AST Artifact gear style direction. Good or Bad?

[Iscah]

to be fair and i know this is off topic but thancred is basically just a recolor of the GNB artifact gear.

That too, and I nearly mentioned it. It's a bit disappointing that Y'shtola gets an entirely new dress, and the two male Scions just get recoloured relic gear.

Still, at least Thancred already got a unique costume in Heavensward. Urianger only has his ARR gear and the non-unique (but in-character) Dravanian robe he wore for the WoD arc.

[Sathona]

I kind of adore the dress,however the head piece as i said with WHM is just not the kind of thing id want to see on an AF set since as u said its on MB and its common too :/

[Melorie]

Honestly, AF gear for me is meant to be fancy. HW still stands being my favorite, but SB was okay. ShB is just... bleh. It's not a bad set, but not AF-worthy imo and doesn't tell much about the class.

[Haprimac]

This is pretty much why I wish I liked playing WHM because they always have the best AF gear. But I like sparkly stars and playing Solitaire too much.

[Mikiel]

The AF has been degressing. This looks like something you can put together using the main scenario dungeon loot. The original AF gear has been the penultimate version thus far. I wonder why they did away with the hat.

[heynowjose]

yeah i agree the new gear isnt bad but its certainly underwhelming

[manamoppet]

I'm a bit undecided overall, but I feel like I'm leaning positive on the dress and the silver star embroidery on it. Next one, I think it would be cool if they added The Mask's outfit (with /visor for the mask part, and without the staff) from Final Fantasy Dimensions:

[Risvertasashi]

AST's ShB AF is my favorite one yet.

Conversely, for SCH and WHM, I prefer the ARR AF sets.

I guess it's fair to say I prefer simplicity.