Can we please have better Glamour?

[ty_taurus]

If you dont like them dont wear them.
Personally i like most of those you mentioned so ill buy or farm for them.

If thats the case then perhaps FFXIV should go original and not use characters or monsters from other FF games as they dont fit into this world either

Also "Can we please have better glamours" but all you do is bashing modern attire without any form of glamour suggestions which mind you they are all subjective.
Just because YOU dont like them does not mean everyone else hates them too.

I was saying this before as well, but it's kind of a moot point to complain about the style of glamour added because it's all subjective. It would make more sense to talk about the detailing of the pieces if they were of clearly lower quality than past glam sets, or if it was clear they were taking short cuts on those details since that's more objective, but just complaining about not liking the style has no value in my eyes.

Here's a more effective critique of the Street Attire set: I think online store gear in general should more effectively adjust to ears and tails rather than just allowing them to clip or cut them entirely. The point of online store glamour in my mind is spending money on higher quality gear, but I don't generally feel that online store glamour looks any different than normal gear really. It's just a matter of which one the team attaches a pricetag to, but online store gear should look higher quality, and adjust to each race better to avoid clipping.

[Jettinson]

It is less about fitting and more how some later sets look samey in regard.

The difference mostly comes with some pieces of the set like the Varsity Cap which comes with glasses or Frontier set which has a Ribbon (because the dress itself is awful to dye with the brown parts undyable), the latest one would be the Fedora even though HW expansion has them added.

Either way people LOVE these modern outfits, I remember how much of an impact the Casual Attire set from the Firmament put when it got added

[SenorPatty]

It's the same old argument made by people who are highly selective in memory about what the FF franchise is and selectively blind by what the game has provided. Literally over thousand glamours that have various styles but apparently it's not enough or the current ones are too ugly or both.

[Lelila38]

Yea, that giant halo on the back is already getting obnoxious. I don't know what they were thinking with that one.

All I can see is Dr. Strange magic portals.

On topic: While not my style, I don't mind the modern glamors too terribly much. Personally, I wanna dress up like a fantasy character in a fantasy game, but to each their own. As long as people are having fun with it I think it's fine.

[Dzian]

I'd like to see more Job specific glamours. honestly.

generic sets just nearly always look wrong..

here's a fending set. it might look half decent for a paladin but looks totally wrong for a warrior..
heres a casting set. it might loks quite suited to a blm but looks totally wrong for a smn or rdm.
here's a striking set, has some decent samurai vibes going on but doesnt look very monk like..
here's an aiming set, looks quite ok for a machinist but totally wrong for a bard..

a lot more actually thematic options for jobs would be cool..

[Aneshda]

I do, because otherwise this posting would hardly make any sense.
And that run-of-the-mill argument Final Fantasy "franchise"... does anyone even know what franchise means? I am sure that this word has been misused here and is just being used without meaning. So what exactly does everyone here mean by this term?
Is it that hard to read and understand the first post? Level 1 Glamour is not Job Specific Gear.
And always these interpretations in my Postings. What is written there is meant exactly like that, every word. All of the Sets I've listed are inappropriate in terms of appearance, cheap, 0815 compared to older Sets. And what's "modern" in other Final Fantasy games doesn't mean it's the same in Final Fantasy 14 or that it fits into this specific game. The other Final Fantasy Titles also have other Stories, Worlds, Heroes.

People here act like I wrote that these ugly Sets needs to be removed, that's not the case. It can't be too much to ask to serve both sides and not just one side.


For help https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise

[Boblawblah]

I think the problem OP, is that you just attacked a bunch of glamours instead of defining what exactly you mean by "better glamours". What exactly "fits" in a final fantasy game in your opinion? What sort of glamours are you looking for? if you're not just looking to have glamours removed, what would YOU like (specifically, not just "better")?

[Vahlnir]

And what's "modern" in other Final Fantasy games doesn't mean it's the same in Final Fantasy 14 or that it fits into this specific game. The other Final Fantasy Titles also have other Stories, Worlds, Heroes

You would have a point if it weren't for the fact that the same aesthetics were and always have been present in FF XIV. As of FF7, and even earlier in fact, there has been high fantasy mixed with modern/futuristic styles in FF titles pretty regularly. Not in every title, but I'd say most of them. FF9, 11 (if that counts) and 12 were pretty grounded in high fantasy and not much else. So yeah, what applies to a lot of other FF titles applies to this game...because it's an FF title, and they clearly have a preferred set of styles to use in their games. You don't have to like it, but it is what it is.

[WalksIntoMordor]

I'd like to see more Job specific glamours. honestly.

generic sets just nearly always look wrong..

here's a fending set. it might look half decent for a paladin but looks totally wrong for a warrior..
heres a casting set. it might loks quite suited to a blm but looks totally wrong for a smn or rdm.
here's a striking set, has some decent samurai vibes going on but doesnt look very monk like..
here's an aiming set, looks quite ok for a machinist but totally wrong for a bard..

a lot more actually thematic options for jobs would be cool..

IMO, the alternative isn't to make more gear job specific. It's to REMOVE restrictions on glam for pieces and let people mix and match for what feels right.
You still may have entire sets that make it harder to match a style (i.e. matching anything in the Abyssos set to a Dancer), but then you open the door to combinations from other sets that make things work better (imagine the Moonward Striking/Scouting Veil as a Dancer piece).

And, this solves the problem of level 1 gear being more "modern" and not serving as all-job glam for more fantastical looks - now, you have EVERYTHING at your disposal to play with.

[Tsiron]

This wouldn't be as big an issue if they removed Glamour restrictions, just putting it out there...

I've tried to keep an open mind with regards to the glamour gear we've been getting for a good while now but at this point I'm with OP on this. Doesn't help that they're all so samey, on top of everything