Suggestion: /display ears off

I have a very minor suggestion,

The “/display head off” command was added last year, I was wondering if it’s possible to do the same for the ear slot? I would love to be able to remove the visual appearance of earrings from my character while still keeping the stat bonus.

Perhaps it’s just me, but I really dislike seeing big jangly pearl earrings hanging off my male Lalafell. I just find them distracting and slightly annoying to look at (Perhaps I have minor OCD). Not that I have anything against males wearing earrings, it’s just my preference for my character.

I know SE have bigger fish to fry at this time, but I’m sure the coding wouldn’t be that much different from “/display head off”.

I’m wondering if anyone else out there has the same opinion?

(As an ex-XI player who’s recently started playing FFXIV for the first time, great work so far on the revamp! I’m really enjoying my journey)

/display earlobes off
/youhaveminorocd

At first I'm thinking, ears off? /vangogh?

But now I see you mean earrings. I must say, I kind of agree with this. Since having earrings was one of the character creation options, and I specifically selected to have none.

Rina's right, though. But even if it is rather nitpicky, we ought to be able to customize every aspect of our appearance without sacrificing our character stats.

Vanity slots + /display whatever off = more ways to look different from the rest, been done successfully in many other MMOs, no real reason not to have it here, imho.

cant wait till SE implement /display tail off
with that, I can be a hyur at day and miqote at night

o wait, I forgot that i dont have tail

I've been hoping for this for far too long.

There's just something about a Warrior with little black earrings on show that doesn't look quite right.

Don't even get me started on the Bard shoes!

Even better, /display undergarment off
now we can running but nekid in Ul'dah!

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Originally Posted by rina_inverse

Even better, /display undergarment off
now we can running but nekid in Ul'dah!

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I have been begging for this since day one.

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Originally Posted by Eekiki

I have been begging for this since day one.

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they wont allow it for kids, thats why

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Originally Posted by rina_inverse

they wont allow it for kids, thats why

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Thank goodness for neko-sentai. ^_^

I made this suggestion like 6 months ago and got ripped apart for it. "earrings aren't noticeable" they said, "you are the only one who cares about this" They said. It is nice to know im not alone.

Vanity slots! yes please!

and i also support turning off/on earrings/rings.

rings was covered by gloves anyway, no need to turn it off

Not for ringbands ~

To be honest I’m expecting to be ripped apart myself. And I'm well aware how nitpicky it looks to most people. There are far more productive things to be coding at this time.

But I just wanted to get my suggestion out there as it’s not much additional work. (Plus this is nothing in comparison to additional emotes which they are planning to add)

My stance is: If we change tiny details in the character creation such as highlights, tattoos, eye color, nose, eyebrows which are barely noticeable by other players then why can’t we have a bit of control over our appearance in-game as well. This requires no additional textures or animation. It’s just a bit of code to remove the appearance of some equipment which looks a little odd for some players.

The more customization, the better.

And I agree with you Req. They are extremely noticeable for me.

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Originally Posted by Lupi-Karupi

To be honest I’m expecting to be ripped apart myself. And I'm well aware how nitpicky it looks to most people. There are far more productive things to be coding at this time.

But I just wanted to get my suggestion out there as it’s not much additional work. (Plus this is nothing in comparison to additional emotes which they are planning to add)

My stance is: If we change tiny details in the character creation such as highlights, tattoos, eye color, nose, eyebrows which are barely noticeable by other players then why can’t we have a bit of control over our appearance in-game as well. This requires no additional textures or animation. It’s just a bit of code to remove the appearance of some equipment which looks a little odd for some players.

The more customization, the better.

And I agree with you Req. They are extremely noticeable for me.

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if we can show support for it now, it might be implemented later. I don't think anyone expects this to be available in 2.0 release. but available at 2.3 patch may be reasonable. so even if there are more pressing things, doesn't mean this can't be moved to a back burner team. it is additional content afterall. even people who don't vocallys upport this kind of thing wont' likely complain about it if it is implemented. nice to haves are almost as important as need to haves when considering new content.

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Originally Posted by Fadigre

Not for ringbands ~

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Which is a armband with a ring attached to it.

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Originally Posted by Fadigre

Not for ringbands ~

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but those rings are pretty!
theyre glitter..

I actually thought you were talking about ears for a second!

I suppose some jewellery is a tad bit ugly. I would never use the feature but I'm not against it and I would imagine it's very easy to implement anyway.

I was thinking this the other day. I'd love to be able to turn off the display of earrings. It just doesnt fit the look that I want for my character.

An appearance tab or something would be nice as well.

From the thread title the first thing I thought was that you wanted to make your ears disappear!
I was like: ??@_@??

*tugs at cute Lalafell ears*

But on the topic, if they can add it that would be cool for those who want it. XD
I don't think I'd use it often though... Unless I came across a horrible-looking pair of earrings. X3

I thought the same thing once I took off my cobalt helm on my paladin. Saw the two dangling pearl earrings on my highlander... it just looked wrong. Then I put on the pally af crown which happens to come with a pair of earrings on its own which overrides whatever earrings are currently equiped.

I immediately thought you meant the literal ears.
Shocked me a little.
I would actually like that. I liked having one earring, and I hate having to have 2.

When I posted the thread, realized after that the title would shock/confuse a few people! I said ear because the slot is called ear in your gear menu!

I'm perfectly happy with the Lalafell's mogwai ears though.

How can you argue you for this look though?

http://imgur.com/tryhc

:(

Am I the only one that thinks that what you wear should be displayed? It seems odd to be able to have all equipment be 'invisible' if chosen. It seems to me it is up to us to be able to balance what we wear, so we can come up with something that is both helpful and pleasing to the eye ^.^;

But then again, maybe it's just me ^^; I would almost never choose to wear something ugly just because of its stats. Which is why I have this large collection of silly mage hats I never put on ^^;

I might be one of the only ones. But I dont like the ears on mithras and lalas sticking out in helms. so when i get a male'qote ill be using /hide helm or w/e alot. There are some head pieces that dont have ears sticking out, ill have to hope for more.

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Originally Posted by Tricksy

I might be one of the only ones. But I dont like the ears on mithras and lalas sticking out in helms. so when i get a male'qote ill be using /hide helm or w/e alot. There are some head pieces that dont have ears sticking out, ill have to hope for more.

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you pick the race, but not the ear?
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/display brain off

I think vanity slots and tick boxes that let you turn anything off would be better personally.

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Originally Posted by rina_inverse

you pick the race, but not the ear?
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/display brain off

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1. I dont understand your comment.
2. Maybe you misunderstood mine.
3. All I was saying is that, although I enjoy the ears on the lalas and miqotes when they arent wearing helms. When they are and you have two steel or otherwise knobs sticking out, to me its not aesthetically appealing.
4. I said I might be one of a very small minority in my post.
5. You suck.