Customizable Wall art

Hiya sweethearts o/

My name is Krystal and I come from another game called Archeage. It's kind of a toxic game enviormentally but they have something thereI thought would go great here. They have a system by which you can post customizable images from both in game and real life into picture frames and display them in your housies. Other than this, Final Fantasy has way more decorations for players housies =)

So maybe it could be done here too, which would make each owned housie more personal to the owners... It was just a thought I shared in the Novice Network and they thought I should post the idea here and told me they loved it. I was reluctant to do so being that I am a new player and all, but they highly urged me to post it here so... here it is =)
Mkay... byeee o/

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Krystal

Here's my issue with this, as I too played ArcheAge.
That opens up the flood gates to terrible images being posted. I ran into a few homes in AA that had child porn covering the inside.
I know the insides of homes are instanced so you couldn't see them unless you went inside, but I still feel like it's a terrible idea to even give people the opportunity to do it. Although I guess on the flip side, if someone is going to be stupid enough to do that and get banned, it'll open up more housing plots.

Also, welcome to FFXIV!

Hiya sweetheart o/...
Thank you sweetie, this is a great game. true some people will try to take advantage of it in such disgusting ways, and they should be banned of course. But there are those like me who would love to personalize our housies more. I think if the housies are decorated and people report them and it's disgusing like you stated then yes they should be removed, but I thought maybe being more like home would make peole, like myself, feel more at ease there =)

Mkay byeee
♥XOXO♥
Krystal

This has been brought up before. Between Square having to police every single image AND store the images, it's just not going to happen. They aren't going to devote the manpower to oversee something like this. Don't let that discourage you from sharing further ideas. :)

I wouldn't say using real life pictures is a good idea..people cant be trusted to remain tactful.

But I see no harm in allowing us to use our ingame screenshots. Nothing worse then we could already see now could happen. there is no "motion" in a screenshot so how ...."clever" people are now, using certain emotes/motions would be pretty much irrelevant. We already can wear bathing suits which is exact same as "nude" in here so theres a limit already to the degree of disgust ppl can pull off. Nothing tbh would be offensive enough to warrant not implementing, no policing is required.

-in game screenshots are definitely a great idea and should be implemented.
-real life/personal screenshots sadly...no way lol

If literally every other game that allowed custom images before today taught us anything is that the moment you allow custom images in your game people are going to upload porn.

Hiya sweetheart o/...

The housies are instanced with the ability to not allow people to come in unless you so desire them to. You as the user can set it to where only certain people can access your housie. Myself personally I keep mine to the closest of family and friends who know me etc. The allowing the personalization on this level would in fact encourage people like myself, my mom and much of my other family to atually get housies here and decorate them to our personal selves. We can't be the only ones who would actually like this. We do this on Archeage but there you can't keep other random players out... so here it's more secure. If anywhere I would think this would be the ideal enviorment to do such a thing =)

♥XOXO♥
Krystal

Hiya sweethear o/...

I have played Archeage almost 3 years now sweetie, I have yet to see this happen because the images are policed. I have seen more people have more funs personalizing their housies with their own family photos. My mom loves to put pictures of us and her up in her housie and I love spending time in it because of it. If the peopel are to put up certain ill images then they should be banned. They should be reportable as a TOS violation. =)

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Krystal

They are not going to hire additional GMs to police every image that every person uploads. It's just not feasible and it would clash with the game's aesthetics. The best we can hope for is them allowing us to put screenshots in portrait frames, even then that's a stretch. I would be happy with just lodestone snapshots of character's faces with selectable backgrounds.

Hiya sweetheart o'

If they can allow screenshots they can allow otehr things as well. They don't have to police themselves it would be a mere report option that players could report bad images. So in essence we the players would be the police. Since I'm use to more customization from my previous game Archeage. I have seen it at work and its one of the largest reasons I still play that game. As for in game screenshots.. that's not much better than what is current... which is a very generic customization or the housie like Swtor's housies or Lord of the Rings =\

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Krystal

Players cannot police themselves. this is the internet and an online game. sorry to be pessimistic but it just doesn't fit within the world of FFXIV.

There is absolutely no way the people of Balmung would keep it tame, even with screenshots. It would just be near naked characters forever, in every house.

they've said a few times that they won't do this unfortunately, because it would be too hard to regulate what we put in the frame. :(

Hiya sweetheart o/
As Acilith said, they won't keep it tame. Technically they don't keep it tame no matter what, even now... I've seen by action how vulgar players can be. So, should we just have the game close period. Anything on the game can be corrupted as prooven by players running around doing certain lewd acts which, unlike the pictures, is not being done behind closed doors. At least the pictures would be behind closed doors. That's actually better than the acts performed openly now. If we took down anything that players abuse would not the game be closed now? Just saying, we can't not do things because of the inappropriate behavior of a few. As the game stands, players have through actions taken it a bit too far, so by the measurement that we should not add something because it can be abused, we shouldn't have a game to play right now.

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Krystal

I mean you're not wrong? I see minfilia portraits with stuff covering her face so it's just a picture of her chest. But uhhh, well.. ok? I'm not sure what to tell you here.

Your logic is way out in left field. People are vulgar in other ways, so let's just do this anyway?

Nobody needs to be able to upload custom images into their HOUSE or HOUSES. It's an open invitation for every sicko with a subscription to go wild. I've never heard of this other game you mentioned, and there's probably a good reason for that. This is a popular game, and there are millions of people--plenty under 18--playing it. Final Fantasy is a well-loved IP, and SquareEnix is rightfully very protective of it and its reputation.

Besides, such images would clash horribly with the game's aesthetic. I don't want to see a real life photo of someone's pets inside the game houses...it would look ridiculous.

Hiya Sylfain,
By your logic sweetheart, if it can be corrupted then don't do it. If we go by that, then the game shouldn't even be allowed. Every aspect of the game can be corrupted as it stands currently. If you don't believe me, check out some of the videos on youtube. I did some research before comming to play the game and I was appauled, but I realized I can't base my experiences on what a few twisted individuals do. But by the logic you present "Don't do it because it can be corrupted" the game should closed. And as for the nobody needing to have custom images into their house... nobody needs to play the game either, but we do it for enjoyment. Having customizable images would make that more enjoyable and more personable to each individual rather than having the same exact images on your walls as the next housie. As for YOU not wanting to see real life pictures of someone elses housie... you could merely not enter other peoples housies. It's totally YOUR choice, but I would love to see a personal touch rather than uniformity in art and decor. There are plenty who are even under the age of 13 who play Archeage where this is allowed for the last 5 years, so it's proven it can and does work hun work =)

♥XOXO♥
Krystal

Sure, people can be vulgar, but you can blacklist/report them, and it's done. What kind of trouble though could SE get into, if people upload illegal images into their game? What does that do to their reputation? How much of their time gets eaten up answering authorities about these illegal images? Some no-name company with a game that's probably FTP has nothing to lose, but we're talking here about a roughly 20 year old IP that once brought this company back from the brink of extinction--they'd be insane to take that kind of risk, especially just to please a few people.

If you think the current HOUSING decor is uniform, you're not trying. Users come up with new and unique designs all the time. For the most part, HOUSING stays pretty classy, and is about the only aspect of the game that users can't do anything inappropriate to. The HOUSES right now look classy: why ruin it?

Also, saying not to go into other peoples' HOUSES is not a realistic solution. Does your FC have a HOUSE?

Let me break this down to you from a corporate viewpoint.
Some bad customers post child porn etc in their house - some media joint picks it up and goes for a clickbaity title claiming "Square Enix MMO Final Fantasy XIV players are showcasing child porn in their virtual houses".

PR disaster - check.
Additional spending (dev man hours, salary for more staff) to develop countermeasures or police the players across ALL servers in ALL regions. - check
Legal team having to fend off parents or organizations suing - check
Damage to brand of "Final Fantasy" - check

This is just 2mins off the top of my head. I am sure there are more.
This is so you can have a custom image in a picture frame in your virtual house. Sorry, but i have to say its more profitable and benefical to Square Enix to not implement the suggestion.

Have a nice day.