Let Us Change Skin-Color at Aesthetician

[kyuven]

The real reason is what Shioban pointed as "main reason", they are profiting from that.

Feel free to blame cash shop supporters.

Fantasias being a premium service predates the current cash shop. They've been a premium service for much of the game's current lifespan.
And it makes sense. You get two of the freaking things for free already, if you want more you gotta pony up the dough. It's the least intrusive usage of premium services the game currently offers.

[Violyre]

I'll give to that point, but considering the vast majority of the Eorzean populous don't have access to Magitek Technology, this is pretty much a null-point.

Would this not be possible for Cid to get done? He has the knowledge to build from Magitek armor, and we know he can also make adjustments to it to account for supplies he can't get (the automaton core in the Magitek armor you get for example.)

It's not like you haven't ever had to gather items from the Garleans as well.

Random fun fact about me: I wasted my first fantasia because I misread the text for the OK button, but I had hit cancel. What was my original intention for using it anyways? I had no idea why I had a tattoo on my character's back and none of my friends knew either (downside of being on a non-legacy server I suppose ) and I wanted to get rid of it.

[Alukah]

Fantasias being a premium service predates the current cash shop. They've been a premium service for much of the game's current lifespan.

Fantasia as a veteran reward has been available for a while, but fantasia as an item for sale has not been up for "much of the game's current lifespan", it was added in 2.28 due to player feedback, they had to use the veteran reward system to distribute them because the cash shop was not ready yet, they always said the bundles we had before were temporal until they had another system to sell them separately, they were always meant to be a cash shop item implemented early due to feedback.

And it makes sense. You get two of the freaking things for free already, if you want more you gotta pony up the dough. It's the least intrusive usage of premium services the game currently offers.

All I'm saying is, people shouldn't expect any new feature addition to the aesthetician as long as fantasias are being sold.

(also we only get one for free)

[kyuven]

(also we only get one for free)

Then I'm wondering how every character I make somehow has two fantasias. I've used two myself before the aesthetician was added and I never spent a dime on them.

[Nuinn]

Then I'm wondering how every character I make somehow has two fantasias. I've used two myself before the aesthetician was added and I never spent a dime on them.

New accounts get one. Rank 1 veteran reward. Second Fantasia is for all 1.0 accounts, even the newly created characters on those accounts.

[kyuven]

New accounts get one. Rank 1 veteran reward. Second Fantasia is for all 1.0 accounts, even the newly created characters on those accounts.

Thought so. Still, first one's free, others you gotta buy.
Ideal cash shop item to me.

[Velox]

Then I'm wondering how every character I make somehow has two fantasias. I've used two myself before the aesthetician was added and I never spent a dime on them.

Accounts with legacy status got one at the launch of 2.0 to take advantage of the redesigns needed for the new version (many old looks were invalidated plus access to female Roe and male Miqo)

[Parodine]

It is unfortunate, but like already been stated, they won't probably because they advertise using fantasia as making 'minor changes to your character's appearance' in addition to making huge ones.

I would have loved for them to have been able to allow eye-color changes (contact lens, eye-drops, what have you), but I ended up fantasiaing to go play Hyur for a bit. And changed it back on my to Lala. It's a pity since it's close to $10 a pop, but people are willing to pay for it.

[HumsterMKX]

I can see it now... that weird Elezen skins you alive and stitch a fresh skin on you after he remove the fresh skin off a Ul'dah refugee...

Hell yeah! Sure as hell gave FFXIV a darker tone.

[Lemuria]

I dunno... lore wise make-up and hairstyles are easy to explain away. Changing your entire skin and eye colour overnight makes zero sense. He's an aesthetician, not a sorcerer!