Please include the NPC-exclusive voices as selectable Player Character voice options
I'm not sure where else to put this, but hopefully, this is as good a place as any other. If there is a more suitable place for this discussion, please notify me immediately.
[EDIT] I found a better place, --> https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...99#post6402599
- Unavailable/Potential Additional Character Voice Options? -
Miqo'te NPC Battle Voice 1: https://youtu.be/WWZzMQe9xaI
Miqo'te NPC Battle Voice 2: https://youtu.be/lqaunfbEeiA
Elezen NPC Battle Voice 1: https://youtu.be/3ib5K_HvhZg
Elezen NPC Battle Voice 2: https://youtu.be/xXEmwUWChLs
Lalafell NPC Battle Voice 1: https://youtu.be/tygp5pufAd0
Lalafell NPC Battle Voice 2: https://youtu.be/wTBuICk-9a8
This applies to every Player Character race’s NPC counterpart, but for the sake of specificity, I will mainly be focusing on the Female Miqo’te NPC voice set, as it’s her (currently unknown as of writing unfortunately) seiyuu’s beautiful voice that tempers the determination of my stance on this particular topic.
I’ve been spending the fairer amount of my days in Eorzea in relative contentment, yet when it comes to a certain “issue” of mine, a complaint if you will, and one, that I sincerely do hope is something not too difficult to resolve and should by the good graces of the Twelve be counted, I would consider myself completely satisfied with my FF14 experience.
When I first heard a Miqo’te NPC emit such an adorable battlecry, I completely fell in love with her voice. From V’kebbe the Stray to Leih Aliapoh from the ROG and ARC class quests respectively to more recent additions such as Lalah Jinjahl and a familiar face and one of my favourite kitties, J’moldva in The Drowned City of Skalla dungeon as a Duty Support NPC, as well as every other Miqo’te NPC, I adore the NPC-exclusive Miqo’te voice and I long for nothing more than to have my Miqo’te share her voice as well.
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I follow the theory in that, as we, the Player Characters are technically not voiced, just as every non-voiced NPC are, we should therefore be able to access their unique voice set as a selectable PC voice option. As someone who greatly appreciates when a game allows their player’s creatable characters to, and will nine times out of ten, share voices with enemy mobs we’ll eventually encounter, imagine my profound disappointment upon discovering that the Miqo’te NPC-exclusive voice, despite the fact her voice is purposefully unassociated with a specific character, her unique voice set is inaccessible for Warrior of Light Miqo’tes, a denial I still refuse to stomach and find completely unacceptable to this very day.
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As much as I love Tanaka Rie-san and her lovely voice, I sincerely hope that the inclusion of the NPC-exclusive voice set as a potential Voice Option 13 when creating Miqo’te characters, as well as for each race’s NPC counterpart is not something too difficult to implement, as at the moment, the fact that FF14 does not allow PC’s to be able to utilize their NPC counterpart’s unique voice set is my single largest complaint about what is otherwise, the best MMORPG I have ever played.
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Naturally, I refuse to have such a beautiful voice squandered in the depths of the Void, and as such, I’ll give my utmost effort to make sure the Miqo’te NPC’s voice gains recognition and becomes WoL-worthy! Please, for the love of the Twelve, Yoshi-P and Square Enix, have her voice be accessible as Voice option 13 for Miqo'te WoL’s!
Miqo'te NPC Voice / ミコッテ女性NPCボイス - Personal Blog Entry related to the topic
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../blog/5329474/