My chin needs love.

[Tharian]

I agree. We need more of these:






This is a Fantasy game afterall...

[Welsper59]

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You know, you really don't see those European/medieval-style wizard-esque beards outside of the west. While it is a staple in those sort of settings, you really wouldn't expect to see a whole lot of it outside of it. I really can't picture a well blended Gandalf running around Eorzea and looking like he belongs to this game world.

[Vahlnir]

I really can't picture a well blended Gandalf running around Eorzea and looking like he belongs to this game world.

I would disagree, as the Holy See of Ishgard has pretty long beard according to the 2.3 trailer. He obviously doesn't go much of anywhere, but still. Anyway, I would support having more beard options in-game.

[Karnyboy]

You know, you really don't see those European/medieval-style wizard-esque beards outside of the west. While it is a staple in those sort of settings, you really wouldn't expect to see a whole lot of it outside of it. I really can't picture a well blended Gandalf running around Eorzea and looking like he belongs to this game world.

Fu So Ya and Tellah would like a word with you.

[lololink]

Fu So Ya and Tellah would like a word with you.

Also Ramuh :

[Tharian]

You know, you really don't see those European/medieval-style wizard-esque beards outside of the west. While it is a staple in those sort of settings, you really wouldn't expect to see a whole lot of it outside of it. I really can't picture a well blended Gandalf running around Eorzea and looking like he belongs to this game world.

The Pope in the Holy See of Ishgard:


The above image was taken from the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 2.3 Trailer. So there we have it, there is the chance for characters to have long gandalf style beards in this game...

Also, yeah, Ramuh kind of embodies the Old Wizened Wizard with a long @$$ beard trope...



In fact technically I think Ramuh's beard is longer and thicker than is actually technically possible without damaging one's neck... but that is okay, he is an immortal aetheric entity...

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Also, saying you don't see that trope played out in Asians or the Far East is in fact a blatant lie. Take a look at these guys for example:





Sure, their beards aren't as long or uniform as Gandalf's, Saruman's, or Dumbledore's, but they do exist.

[Welsper59]

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My mistake on not being clear on what I meant on the west statement. I wasn't implying that it doesn't exist outside of the west or anything to that degree, rather that you don't see many fantasy setting stories (magic, enchanted swords, monsters, etc) from the east that involves a lot people with those wizard-like long beards.

Ingame, it doesn't exactly seem to blend well with how the rest of the games world is. Yeah, they exist like with Ramuh and the Pope, but I don't think it'd mesh well with the current style of the game if you saw a hundred players running around with it... albeit that would be an awesome sight from a humor stance. Besides, as awesome as Ramuh's beard is, it looks like the lower half of it got caught in a cotton candy machine with how fluffy it is. They're far more exaggerated than what players would have (I would hope).

Not disliking the idea or anything, but just that it wouldn't seem to blend well visually with how few beards long beards currently exist with the game. I'd think that less bushy long beards are more likely, by design, than the typical western wizard look (or old kung fu master eastern look lol). Kinda like Guan Yu's design from the DW games...