Am I the only one feeling very sad about the "Favour" system being an april fool?

[Saiyakupo]

I had a dream last night that the romance system was announced (IT WASNT A JOKE THIS TIME). All was right with the world. Then when I woke up I was back in the real world. T-T Why must this happen to meeeee...

[Cutie_McSnuggles]

I am all for the Favor System being a real thing! It would be awesome if there was a special side dungeon or something that you had to complete with your 'Favor partner'.

[NovaUltimatum]

So Bayohne, how are we doing on the request-o-meter?

[XNihili]

Getting wasted with Momodi or the Sultana Nanamo Ul Namo as a fellow Lalafell would be a huge fun

[BreathlessTao]

Having read through the thread...

- Yes, it most probably wouldn't be required, so if doesn't like the concept of it, they wouldn't have to pay no mind to it.
- Indeed, the first thing that needs changing for this is our own character, from the mute stoic to something else... we even have a voice we could choose from quite a lot different ones when we created our characters, yet we never once hear it throughout the entire game (meaning story-wise).
- Romance I'm not sure is a good idea or not, but as long as that too would be optional (can go there or go on being friends with whoever), I don't see the harm of it.
- I agree it should definitely not be half-assed, that would do more harm than good. If they do it, I rather it takes longer to get it in the game, but make it good. As opposed to quick-but-poorly-made.

[BreathlessTao]

- As for summoning, yeah, that would be odd, either because of OOCness in some cases, or seeing a bunch of the same NPC whacking mobs at the same time. But I'm sure an IC role could be found for each of them to help with, and say a once-a-day summon could work, I think.
- What would be a fun idea and add some diversity to the game is the NPC(s) we're close to randomly popping up or sending us a message requesting our help - procuring or crafting an item for help, getting rid of a mob (could even be a sort of NM), accompanying them somewhere... things like that. (Of course, this would require either quite a lot of ideas so it wouldn't get repetitive like the beast tribe dailies, or being a rare event like once a week.)

Just my 10 gil on the matter, as I've seen a lot of different opinions mentioned.

[Arkghyom]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blo...066.1382706208

I've always felt that Final Fantasy XIV really needs some romance elements of sort like the Final Fantasy games of old.

While the system described was obviously a bit over the top, I wish they really adopted some kind of concept like that, and I feel very sad that it turned out to be a joke.

[Lemuria]

I'm game for a little romancing, as long as it includes Nero as a conquest. He might be a nasty villain, but he's certainly a handsomely nasty villain at least. Some bad guys are worth turning to the dark side for

Though, I think there's about as much chance of a romance system in this game as there is of a Nero x Thancred x Hildibrand love triangle. Hopeful, yet incredibly unlikely.

[Norenia]

Would've loved to have this in FFXI too.

Cornelia never got enough love from the team...

[Prototype909]

Now that we have confirmation of the marriage system how about we get confirmation of an actual favor system as the next step in adding relationships to the game :P