Game Suggestions: From the Roleplayers

So here's something for all us RP'ers to post our wishes and concerns to better our Role Playing experience in FFXIV: A Realm Reborn.

I for one would like to see an actual sleeping emote. Elezen males get this awkward sleeping position that looks like they're reading a magazine under dim light while doing their logout sleep animation in the inns.

Another thing I'd like to see is table top emotes. When our character is sitting at a table, I'd like to see them actually prop their arms up on it and utilize that space in front of them for more direct emotional exchange. Like for example the /furious emote while sitting at a table could have the character slam their hands down on the table and stand up with an aggressive growl before sitting back down after a few seconds of standing. Also when doing some emotes while sitting in chairs or on stools, our arms just fall off to the side and it looks kind of awkward sitting down when the emote looks better standing up.

Another that I've seen people want is a longer or permanent /kneel emote until we move our character.

Another thing I could see in a good perspective is allowing us to choose which of our mounts we would like to call to battle as a companion. While only being able to choose one at a time and talking to a chocokeep to change which mount you summon to aid you as a companion. It'd be neat if each mount had their own specific point allocation section as well. It could also bring up the option that say your Legacy Chocobo you want to be a DPS, Your Gobbue you bring up as a Tank, and your Floating Eye could be a healer mount.
This could also be expanded to even additional barding for mounts that are not Chocobos. I for one would LOVE to call my Couerl to battle with some fierce looking armor on him. After all.. his description does say he's a battle-ready Couerl.

Just some of my thoughts. What does everyone else thing?

Also you can check out the other thread for more suggestions; They'll eventually be listed here as well.
A Realm Reborn: Roleplay Community Wishes

This was originally in the General Discussion section by accident. Not sure how to petition to get it moved here.

Here are some currently suggested things from other people in the other thread:

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Originally Posted by Mikhaito

Sounds like good ideas! I'd additionally dig other permanent, looping or 'stance' emotes. Arms crossed over chest 'til you move, /looking 'til you move, maybe a /lean for vertical surfaces, a /talk that gives talking animations with a handwave or few, good for long RP speeches or getting people's attention when Raid planning, too.

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Originally Posted by jpem

Have always liked some stuff where you pull out an object, like a /drink or something. Where you pull out a cup and occasionally take a sip until you move. CoH had some good ones.

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Originally Posted by Vinter

I really want Miqo'te ears to be animated for the facial expressions. It's really cool how in most of the regular emotes the ears are used to enhance the expression. But for the pure facial expressions, the ears remain stationary. It would add a lot to immersion if they folded their ears back when you did /scared /sad /annoyed etc.
It would also be cool if the ears maybe twitched a little from time to time to make them seem more real.

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Originally Posted by Ravij

Another one could be to update some of the Female Miqo'te's animations to reflect equally to those of the males. Such as ear wiggles in some animations like the males have.

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Originally Posted by Ravij

I would like to see some new dance emotes. Again with Elezen Males.. their dance is very... un-jigy. It's more like he's just shuffling his feet around than doing a jig.

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Originally Posted by Deathgasm

- Official RP servers with free character migration, I took their absence as a real betrayal and a gap in marketing from Square Enix :O
- /thank emote would be useful.
- /sleep would be resting when we can't afford to go back to an auberge.
- Fall damages should kill if from high, like 10m.
- No more mounts inside houses.
- Survival system for us and our mounts: weather, wet, cold, hot, fatigue, resting, food and drink.
- Second names for retainers, only visible by us to do not clutter the market place.
- Specific barding for chocobos, related to your class, job, e.g. a miner barding for a miner, with small beer keg, lantern, spare tools, saddlebags, but also a dragoon bard for a dragoon, et cetera. Like in LotRO: http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Mounts
- Wind orientation system related to specific mobs who can smell your presence if you do not approach against the wind.
- I want to become the captain of a boat one day and it will be my house I can sail from Limsa to all other relatively safe places in the world :O
- A home, related to the lore, for Lalafels and Keepers of the moon, as we don't have any when all others seems to have one.
- Chat bubbles as mentioned, but with a toggle option.

You'll have to stop me editing on this subject :°
/thank for that thread, OP, peeps.

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Originally Posted by Salem_Rain

• Chat bubbles
• Overhead emote blocks [SWG]
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• MxO walking and sitting "moods" - probably the most character defining aspect I've ever seen added to MMOs for Roleplayers that actually changed your characters sitting posture and body movements when walking
• crossarms emote (held permanently until changed)
• leaning against walls emote (permanent until changed)
• kneel emote (permanent until changed)

The first two are separated from the rest, as they keep the roleplayers engaged in looking at the characters instead of a chatbox and are therefore given priority.

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Originally Posted by Ravij

And something else to add to the list.. FOOTPRINTS! WHERE ARE MY FOOTPRINTS?! WHERE ARE MY CHOCOBO'S FOOTPRINTS?! WHERE ARE MY COUERL'S FOOTPRINTS?!

I'm not walking on air here SE.. Where are they? D:

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Originally Posted by Ravij

Why not have new sitting animations? I recently got my Floating Eye mount and I really like the way my Elezen sits on it. D: Please give us new sitting positions!

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Originally Posted by TheTen

Please add:
- a /thankyou emote and a /sorry emote (these are substantial especially for RP, but also for communication in general)
- a /sleep or /lie emote
- stance emotes like crossed arms, leaning or hands on hips. These are already in the game for NPCs, they'd just need to be 'unlocked' for PCs.
Also, please make /kneel, /pray and /dance a toggle (like /sit).

Furthermore: The talk animation is great, but could be improved even more if it would change according to the final punctuation of the message. Period for normal, ! for a more animated animation, ? for a question. (This could incorporate already existing animations like /huh.)

My last suggestion would probably be more complicated to program: it would be great to have a macro function that allows us to use chat text as a variable. As an example:
Executing this macro:
/sad
/say <text>
Would activate the chat tab on /say and once enter has been pressed, send the message that has been typed in while the character does the /sad emote. (Or we type first and then instead of pressing enter execute the macro, for the same end effect.)

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Originally Posted by Ravij

I have another idea that would further expand the RP communities interactive options.

How about when targeting your Companion or Minion and doing some emotes at them and having them react? It'd be pretty neat in my eyes.

Added another suggestion made over on the main thread.

Added even more suggestions with some of my own included.

Inventory and Arsenal (Equipment Inventory) Sorting

Hi everyone,

what i really really missed mostly is sorting the inventory. For Arsenal class and level sorting and for inventory sorting material, materia ...

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Originally Posted by KDSBest

Hi everyone,

what i really really missed mostly is sorting the inventory. For Arsenal class and level sorting and for inventory sorting material, materia ...

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