Request: Hempen Garb - Racial Unlock

[Kryis]

they already said that they will bring it race unlock in a future patch so we will get it.

[LaylaTsarra]

they already said that they will bring it race unlock in a future patch so we will get it.

They said they would look at it. They never promised to do it. Provide a link to the statement please where they said they were working on it. And you've made your views pretty clear with reference to wanting to wear the Highlander top/straps on your Miqo'te. It's pretty transparent why you'd like to see that unlocked. I sincerely hope it never happens.

[Skivvy]

And you've made your views pretty clear with reference to wanting to wear the Highlander top/straps on your Miqo'te. It's pretty transparent why you'd like to see that unlocked. I sincerely hope it never happens.

Who cares if someone wants it so they can hooch it up some more? I personally find the highlander hempen hideous, but who honestly cares what other people use it for? There is no reason why underwear should be viewed as a racial piece of clothing.

We have somehow managed to get our hands on native-american styled garb, plenty of 'far-eastern' outfits and some Victorian (?) style dresses, yet somehow the people of Eorzea just can't bring themselves to copy the underwear style of another race? This game is all about fan service. Stop trying to hide behind lore reasons, as that went out the window ages ago.

[LaylaTsarra]

Stop trying to hide behind lore reasons, as that went out the window ages ago.

I'm not hiding behind anything. I strongly believe that there should be difference between the races and that includes some specific clothing that identifies them such as the hempen set. There are some pretty classic differences there which I might add I enjoy tremendously with my alts. I'm all for glamour and the more the better but I'm also in favor of race specific clothing that make each race special. I'd like to see more of it, not less.

And it didn't go out my window by the way.

[Skivvy]

I'm not hiding behind anything. I strongly believe that there should be difference between the races and that includes some specific clothing that identifies them such as the hempen set. There are some pretty classic differences there which I might add I enjoy tremendously with my alts. I'm all for glamour and the more the better but I'm also in favor of race specific clothing that make each race special. I'd like to see more of it, not less.

And it didn't go out my window by the way.

I can understand having a personal desire to see race locked clothes, but there is really no valid excuse to keep them race locked outside of the devs not wanting to put in the effort. If they do get unlocked, there is no reason why you would have to start using them on your characters, but it would open up a lot of glamour opportunities for others. Is a miqo wearing hyur undies any worse than that bikini tank we have all run into during dungeon runs?

[LaylaTsarra]

I can understand having a personal desire to see race locked clothes, but there is really no valid excuse to keep them race locked outside of the devs not wanting to put in the effort. If they do get unlocked, there is no reason why you would have to start using them on your characters, but it would open up a lot of glamour opportunities for others. I could be wrong, but it doesn't seem like a miqo wearing hyur undies would be any worse than that bikini tank we've all run into during dungeon runs.

Well we can agree to disagree. Obviously you feel differently and you entitled to your opinion. I want to be sure my voice is heard as well. If it happens well fine but personally I don't think it will.

[Ibkee]

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You're missing the point. The Highlander hempen is clearly designed around the Highlander body and lore. Miqo'te are also race locked out of muscle sliders because they aren't race appropriate. Differences between races are believable, normal and encourage the use of Fantasias (a solid impetus for SE not to change the status quo)

Further, I'd argue that it's precisely because Hempen is racially locked that it's so interesting. It's nice to have glamour options that aren't instantly off-putting because they're being worn by thousands of default catgirls in your server alone. The bikini tank you mention is a lore quirk but that's irrelevant, it's overused, boring and ultimately this has been avoided with Hempen simply by keeping it restricted to it's various races.

[DeaconMoore]

You're missing the point. The Highlander hempen is clearly designed around the Highlander body and lore. Miqo'te are also race locked out of muscle sliders because they aren't race appropriate. Differences between races are believable, normal and encourage the use of Fantasias (a solid impetus for SE not to change the status quo)

Further, I'd argue that it's precisely because Hempen is racially locked that it's so interesting. It's nice to have glamour options that aren't instantly off-putting because they're being worn by thousands of default catgirls in your server alone. The bikini tank you mention is a lore quirk but that's irrelevant, it's overused, boring and ultimately this has been avoided with Hempen simply by keeping it restricted to it's various races.

Actually I think you're missing the point, it's a piece of clothing, not some holy relic that only responds to those of true blood. >.>

Holding these hostage for Fantasias sales? Really? How does that work exactly? I mean for me, I like the look of a female Highlander, but I hate their Hempen set. I do however like the look of the female Midlander hempen set but I don't like the look of the Midlander females. Why on earth would I fantasia to a race choice I don't like? Here's a hint, I wouldn't!

Really all I read in your post is a personal distaste for all the catgirls running around being your main problem with the set losing the racial lock.

[Magic-Mal]

You're missing the point. The Highlander hempen is clearly designed around the Highlander body and lore. Miqo'te are also race locked out of muscle sliders because they aren't race appropriate. Differences between races are believable

This, this bit right here.. is actually completely wrong. The clothes have nothing to do with lore. Miqo'tes not having a muscle slider has nothing to do with lore.

1. Starting with the clothes first, how is the Highlander hempen made for Highlander bodies again? Where's the lore for that? How is the Midlander tank top made for just Midlanders? Where's the lore for that? A highlander female body isn't radically different from Midlander or even Miqo'te body. One of the only differences between them is just that highlanders are taller and can have larger busts, which btw, can be put to 0 slider. So no not form.

Answer: It has nothing to do with lore at all. It is a remnant of the 1.0 programming where the each race had a specially built hempen set that they could use to equip in an Undergarments section. This is no longer in the game. But the coding is still active.

2. Are you seriously saying that Miqo'tes and Au Ra-like races are incapable of gaining muscle? Whaaat? Where is the lore for that? Can you find it? Where is the lore explaining how Miqo'te were much thicker in the past? Where is the lore explaining why they mysteriously can't get any muscles?

Answer: There isn't any. The real reason is because due to 1.0 coding, each race and gender had a certain amount of customizable features. Elezens with ears, Miqo'tes with tails. While others had muscle sliders. Also, Miqo'te lore says that they have strong legs for jumping. Yet their legs are skinny. Why? Because SE. Not lore.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Miqo%27te

The groups share a superb sense of smell and powerful leg muscles, results of a long evolution geared towards hunting and predation.

[Keydah]

Race specific clothing in most games is fine. Almost everyone has alts to play other classes or even just for other races, so they don't miss out on anything.

Race specific clothing in a game built around having one character is not. While I'm sure there's plenty of people who do have alts, I'm willing to bet the majority do not. Therefore, they lose a lot of creative freedom in not having access to other races' hempen sets...ever.

The starting gear being race locked is fine - it's that race's "cultural" gear - but not being able to wear the Elezen or Roe top just because I'm an Au Ra is downright stupid. They're just simple tops and bottoms, there is nothing racially specific attached to them besides being a style that fits that race's sterotypical look. If I want my Au Ra to look elegant in the pretty Elezen hempen set instead of wearing a cutesy PJ babydoll because it fits her as a character better, what logical reason is there that I can't?

Suddenly everyone would be wearing them - what's wrong with that? Sure, we all know there will be catgirls in the Highlander hempen top EVERYWHERE for the first month of them being unlocked, but having the option of wearing it or the babydoll or the halter creates more diversity imo. I'd rather see a catgirl in Highlander panties here and there rather than every single catgirl only having a halter top to choose from...