Forced aesthetic changes should not exist

Firstly, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, as the "feedback" board is mostly for apps and the website and not for game features. So I'm sorry if this would be better suited to another board.

That said;

Reaper's Enshroud, and Scholar's new ability, forcefully replace your character model with a generic one-size-fits-all model during the ability's buff duration, and this really should not be a feature. I'm worried that this is a testing phase to see how well the concept is received, and may see even more widespread use in the future.

After the amount of (deserved) backlash over what is relatively minor aesthetic differences in the benchmark character creator, I genuinely do not understand why it's acceptable for a job buff to completely overwrite your entire character's aesthetic, pigeonholing jobs into a singular look and style, and I really hope that we are given the option to disable this going forward, especially if it becomes a more standard feature of job buff phases.

While I love how Enshroud looks for my character, I understand how annoying it would be for someone who had a different aesthetic preference. I dislike actions in most games that replace the character model, too.

I'd like more transformations, and Enshroud should definitely continue to be a feature, but I wouldn't care if someone wanted to turn it off on their character.

Ideally we could benefit a lot from a cosmetic system to alter those things, pretty much like you can /petglam the fairy or the carbuncle.

It should definitely be an optional "reduced effects" toggle. I HATE that there are now two classes that disregard my racial and glamour customization options. :(

I wanted to like reaper, but can't play it because I like my character choices more.

Stop amputating my body parts SE!! D':

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Originally Posted by Roda

It should definitely be an optional "reduced effects" toggle. I HATE that there are now two classes that disregard my racial and glamour customization options. :(

I wanted to like reaper, but can't play it because I like my character choices more.

Stop amputating my body parts SE!! D':

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you know with enshroud youre being taken over by a demon right? thats the point of it, you sacrifice yourself for a bit to gain the power of a devil...

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Originally Posted by Acelyn

you know with enshroud youre being taken over by a demon right? thats the point of it, you sacrifice yourself for a bit to gain the power of a devil...

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On the other hand Seraphism is completely out of place. "Throw a tablecloth onto your face to heal more."

"Sir, I'm a condecorated war veteran from an ancient city."

"HEAL MORE"

yep. as a reaper i hate it.

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Originally Posted by Acelyn

you know with enshroud youre being taken over by a demon right? thats the point of it, you sacrifice yourself for a bit to gain the power of a devil...

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Well.. Voidsent*

But sure, let's engage with this from that angle then. What body parts are hyur and roegadyn sacrificing? Or do they get to keep their racial identity/aesthetics and get to choose more metaphorical/spiritual sacrifices that don't actually impact their character representation? Or... :eek: How come races with fun features have to cripple their senses and balance when they need to be more effective in battle? Doesn't seem very productive to me.

Are there voidsent vaults with jars of miqo'te tails, viera ears, and au ra horns? How come they grow back? Not much of a sacrifice, more of like a borrowing situation really..

Could I like dump all my wardrobe into a satanic circle and get cool powers if that's the cost?

I agree with the feedback about the fusion but what's the deal with the use of the term "forced" here?

So are you being forced to do any other actions? Are you being forced to do MSQ? Playing a game is an at will experience in totality. No one is forcing you to do anything. I find use of this word to be highly bizarre.

Like I'm just imagining if the fusion was something people liked would it then not be "forced"? Is Enshroud unfair enforcing? I just don't get it. Has some kind of positive feedback response been developed between Yoshi P and players where if they imply lack of free will any given thing is 10x worse?