Quote Originally Posted by Skivvy View Post
I do feel ya on the gear. I mean, I like my frills now and then, but poor healers are almost always stuck in some sort of a dress/robe/long skirt combo. More reason to unlock the glams (as requested in another thread floating around)! Maybe one day.

Going back to the masculine appearances in this game. Final fantasy games as a whole tend to design males with a more androgynous or even effeminate style. With XIV being an MMO, I do feel like they branched out a bit, but you can still see that as an underlying style factor for a lot of the choices we have. I'm personally not drawn to this in general, but it kinda comes with playing a FF title.

Now...that's not to say we shouldn't be able to ask or hope for more options, something that suits our fancy, but it also does no good to wish for a massive overhaul to the general aesthetic. Gotta temper those expectations.
Final fantasy has always had masculine characters though. Jecht,Gladio,Snow to name a few. Honestly it seems like a problem with the community. A lot of the more vocal portions like i said in an earlier post, seem to be into the whole feminine males thing or trying to push the strong female angle and the lesser male thing. Thus we get more feminine styled gear and hairstyles and even races.