@151Society wrote:In all fairness to Bioware, they're not pajamas.
As a former member of the Society of Creative Anachronism, I actually have some minimal real life experience with medieval armor. It looks to me like they took a reasonable stab at showcasing something called a "Gambeson", which was the padded underlayer worn under medium (chain) or heavy (plate) armor. Believe itor not, it's actually historically accurate. Soldiers did not, and could not, wear armor 24/7, so they only wore their armor outer layer when out in the field, and at all other times (when combat was unlikely) wore regular attire or (to save time in re-equipping their armor) their gambeson. The chief drawback of the gambeson was that they tended to get quite ripe and riddled with pests like scabies, courtesy of the sort of subpar personal hygene that was commonplace in the middle ages.
My only nit with their portrayal is that most gambesons were a somewhat simpler unadorned one-piece long-shirt type affair, rather than the slightly more fashionable 2-piece affair (shirt+pants) that they have in the game, but that's a minor thing. This is actually the first time I've seen anyone portray one in a game, so my inner historial recreationist was surprised and mildly pleased.
I do understand you want it to be a Gambeson. However, it is a form-fitting thin piece of cloth that doesn't even look like it would stop you from catching a cold, let alone pad armor. You also say "it actually looks nothing like a Gambeson but I've decided it is one anyway, no big deal."
Blackwall, by comparison, is wearing his padding in Skyhold. The Inquisitor is wearing what is clearly a very thin cloth shirt and leather pants.
My Inquisitor is kinda dark/olive skinned and my housemates will frequently come up behind me when I'm in Skyhold and ask why I'm running around naked.
But yeah - it would definitely be good to be able to either have the option of different outfits or your normal armour, as worn around Haven (except at the War Table for some reason).
I can see how it is more realistic to not go around in your armour all the time - but then, you are interacting with Cullen and Leliana, who do wander around in their armour all the time. In some cut-scenes - such as the one where you become Inquisitor - it actively detracts from the epicness of the cutscene because you look so odd and out of place next to Cullen and Leliana.
