Why would you have to change your outfit to be considered "creative" or knowledgeable about the creative process? I work in the creative field, recently designed an app and logo from the ground up based around 2 words (Think "The Box") and I've worn basically nothing but black shirts and navy blue cargo pants for the past 3 years.
I think what they're doing is a creative use of glam for branding regardless of why they stick to it (They need no other reason than personally liking it). 1 bit of advice I got in Grad school about networking events was to "Find a hat or something that stands out a bit that you're willing to wear often and always wear it to a networking event. You can change it up a lil but make sure it's close to that main item in appearance. That way even if you don't speak to people they are more likely to remember seeing you then they would be otherwise when they see you at a different event".
I remember this Pink haired cat because I saw a relic youtube video a looooong time ago where they showed off each relic with the same hair and outfit they have right now. There's a German FF14 youtuber/ streamer who, intentionally or not, brands their cat around having the (IMO ugly) twin buns hair style and the tuber Meoni keeps his cat with long white hair and mostly white dyed clothing. This helps makes their thumbnails recognizable by forming an easy to recognize list of traits around their character.
The simple fact that you recognize that they have had the same glam for years means that it's been effective branding ... cause 95% of the people I see on the OF are washed outta my memory as I can't possible care to recognize someone's ever changing ava. Same goes for in GAME.
Re-read before you snark lmao ...The only part of the glamour that the least bit unique and “special”, I guess I can say, is the goggles, and they’re an item that was only available in Legacy.
I’ve also seen people wear that coat before so. If we’re going to go by anecdotes here...I guess mine directly contradicts yours. So which one of us is right here?
This is why we don’t use anecdotes as solid forms of evidence.
"it's at least a unique use of unpopular lvl1 glam and I have legit never seen someone else wear that outfit soooo"
Am I saying I have never seen someone wear that "coat"? Nooo
Am I saying that ANY item in that is "special/ unique"? Nope
Am I saying that it's a unique use of unpopular lvl1 glams annnd that I have not seen anyone else wear that combination of glams to form what is called an "outfit (which includes head/ glove/ torso/ leg/ foot glams)"? Bingo!
Am I saying this is the only person who could possibly wear this? Nope, there's others who can get those shades even if I can't.
Am I even saying that I like it? Nope, not my cup of joe as it reminds me of really cold weather ... but I can still recognize it as being "unique".
How am I "obsessed" with lingerie? LMAO, I have eyes is all. I see many people dress in lingerie in game, my feelings about it means nothing an I've never stated how I feel about it anyway. I'm just pointing out that if Viera gear were to be unlocked for every female many (who already run around in lingerie) would just start wearing it instead of the other lingerie glam options.Why is it that some people in this thread have an obsession with lingerie? Or insinuating that other players who want certain sets unlocked just want to dress their characters provocatively? Like what.
You may not think that's a problem, you don't have to think that's a problem. I don't think tons more people defaulting to Viera gear is all that creative (you don't even have to care about people being creative or not if you want freedom to do w/e you want, but for the context of the convo everyone dropping their crafted lingerie glam and using Viera gear as their new lingerie doesn't sound very creative)
If you don't care about lingerie then cool, w/e, that's just 1 example. I would say the same about people wearing the Elezen top or w/e.
More choices does not mean "more creative". You mean that by having more choices they have more freedom to make something they LIKE ... that does not mean what they make with that freedom is creative or impressive. There's studies about this phenomenon ... it's a common practice in art to give yourself strict restrictions cause of how it promotes creative thinking.Like the Far Eastern Beauty’s skirt. By virtue of having more options available, people now have more choices when deciding glamours. They’re able to be more creative.
"According to Haught-Tromp, those students who slammed up against constraints tended to think more deeply about options. They were also more motivated. Why do constraints tend to make us more creative? According to Haught-Tromp, they help cut down the number of choices to subsets that we find manageable. This allows us to “explore less familiar paths, to diverge in previously unknown directions.”