[Skin] body tattoos

Hey !


I was thinking about how great it'd be to be able to "wear" tattoos (as top for example) in games.
For example, having pentacles or magic symbols on the whole body for magics classes, and tribal tattoos for others !
Let me show you an example I made, adding tattoos with photoshop on a screenshot :
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/890024kazu.jpg

I thinks it'd be pretty amazing, and it could work as any top gear I guess !

Apart from the arachne gear for melee classes having a basic body tattoo on the upper arms and shoulders included (worn by NPCs at the ROG Guild), the closest to body tattoos in the game is the 'Legacy Mark' (also known as 'the Mark of the Twelve') that identifies a player character as having originated in the original version of FFXIV (1.0).

This appears on the upper back and can be turned on and off at will by typing /lmark (I keep Enki's one kept on by default, even if it's usually hidden by armour or clothing). However it is only available for characters that were created in FFXIV 1.0 and then transferred into FFXIV ARR - new characters do not have this mark I'm afraid.

Hence maybe body art could be offered by the aesthetician as an option instead? :)

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Apart from the arachne gear for melee classes having a basic body tattoo on the upper arms and shoulders included (worn by NPCs at the ROG Guild), the closest to body tattoos in the game is the 'Legacy Mark' (also known as 'the Mark of the Twelve') that identifies a player character as having originated in the original version of FFXIV (1.0).

This appears on the upper back and can be turned on and off at will by typing /lmark (I keep Enki's one kept on by default, even if it's usually hidden by armour or clothing). However it is only available for characters that were created in FFXIV 1.0 and then transferred into FFXIV ARR - new characters do not have this mark I'm afraid.

Hence maybe body art could be offered by the aesthetician as an option instead? :)

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Dont forget the South Seas Talisman :).

But yes OP, tattoos would be nice for characters.

I'm all for this. Not only would they be cool to have, but they could help even serve some RP services for people who are into that play style.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Hence maybe body art could be offered by the aesthetician as an option instead? :)

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This would be a much better idea. Expanding on the already prevalent Tattoo option in the character creator would be much easier than trying to make a piece of gear for it, that could end up being male/female only...

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Originally Posted by Nyghtmarerobu

but they could help even serve some RP services for people who are into that play style.

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Actually that's exactly where my idea comes from !

Making it available int he character creator would maybe be harder than making it a wearable top ... But that'd be way better obviously !

I’d love to be able to customize my characters some more, lol. Lip piercings, tattoos, eyebrow piecing’s etc. Something like this could be fathered into the game by a new aesthetician questline!!

While I think it would be great, Japanese people don't look to fondly on tattoos, because of the Yukaza clans. Though, the younger generations are starting not to care about such things, the older folks are concerned. There's a lot of stigma. This would still be a great idea, because honestly tattoos are about human expression, not criminal behavior. Those people just ruin tattoos for the rest of us.

I like the legacy mark. It's simple and nice looking.

I would love to see more tattoos for us to be able to use.