What's up with the Monster Hunter armor?

[Berethos]

Their perfectly fine pieces of armor, but I just don't understand why they're included in the Monster Hunter event.

Because they are inspired by Rathalos?

It's the XIV "inspired by" aesthetic rather than the Monster Hunter aesthetic, but the design elements are definitely there (primarily red scales and black tipped claw elements as a motif) - the collars of both, as well as the sides near the hip on the female set and the bottom of the coat on the male set, are the most obvious. Not as obvious is how the overall color placement - grey, red, black, etc - and placement of certain elements like the chest area on the male and the scales near the midriff on both are evocative of similar placement in the monster hunter set.

Honestly, I appreciate this design a lot more than I did this morning after noticing just how many elements of the original armor are echoed in our version.