Didnt think of this did you

[Theodric]

As an aside, I can't help but note that whenever anybody offers suggestions for male glamour there's a rush of players - often those who do not even play male characters themselves - swooping in to shoot the idea down. Yet those same players will rush into threads requesting things like Edda's outfit to be added as soon as possible to offer their full support.

If something as detailed as Edda's dress can be added I don't see how it's a stretch to add a cape - especially when there's already capes in-game. They don't even necessarily need to be 'flowing' either - some compromises in regards to the design could easily be made.

The idea that this game is stuck in a certain 'era' is also very flawed. It can't be medieval since there's futuristic, modern and steampunk themes present where gear design is concerned.

[Lauront]

This game lost all lore grounding the moment they added rocket powered flying turtles. Anything, with a little clever wording and backstory, can go into this game fine honestly. Look at the Creation tome weapons for example. They look like something straight out of PSO2 but of course just slap allagan on them and it fits the "lore" just fine.

Not all those items are intended to actually exist in the game's lore. The Allagan weaponry is consistent with their prior Allagan designs.

That said, I don't really see any issues with the item the OP would like to see added. There's a lot of stuff for glamour purposes, like vampire outfits or Squall's outfits, already in the game. I also like capes a lot, especially the ones on the Esoteric sets from 3.x and in the DRG Ironworks set.

[BillyKaplan]

The idea that this game is stuck in a certain 'era' is also very flawed. It can't be medieval since there's futuristic, modern and steampunk themes present where gear design is concerned.

This. We have ruins from ancient eras that were in many ways more advanced than Eorzea is at present, and that's speaking only of Eorzea. A lot of the more Eastern themed things wouldn't have fit Eorzea alone but then we have Thaivnair and Doma and that adds so many design choices. With the Garlean empire spanning so much of the world that we haven't seen yet, don't bother the person making the design for lore - just like how people don't need to explain the lore when they submit designs to SE's official gear design contests. Let the dev team worry about that if they choose to add it to the game.

[Lauront]

It would most likely have no bounce or flow, and thus would require a huge game physics reboot and, or increased PC/system requirements, which would eliminate players with lower end machines. It also just isn’t cost-viable to rework a whole system just for capes.

I kinda do wish they'd go ahead and up the requirements a bit, I mean the game is far behind where games up to the standard of 2017 technological capacities are, to say the least. Yes, it's common for MMOs to be this way and yes it will cost them some subs if they chose to revamp it. Ultimately they've already done this to cull PCs not up to the standard of the PS4 and I do wish they'd go a bit farther than that... however unlikely it may be. Idle wishing I suppose as they don't really have the sub count to justify it at present or the desire to take any real risks... but a little risk can pay off sometimes in terms of reward.

[Zsolen]

This game lost all lore grounding the moment they added rocket powered flying turtles. Anything, with a little clever wording and backstory, can go into this game fine honestly. Look at the Creation tome weapons for example. They look like something straight out of PSO2 but of course just slap allagan on them and it fits the "lore" just fine.

Then it shouldn't be considered very horrible of me to ask that a connection be made.

[Kohdo]

The whole "no capes" argument seems flawed, seeing as we have more than a few capes in the game already.

[Sakuraluna]

Honestly, with the wedding and best man's outfits in game already, as well as the scion's gear from the msq, Hildebrand and numerous other things, there are enough jackets around with no links to outside events or promotions that the argument that it doesn't fit the aesthetic of the game doesn't make a lot of sense.