to restrict people from creating confusing glamours. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to not allow a tank to glamour light armor, but yet the any-class costume gear can. It's just kinda arbitrary.

The compromise I'd suggest is simply drawing that line at the weapons.

See, as long as they don't allow people to change weapons into other things..I don't see how it'd be confusing really? glamour has no real effect on how the job plays.

[Alleo]

Officialy ? Lore
I still think it's both denial that the idea was bad from the start and laziness

What is the lore reason for this? I mean shouldnt we in lore be able to wear anything? I mean in lore we are alone (next to NPC) and I am quite sure that the NPCs dont really care what we are wearing.

[Kling-Klang]

Lore wise it would make sense if we could glamour anything, since glamour is just an illusion.