What was the design reason behind the Rathalos Armor Set?

[Knahli]

Heavensward No, I'd never do that. XD Just inquiring if we should pray to Hydaelyn that we get a third option in the future where we can get the actual Rathalos set, which looks so much better than what we got.

I'll be perfectly honest and say that hoping they'll revisit the set in anything other than a future crossover event is exceedingly idealistic thinking, unfortunately. I'm very sorry!


As I recall from the Liveletter, their reasoning behind the existing design was determined by how Eorzean/Hydaelyn forgers would choose to design the gear had they encountered such materials. So for all intents and purposes, they created it just as they wanted.