Female outfits

[Luluna]

I would just like to see more female outfits given as rewards. As a female in real life i want the outfits from characters like Tifa, Garnet etc. I just feel a bit let down that all my veteran rewards where of Clouds, Squall and other male outfits. Now we have Balthiers...i must admit one of my fave characters but i would just like to say to the devs please can we have some female character outfits added. I know we have Yuna but more would be nice.

[Mirakumi]

Let me just say whoever cried out FRANNNNN in the audience I love you. Yoshi's facial expression was the best thing in the world.

[Luluna]

haha yes it was imagine if we got Frans outfit

[Hestzhyen]

They release the men's outfits because they work on both male and female characters. If they released Tifa or Garnet's outfits they would have to make some extra choices:

1. Let men wear them too
2. Double the work and release a gender locked pair like the Tidus/Yuna set
3. Lock to female and release nothing for men

All of these would lead to complaints of some kind so it's easier if they just keep releasing iconic male outfits that are available to everyone.

[Mimilu]

1. Let men wear them too

How would the first one lead to complaints?

[MicahZerrshia]

How would the first one lead to complaints?

Well for starters. Look at the tragedy that is the Gold Saucer bunny outfit where they didn't even bother to remove things like the bra cups, the literally just used the old model and fit it to a male frame and it looks hideous.

Also with as much glamour as there is for females only as apposed to males, why are we complaining about the few things locked to men? Esp since most male only outfits are locked behind a mogstation paywall as opposed to being in the actual game like much of the female only attire.

[Penthea]

Also with as much glamour as there is for females only as apposed to males, why are we complaining about the few things locked to men?

I think the point OP is making is that the majority of outfits for characters from other FF games are mostly male. Not that there aren't enough female glam choices. There is Yuna and Lightning...and literally nothing else. Every other non-xiv FF character glam outfit is male.

[Dirwen]

More female outfits for achievement points be nice. At the very least veteran rewards don't apply to people with the basic sub such as myself. My main is a generic male hyur midlander and I like it like that is why I made a few female alts and leveled them up mainly for glam since they look good in almost anything.

[Nestama]

How would the first one lead to complaints?

People complained about the Gold Saucer bunny outfits becoming unisex >_>

[Beckett]

How would the first one (1. Let men wear them too) lead to complaints?

This would seem like the obvious solution, and in general, it is (especially for Mog Station items). There would be far less complaints if there was no gender locking of gear at all.

The problem is when the gear is given as a reward. If the Ranged DPS gear from Orbonne Monastery was based on Fran's outfit, a lot of male characters would freak out that they were being "forced" to dress like a girl. Or if one of the Veteran Rewards had been Rinoa's outfit instead of Squall's, male characters would complain about how they subbed for so long just to get a dress as a reward. (In a perfect world, we'd get both Squall's outfit and Rinoa's outfit [and they'd both be wearable by both genders], but that would double the dev's workload.) Heck, a lot of male characters already freak out about some designs being too feminine, such as the new Omega gear. The same simply isn't true for female characters who are "forced" to wear male gear. Most female characters don't mind wearing male clothes, and a fair amount even prefer it.

So I totally understand why the devs will likely never make female gear the default, since it would lead to a lot of ultra butthurt male characters potentially quitting the game. I don't necessarily agree with it, but I get it.