We really should be able to glamour other jobs' sets

[ty_taurus]

You're absolutely entitled to your opinion to not want glamour to be unlocked, even if I disagree, but this quoted message is just... what? I genuinely don't think a single person actually looks at someone's character model to decide when or how to buff or heal them.

There's Legacy Warrior armor on the mogstation anyone can wear. I run around as a WHM wearing full heavy armor and a warhammer sometimes. I have never once been confused as a tank.

What you don’t understand is, because there is no logical reason to defend keeping glamour restrictions, those who illogically oppose the idea out of some weird obsessed with how other players dress their character need to come up with fake scenarios to try and fool people into thinking unrestricted glamour is somehow a bad idea.

Here I’ll give you an example:

But if we completely unrestrict glamour, and someone glamours their tank to look like a healer, then everyone’s going to assume that player is a bottom instead of a top, and that means we’re going to misinterpret what that player’s playstyle probably is, which is going to lead to so many wipes that dungeons will basically be impossible to clear!

[Raikai]

What you don’t understand is, because there is no logical reason to defend keeping glamour restrictions, those who illogically oppose the idea out of some weird obsessed with how other players dress their character need to come up with fake scenarios to try and fool people into thinking unrestricted glamour is somehow a bad idea.

Here I’ll give you an example:

But if we completely unrestrict glamour, and someone glamours their tank to look like a healer, then everyone’s going to assume that player is a bottom instead of a top, and that means we’re going to misinterpret what that player’s playstyle probably is, which is going to lead to so many wipes that dungeons will basically be impossible to clear!

Or when people just don't even go through the effort and blatantly argue with "It would be ridiculous and immersion breaknig to see a mage wearing plate and wielding a 2-hand hammer.". Even without having your White Mage look like a Warrior (because you already can, even weapon), I dare someone to come up with a more ridiculous situation, with unrestricted glamour, than what we can right now with stuff like pig body, chicken head, deer hooves and two kettles for fist weapons.

[Siddiax]

Or when people just don't even go through the effort and blatantly argue with "It would be ridiculous and immersion breaknig to see a mage wearing plate and wielding a 2-hand hammer.". Even without having your White Mage look like a Warrior (because you already can, even weapon), I dare someone to come up with a more ridiculous situation, with unrestricted glamour, than what we can right now with stuff like pig body, chicken head, deer hooves and two kettles for fist weapons.

You forgot to mention glamouring yourself fully naked - The "invisible" Emperor's set has been in the game for almost 10 years now...

[Moqi]

There's no reason not to lose glamour restrictions.

[Khryseis_Astra]

Just noting that Alphinaud’s Crystarium Prodigy outfit released today is just a reskin of other pieces in-game. But it’s using a healer/caster top, with gloves and boots that are either aiming, scouting or maiming. No reason we shouldn’t be able to mix and match like this as well!

[Ascended_Demon]

Inb4 Square Enix releases a "Crystarium Duelist's Attire" which is ShB Alisaie attire. The top is literally the Astral Silk/Chivalric Doublet of Healing, no alterations but undyeable and no role restrictions! "You don't have to buy it." And Square Enix doesn't need to sell model swaps either.

[Bun_Vivant]

And Square Enix doesn't need to sell model swaps either.

But if it's profitable (and it almost surely is) why wouldn't they?

[Ascended_Demon]

But if it's profitable (and it almost surely is) why wouldn't they?

Gacha games are profitable so maybe they should make more of those. Oh wait. They have a lot of those. Seems to be working well. Anyway the point is just because something could be profitable doesn't mean they should. But yes, they are business and all that, doesn't mean we have to like it.

[Bun_Vivant]

Anyway the point is just because something could be profitable doesn't mean they should. But yes, they are business and all that, doesn't mean we have to like it.

You want for free a capability that doesn't affect game play and that other people are willing to pay SE real money to get.
You should not be surprised or even disappointment that SE decides to pursue easy profits instead of indulging your selfish desires.

No profit (or sometimes even less profit) inevitably leads to no game.
The more cash FFXIV generates for SE, the more secure its future is.

[Siddiax]

If I remember correctly the store "team" are separate from the devs. Yoshida probably doesn't have much say in what goes into the online store.