Using your starting outfit.

[Elysia]

I actually use my Hyur character's starter top a lot, because it just seems to fit her personality and preferences better than a lot of the mage gear one finds between levels 10-40. (Also because Level 50 is still a long way away for me :cry: ) 

 

I came up with an IC excuse for the 'commonness' of her outfit too - she's a new adventurer, needs to travel light, her old heavy dresses from her upper-class Ul'dah life don't make sense and she doesn't have much money for fancier garb anyway.

[Zyrusticae]

That's the thing, they gendered the outfits so what we like on either side we can't take, which kind of sort of sucks.

Yeah, this one really, really annoys me. Same with the hairstyles. Forced gendering feels really bad when you're trying to play a character that lies outside the gender norm (T'rahnu, for example, is most at home with a simple short haircut and a masculine style of dress).

 

Fortunately, the racial outfits and the relic armors (drachen mail stomach window, the kunoichi outfit, bard cleavage window, and so on) are exceptions rather than the norm, and the majority of outfits are good about this, but it's still annoying when some of those racial outfits are really good for both sexes. That being said, a lot of them don't even make sense being race-specific - I think they should be available for all races, really.

 

I see it as a pretty typical piece of clothing. I don't over-analyze it too much. The super-bulky armoured players with their relic weapons having a cup of tea in the Quicksand or whatever strikes me as odd though.

Heh, yes. It does make sense for those characters who just came back from a sortie or whatever and just want a quick drink, but it's kind of hard to relax in heavy plate armor (especially considering the sort of heat Ul'dah is known for).

[Roswyn]

Merri hit the nail on the head imo.

 

Only thing that comes off kinda silly to me is when ppl rp with very SHINY weapons. More of a personal thing than a lore thing though.

[Dravus]

I'd be surprised if anybody had a problem with it. The starter attire is pretty detailed and aesthetically pleasing. Arguably more so than a lot of the mismatched gear that a character can end up stuck with until they snag themselves a set that matches what they seek to portray.

[D'aito Kuji]

D'aito wears her starter boots when lounging and her starter top in combination with other bottoms.  I rarely have her wear the entire starter outfit.  But I am fond of the top and the boots.

 

ICly, they have sentimental value as they are the first "glamourous" things she purchased for herself once she was sufficiently independent as an adventurer.  Her tastes have since grown a little more sophisticated.