So uh... whats up with the end game gear designs lately?

[Kosmos992k]

Except, the person you quoted literally has a post above them showing such "Thot" gear.

Also, this gem in the very same thread we're talking within.

There are two pictures in a thread of 100+ replies. How does that sum up the thread as everyone just wanting more hoochie gear?

Hi Skivvy, obviously as you say, it doesn't. Nor does it really address the point of the reply that Erryk is referencing out of context. That reply was a jokey reply intended to play on the stereotype of bikini armor. I thought that was clear to everyone at the time. Granted, Kos does wear bikini armor sometimes, but to be honest that's more of a reaction to the annoying gear designs that boil down to being encased in metal armor that makes me look like a dude, or in lighter gear that is simply drab to look at. Up until yesterday, Kos was wearing the PLD AF gear, though today she glamoured into the Shisui.

Erryk You should read the post you references and the context it is in. It's clearly a fun reply and not entirely serious.

I have posted numerous times that I would like to see feminine armor, that is armor suited to the feminine shape and style, that does NOT mean bikinis and stripper heels thank you very much.

for example ;



And this being a perfect example of what I mean given that it was part of the tank gear design contest here (Note: this was my favored design in that competition, I was disappointed when what appeared to be more Allagan gear won the day);


Or perhaps something more fantastical (though this look needs a skirt);


ErryK you and I have participated in similar discussions before, I would have hoped you remember those preivous discussions and know that I am hardly advocating female gear become hoochie gear.

Humorous reply aside (along with pictures for the heck of it), what I, and I suspect a lot of other female players characters, would like to see is armor that is designed for the feminine shape without simply being billowy, translucent and bikini like. That's not to say that revealing armor is unwelcome, it's very welcome, but given how little actual gear there is in the game that is even remotely as revealing as the Shisui set or the Colosseum set, you can hardly make the claim that there is already a lot of stereotypical revealing bikini armor sets in the game, nor that there is any kind of threat that there will be any time soon.

Not to be that guy, but being that guy. The sheer number of half-naked catboys and male roe running around tells me that it swings both ways on people wanting revealing gear. Maybe not in the examples in this thread, but there are plenty of examples around.

Aesthetically speaking, I honestly don't see how people can complain about bikini clad Miqo'te females when there are near naked Roes and Lala's roaming the cities of Eorzea; all day, every day. And especially because (if I remember correctly) nearly naked Roes were once used as a form of protest against a group on a JP server - flooding that group's home with Roegadyn males wearing only small clothes and using skintones that match the small clothes precisely. Quite effective they were too, or so I remember.