Level 90 Job Artifact Armours Looks so Bad and Borring

[Harlot]

Probably there has been a lot of posts about this already but i just saw them and i wanted to share my opinions as well. So here we go:

Most of the level 90 job artifact armours sets looks extremely dull, boring and bad. I mean yeah there are some good ones like dark knight, white mage etc. And the summoner, i think summoner is the best one and got that level 90 vibes the most.

I mean these are supposed to be level ''90'' artifact gears yet they are so simple(in a very bad way), boring and lazy looking they look like they belong to level 50 artifact gears. And even level 50 artifact gears are so much more better then these ones. I mean they literally make your character looking like you are in arr and level 50.

Why are they simplified them that much. I mean i understand that they created these sets with characters core fantasies behind but still. Its like a downgrade from every bit of set we got and yet they all look so much familiar to the every other set we got before. It looks like it has been done before, countless times. Specially when it comes to black mage. It is literally level 50 gear set with tiny bit of changes. Even the weapon is exactly the same.

I am so dissapointed with this. I expected so much more. At least some glorious sets, but there is nothing glorious about these ones.

Sorry if i made any mistake while writing, english is not my first language.

And i know i have been little bit toxic and salty but these are my geniune, honest opinions

[Elissar]

It is literally level 50 gear set with tiny bit of changes. Even the weapon is exactly the same.

I feel like this is happening because artifact armors are made to represent your class, not your strength. They won't look like a powerful armors. Never. Same for lv80 ShB "artifact" armor. They are more like...that kind of stuff you use when you finally graduate.
I'm more excited to see our gear of progression. (like our current shadow/edenmete/edenmorn/etc).

[Harlot]

But even if thats the case, shouldn't you be getting gear that looks better then the gears comes before. Even in the military, the higher your rank, the better uniforms you get, right? I mean even if they dont have to be glorious etc. They can still be unique, diffrent and exciting. Final fantasy team can come up with so much more better then this. Take gear sets comes before level 80 as an example. They are not that glorious as well. But they are diffrent and somewhat unique. They look like there has been some thought went about them. But level 90 sets are just playing boring

[Anhra]

I always wondered why Squeenix even puts any effort into making those, since all the pieces are locked behind their Job anyway, which is a shame, since they have some excellent Glamour potential.

[Elissar]

But even if thats the case, shouldn't you be getting gear that looks better then the gears comes before. Even in the military, the higher your rank, the better uniforms you get, right? I mean even if they dont have to be glorious etc. They can still be unique, diffrent and exciting. Final fantasy team can come up with so much more better then this. Take gear sets comes before level 80 as an example. They are not that glorious as well. But they are diffrent and somewhat unique. They look like there has been some thought went about them. But level 90 sets are just playing boring

I agree with ya.
The relic 535 and blade armor ilvl 525 had some critics about simplicity/strange/laziness too.
Honestly as someone that always glam my gear, i'm not sure what should i conclude about it for now. I hope they still keep their creativity up.

[Harlot]

I think i am very much fine with that. It is so nice to have a glamour set that representes your specified class. And no, i think they must be job locked. Cause it would be very odd to see a dragoon with a white mage robe or a warrior with dancer clothes. It would kill immersion in every avaliable way.

[Lihtleita]

But even if thats the case, shouldn't you be getting gear that looks better then the gears comes before.

This is a bit subjective. I get what you're saying but wouldn't that mean that the team would have to hold back their best possible designs until the last ever expansion?

While I understand wanting to improve on what came before, theres only so much you can change and still have the job aesthetic be recognisable. What would a red mage set be without its red fencing jacket, or a warrior set without its bear fur and red accents? How many variations can you make on such iconic design elements that are objectively better than the last?

[StriderShinryu]

While I don't agree that they look bad, I do agree that most of them look pretty bland. It feels like the vast majority of them are just slightly different takes on the same gear we've been getting since the beginning of the game. I'd rather they take more risks and do something different or even do throwbacks to former FF legacy characters that even just tangentially represent the class in question.

Take the dancer gear, for example. I'm honestly not sure that I personally like it but I find it refreshing that it looks quite different from the previous dancer AF gear. Meanwhile my main class, RDM, looks slick enough but is just yet another red coat, thigh boots and plumed hat. It's not bad, just boring.

[LisSquid]

They look about the same as all the others. Personally extremely excited for the new RDM set. Cannot wait to get it dyed to finally perfect my Lady Maria glamour. I could coo and awe that RDM gets a set that isn't weird poofs and frills for days. I probably will do just that until it's in my hands.

[Juzjuzz]

AF armors are meant to reprensent each job, so ofc the new one will look alike the old ones. I personally like simplicity more than flashy and more original stuff everywere, so i always like the AF gear the most in the game even if it looks bland for most ppl.
The gear shared by all jobs are mutch better to create something new and original. There's less "rules" there after all. I'd love to see more fun and original gear go into the dungeons when progressing through endwalker's msq. Often it's just non-dyable gear from old raids (or just the same with another color and without mutch changes).

My biggest problem with the AF gear of the is the glam since i play multiple jobs in the same role and love to switch often. It's a bit frustrating tbh. I can't wear both glams at the same time or change it everywere or just wear it with any jobs in the same role (i mean a reaper with drg gear would look pretty cool lol but eatch way of resolving the problem is fine).
I get that they want to keep the image of eatch job, but if it just ends up transforming into something anoying to use when we play more ... It doesn't feel great. And let's be honest even if a pld can wear the drk armor, the drk armor will stay the drk armor, it's not like ppl will be able to get it without leveling drk (and it should stay like that).