Ingame child!

I was thinking since we can get married and have a house, why not add an ingame child? A child that plays around in or outside of your private house.

The ingame child would work very similar to the " tamagotchi," toys.

You would play with it, feed it, put it to sleep etc... Give it emotions: happy to see you or sad when you are away (for too long). Buy or make special clothing, toys and accessories for your child.

If you haven't log into your private house in a while, the city will take your child away!

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It's a bit creepy, but I like the idea. I usually like anything that can bring the only thing FFXIV lacks: interaction, but I really doubt the developers would design something like this for multiple reasons.

I would love the idea! And of course as long as that option also applies to same sex couples :)

The child could be made in a sort of "character creation", just like retainers so that if wanted to, the child could still look like a mix of both parents, even though biologically it couldn't be done. Just a cute idea~ Plus I've never been too fond of any game deciding for me how my character's child looks like. I love the customization of offspring.

The only thing I don't like is the child being taken away part, I don't think that would work well. It would be best just that the child is very upset or sick so you don't get any sort of bonuses or rewards from he/she.

lol maybe that was a little harsh

I LOVE this!!

I was afraid this was gonna be another one of those "let us have children as a playable race" threads (which are extremely creepy imo), but I actually kind of like this idea. Reminds me a little bit of the sims games. Would be really nice if we could have a little mini-game like this attached to our minions, or at least one or two minions at a time. I'd love to be able to log on and feed/clean up after my fat cat and keep it healthy and happy, and have it just roam around my room or spend its days sleeping on my couch or by the fireplace. :3

This is a cute idea, but there are several things that might cause SE to scrap the idea like:

1. Who is to take care of the child when you're not at the house? ( could hire an NPC babysitter maybe)
2. What happens if you and your EB partner split up but both want the kid? What happens to the child?
3. What do you do when the child grows up?

There is also the problem that with the way character customization is, that most males can look like old men. Now, some might find it funny but then there are those who take to roleplaying their character's age seriously....so...yeah.

Again cute idea but SE probably wants the players to have their characters focused on saving Eorzea than raising a child.

Your friend "Hey we're going raiding tonite, who's in?"
Friend 1 "yeah awesome lets do it!"
Friend 2 "yeah one minute killing my hunt mark"
You "Aww man sorry guys, the wife went on a dungeon run, I have to watch my kid and clean my fat cat litter box"
Silence.........

Is the baby's gonna be adopted or it is it going to take a female character getting pregnant for it? If it's the latter, well I can still be active hunting and doing daily roulettes for about 25 weeks or so, but after that, I need to stay at home lol :o

Play the Sims if a very good game.

I don't think this game is for you OP. Why don't you just...idk...buy a tamagotchi?

I'm thinking you could also install The Sims (any version will do)

I think you're all being a little harsh on OP. "Go play The Sims" could be used to shoot down pretty much any housing idea.

You can grow carrots and raise chocobos, so why not babies?

One neat thing about implementing Babies would be we'd finally get to find out what the babies of the races look like.

I'd probably never use it but yes, Square, please add a Babies feature. You can call it "A Realm Newborn" or something.

wrong mmo for you want one that m rating. children require something that t rating mmo will not go

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Originally Posted by Savagelf

wrong mmo for you want one that m rating. children require something that t rating mmo will not go

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Pokemon manages it.

"We found this egg! We have no idea how it got here, but do you want it?"

the big question that should ask to those who for this are live to much your time in fantasy world are able break your self away from this game to face reality. reality maybe give you all your want but isn't going be gone in 10 or 15 years. they really people out there that give you really children you might look for them before you lose your self to. and other question is what would the child doing would have it follow you around or go to school. what point is it have child then have it service no function

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Originally Posted by Savagelf

the big question that should ask to those who for this are live to much your time in fantasy world are able break your self away from this game to face reality. reality maybe give you all your want but isn't going be gone in 10 or 15 years. they really people out there that give you really children you might look for them before you lose your self to. and other question is what would the child doing would have it follow you around or go to school. what point is it have child then have it service no function

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I have a husband and a toddler IRL. I also like that we can marry in-game AND the idea of a kid. It's kind of fun when they add layers to a game like that. I loved it in Skyrim; the DLC where you could build a house, you could also adopt a child.
It could be just a vanity thing. I do all kinds of crazy crap to add realism to my home in-game. I just bought the oven, even though it only works up to 50, just for the illusion of a working kitchen.

Yes, I blew 1M gil on an outdated item just to make it look like I have a real kitchen. And it looks awesome.

Point is, why SHOULDN'T they add this? People who already spend a ton of time on the game are doing so for other things, and adding this little feature isn't going to make them throw their whole lives into the game. Some of us just like that touch of familiarity; I'd totally name the in-game kid after my actual kid, and this one wouldn't have diapers to change! And I don't play while she's awake anyway, so it's not like I'm going to be this horrible mother, nurturing my in-game child while my real one watches.

I promise you, this idea isn't as horrible and dire as you seem to think it will be.

the other question can miq'ue and huma produce children. some race aren't just able produce children with each other. I think you must think this by lore mean as well

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the other question can miq'ue and huma produce children. some race aren't just able produce children with each other. I think you must think this by lore mean as well

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Hybrids HAVE been tackled in the game. If you've at least gotten near the end of the new story quests, you've seen a cross between Hyur and Elezen. They basically put Elezen ears on a Hyur female. All these races are humanoid, so it's pretty reasonable that they could produce hybrids.

Easy enough to allow features of both in a character creation system (I'm thinking we'd design these much like we design our retainers).

Or, we could have an option to adopt, much like in Skyrim. Think about it. The Calamity was 5 years ago, and HAD to have orphaned quite a few children. Bunch of 5+ year old orphans needing homes.

There have been multiple games where you have to beat up monsters to save the world and somehow manage to settle down. We have housing in game here, and don't give an excuse that we can't even develop relationships with another person.

Take for example, Rune Factory. Yes, you are busy with saving the world and all, but you still manage to find time to find a lover and build up your relationship with them. Then you get married, if the circumstances allow it, event happens, kid is there. Even though you're busy saving the world and all. This is one of the many games that others have sampled where you are saving the current area and stuff, but still manage to have a family.

So yes, Kids could be considered an option. I mean, we can Eternally bond to another Adventurer. I would personally love to adopt a child if it was a possibility! Even joked with some friends who just got eternally bonded that they'll be busy with their kids.

Eh, having a child in game is definitely not something I'm interested in. There are other games where you can do that, and really, do we need to have the game be just like life? Nah.

In the interests of full disclosure, I basically have no desire to deal with children IRL (thankfully mine are grown now) so that probably colors my opinion somewhat. ;)

This reminds me of the Japanese anima Sword Art Online.

I would rather have the ability to have some of my own minions running about the house or yard, i wouldnt want kids about but to those that do, why not!

Both kids and minions please.

I think a few emotes would be cool but actual daycare requirements is a bit odd and unecessary for a game like this

Dibs on

http://i.imgur.com/ojUmXSF.png

:D

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Originally Posted by Savagelf

wrong mmo for you want one that m rating. children require something that t rating mmo will not go

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Even though the sims isn't a mmo and last I checked. It's rated T for Teen. Which means..the game doesn't have to be rated M to have children in it.

Too much rp lol
-1st u'll want kids
-2nd u'll want schools to raise kid
-3rd u'll want kid to bring back rare retainer loot.
Like i said too much RP and is pretty creepy.

Raiding while pregnant came to mind. I wouldn't want to be my character in that instance lol xD

hm....FFXIV: The Sims Online

ffxiv realm reborn. no thank no to children. if you want children play sl instead

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Originally Posted by Eryss

...You would play with it, feed it, put it to sleep etc... Give it emotions: happy to see you or sad when you are away (for too long). Buy or make special clothing, toys and accessories for your child...

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I think SE will only makes some child minion(s) but you can "summon" one at the same time,
you can play with it with emote ..etc like some other minions... ^^;

Next expansion : Hearthfire

:rolleyes:

ffxiv is mmorpg not a game like the sim which is simulation games. what will be next you if this demand is meet. they gave you marriage because ffxi has but this demand is stretch what should be understand not need.

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Dibs on

http://i.imgur.com/ojUmXSF.png

:D

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this girl is problem the next playable race i believes. the dev made comment about her