(10-10-2014, 09:54 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: Actually, wearing long, loose, light-colored clothing is cooler in a desert environment than going around with your skin exposed. Â Which is why "tribal clothing" doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense.This is why I wish cloaks were a thing. I can be all but naked underneath but that cloak will keep that nasty sunlight off of me.
At any rate, running around half-naked only makes sense in lightly forested areas, and even then it can be inconvenient if you have to deal with bramble patches and biting insects and all of that stuff. Well, okay, granted, unless you cover up everything those insects are going to get at you one way or another. The scratching is still an issue tho.
Outside of the desert, running around half-naked all the time can be seen as expression of pride, as in "I'm so damn tough, I don't need protection!" and such. Someone with muscles so built and skin so tough they can wade into a pile of thorns unscathed is pretty impressive, you have to admit (and is more likely in Eorzea thanks to aether and stuff). Still not very smart to go into battle like that, though.
Then again, glamours... yeah...
