[Suggestion] Ability to change race.

[Disguise]

Could offer a one time onl name change, like the ability to retrieve an item that was lost once in the game. As for race change, whats so bad about it being like the transfer service and have a fee attached, after all this is a business right?

My point exactly.

It's not like you'll be able to change your race every time you wake up or every time you change job. "I'm going PLD to event, better become a Galka". It's more of a X amount of months or a 1-time chance.

I honestly don't see why people have a problem with others changing race, when it doesn't affect you in any way.

[Atomic_Skull]

I don't see why they wouldn't allow this to happen, I don't see the big deal with people allowed to change there race every few months.

If they won't even allow same sex marriages in FFXI then they certainly aren't going to allow transsexual mithras and galkas.

[Talz]

In the most recent(February 2011 via twitter) response from SE about Race/gender changes That i could find:

We’d like to introduce a few ideas that we dismissed. Sadly, items that change race/gender are not possible due to equipment issues. #FFXI

SE said they couldn't change Race/Gender, it was said in specific response to the request of the player base to have an ingame item that could change race/geneder as the Rank 1 Reward to the Mog Bonanza.

This response was only to an In-game item, NOT a system similar to a server transfer. So perhaps there is still hope.
I doubt we'll get a response on the subject without a 50 page thread like the 99 empy/relics thread or the Neo-Nyzul thread.

[Camiie]

If they won't even allow same sex marriages in FFXI then they certainly aren't going to allow transsexual mithras and galkas.

Then they should probably force us all to play characters of our real life gender.

[Atomic_Skull]

Then they should probably force us all to play characters of our real life gender.

Your character isn't you, it's your character.

[SpankWustler]

I get that some bro at SE has said "No." to race changes at some point in the past, but I can't wrap my head around the few people who are very passionately arguing against others being able to change their race on seemingly moral grounds. This is probably the starkest example of something that would never-ever affect anyone who did not actively choose to make use of it that I have ever seen posted on these boards.

As for story-justification, well, it turns out a certain little Tarutaru subligar-aficionado is that skilled a make-over artist, okay?

Then they should probably force us all to play characters of our real life gender.

Also, gigantically fat people must play as Galka. Even women, if they're fat past the point of apparent secondary sex characteristics. Devito-Fat people must play as Tarutaru. I think we're onto something here!

[Camiie]

Your character isn't you, it's your character.

With that line of thinking the transsexual "argument" you made becomes even more irrelevant (if that's even possible).

[FrankReynolds]

I remember playing Unreal tournament On the original XBOX. People could change their names in between every match if they wanted. Some people thought up some stupid names just for shiggles. Most people who played the game regularly kept their name the same all the time so that people knew who they were.

Somehow I doubt that it would be much different in FFXI. You would probably see a few stupid names for a little while, until the novelty wore off, and then things would be back to normal. There are already all sorts of mules running around town with dumb ass names, so I doubt it would even be noticeable.

As for the race change... If kids in their mom's basement can figure how to do it, and the Devs can't... Some one should lock the devs in a cell with nothing to eat but redbull and a bunch of programming manuals, and not let them out until they figure that ish out (Maybe throw in some whiskey and PCP, and televise it too).

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Most mmo allow a race... change.

Who?


Superfluous text.

[Kristal]

Plus stuff like this gives the game money.

Don't forget that it also COSTS money to make and maintain. For an essentially one-time feature that adds nothing to gameplay and is of no value to the majority of the playerbase. It won't bring in new players by the thousands or even dozens.

On the other hand, leveling a mule or even a new account is going to bring in guaranteed revenue. Every month. And no problems with change regret or malicious changes by (ex-)friends.

Some people consider their characters part of themselves, due to the time they spent on developing it. Others treat it as a piece of clothing that can be swapped as needed.