The Current State of Glamour Gear

[Tsiron]

I won't mince words, I really, really wish the devs would go over existing Glamour gear (and gear intended to be such, but that for some reason still requires a higher level e.g. Replica Allagan gear, Makai sets etc.) and drop it all down to level 1 and remove Job/Role restrictions altogether.

What reason could there be for those restrictions to be in place anymore considering we've already got everything from plain clothes to essentially WoW armour (the various unobtainable PVP sets, but also this year's Heavensturn reward) under the "level 1, All Classes" umbrella? And, unlike unrestricted Glamour in general, there's no "technical difficulties" to point at either, as the aforementioned gear has no other gameplay purpose!

Wouldn't do much to change the fact we've been getting fairly uninspired Glamour gear lately (or satisfy my, and others' desire, for unrestricted Glamour), but it would alleviate it to an extent as more combinations became available to those of us who want an (or multiple!) All Classes get-up(s) for our characters.

now if only the devs saw any of this.....

[SnowVix]

+1 - Gold saucer does this too. Some items are level one, some are arbitrarily level 50. I'd prefer consistency!

the level 50 stuff at the Saucer has actual stats and is from when you had to be level 50 to unlock glamour anyway, and going back and stripping those to make it level 1 is probably more effort than feels worthwhile.

[kevin_satron]

idk why they didnt implementing this yet.

prob because one, it's how they code the game. if they want to make the gear with level requirement and locked job/roles, they have to make 2 seperate gear. basically like replica glams, but both are completely different gear. Which will fill up their server storage

another one, it's what they wanted it. In one of the interviews, they said they want to keep it like this so that we have that "mmo feel" or something like that, i don't remember

[True-to-Caesar]

idk why they didnt implementing this yet.

prob because one, it's how they code the game. if they want to make the gear with level requirement and locked job/roles, they have to make 2 seperate gear. basically like replica glams, but both are completely different gear. Which will fill up their server storage

another one, it's what they wanted it. In one of the interviews, they said they want to keep it like this so that we have that "mmo feel" or something like that, i don't remember

I can assure you, it’s not a coding issue. It’s a design decision.

[Tsiron]

idk why they didnt implementing this yet.

prob because one, it's how they code the game. if they want to make the gear with level requirement and locked job/roles, they have to make 2 seperate gear. basically like replica glams, but both are completely different gear. Which will fill up their server storage

another one, it's what they wanted it. In one of the interviews, they said they want to keep it like this so that we have that "mmo feel" or something like that, i don't remember

... if this were the "unrestricted Glamour" thread, I would agree, but I'm talking about gear that's already only for Glamour. The duplicates already exist, it's just they retain the originals' level and/or Role restrictions for whatever reason.

[AaronSound]

another one, it's what they wanted it. In one of the interviews, they said they want to keep it like this so that we have that "mmo feel" or something like that, i don't remember

That seems like an anagram for lazy and inconsistent, how is an Warrior in an Maid outfit preserving the MMO feel, or the class identity? (i don't blame you, citing what they said)
The moment they allow you to have ANY clothing is where this breaks, i can dress up my dark knight in beach attire, there's gotta be some logistical problems for them, im very very doubtful they are blind to this inconsistency.

[Vahlnir]

That seems like an anagram for lazy and inconsistent, how is an Warrior in an Maid outfit preserving the MMO feel, or the class identity? (i don't blame you, citing what they said)
The moment they allow you to have ANY clothing is where this breaks, i can dress up my dark knight in beach attire, there's gotta be some logistical problems for them, im very very doubtful they are blind to this inconsistency.

Glamour prisms only apply an illusion of sorts to your gear so that it looks like something else. There's at least a lore reason behind that part. As for the maid outfits and bikinis existing...well, I don't think the devs really cared about the immersion or lore in that regard. Some things simply...are, and it's best to just roll with it. Final Fantasy has always been a melting pot of sorts.

[Deveryn]

That seems like an anagram for lazy and inconsistent, how is an Warrior in an Maid outfit preserving the MMO feel, or the class identity? (i don't blame you, citing what they said)
The moment they allow you to have ANY clothing is where this breaks, i can dress up my dark knight in beach attire, there's gotta be some logistical problems for them, im very very doubtful they are blind to this inconsistency.

There's nothing lazy or inconsistent about it. People are just mad that these other outfits even exist because you have it in your heads that the "Fantasy" in FF stands for medieval fantasy, when the whole series has had a wide range of styles. XIV is no exception, drawing from other games and featuring various styles. They have a primary theme of functional gear for combat. Anything else that shows up, tends to come from side content of little consequence.

You're also getting too hung up on the appearance of the gear and forgetting that the tank can still actually tank under that illusion of skimpy / flimsy clothing. It's unfortunate that there's no crossover allowed between the roles, but they made up their minds on the combat gear and it's way too much work to make a change at this point. Every item has to go through a bunch of different people and phases before it's finally done. Unless something comes up broken, there's no going back and changing it.

I'll say it again because people miss it. I'm not against the idea of making a change to the system, but it's just not feasible.