Once again, fans of World of Warcraft look enviously at Final Fantasy XIV with gritted teeth. Because in Eorzea, you get something that players in Azeroth can only dream of.
The true endgame in MMORPGs often isn’t the toughest bosses or the highest rank in PvP battles – but the appearance of your character. No matter if you call it “templates”, “glamour”, or “transmog”. For many players, customizing their character is the “true endgame”. The more restrictions there are, the more frustrating it becomes.
Final Fantasy XIV is now taking a step that makes other communities envious. Because nearly all glamour restrictions are disappearing.
What is changing in Final Fantasy XIV? Patch 7.4 will bring a rather interesting feature for all Final Fantasy fans, as the current restrictions for glamour will largely be lifted. This means that in Eorzea, you will be able to wear clothing that doesn’t even match your current job. A feature that fans have long wished for in order to have more freedom in customizing their characters.
Only weapons are exempt from this. However, this is hardly surprising as class animations and weapon use are closely tied to jobs, and it would look rather odd if other weaponry were used here.
WoW community is jealous but wants to be happy too
The decision that Final Fantasy XIV is making here is making the community of another game quite envious, namely the player base of World of Warcraft. There are still many restrictions on transmog there as well. For all players can only transmog gear that matches their actual armor class. Additionally, there are some cosmetic items.
This is how the WoW community discusses it: Following the announcement of FF XIV, a post immediately appeared in the WoW subreddit, discussing the topic within the WoW community. Most express mild jealousy and believe that WoW should significantly loosen its rules. Because in the past, these rules might have made sense, but now there are so many cosmetic items that everyone can use, that it hardly seems reasonable anymore.
- “You can tank in a summer dress, but mages can’t pretend to wear plate.” – BubbleHearthIRL
- “I think class-specific transmogs should remain, but the armor type restriction has to go.” – TerrapinMagus
- “The restrictions also don’t make visual sense anymore, as besides plate, it’s hardly recognizable whether a piece is chain, leather, or cloth.” – Hexquevara
- “I believe we should either have proper rules or none at all.
If I’m honest, I like restriction. It stimulates creativity. And there’s just something about recognizing from the silhouette “That’s a warrior” or “That’s a rogue.”
But since I can buy armor sets for money and they then work for all my classes or I get cloth or plate sets from the trading post every other month, why do we still have these rules here? (…)” – Sirmalta
At least the World of Warcraft community can still look forward to a few improvements. As with the upcoming expansion Midnight, there will be a larger overhaul of the system. Although currently, no restrictions will be loosened, features are being added that will allow some of you to save hundreds of thousands of gold pieces.
