Glamour Design being the creation of its own problem

[Dzian]

IPlayers always revert to items that came out several years ago anyway because without some *cough* ""edits"" you have unnecessary bits and questionable choices that turn people away from wearing it in the first place.

This part is largely down to how everything recent is similar. And quite often comes up on the forums. There's 3 main reasons I think.

1- Why does nearly every body armor since 3.0 come with a full length Cape, long coat or even a full blown gown.

Whens the last time you saw a healer jacket that was literally just a jacket or maybe dalmatia style thing without being full length all the way down to your ankles?

Whens the last time you saw tank gear that didn't have a blooming cape on it or wasn't again a full length coat of fending?.

These are why people keep going back to the old stuff for glamours. Because new stuff just sucks.

2- another issue is much of the newer stuff doesn't even look thematic. Most of the time you see like hey here's a "x coat of striking" it doesn't look like something a martial artist (monk) would wear. Nor does it look very samurai like.. it just looks. Well questionable at best..

Similar thing with how much casting gear doesn't really look like something a red mage would ever wear. It's all to generic.

And 3:- gender bias or whatever you want to call it.. when virtually all healer gear looks incredibly feminine. Frilly cuffs and skirts and the like. Never a pair of trousers or slacks or anything in sight..

All of this is why the old stuff is more popular because notnonly is alot of it more thematic to the jobs / roles. But its also easier to work with.

It's why people frequently ask the devs to stop making everything the same dam stuff. Release some heavy armour without capes or caster gear that isn't full length coats and robes. Etc etc.

[Iscah]

Whens the last time you saw a healer jacket that was literally just a jacket or maybe dalmatia style thing without being full length all the way down to your ankles?

Off the top of my head: Dohn Mheg, the Grand Cosmos, Matoya's Relict, Paglth'an.

Late Allagan gear at the Wolves' Den.

Neo-Ishgardian and Exarchic sets if open-fronted coats count.

[wereotter]

Off the top of my head: Dohn Mheg, the Grand Cosmos, Matoya's Relict, Paglth'an.

Late Allagan gear at the Wolves' Den.

Neo-Ishgardian and Exarchic sets if open-fronted coats count.

Dohn Mheg does have the other problem, though, that the poster mentioned with still being all lacy/frilly. Still VERY feminine. Also Matoya's Relict is literally just a recolor of the Dohn Mheg sets, so not really a need to list them seperately. Either way, both sets for casting/healing look absolutely ridiculous on my character.

[JRat]

it just looks. Well questionable at best..

Ive noticed that a lot of the artwork is thematic to Final Fantasy.
Take the ubiquitous Dodo
the FFXIV version looks nothing like every other image of a dodo on the planet.

Perhaps FF samurai gear is what a NPC FF samurai would wear?
Although i have yet to see any NPC sporting a Subligar yet I am given a very.. gladiator/roman slave set in the early levels because.. I dont know..

[Fland]

These are why people keep going back to the old stuff for glamours. Because new stuff just sucks.

I can't even remember the last time I like a recently released healing/casting set enough to use it as glamour over the ones I already have in my plates lol.

And 3:- gender bias or whatever you want to call it.. when virtually all healer gear looks incredibly feminine. Frilly cuffs and skirts and the like.

There's definitely some bias there. Not only in gear design, but also job animations, promotion arts, etc.