New Leisure Wear just Dropped!!!

[Zelda206]

Clothing style hitting too close to reality than to fantasy, in my opinion.
Looks nice but I'm not giving more money to Square than my basic subscription if I choose to keep it up for 2025.

[Bekuta]

There is a certain difference between Sci-Fantasy kinda aesthetic, and our real life modern aesthetic.

Personally speaking, I don't mind a Fantasy scifi kinda approach, see the late allagan PVP armors, the tactical outfits, or as an example outside of the game, Phantasy Star Online looks. Thats the kind of vibe we find in S9 too, imho. Whats destroying (my) immersion is seeing outfits that we all could find in a current year fashion magazine.

I have tried explaining this to so many people, and no one really seems to understand it. FF has always had futuristic/modern-esque clothing, but always in a distinct style that is clearly "Final Fantasy". This is just real-life modern street fashion.

[Destati]

Lately, I feel like the glamour they've been adding to the game could be pushed more in terms of design and details. Some more "Y2k-Tetsuya Nomura juice", if you will. Or maybe some peak Yoshitaka

I don't care how meme'd it is or what anyone else thinks I live for Nomura's 60,000 belts and zippers designs of the early 2000s and I miss that look in his more recent characters. I wish we could get some more of that in FFXIV. Yeah it's "modern" but it also kinda pushed it beyond something you'd easily see IRL.

Like, give me more of that impractical and asymmetrical nonsense, and less... generic slacks. (Looking at you treasure map glam we've been getting every patch)

[PaulusHamsteru]

I'd understand asking for that much if it was account-wide, but even then, it would be expensive for a digital outfit, imo.

[Lilapop]

Don't understand why people defend everything SE does.

Defending one outfit = defending everything SE does now? Yikes. You don't like it (or, you don't seem to) and you make that clear. I do like the outfit, I make that clear. Suddenly I'm defending the entire company and everything it does and stands for because I like one outfit and happen to like both of these tops?

[Rueby]

I have tried explaining this to so many people, and no one really seems to understand it. FF has always had futuristic/modern-esque clothing, but always in a distinct style that is clearly "Final Fantasy". This is just real-life modern street fashion.

Because plenty of people don't care about immersion and SE/CB3 don't seem to care about visual integrity/style of the game much (alot of map outfits since ShB have been modern-ish and while I like alot of them, I feel out of place when doing the MSQ). I think GW2 fell into this too, kept pushing increasingly modern/cutesy looking outfits. (they even have their own knockoff nightmare inducing fat cat) Why? It sells. That's all.

'Does this item fit into our world?' No? 'Doesn't matter, people like it anyway'.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're peaking at popular black magic (if you know what I mean) and trying to gauge what's popular or what sells.

[Bekuta]

Because plenty of people don't care about immersion and SE/CB3 don't seem to care about visual integrity/style of the game much (alot of map outfits since ShB have been modern-ish and while I like alot of them, I feel out of place when doing the MSQ). I think GW2 fell into this too, kept pushing increasingly modern/cutesy looking outfits. (they even have their own knockoff nightmare inducing fat cat) Why? It sells. That's all.

'Does this item fit into our world?' No? 'Doesn't matter, people like it anyway'.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're peaking at popular black magic (if you know what I mean) and trying to gauge what's popular or what sells.

Absolutely that's the case. There's a shocking amount of people who play this game who just don't care about Final Fantasy as whole, which I mean, whatever, but why play a Final Fantasy game just to applaud it getting filled with generic streetwear? Plenty of other people take the "well you don't have to wear it so who cares?" stance, as if I don't still have to see people wearing it, breaking whatever little style the game has left. It's disappointing; I'm already on the edge with this game, but every time one of these types of outfits gets added I get closer and closer to jumping ship, even though I'd really prefer not to. I wish the Dragon Quest MMO was more accessible over here in the West, but then again maybe it'd go down the same path if it was.

[Mimilu]

I don't care how meme'd it is or what anyone else thinks I live for Nomura's 60,000 belts and zippers designs of the early 2000s and I miss that look in his more recent characters. I wish we could get some more of that in FFXIV. Yeah it's "modern" but it also kinda pushed it beyond something you'd easily see IRL.

Like, give me more of that impractical and asymmetrical nonsense, and less... generic slacks. (Looking at you treasure map glam we've been getting every patch)

To me, even though his character designs were based on (at the time) modern high and street fashion and aesthetics, he pushed and stylized them to the point that it was fantastical and fun and that's what I think is missing from the glamour we've been getting lately (the Vanguard set is probably the closest). (´• ω •`) ♡

[ReynTime]

I don't care how meme'd it is or what anyone else thinks I live for Nomura's 60,000 belts and zippers designs of the early 2000s and I miss that look in his more recent characters. I wish we could get some more of that in FFXIV. Yeah it's "modern" but it also kinda pushed it beyond something you'd easily see IRL.

Like, give me more of that impractical and asymmetrical nonsense, and less... generic slacks. (Looking at you treasure map glam we've been getting every patch)

Nomura is all about plaid these days

And you are right. His designs are "modern" but in a "this could only exist in Final Fantasy" kind of way, even if he's inspired in harajuku. Just look at Gaia's design for instance

Unlike those uninspired, hideous, The Sims DLC tier costumes they add in XIV

[Rinoa_353]

I like them but I only wear them when lounging around with friends at my home, my main is from another world, so in my case, they fit but I understand people also want a certain look to be lore friendly. Maybe they should add a feature to make everyone's glam be their default starter ones according to their race for those that don't want to see these glams at all? It would also solve not seeing the Chocbo head glams in dungeons, raids and trials cutscenes. A more complex system is make everyone's glam look like the NPC's of the region you're in, so players in Limsa would be dressed like Lominsan NPC's or in Kugane, the far eastern glams or Solution Nine, the modern glams only there. Can something like that be possible?