Marriage Quest finally on the horizon! Yay!

[LordPhantomhive]

I got married to my rl husband in game in ffxi, back when it was lottery weddings. It was very cute.

[Nomad-phx]

whats the benefit of this? im fairly confident it will be a feature more for lalafell characters since the majority off emote users and vanity wearers on my world are lala, lol. do female characters still get everything they ask for and get half your gil/inventory upon divorce? is a prenup service planned?




realistically 80% of marriages would be same sex because of all the guys with female characters too lol

[jars]

moon cats and sun cats don't belong together

just ain't right in the eyes o the twelve

also communism

[Zumi]

FFXI only has traditional marriage and really nobody complained over there really.

[stanrir]

as a male playing a female character i suppose i will have to try something sneaky to marry my gf playing a female character, either makeing alts with almost the exact same names or trying something with fantasia

[Altijacek]

Lol I just had a thought that maybe some people are making a fuss over this because they play the opposite sex, and therefore want to marry the opposite sex because in real life it is the opposite sex and in reality the person playing the other character of the opposite sex is a person of the same sex...

TIME PARADOX

[Errors]

FFXI only has traditional marriage and really nobody complained over there really.

Really, no complaints?

I was playing 11 when they implemented it, even had a character participate in one.

Quick google search:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...-Sex-Marriages
http://ffxivrealm.com/threads/marria...in-ffxiv.1194/
http://gaygamer.net/2013/08/fan-bann...-realm-reborn/

[Shioban]

Before I say anything.

No-one at Sqaure Enix is trying to discriminate, what they're trying to do is find what's best for their players AND their company as a whole.
That is something you must respect, as negative feedback is always harder to deal with than positive.

Okay, but why would it bother them if a fictional story allowed same sex marriage?

(This isn't my opinion, this is Yoshida's however I completely respect it)

Yoshi-P already posted on the forums declaring it a 'delicate matter' to be discussed internally in the future with carefull consideration for many reasons;

"As for same-sex marriage, this is an extremely controversial topic that has been under discussion in the MMO world for the past few years. First we would like to start out with opposite-sex marriage, and then consider the feedback from our players in order to make a careful decision.I can’t say whether or not it will be possible at this point in time. I’d like to keep dialog open with our players as we deliberate the matter." - Naoki Yoshida

The reasons for this are most likely the development team considering;

•Varying Cultural Nuances
•Laws/traditions/statistics per country
•Chinese Version Launch (HUGE issues here)
•International Press Response (Could exacerbate the issue)
•Player Response (Minimal issue, easily quelled)
•Square Enix's company image (as a whole extremely important to the dev team)

From a bit of research Japan itself being a country that doesn't condone or condemn homosexuality prefers a "What you do behind closed doors is your business" to most things including homosexual relationships.
Marriage however could attract bad-press or a negative response, as it breaks this non-written society expectancy by making a show of it.

As minimal a thing as a virtual marriage is, it has the potential to do damage as well.
As the topic is still in quite a lot of places a delicate taboo subject they have to consider first what is best for them as a company before appeasing the players interest.
One wrong decision could spell more trouble for the company than it's worth.


Either way the community as a whole will have to respect either decision and deal with it like mature adults (as unlikely as people are to do that).

(^ This is directed at everyone)

According to the quote, when it's released in 2.3 it won't be added at first (but most likely they'll add it later if things go fine)

Walked in here to see the OP, saw the most recent post..

this is already a mess and I'm just going to walk right back out. Have fun getting yet another marriage thread closed

It's as inevitable as the sun-rising at this point, lol.

[ReplicaX]

Ok, so what does that have to do with the comment you quoted. You took out a single part of what I said an replied to it? Out of context quoting because?

Since 2.0 Beta Phase 1 there have been 100s of threads regarding Same Sex Marriage ingame. Past practice of everyone being locked and hidden due to overzealous opinions from both sides becoming uncivil and ill mannered.

I agree that LGBT people can get overzealous in their cause, but it is a just one.

My point is yes those people are annoying, but they are right.

Being uncivil, using an untactful approach, and breaking forum etiquette is no excuse no matter how just or right a cause is.

Straight people flaunt their sexuality enough without having yet another thing they can hold over everyone else.

This comment is just as discriminating as many of its opposition.

Also see Shioban's post above.

Repeating again, I am neutral on the subject and it is a sensitive one here.

[Rex]

Walked in here to see the OP, saw the most recent post..

this is already a mess and I'm just going to walk right back out. Have fun getting yet another marriage thread closed