Racial Gear

[Ruru_Nayu]

And then what's next? Job gear unlocked for everyone so your botanist can run around with Paladin gear?

Kinda defeats the purpose of the name "Racial Gear" itself.

So no thanks, leave the very little unique things to races jobs etc. please,
since they create enough good sets that can be worn by everyone (ex. treasure map stuff).

[squidmonarchy]

I don't really see the problem with unlocking job sets either, at least for glamour purposes. I think most of us are more than capable of making characters look unique, and it's not like you can't decide not to wear specialty gear yourself if you feel like it cheapens the experience.

[ItMe]

I mean, a dog is not a cat, a rabbit is not a lion, a human is not a t-rex. Everything isn't the same.

Sure, but in this case a tailor would be able to have a Hyur top and take it in here or let it out there to make it fit a Miqo, Elezen, Ao Ra, etc.
People make clothes ​or pets, we can make an outfit for a Lala that looks like big people clothes.
Nothing is stopping a leather worker for seeing what an Elezen is wearing and sewing something similar for a Hrothgar.

[Duskane]

I mean, a dog is not a cat, a rabbit is not a lion, a human is not a t-rex. Everything isn't the same.

such a dumb comparison I'd rather a food analogy at this point.

[Lanadra]

such a dumb comparison I'd rather a food analogy at this point.

French frites are not spinach, fish isn't fruit, bread isn't cake. Happy now?

[ItMe]

French frites are not spinach, fish isn't fruit, bread isn't cake. Happy now?

No because you missed the point.

The issue is not: can these races wear each other's clothes, or make their own similarly styled clothes?
Because the unavoidably obvious answer is yes.

The issue is: should SQEX add such clothes to the game?

[kaynide]

The issue is not: can these races wear each other's clothes, or make their own similarly styled clothes?
Because the unavoidably obvious answer is yes.

The issue is: should SQEX add such clothes to the game?

I’m with you;

If wide lion men, tall bunny girls and tinyfolk can all wear the same Hawaiian shirt or leopard speedo, I really don’t see the issue with wearing each other’s unique clothes.

And while it is an issue of dev time, I would hazard to guess that it would take a similar amount of time as say a series of dungeon armor.

Whatever that translates to in actual man hours, I know it would be greatly appreciated, even if it was only 1 race’s set a patch.

...just boils down to if it’s worth it to the devs bang for buck-wise.

This and other ideas are why I wish there was an internal Kickstarter... but that’s for your other post.

[Absurdity]

I’m with you;

If wide lion men, tall bunny girls and tinyfolk can all wear the same Hawaiian shirt or leopard speedo, I really don’t see the issue with wearing each other’s unique clothes.

And while it is an issue of dev time, I would hazard to guess that it would take a similar amount of time as say a series of dungeon armor.

Unfortunately in this case it might not be that simple.
All current outfits need only 2 versions for current female characters, a Lalafell one and one for every other race. So female Roegadyn, Highlander, Elezen, Au Ra, Miqo'te and Viera all wear the female Midlander model and the visual difference is simply done through racial scaling.

The hempen gear on the other hand is the old 1.0 underwear and 1.0 gear had a unique model for every single race.

So it isn't a case of simply "unlocking" the hempen gear for all races. Depending on how they can implement it in the best case scenario they would have to make every hempen top for example fit female midlander first and then have every other race use that model, resulting in 6 models, one for every unique hempen top.

Worst case scenario they would have to make 6 unique versions, one for every race (excluding the original race and Viera because they just use the midlander model for some reason), and do this for every single hempen top, this means instead of 6 models they might end up having to make 42 unique models. Keep in mind these 42 models are only for female characters.


Like I said, it all depends on how they can implement it, it might be a very simple process or a process that takes more time than it is worth.

[Duskane]

I don't care for racial sets but only Au ra,Viera and Hrothgar really have their own racial flare to them others are pretty much the same.

[StriderShinryu]

I'm not really sure where I stand on this one. For the hempen sets, I wouldn't mind seeing them available for everyone but there's something special and unique about the racial starter clothes that feels like it should stay as something specific to that race. In fact, I'd like to see more stuff released that feels specially designed for the races instead of the one size fits all we get now. That said, I like some of the racial styles enough that it would be nice to at least see something inspired by them for the other races.