the immersion problem made by glams

[Sebazy]

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This argument was invalid the moment the whisper a-go-go was added

[DPZ2]

The game encourages those looks.

Consider a prime example in the crafting/gathering Custom Deliveries. In Idyllshire you will meet a person who hides behind a gold outfit with a pig's head. In. Game.

In about a little over a week from when this is written, you will meet another person with a 'modern' look. Their outfit is pretty cool.

This game has magic as well as technology built to emulate magic. It is not stuck in the age of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. The sooner the OP acknowledges this, the easier it will be to confirm that, yes, clothing may be traditional for some and, for others, completely modern.

OP is urged to consider some of the Korean F2P MMOs available. Blade and Soul, for example, has a lot of 'fantasy trope' items (as well as what I would call 'fan service trope' items), but you can also wear some exceedingly 21st century clothing instead, if you choose.

The only game I played where 'modern' didn't seem to be a thing was World of Warcraft. I was never enthused by the armor sets, they appeared to be so dark with a small riot of color effects. Or, in BC, they were suddenly a clown-suit's worth of color. Sometimes. Thank heavens there was that one barbarian loincloth that could be used as a male Blood Elf mage.

[LaughingBanana]

Speaking of glam destroying immersion, it's kinda funny for me because some of the original non glam armor actually DO destroy immersion if you think about how people wearing it in their day to day activities.

Like those Dragoon armor, for instance. Can you imagine people doing their daily activities wearing such spiky armor? When they want to sit? When they want to poop? heck you'd probably need to be careful when you want to shake hands with someone lest some of the blades on your armor pierces them, lol.

[Tsiron]

Speaking of glam destroying immersion, it's kinda funny for me because some of the original non glam armor actually DO destroy immersion if you think about how people wearing it in their day to day activities.

Like those Dragoon armor, for instance. Can you imagine people doing their daily activities wearing such spiky armor? When they want to sit? When they want to poop? heck you'd probably need to be careful when you want to shake hands with someone lest some of the blades on your armor pierces them, lol.

What are you on about, this is peak practicality..!

[Kolsykol]

What are you on about, this is peak practicality..!

I know that this is yet another jab at the belly gap ( which imo actually looks cooler ).
But if you want better examples look at Tanks with a ton of exposed skin regardless of wearing armor.
Like arms, no neck protection, big openings in the face, just cloth instead of actual armor etc ( especially Warriors ).
Pretty sure they have an Artifact set with exposed backs too.
And they're actually meant to soak damage ( which DRG's aren't ).
It's not like if you added cloth to the belly gap that it'd suddenly be more protective even if a lot of people would like to pretend otherwise..

Exposed hands or even just fingers is especially a big no no because they were one of the first things that would get hit and people would go for particularly if unarmored.
Very easy to break them too and to disable the hand, even with things like smashing against shields etc.

I am also wondering how Dragoons see in their helmets lol.

[TheMightyMollusk]

It's not like if you added cloth to the belly gap that it'd suddenly be more protective even if a lot of people would like to pretend otherwise..

The male version has scale mail there, which would be better defense against raking claws and other slashing attacks.

I mean, my main hangup with that gear is that I just think the belly window looks silly, but that's gonna vary from person to person.

[Merrnryn]

I greatly dislike modern clothing in the game. I would love to see more things like the original armor's. Some of the town NPC clothing. but all this modern stuff doesn't belong in a fantasy setting. Even the 'modern' things in this game have far more a fantasy feel. The school outfits are esp a .... ? wtf? A mini skirt for Ishgard.. in a pious nation... *headdesk*

[Lihtleita]

A mini skirt for Ishgard.. in a pious nation... *headdesk*

bruh you ever see how catholic girls mod their uniform

[ZeraSkiratea]

A mini skirt for Ishgard.. in a pious nation... *headdesk*

i mean, Ishgard is pious.. but its not OUR pious, its not a "real religion" so just because it would be "scandalous" in a real pious nation during what knows what time period would be contemporary for Eorzea, Dosnt mean it woudl be the same in ishgard


Also to people saiying "seeing someone in bikin in Coerthas is immersion breaking" it.. really isnt. Glamour is EXPLAINED in universe(and even used in the MSQ at least once on a large scale SPECIFICALY mentioning Glamour prisms) its not that you are "wearing" these clothings, its an ilusion ontop of your actual armor, you are still wearing your full plate armor as a paladin, it just looks like A bikini now(and it dosnt even change the feel of it afaik, so you would still feel wearing it) like, its an in universe explanation for why it exists, how it works, and what it does thats as immersive as you can get. I personaly dont like Casual glams, as it dosnt fit my character. HOWEVER i do not say people should not use it, nor would i want an option to disable glamour(because thats a great way to rob the game of a LOT of its charm and personality)
For people complaining about modern looking clothes.... i personaly dont see a problem in them. Final fantasy for a long while has a mix of fantasy and modern looking clothings in games. The modern clothes added arent so out there that a designer in eorzea or any other region could not have come up with them, and just never found a large market in the general public do to it being "to new" or unfamiliar looking, but adventurers(which we are) may be more inclined to try "wacky" clothes normal people would not spend income on.