What would make you feel connected to your character?

From my post of "why you stopped playing ffxiv", i saw a few people comment on how they don't feel connected to their characters at all. And i haven't seen that brought up too much by the DEVs, and aside from barber shop and moghouse threads there hasn't been much i've seen.

So simply put, what would make you guys feel more connected with your character and the world?

I'll admit that the game feels a little detached at times. I'm really missing a place to call my own like a mog house. A place i can customize or just go to have my character chill. Having my character own space, having his own stash of items. It just made a sort of connection with me. But i think its more than that.

Even with the story, and the game play it all feels detached and i'm not sure exactly why.

What do you guys think?

If death was meaningful like in XI my character progress would feel like a result of my playing skill rather than an embarrassing reminder of how many times I've played through that leve-thing.

Life-sized, anatomically correct plush doll of my character.

If I had a choice that physically represented me.

So far none do. Elvaan did in XI, but in XIV the females are now dainty flowers and not buff muscular amazonian momma bears.

A world that's fun to explore. If I don't feel like I'm having an adventure then what's the point? There's just no connection.

What? The women look way more womanly in this game than they did in XI.

In XI the Mithra all had broad man shoulders. Elvaan women looked like they could beat the snot out of their male counterparts.

Besides, why on earth would you want your character here to look like you in real life? The whole point is to remove yourself from reality. That's why I play as a tiny female midget when in reality I'm a 6-foot-2 240lb lummox.

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

If I had a choice that physically represented me.

So far none do. Elvaan did in XI, but in XIV the females are now dainty flowers and not buff muscular amazonian momma bears.

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I'm honestly curious, are you a buff muscular amazionian momma bear?

This is probably not the game's fault, but I start feeling detached when there no chatter going on.

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Originally Posted by Eekiki

Elvaan women looked like they could beat the snot out of their male counterparts.

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Thats what I liked about them :/

Being more active in cutscenes would help for me. I like to feel like my character is a part of the story, and is actually helping the cause. Sure, the actions played out through actual game content portray that, but cutscenes (Especially FFXIV's voiced over/pre-rendered scenes) really have a way of drawing you deeper into the story as everything unfolds. So far, it seems like your character usually just stands around doing a whole lot of nothing. I'm not asking they're voiced, as I like the silent protagonist.

I'd like to see my character actually get up and doing something. Fight, come to the aid of others, be a damn hero. I play a Gladiator, so I see my character as some one who would do everything he could to keep others out of harms way. Instead, he stands around like a chicken with his head cut off.

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Originally Posted by Eekiki

Life-sized, anatomically correct plush doll of my character.

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lol well that not creepy ill skip that thank you

jokes a side i think making play more party based in rolls rather then zurging is that the right way type it oh well and more sidequest that are more cut-seen based not cg have u but simple ones like the story and class quest are. but i know that this isnt something that can be done over night.

Can't put my finger on it but my character feels too much like she's not doing anything important in the world of Eorzea.

the first thing comes to my mind after reading the title is... subscription fee. And I guess I am not too connected to my char right now as there's no subcription fee lol

A Title system would help. But FFXIV is lacking in content so badly that I can hardly think of any actual achievements.

I would prefer more character customizations to become more attached(besides the lack of content = lack of interest).
I would have prefered if ALL facial hair, tattoos, Hairstyles, Scars from ALL(or atleast most) races could be used for anybody.
There is some male elezen scars I would like to have used for my midlander.

edit:While there are options now it just would have been better if it all was connected. So girls can't get beards but can also use the scars, tats, etc.

Instead of beards girls could have atleast gotten makeup

i feel dessconntected to my character if I can't fully explore my world and role play in it. Like if I want to go for a "swim" to take a quick "bath" in a role play sence I should beable to. If i want to "Jump" up on a rock face to have a epic view of the area at night and see all the stars, I should be able to. If I want to hide in a tree and jump down and attack an enemy in mid air, I should be able to.

All these things are stuff I can do in elder scrolls. I would love to do this stuff in final fantasy. well switch a rock with tree but ya. I love for my character to really explore the world she is in, and not be limited in doing so. I don't feel immersed in a game if I'm so limited in what I can do.

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Originally Posted by Blitz0309

What do you guys think?

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Individuality would be nice. Give me options, sliders, colors, ability to make my character not look like every other one.

As if that would happen.

I know what would make me feel less connected to my character...

Jumping and swimming in a world that is not supposed to be traveled in that way.

Ummmmmm......a customizable personal residence maybe? Hmmmmm? Moghouse anyone?

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Originally Posted by TirionCrey

I know what would make me feel less connected to my character...

Jumping and swimming in a world that is not supposed to be traveled in that way.

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ok sorry for this immaturity in my part

farmville that way stop playing rpg, you can't handle them.

Again sorry but I was putting something pretty tasteful that adds to the role play in role playing games. I love role playing in mmorpg. Which includes anything to make my character feel move aline, and unlimited exploration is part of that. What I do should not bother you in the slightest. If it does walk away.

Mora character customization options, residence areas, and the ability to interact with the world in general (e.g. being able to sit down in one of the bar chairs at the inn and have a drink or something) :):)

I missed that thread. I like my character, I don't feel disconnected at all.

Have your actions in the world have a consequence. Let them give you a positive or negative reputation in the world. Individualize reputation as well: be nice to one NPC or group of NPCs, and they will treat you favorably. Be mean to a particular NPC or group of NPCs, and they will treat you unfavorably. Have various rewards based on either such behavior so as the player an make choices as to what he wants to do.

Let the player own more things. Mog house, chocobo, pet, etc. The more things a player owns and can customize and rank up, the more invested he can be in the game.

Let other players know of your achievements in Eorzea. Have leaderboards showing the relative achievements of different individuals or linkshells. Have a top ten listing of who was able to complete certain quests or leves the fastest. Foster more player to player competition and interaction, and have it leave an impact so players will want to be come famous on their server.

I have zero attachment to my character. The only thing keeping me from deleting her is the fact that I love the Final Fantasy name... I don't even have hope in the new team since they keep changing silly unimportant things.

How to make players attached to their characters?

First, we need that sense of uniqueness for our jobs. Every WS animation looks the same. WSs happen so often and do so little damage that they dont feel special either. Every job is exactly the same. Communism doesnt work because there is no sense of individuality, thus everyone flees or rebels.

PvE + side content > we need a sense of community- working together against difficult challenges. We need NMs that drop pop items for other NMs and so on. Drops also need value. Drops with STR, VIT, DEF are all useless since they dont really affect gameplay at this point. Players have no value for anything they own or have killed.

Reputation- No one makes parties. No one fights world NMs any more since everyone has everything or just doesnt even want the lackluster items. No ones name means a thing and there is no way to party or interact with people outside of your own LS in a productive way.

*I'm supposed to log in tonight for the first time in a week to fight NMs, but my entire LS has every drop they need. It's just an attempt to force us to do something together, but I have absolutely no desire to join them. What does that tell you? 10,000,000 doblyns and 1,000 Uraeus mashing nothing but one button is not very fun... How CAN I be attached?