Can we get a type of love interest?

As much as I would love to make Yugiri my Waifu, this is usually a feature that is mostly implemented in Western Games (which at times, is implemented very bare bones or poorly). I can't see it working very well (or at all) in a game like this. Writing love lines for every NPC would be a nightmare.

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Originally Posted by FallenArisen0990

As much as I would love to make Yugiri my Waifu, this is usually a feature that is mostly implemented in Western Games (which at times, is implemented very bare bones or poorly). I can't see it working very well (or at all) in a game like this. Writing love lines for every NPC would be a nightmare.

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That's because "western" gamers don't like romance and sex in their games, they only like sexy outfits. Look at how many people just pick up quests and ignore the flavor-text.

Other than SWTOR (cause bioware), I can't think of another western MMO game that had any viable romance option. Usually prospective romance options get nerfed from localized versions of games of RPG's because American audiences are too uptight about their kids playing anything that potentially has sexual content. Come to think of it, the one thing that West critics seem to agree on about games in general is that romance aspects are terrible and poorly written. They're often some side-quest that has no bearing on the game's outcome. Eastern MMO's tend to have romance options, but they're laughable, if not cringeworthy localizations due to the translation teams often not having the context of the quests and facial expressions.

Romancing any NPC at will would just simply not work. Romancing any plot-centric NPC would also not work since they may die or become unavailable for whatever reason.

It would be interesting in a V5.0 plot line to have a character (that you save, or they join at some point) that has a recurring presence in the storyline (or secondary storyline like Hildibrand) and cutscenes that is your romancable/bromance option, but overall pulling that off would require creating at least a male and female option of each race, and that character creation process has to come from questions asked by NPC's in a round-about nature. If they appear in voice acted scenes... well that will usually be the point that players freak out if they sound wrong, so you'd have to pull the same page as the "voiceless player" in voiced cut scenes.

Like for example, you know how many storyline quests have "ask 5 random NPC's" before you progress anywhere, you'd have a similar fetch quest sequence, where the NPC's ask a personal question like:
"Do you like those who look more like you?" - Sets base race, gender and appearances to either mirror your appearance, or to randomize.
"Don't you think (race) are attractive?" - adds or removes that race as an option (asked multiple times, different races asked)
"If you had a sibling would you rather have a brother or a sister?" - combined with first question and the next question to select gender
"Don't you think (boys|girls) are better lovers? - If the calculation so far has suggested one gender, answering yes here confirms it, answering no reverses it.
Going back to any of the NPC's at this point lets you change your answers.

Answering all of the above would start a "find this NPC" quest with a description of the NPC you've created so far. So the next area you go to asks more specific questions like "Are you looking for someone with green eyes?" Eventually you find the name of this lore-correct named NPC.

Just write your own Lore Story or something.

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Originally Posted by kattzkitti

http://i.imgur.com/ns10R7F.jpg

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Now you're getting the idea!

Why do you need a partner in the MSQ? They'll all die eventually.

This isn't a single player game, so what you're asking for is the wildest polyamorous relationship.

That poor NPC.

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Originally Posted by SigmaOZ

All the people (players) you see in game are supposed to be Warrior of Light, a single person, that means every single character can have a love interest about the same NPC, no one will care!...

I would like to marry my retainers personally, but some cavemen oppose to the idea when clearly it wouldn't have any impact on the game, if anything it would benefit FFXIV by increasing the income from weddings!...

Not everyone wants to marry another player, I definitely don't want to and the more options we have the better the game will be!... :)

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I'm definitely one of the few who doesn't want to marry another player character because let's just say I will have trust issues with the person behind the TV/computer screen; while I'm thinking we're just buddies, they may assume something more and that's not the case. As much as I want the marrying NPC scenario be a thing, it would be pretty complicated for the dev team because they would have to come up with love lines for every NPC in the game plus Yoshi mentioned in an interview a while back about possibilities of a NPC that we love ends up dying in the story so yeah...bummer.

At the very least some NPCs do seem to be attracted to the WoL. Haurchefant is the most obvious, but some minor characters get in on it as well. In the Azim Steppe after completing the Qestir sidequest chain the NPC Cotota "looks away from you shyly" if you "talk" to her.

Nah.

Though I could get on board with more romance between certain NPCs / core story characters.

My character is happily forever alone thanks.

Good news for the OP! They've been working on that feature and wrote a developer blog post about it.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/000692.html

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Originally Posted by giantslayer

Good news for the OP! They've been working on that feature and wrote a developer blog post about it.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/000692.html

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*looks at the blog date*

I would expect them to have more to show us after ... three years of development!... :confused:

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Originally Posted by giantslayer

Good news for the OP! They've been working on that feature and wrote a developer blog post about it.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/000692.html

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3 years ago.... Hahahaha

Aren't we meant to be able to summon primals as an FC soon too?

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Originally Posted by giantslayer

Good news for the OP! They've been working on that feature and wrote a developer blog post about it.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/000692.html

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That's the April Fools Post that started the whole thing! XD

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Originally Posted by Conquistadork

They had something kinda similar in 1.0 where you where best buds with another "chosen" like you, like someone else mentioned. I liked that idea and I don't see why they couldn't implement it in game, I mean if you want to marry a player marry a player if you want to marry an NPC go for it, it's a game, anything can happen.

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SE might as well bring 1.0 Companions back anyways considering how exploring the Expansion areas on foot and fighting the expansion area enemies area a bit difficult if players do not have a Chocobo Companion out with them unless they're over leveled and over geared. Majority of the time in 4.0 zones players would just have their chocobo companion out to make ground travel easier and fighting enemies easier as well.

I actually think that would be pretty nice. I actually fairly enjoyed it in SWTOR..ah, I miss my southern accent smuggler companion..but do make it option. Not like force everyone into it as clearly there are people who are so against it.

Ahaha I remember that April Fool's joke. SE always makes it good.
I honestly thought for a while that Ayermic was putting the moves on my character. Those sly glances and devious smiles...tease.

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Originally Posted by Arutan

Why do you need a partner in the MSQ? They'll all die eventually.

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That's what I would be worried about. Any character added needs to have a purpose. Even if they're realistically just a storage mule. If SE can get their dumb AI fixed to the point where an AI companion wouldn't be utterly useless, they could be used in the same way SWTOR's AI companions work, but that means there needs to be a lot of additional "solo" content just to serve this AI content.

That's the problem I see with any full-time combat-enabled AI player. If we omit the combat portion, then they're not really integral to the storyline.

I want my 1.0 companion back :(

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Originally Posted by Tsumdere

Let's be real, everyone in the game would just date Aymeric.

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Baymeric <33

I am against it simply because it could create lots of drama. First, what if they decide to only make new NPCs that we could date and not known NPCs? What if they make some known NPCs into love interest but not others? Should they make all of those available to all races/gender? Or would you be fine if for example Aymeric is only into females?

Doesnt this also mean that all those that are love interests could never die? Or how would some feel if they could truly romance someone like Haurchefant, only to lose them later?

IMO its way to much potential to create much anger and disappointment. Better to leave it to fanfictions..(in my head Haurchefant is still alive!!! *sob)

Haurchefant is as close as its going to get.