the immersion problem made by glams

[SamsaraTrickstar]

so i know its not a new topic and all but it need to be talk of much more.
the all the time incising amount of modern looking glams killing any immersion in the game. now yes there was modern looking gear/glam in the past as ell, but all of it got a fantasy touch. but in 5.x we got just normal modern looking glams that got no fantasy element to them.
now there 2 ways to "fix this problem"
1. make it so people can turn off glams from other players.
2. add more npc's to the world that wear this glams/gear.
what you think of this, you see it as a problem or don't care. how you will fix it , take them out is not a good fix as there people that do like them.

[Kes13a]

I dont see glams as immersion breaking at all personally.

I guess I dont see much "immersion" coming from a game on my screen, that I have to press keys to move my character or chat
what people wear doesnt affect me except gives me something to giggle about if their idea of "fashion" is much different than mine.

thats truly about it.

until they bring in virtual reality and teh suits from "ready player one" immersion is not really a thing in my mind.

[Fellgon]

I dont see glams as immersion breaking at all personally.

I guess I dont see much "immersion" coming from a game on my screen, that I have to press keys to move my character or chat
what people wear doesnt affect me except gives me something to giggle about if their idea of "fashion" is much different than mine.

thats truly about it.

until they bring in virtual reality and teh suits from "ready player one" immersion is not really a thing in my mind.

agreed! whant see true imersion? take a look in tabletop games and leave the rest for imagination. A good GM make wonders with your mind with storytelling.

[Kyrj]

idk but the amount of maid glamours has led me to believe that the maid market in Eorzea is oversaturated.

[Kolsykol]

Why are these glams '' immersion breaking '' but not Lalafells running around on the frontlines as warriors etc.
Or any of the story characters being unarmored, wearing no helmets, gauntlets, shields etc etc?

As far as modern clothes go, I think that the main story and the actual content ingame has more of a '' responsibility '' to adhere to the '' canon aesthetic ''.
What other players do on their '' free time '' for a lack of a better term is quite frankly non of your business and I think that MMO's would be very limited and that people wouldn't play FFXIV as much.
There's a reason why FFXIV has a very active community outside of just running content and why people still hang around and socialize in the game and spend so much time running their own clubs and RP:ing etc.
None of that is part of the main narrative either, it's fluff and extra content outside of the '' canon ''.

Same goes with stuff like minions, I really doubt that lore-wise the hero in WoW runs around with a mutated Chihuahua Murloc hybrid.
But its fun.

Generally speaking I also just have a hard time getting immersed in games when you have shirtless dudes running around and when almost every antagonist like in WoW is a shirtless muscle man.
Or when people wear long cloaks and don't wear a helmet or have spikes all over with shoulderpads that have mini-volcanos on them etc.
People harp on per usual about the Witch Elves and Sorceresses in Warhammer because ofc people only do this when it's female characters... But in Warhammer there are entire factions of shirtless muscle men living in the artic ( Norsca ) and people wear helmets so gigantic it'd snap their necks and they wouldn't be able to walk through doorways.

Modern clothes isn't exactly outside of peoples capacity to create in this game either, there's a ton of story characters wearing them so they're acknowledged by the narrative as canon and GNB + MCH have a much more modern aesthetic too.

idk but the amount of maid glamours has led me to believe that the maid market in Eorzea is oversaturated.

Actually be honest here, how often do you actually see them?
Especially outside of Limsa.

Do people really get distracted by what others have glammed on?

There are people who obsess about this a lot yes.
I've never understood it either I only pay attention to my own character unless I see someone I think looks cool then I inspect to see what pieces they are wearing.
If you actually start acknowledging the other players as '' part of the canon '' and actual world in any meaningful way then the entire thing falls apart regardless of what they wear.

[Kyrj]

Actually be honest here, how often do you actually see them?
Especially outside of Limsa.

Having leveled almost all my Jobs in Bozjan and Zadnor. More than I would like. But I blame Bozja for providing the dress through lockboxes.

[Kolsykol]

Having leveled almost all my Jobs in Bozjan and Zadnor. More than I would like. But I blame Bozja for providing the dress through lockboxes.

I actually didn't know you could get it from Bozja.
I only see them sometimes in Limsa with that swiping emote.

[Conundrum]

idk but the amount of maid glamours has led me to believe that the maid market in Eorzea is oversaturated.

Why do you think everything is so clean?

[MicahZerrshia]

I hate modern clothing in an otherwise mostly fantasy setting too and it bugged me too at first, but I guess I just got used to it. It's no worse at this point than a tank in a bikini or anyone playing a lala, or worse, a lala in a bikini. I just hope in the next mmo they pick a theme and then try to at least stay somewhat near the lines

[SamsaraTrickstar]

ye good point, but there wont be next mmo.