Things to add to Eternal bonding

[Mugiawara]

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABUSE!!1!

Which in turn, we need a Police/DHS type of job thing lmao.

Personally, I don't think the game should be nosing its way into our personal lives and formally glorifying our real-world relationships. Besides, not everyone has a significant other who plays FFXIV, or if they do they may not be comfortable with this virtual "marriage" nonsense. This "eternal bond" ceremony is an arbitrary, inane ritual that has nothing to do with the game at all, and is better left out.

Then don't participate in it....Jesus Cripes.
I'm not married or anything but I mean I have a best friend and I think it'll be fun and funny to marry him in game...because why not?
Just for fun...no one's really getting married....
It's fluff content which is suppose to be fun. The reason why it's called EB because every one had pee fits over it being named marriage.
Dunno don't care, just wanna see people be happy in a bond...thing lol.

Which brings up a question that I kinda hate to ask because I don't have a flame shield: Does this allow same sex...bond...thing? xD

[Fyrebrand]

You make a good point, however this thread is an inherently rooted in the problem your post points out as even aesthetics can be seen as "practical benefits" that will complain about (see: Cash Shop)

Having some aesthetic items associated with bonding is nowhere near the scale that a cash shop will reach. There's not going to be an entire array of mounts, minions, armor and weapons, etc., added regularly to the game, just for "eternally bonded" characters.

Then don't participate in it....Jesus Cripes.

I won't. And realistically, I don't think it will be a big deal. It's arbitrary "meta game" fluff that doesn't suit FFXIV, but it's not going to end my world. My objection is mainly to the suggestions people are coming up with for significant competitive advantages: buffs to stats, HP, MP, TP, etc. I don't see this happening, but if it did it would be horribly unfair and pretty hard to ignore. I can hardly wait to see in Party Finder: "Turn 5 Coil of Bahamut, NO SINGLES."

Which brings up a question that I kinda hate to ask because I don't have a flame shield: Does this allow same sex...bond...thing? xD

When the idea of in-game marriage was first being tossed around, it was originally going to block same-sex unions. I don't have a direct quote, but I believe Yoshi-P's statement on it was something along the lines of: "At first, only characters of different genders will be allowed to marry. Same-sex marriage may be something we could look into later on, if there is enough player demand for it." Much later, they did announce that you'll be able to marry someone of the same gender.