Healer/Caster Armor is Boring

[mrethan9]

I play a healer in every kind of RPG/MMO I've ever had. I don't know how most of them have not fixed this yet. Healers wearing robes is an extremely overdone and boring concept. The new Euphrosyne raid is out now, and the tank armor looks so amazing, while the casters just get another flat-colored robe with crystals on it. I want more ACTUAL armor. The Radiant's set at level 90, and some of the Aglaia gear is nice, but come on. I'd even love it if they made the Ward's Knight armor on the mog station no job restriction. Just anything.

[aveyond-dreams]

+1. I'd love it if they would remember that men play magic users too, and gave us more stuff along the lines of the False Monarchy sets for casters and healers. The Archfiend set is another favorite of mine to use on them, coupled with some crafted Zurvan EX weapons.

[ty_taurus]

+1. I'd love it if they would remember that men play magic users too, and gave us more stuff along the lines of the False Monarchy sets for casters and healers. The Archfiend set is another favorite of mine to use on them, coupled with some crafted Zurvan EX weapons.

It's ironic that the only scions that are healers are men, and yet the new twist on this expansions' artifact gear is "a feminine approach" just like last expansions, and the expansion before that... and the expansion before that... If you don't look like a nun or a bride on her wedding day, are you even healing?

[ASkellington]

It's ironic that the only scions that are healers are men, and yet the new twist on this expansions' artifact gear is "a feminine approach" just like last expansions, and the expansion before that... and the expansion before that... If you don't look like a nun or a bride on her wedding day, are you even healing?

I'd call it a win still if all healing gear for an entire expansion was any color but white. I don't know who was the idiot who started this trend in MMOs but it needs to die. Viciously.

If for no other reason than - we're in the midst of battle and you want us to wear WHITE where everything is going to get all over it? Or people focus you specifically because they can point your arse out amongst the sea of the rest of the rainbow?

I personally don't mind being stuck with robes, but:

1. Options to not wear them would be nice. Leather armor exists.

2. CASTERS LITERALLY WEAR THE SAME CRAP WE DO, WHY CAN'T WE USE THEIRS AS GLAM? Give me my damn Caster Shire top!

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Something something trying to give people more reason to play other jobs... something something... artificially boosting jobs play rate... I dunno...

...I love the robes, but would be nice if I have as much options are other roles.

[Iscah]

I'd call it a win still if all healing gear for an entire expansion was any color but white.

Why should every piece be not white? That's just taking it excessively in the opposite direction. Most things are dyeable.

From this very expansion we have the black-and-purple strappy Manusya top, dark Garlean coat, turquoise Palaka top, black Ktiseos robe, grey Troian cloak and fiery black Abyssos armour, along with a black version of the Medicus chiton and the new Rinascitia set. (Darbar is inconclusive since everyone got white.)

[Teno]

Every patch I hope we get something other than trash robes, and every patch I'm disappointed. Been going for years now. A bunch of tank/maiming coats would fit perfectly but seems like we're never getting that. And at this point the only glams I'm looking forward to are event/pvp ones. The radiant gear had a nice plated base but it still looks very much like a robe in the end. The heavensturn and the recent pvp gear look great on the other hand.

[Anvaire]

I completely agree that caster healer gear is getting boring. Not because the items themselves are bad, but because they come on the back of a truck load of similiar frilly dress designs and there is no reason for it to be like this.

They can do robes without them needing to be frilly, or look like dresses.
I think the overly feminine designs are pretty nice if you play a female char (or a male who likes to wear dresses) but if you dont want to play a male wearing a dress, they often look terrible.

I think it comes down to the Healer and Caster gear being made for White Mage and Black Mage Aesthetically, which suit robes, while Scholar, Sage, Summoner and Red Mage do not. At this point I really dont think the devs will change the approach. But i do think its a needlessly limiting system.

Personally i was very disappointed seeing the Alagia and Euphrosyne gear, not because they were terrible, but because again they were dresses. I really think part of the problem is that they seem to be using Western Religious outfits as a base and going from there.

I can think of loads of examples that while would still be robes, would be a nice variance - Sydney from Vagrant story, Seymour's outfit in final fantasy X and any of the Chinese, japanese staple magic user outfits would bring a lot of variance, while also retaining the "robe" aesthetic.

[Barachim]

I was always a big fan of the whole Battlemage aesthetic, so I would welcome Healer designs with slightly more armoring.

[Dogempire]

The one thing that I think casters have over any of the other jobs in terms of glamour is the fact that they actually have access to gloves that hide sleeves, which can make otherwise awkward looking tops look actually decent if you want to go for a more edgy look.

Heck, it's one of the primary reasons I like playing a caster is just because of the existence of these items, even the new alliance raid drops gloves that hide sleeves