Question on Npc relations

Now that I know where to post in the right section ha , I have a question. So I think I started playing ff games in the middle somewhere. I've played 8, 9, and 10, and I may have played seven but I really don't rem but I do recall the main npc of the game. Also I even played 10.2. But this my return to the franchise really loving the game but Im actually curious I guess its a lore question. Is this the only one without that main npc , character relationship like couple wise, because I recall that in all the others ones I've played before. And if it is the case do you think that's because its an mmo? Just a curious question, that I really don't know the answer to but would like feed back.

This post jumped all over the place i have no idea what you're actually asking.

So you're asking if our characters in this game ever gets sortof into a relationship with an npc, story wise?

I mean not really, there's no romantic relationships, but you have the little group of friends that your characters gets really close to. After all the stuff that happens in heavensward, Alphinaud ends up feeling almost like a brother to our WoL, at least to me.. And Alphinaud is arguably closer to the WoL than any of the other scions, so i think that's the closest you're going to get currently.

I dont think they would ever add a true love interest into the game, partly because yeah its an mmo. The WoL we play as is sortof a representation of ourselves. If they decide for the story that they want to pair us up with a particular character, this could cause problems as there's guaranteed to be a handful of players that despise that character and are greatly upset by that choice, and for good reason.. It'd rip the immersion away in an instant. The only way they could -possibly- set it up, is if they had multiple potential love interests, and it was decided based on conversation choices we make and stuff. But that would honestly be waaay too much work, they wouldnt do something like that.

So brotherly love with Alphinaud is as close as you're going to ever get, imo. :P

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Originally Posted by Averax

This post jumped all over the place i have no idea what you're actually asking.

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Sorry ha What Im asking is in the ones I played 8,9, and ten your character was in a relationship with an npc if I remember correctly so , I was just curious if it was something se stopped puttin in their games.

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

your character was in a relationship with an npc

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Rinoa, Garnet, and Yuna aren't NPCs though. I would argue that they are just as, if not more, important as Squall, Zidane, and Titus in the over all story. But I understand what you are asking.

No, there are no romantic relationships on this game between your character and any NPCs. There are important NPCs that are your characters close friends and allies, but no romance.

Well its kinda canon that Haurchefant had a thing for the WoL. If this was only one-sided is left to the imagination and choice of the player. But they were never truly together..there is no other character right now that is truly interested in the WoL in a romantic way. One could say Aymeric but this is even more left for speculation (thankfully since my WoL's heart belongs to our dear knight)

FF14 is different from 8 or 9 since the WoL is not truly a established character with their own history, believe and so on but more of a "insert" of our own wishes so they could never truly have a canon relationship since not everyone would want their character with XY. We do show a little bit more emotion in HW but in the end we will probably stay a blank character.

So in the end there is a difference between games like FF8 were you play a character that is already there with his own story and games like FF14 were you can create your own character and thus having more of a blank character.

The difference between XIV and the singleplayer Final Fantasies is, this is an MMO.
In the singleplayers you are controlling a premade character/party with all relationships and bindings etc., while in a MMO you are controlling the charater which represents yourself in this world.
The Dev team will never enforce more closeness then friendship or trust, just like you don't want to fell in love for someone just cause i as the Dev decided so...

FFXIV has reference to past FF games. they have held special events were characters from other series have appeared, FFXI , Lightning, and collaboration. As for personal relationships some tie in if you were part of 1.0 every now and then there is a hint of a past connection. Warriors of light are reference to one of the FF were the hero of light was no longer remembered in his time line. See FF lore. You are referenced as if you were him/her , reality is you are, but your image was erased from their memories.

Well I guess it was more so that I knew it was in other games that wernt ff mmos, but Ive played an mmo that it was in that was also a blank slate. My first mmo was swtor and you had several options there not that I actually want this for myself , it was more of a question of is this something that they are stepping away from in their games in general. Like will it be missing in 15 as well , from previews Ive seen it looks like there want be any in that game either.

I'm in a relationship with Ser Aymeric. We're getting married.

Tataru's my wife

Get wrecked Wedge

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

Sorry ha What Im asking is in the ones I played 8,9, and ten your character was in a relationship with an npc if I remember correctly so , I was just curious if it was something se stopped puttin in their games.

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Your character can get married to another character, but they'll never put you into a relationship with an NPC. People would get real weird, real fast.

NPC stands for non-playable character, so characters like Yuna or Garnet aren't considered one since you control them in battles.

But as for your question, no. While it's repeatedly hinted that Haurchefant has romantic feelings for our created character, and said feelings are plot important, he never outright confesses said feelings in any form directly to us. (But, wow, he sure doesn't try to hide how much he adores us!) It's left open for interpretation on if we reciprocate or not.


Also, while the games you played put a romantic relationship between the main guys and one of the main girls at the forefront, it's not really unusual for romance to take a back seat in Final Fantasy.

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

is this something that they are stepping away from in their games in general.

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No, I think it's just this one. In most of their single player games, SE designs the characters, complete with backstories and interrelationships. The characters are part of the story. Here, as an MMO, we're given a story, but we design our characters ourselves. While the story places a few constraints on how we can roleplay them if we want consistency with that story (no good/evil choices, for instance), we're still given a lot of latitude in what personalities we want our characters to have.

Some players play their characters as representations of themselves. Some roleplay and come up with their own character stories. SE themselves tries to stay noncommittal about what their personalities are in order to give us a wider range of choices in the matter. They basically tell us that our character is interested enough in helping Eorzea that we'll attempt all the stuff that goes on in the main story. And they tell us that our character is at least willing to work with a number of the NPCs that SE designed. Beyond that, though, how our character feels about any of them is largely up to us.

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

Like will it be missing in 15 as well , from previews Ive seen it looks like there want be any in that game either.

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Noctis is engaged to Lunafreya. And judging by the Brotherhood anime, I think Prompto has a bit of a crush on her as well. :rolleyes:
She didn't appear in the Duscae demo, but the road trip they're on was supposed to be for Noctis to meet up with Luna to get married. (Then, while they were on the way, his country got overthrown, so they've got other concerns and it's a bit up in the air as to what's going to happen with the wedding plans.)

Yshtola's my wife.

That miquote who hangs with the almajaas is my weekend mistress

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

No, I think it's just this one. In most of their single player

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ha but the thing is if its an option like it was in swtor I dono what the problem would be , people just wouldt have to take the option

That's fair enough but you also have to remember that SWTOR is a Bioware MMORPG and Bioware RPGs usually the player's character has a base canon backstory and partial name already created by the development team, restricting a lot of creativity on the part of the player. FFXIV on the other hand, is probably closer to the original FF game as well as RPGs' pen and paper origins in that the player's character is a blank slate, with little more than just their occupation and their status as a 'foreigner' to that land made canon by the developers, the rest is up to the player to fill in the blanks.

This also goes for relationships, although your character does gain a lot of admiration and respect from NPCs in Eorzea due to their actions as the Warrior of Light (well, except for that one time in Ul'dah), they're never shown to be actively courted by an npc who is really interested in them romantically... well... everyone that is except Haurchefant (and even his affection for the player's character was handled in a very subtle, understated way).

Which is just as well, as Enki is already taken and married to my boyfriend's character so yeah, even Haurchy she had to tolerate his advances but ultimately reject them, as her heart already belongs to another. ;)

An amusing coda to this is SE actually teased players back in 2014 with the infamous 'Favour System' which was pretty much what you are asking for.... but alas that was merely an April Fools' joke and was not serious. ;)

Well how exactly would they choose who would be suitable for the player and who not? Can we be sure that they would make every NPC player-sexual? I mean maybe they would decide to make Aymeric an female Elezen WoL interest only. Could you imagine the rage of a lot of people? Would they still make those romantic options killable? (Damn this would break ones heart even further...I mean the deaths are already quite painful if you like the NPC but if that one had a romantic story with the WoL..)

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

An amusing coda to this is SE actually teased players back in 2014 with the infamous 'Favour System' which was pretty much what you are asking for.... but alas that was merely an April Fools' joke and was not serious. ;)

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Occasionally folks will write a new thread pining for the Favour System (or some similar "dating sim" style minigame). Personally, I think it'd be cute and fun to be able to "woo" certain NPCs. But no - at the moment, generally the most emotional interaction your character has with any NPC in the game is *stoic nod*.