How does Garlean Armor Work?

[EdwinLi]

Here I was hoping how it was possible for Zenos to have a butt as big as his in his armor.

There is a lot about Garlean armor we don't know yet to go in full details but considering how fast Valens put his on they are decently lightweight and form fitting.

Customization seems to be a very common thing for high ranking officers of the Imperial Legion so I can only assume their armor are always custom made to the person specifically.

Also there is a distinct difference physically between Garlean gunblades and the hrothgar (GNB) version. Garlean gunblades are basically actual guns with an elongated bayonet extending past the gun's barrel, and more importantly, shoot actual bullets, thus they're more often used as long-ranged weapons, but can be effectively handled as an actual sword as well. Several MCH rifles are also designed somewhat like this.

The hrothgar version on the other hand, is basically the FFVIII version given FFXIV lore padding: it's just a sword with a fancy rumble pack attached, as in, the chamber is loaded with aether that ignites when the trigger is pulled and sends a tremor through the blade when the blade strikes a target, thus increasing the damage the strike causes (they're more accurately called tremorblades than gunblades), they're meant for close range fighting, although they can 'shoot' a blast of aether from afar as well rather like a gunshot (Lightning Shot).

Funnily the Garleans regard the hrothgar version as an 'antique' and obsolete design, where as the hrothgar in turn treat the Garlean version as a cheap knockoff.

The game lore does love to emphasize how both Garlean Gunblade and Gunbreaker Gunblade are completely different weapons.

I honestly expected SE since 2.0 to make a Garlean Gunblade Job eventually and still surprised they have not done so yet as a FF14 original Job.

Gunbreaker is nice but the design and sudden appearance in FF14 lore is more for nostalgia sake since it is heavily designed around being Squall/Seifer Job.

I can only guess the emphasize of them separating the weapons in lore is to keep open the option for Garlean Gunblade Job in the future even if it may end up being a Season 2 Expansion New Job which is 7.0 and beyond