About the looks of the new raid gear

[Nixxe]

It absolutely does fit the raid because this entire raid tier is themed after FF5, of which the Genji armor was the strongest equipment in that game. It's also a set of armor that is in almost every Final Fantasy game and it makes complete sense for it to be a raid tier reward and not relegated to something less impressive like a dungeon drop. It's often the best equipment or very top tier in most Final Fantasy games it's in.

It entirely makes sense for being a part of the Omega Interdimensional Rift Raid, especially the tier that's packed with FF5 stuff.

Genki pieces are related to Gilgamesh though. While you can make the argument you did, as Gilgamesh was encountered in the Interdimensional Rift and apparently makes a habit of void hopping, it's still a bit of a stretch without Gilgamesh actually making an appearance and being involved in their acquisition somehow.

[enthauptet]

I was really confused why this eastern gear is obtained from the ala mhigo area... Omega's aether portal actually takes us to Doma? Lol. This gear is terrible, none of my friends like it and it is pretty disappointing. Some of the Binding Coil or Alexander gear was not the greatest for me but it worked with the story and theme going on (allagan designed and designed from alexander parts) but this is...not related to anything. It is just ugly gear which doesn't work with the raid.

[ErryK]

Coil gave Allagan-themed gear the entire duration, just with different styles. The Alexander sets all had varying levels of steam and industrial punk to them, which fit the theme of that raid.

This stuff sticks out like a sore, poop-colored thumb.

That doesn't refute my point. Binding Coil gave Allagan gear, yet we fought Twintania. Where was the Twintania-style gear? Second Coil gave High Allagan gear, yet we fought Nael's She-Bahamut form, where was that style of gear? Etc. with Gordias and Midas. The gear doesn't necessarily. Hell, the Gordias tanking set matches Alexander a lot more than the Alexandrian!

Gear isn't going to be consistent, just glamour something over it and call it a day.

There's a multitude of other things that are stupid about this, like people complaining about casters and healers finally getting some form of armour to wear, even though it's been requested for so long. Just so much lost on so many people just because vanity is everything.

[Gun-Cat]

So, a FFV themed raid tier. FFV a game with 22 different classes. 22 different classes that look different depending which of the 5 characters you are use, making for 110 different armour designs to chose from.

And all you could come up with basically 3 different armour sets with marginal differences between the classes that look nothing like FFV?

[Shippuu]

Game need to make sense NOT only to FF fans or its the most stupid thing in the world.

And it DOES. It's also allowed to make sense for FF fans considering fan service and brand is one of the major driving factors of this game. It's absolutely not a crime for them to incoprorate such nods. It's a Final Fantasy game afterall.

We didnt fight any asian themed bosses in the Omega,

Yeah, so? We didn't fight any Onion Knights or Warriors of Light in Labyrinth of the Ancients and still got that armor. There's no magical rule written in stone saying the raid gear MUST visually match the raid it comes from. There are tons of MMOs that don't come anywhere close to following that kind of logic.

we are getting sets from OMEGA PARTS and Ironwork people are crafting it for you

Completely unsubstantiated assumption. There's nothing implicating the Ironwork people are crafting anything for us, and it's more likely they are finding the armor in the Deltascape, and trading it for the bits we get for their own research, since only we are capable of combating the challenges within to get the components. On top of that, your argument goes out the window when it comes to Savage, in which the gear absolutely just drops from the encounter, meaning we can find it in there.

...and you get some samurai armor and also ugly as hell?

It's almost like that's just a subjective opinion, man. Many people find the armor appealing and like it for what it is.

What the hell, how does it fit theme if you are not blind ff fanboy?

Where is it written as law it has to visually fit theme of the raid? I'll wait for your official confirmation from the Development team of what they should do with their game. Again, this is a Final Fantasy game and it's not a bad thing to be a fan of the series and have this fanservice be given to you.

You don't like it? Tough.

And FFV is not that popular and important, ive heard a lot from FFs and this armor is new to me, its not iconic by any means.

Genji Armor
I guess FFXIV must be your first Final Fantasy game.

[missybee]

I think the Omega equipment is pretty far from the best looking gear in the game, but to say that the appearance of raid gear has gotten worse over time is definitely subjective.

For me, I really disliked the gear from Final Coil. In my opinion, it was all just a purple mess with too much in the way of fiddly bits.

As I recall, fans had been asking about Genji armor being implemented in XIV, and now seems like a pretty good time to add it.

I'm not overly impressed with a lot of the SB gear, but that's what glamours are for, yeah?

[AshDeschain]

Does anyone else feel like the Striking and Maiming chest pieces where switched? Any and every katana or pair of knuckles clip into the sides and it looks terrible. As it stands, my samurai won't be wearing any samurai armor because of that.

[Roda]

That doesn't refute my point. Binding Coil gave Allagan gear, yet we fought Twintania. Where was the Twintania-style gear? Second Coil gave High Allagan gear, yet we fought Nael's She-Bahamut form, where was that style of gear? Etc. with Gordias and Midas. The gear doesn't necessarily. Hell, the Gordias tanking set matches Alexander a lot more than the Alexandrian!

Gear isn't going to be consistent, just glamour something over it and call it a day.

There's a multitude of other things that are stupid about this, like people complaining about casters and healers finally getting some form of armour to wear, even though it's been requested for so long. Just so much lost on so many people just because vanity is everything.

We fought these things in an allagan creation, thus we got gear of allagan design... ._.

[SaintK]

You guys ever see that movie Coneheads? Well just go try on the hat of aiming.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Eh. I have yet to find any armor sets more atrocious and nasty than the HA and Allagan gear. Though I'm confused how the Alexander Gear was in anyway steam punk. It just looked like casual clothes from a local store to me for the most part.