Guild Wars 2

Dear Anet.

Stop with the skirts, skirts on coats, tail coats, coats that have tails, long coats that come with tails, skirts on the coats, coats that come out to below the knee because they are a skirt, trench coats that come down below the knee like a skirt would, skirts that are attached to coats forming a tail coat, medium armor with tail coats and skirts, mail armor with tail coats, armor for males that have skirts, tail coats on medium female armor that cover skirts. Stop with the skirts. Stop with the tail coats. Stop.

Yours truly.

Armor by its nature is very hot, heavy and hinders air circulation. Sufficient air circulation is beneficial in curbing the incidence of certain types of infections. Even men should be glad they are wearing skirts in such a hot and humid environment.

Historically trousers have been more common in colder areas (they were popular with the Celts), or horse riding cultures (e.g. The Mongols), or the working classes.

The Greeks and Romans viewed trousers with disdain. The Romans saw trousers as only fit for barbarians. In later times trousers were “underwear” and were usually covered with coats and robes. This led to the adoption of tights.

The French Revolution and modernisation in Europe caused a rise in the popularity of trousers, as they were seen to be working class clothes.

Given that the technology and culture of GW2 seems to be equivalent to around 16th century Earth, coats and robes with hidden trousers, or with tights and codpieces would have been more common dress for men, except for the working classes or people in colder climates.