[Request]: Permanent Facial Expressions

Title says it all. Would it be possible for characters to be able to /smile, and they continue that smile until such time as they, /stare or /frown or what have you? Set the current expression to /stoic since most of them really don't relay any kind of emotion other than a deadpan, cold, unfeeling stare.

Yes!! A hundred times yes! I've been wishing I could set my facial expressions to stay for the longest time now. Would add a whole new layer to character depth and customization. 10/10 great idea.

Well...

Mild expressions, okay. But the idea of someone with a permanent /ow or /fear on their face... I'd rather not.

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Originally Posted by Zojha

Well...

Mild expressions, okay. But the idea of someone with a permanent /ow or /fear on their face... I'd rather not.

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Fair point... though permanent fear might not be out of place at the Quicksands...

If you keep making that stupid face, your face will freeze that way...

it would be nice to keep the eyes closed at least.

from the... close eyes emote... in case you don't know what i am talking about...

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Originally Posted by Daisy

If you keep making that stupid face, your face will freeze that way...

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I mean, that's exactly what's being requested. :p

Oh please yes.

I'm reminded of Little Big Planet, where you could run around with a :D or a D: face the entire time.

... This amuses me, I approve.

Give me that permanent wink and annoyed expressions.

I think most people tend to have a relaxed expression most of the time. I generally don't walk around with a smile or a frown on my face the whole time. That would be exhausting.

A heard of Lalafell with the Sneer or Taunt Emote permantely fixed onto their faces scaring the townfolk of the city states. XD

In all seriousness, I would love for this option too! I miss my Auri always looking like she smiled when she was a Miqo'te. Now she feels too serious looking. ...And my still Miqo'te character, I would really love to see an occasional smile or slight frown instead of her staring with an emotionless expression all the time. :(

YES! The only thing I don't like about my character is that he's a perpetual sourpuss. It's fine in cutscenes, since he tends to smile all the time in those, but it's awful in the overworld.

I would absolutely adore this change. There are times when Kos wants to wear a smile, and sometimes she wants a more angry face - I wanted that face for a long time after finishing the ARR 2.55 MSQ.

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Originally Posted by Belhi

I think most people tend to have a relaxed expression most of the time. I generally don't walk around with a smile or a frown on my face the whole time. That would be exhausting.

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I think it depends on the situation? When I'm out in public among friends or a large group I usually maintain a smile at all times. Not necessarily a big wide one that shows the pearly whites, mind you, but a smile none-the-less, even if inwardly I am groaning and just want to go home. The opposite is true at, say, a funeral, where I'll maintain a more somber expression, even if I didn't really know the person who died and am attending more for their loved ones than because I had any connection to them.

There are situations where it behooves one to maintain a facial expression for more than the 5 seconds that the current emotes allow for.

Reason #1 this is a bad idea: Nothing but ahegao faces as far as the eye can see.

How about conditionals.

Whenever Aymeric starts creeping around me -> disgust.
Whenever Alphinoud starts anything -> disdain.
Whenever Lalafels anything -> punt.
Whenever Y'shtola or Scathach is nearby -> dote

hmm. seems like we are missing some necessary emotes.

How about having it so that the face can cycle through various 'neutral' expressions with hints of happy, bored, annoyed, etc just as with the idle animations, except this would be at all times unless disabled. Then you can set a character mood option that would modify that expression cycle to match the mood selected. The expressions would not be as pronounced as the emotes themselves, but it would allow you to have some variation beyond the static neutral NPC look we have.

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Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

How about having it so that the face can cycle through various 'neutral' expressions with hints of happy, bored, annoyed, etc just as with the idle animations, except this would be at all times unless disabled. Then you can set a character mood option that would modify that expression cycle to match the mood selected. The expressions would not be as pronounced as the emotes themselves, but it would allow you to have some variation beyond the static neutral NPC look we have.

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Honestly, I'm up for anything that doesn't force me to type /smile every 5 seconds when we're trying to take group screenshots.

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Originally Posted by Vexander

Honestly, I'm up for anything that doesn't force me to type /smile every 5 seconds when we're trying to take group screenshots.

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I know what you mean. I was just thinking that this might be a workable middle ground for those who find the specific emotes too strong or feel that they might look 'wrong' depending on the circumstance.

Even if they don't open it up for every one that already exists, at least give us a few options so we don't all have the same ultra serious expression all the time. I'd like to use smile, which is low key enough to be reasonable as someone's default expression, but looks a bit nicer than just being super serious straight face all the time.

I'd also really like the option to have /smirk or /smile as a default expression, since female Au Ra face 4 has no options that don't look super serious, whereas all of the other faces have at least one that looks more relaxed/cheerful.

So glad to see this thread here, I'd love this as an option!

i would love for like 2-3 basic facial expressions you can pick. Kind of like you can pick what idle pose youd
like your character to have.

However, id really keep it limited to 2-3 expressions.

otherwise, there's gonna be people running around with a permanent hildibrand style troll face smile ("Most gentlemanly" emote)

Yes yes yes. My Au'Ra alway looks mean. Can please have different permanent facial expressions?

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Originally Posted by Faliandra

i would love for like 2-3 basic facial expressions you can pick. Kind of like you can pick what idle pose youd
like your character to have.

However, id really keep it limited to 2-3 expressions.

otherwise, there's gonna be people running around with a permanent hildibrand style troll face smile ("Most gentlemanly" emote)

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Thankfully the Most Gentlemanly emote isn't just a facial expression, but I do share your concern. The simpler emotes would be more than enough.

/smile
/somber
/suspicious
/agitated
/sleepy
/stoic
/nervous

I suppose SE could always just add a /changeexpression or /changeface command though. Cycle through existing ones, set them as permanent until changed.

I like my character's relaxed face (it always looks sort of angry anyway) whereas the smiles make me cringe. Alert and Taunt are the only expressions he's ever allowed to use without things getting too dorky.

In any case, I support this as not everyone is blessed with my character's naturally grumpy face and it would certainly add a lot to interactions. I have a friend who hates her character's sweet expression and had to bind the frowning expression to its own dedicated button for constant use.

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Originally Posted by Serilda

I like my character's relaxed face (it always looks sort of angry anyway) whereas the smiles make me cringe. Alert and Taunt are the only expressions he's ever allowed to use without things getting too dorky.

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To be fair, Elezen tend to have a nicer selection of passive faces to choose from on character creation.

There is now the category for facial expression which are all non permanent. I see no reason against making all of them toggleable. Just add into their macro comand line option on/off, using it without either would be like now. Would some people run around with permanent shock, maybe, but there's already some questionable glamour choises running around within the current system. Jokesters always find their way and the novelty would wear down quick enough. This would also give depth for RP where most event are of the longer nature and if someone is sad or happy or afraid or what have you, it would better set the mood is that could be reflected on their face. As the facial expressions are now, they are so short lived that they are practically useless.

Ok, Ill chime in for my support on this. Most people arent zoomed in anyways. Only time I see more social activities is when I host a FC event for the socalite events.

I would definitely love if they added more facial expressions. My lizard has resting b*tch face, and I find that he looks a lot nicer to be around, when he makes other expressions. Sometimes he looks even prettier. :)

Lala with /sneer all the time ...

Make this a thing SE. All the resources are in game and even unlocked o the player. Just change those "1"s to "0"s and make it happen. To walk with my eyes wide instead of squinting would be wonderful.

Lalafels are already creepy enough, can you imagine them with a permanent smile?

I approve of this option if it means I can give my goofy highlander this face fixed permanently.
http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...psigymnnsr.jpg

This thread is pretty old but I just felt the need to throw my whole-hearted agreement behind it.

They could set it up like the /cpose command (/expression or something like it) so we could set our "resting" facial expression. Sure, there's going to be the Herp Derpington's out there that permanently set their expression to "shock" or something equally ridiculous, but hey, if they want their avatar to look like a moron, it should be their prerogative to do that.

Please, oh great and mighty program masters of FFXIV, give this to us. PLEASE! (Hell, I'd even drop some dead presidents in the Mog Station for this ability, and I'm fairly sure many other people would join me in doing so, were the option available.)

While it could be funny, I think it would be really creepy, haha. Smiling 24/7... how stepford. xD

I'd rather like it if the current facial expressions would just last longer. They could make it like the poses for /changepose where you can set it from 1 to 10 seconds.

Personally I think it would be really weird to see other characters smiling constantly, or looking worried, sneering and so on.
Female Miqo'te with face option 3 and specific mouth options already smile constantly and that already looks weird sometimes. In some serious or sad cutscenes with female Miqo'te NPCs with that face I often think "Huh? Why is she smiling now?".

They just need a few more "resting face" options. The reason everything does what it does is because that is the neutral face for talking. So there's only like three modes for it, normal, angry, and sad. Everything else tends to be "emote, switch to neutral"

And if we could get different resting face options, please bring it to the forum avatar/lodestone. This is just my opinion but certain face combinations make some avatars look like they are perpetually angry.