Expansion tatoos

So i know the people in this forum only represent a small part of the community but since im a curious lala i'm asking anyway. :p

What if SE decides to give every player a tatoo like the legacy one?
And before you think "ah not this again", please here me out.
(also please forgive me if this was already discussed in another thread)

How about a tatoo that represents the expansion of the time in which the player (you) first joined the game.
Like for example people who joined arround ARR get the little meteor as a tatoo. For heavensward it could be a little dragon. And so on.
See it like another veteran reward.

As for our 1.0/legacy players out there: What do you think?
You would still keep your exclusive tatoo. Just the option to have one wouldnt be exclusive to you anymore.

Personally I'm not really interested in it. But doesn't hurt to ask I guess.

I think tattoos in general would be cool.

Are we talking in the exact same place?

Would it be only on characters made at that time?

Honestly I display my Tattoo very infrequently (I like full coverage glamours) so I'm meh on it.

Would be neat and a nice reward but you'd probably get a lot of people asking for it to just be available without the time restriction.

That would be something I'd like to see. They already don't want to do traditional veteran rewards, which I understand and agree with, but wouldn't mind them introducing a sort of "soft" veteran reward. Maybe even don't instantly give the tattoo away but instead make them purchasable with the veteran currency we already have. Make it so that you could choose to buy specific tattoos but that the only players who could immediately afford them all would be those who had been around since the beginning.

I'd be game for them adding more tattoos into the game. (Would like to have them on my chocobo suit, buuut I can't even dye that)

All the Viera, Miqo'te, Male Roegyden and Hrothgar either in 2B bottoms or the couril thong will be getting tattoos on their cheeks.

how about as new veteran rewards, considering you don't get any above the leonhart set (330 days )

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Originally Posted by Krotoan

Are we talking in the exact same place?

Would it be only on characters made at that time?

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Yes same place.
Also i think it should be acount wide for all your characters.

What would the lore reason be?

I think tattoos are physically revolting, and I'd quit immediately if one was ever inflicted on my character.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

What would the lore reason be?

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Why would you need one?
Or is there one for the legacy tatoo?

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Originally Posted by Hausti

Why would you need one?
Or is there one for the legacy tatoo?

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Nothing but headcanon.
I guess teleport into the future magic thing that isn't very expanded is the reason

Legacy stuff is barf, but I wouldn't say no to having a body tattoo system added in the character creator once they update that.

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Originally Posted by HollowedDoll

Nothing but headcanon.
I guess teleport into the future magic thing that isn't very expanded is the reason

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It's vaguely insinuiated that it was either Hydaelyn or the Twelve responsible (the tattoo vaguely resembles the Mothercrystal, and yet it is also known as 'the Mark of the Twelve' in the GUI shortcut to hide or restore it), but there is indeed no actual information given as to where it came from, other than the obvious connection to the Calamity, and NPCs do not mention anything different to a character so adorned (it has nothing to do with a 1.0 player getting the special story and thus being one of the original Warriors of Light incognito, a level 1 1.0 player who only got the opening scene in 1.0 but was never levelled otherwise and was transfered into ARR starts with the Legacy tattoo).

Player characters from 1.0 aren't the only ones to receive it either - the Legacy Chocobo has the mark on it's beak, and 1.0 player retainers are also given the tattoo if they were hired in 1.0, although this was only apparent when Retainer Ventures were added and you could change the retainer's attire - it was difficult to see with the camera view but if your retainer was wearing something that exposed their back, you could just make out the Legacy mark on their upper back.

This is because meta wise it was simply Yoshi's way of identifying 1.0 players in the new game at launch, fulfiling a promise he made on this forum late in ARR's development "that existing players would be given some way of identifying them in the new game" (paraphrased).

OP that's a real cool idea.
I like it a lot~

As a legacy player in 1.0 we created our characters with the mark on us, there was no option.

Though I'd like to see more tattoo's I'd rather see them in character creation and at the aesthetician under face(body) paint or as other features. I would not like to see them as 'veteran' rewards retroactively.

I'd like tattoo options to be available, yes. Do I think they should be exclusive? No.

Tattoos in general, as a character creation or aesthetician feature, would be nice. I personally would not be interested, but I could see it being a popular option for other players.

As a reward for playing since certain expansions, I think it is a waste of time. You've either played since a certain date, or you haven't. There's nothing you can do about it. We got pre-order bonus minions, trinkets, etc., for each release anyhow. I don't think we need more rewards for something we're already doing anyhow. Plus, as I and some others have said, we wouldn't even want a tattoo on our characters -- so it would fail to be a reward at all, in our cases. In fact, I'm not sure how the 1.0 Legacy tattoo works, but is that optional or do you HAVE TO have that tattoo? I would actually really resent being forced to wear that, if I were in that boat.

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Originally Posted by HollowedDoll

how about as new veteran rewards, considering you don't get any above the leonhart set (330 days )

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Yes! This, please. I hate it when games have limited-time things that "you just had to be there" to obtain or experience before they go away. At least this way, everybody has the chance to aim for something that will eventually come.

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Originally Posted by Hausti

How about a tatoo that represents the expansion of the time in which the player (you) first joined the game.
Like for example people who joined arround ARR get the little meteor as a tatoo. For heavensward it could be a little dragon. And so on.
See it like another veteran reward.

As for our 1.0/legacy players out there: What do you think?
You would still keep your exclusive tatoo. Just the option to have one wouldnt be exclusive to you anymore.

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That would be awesome! Some players use ARR Tattoo, Heavensward Tattoo and so on. You would have a deeper connection to your beginning. And maybe you'll unlock every tattoo after and can decide to wear them with the command /arr /hw /sb /shb

More tatoos = yes
More limited-time rewards = no, there are already too many of those IMO (PvP seasonal rewards, pre-order bonuses, minions that are tied to some old merch, legacy stuff, the titles obtained from the Ishgard restoration ranking, maybe Garo, maybe Yo-kais....). I think having a temporary exclusivity is fine, like for the events items for example.
But everything should be obtainable by anyone who is willing to put the effort (or the money) into it.

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Originally Posted by Hausti

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Originally Posted by Canadane

What would the lore reason be?

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Why would you need one?
Or is there one for the legacy tatoo?

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Originally Posted by Merrnryn

As a legacy player in 1.0 we created our characters with the mark on us, there was no option.

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/? legacymark

Yeah just /legacymark it if you dont want it on you. I would love a tattoo representing I started playing in ARR. But honestly I would just love tattoos in general that aren't tied to gear. More tattoos please! :)

I'd just like tattoos in general really, they could add them to the aesthetician. But I wouldn't be against vetern tattoos, it's a decent idea.

Man I just want the ability to give characters tattoos that aren't tied to the chestpiece.