Let Us Change Skin-Color at Aesthetician

[BigPapaSmurf]

^and replacing tattoos on our face so easily makes sense lore-wise too. So does equipping on a tattoo from armor.

If you wanna go there, lore-wise, we could have fruits (it is a FANTASY game) that alter the pigmentation of our skin.

They could implement it to where we lock our character in the Inn Room for 6 hours, feeding him/her 40+ fruits, and praying to the RNG Gods we get the Skin Color we want

Actually, yes they do. Not all tattoos are permanent and there are dozens of cultures who use their own 'tattoos' and change them based on status or age.

Besides which, the tattoos in FFXIV look more like face or body paint than an actual tattoo.

I like how you skipped half of my post in your reply.

Anyway, the major point being that not everything has to make perfect sense lore-wise (at least, not something superfluous as skin-color change)...

And I said "so easily" meaning 'with ease', alluding to how it's said & done in a flash.

Explain how the process takes place instantaneously if it's supposed to make sense.

"Magic"? Okay then, our skin-color could change via the same "magic".

[dayspring83]

Even Sammy Sosa thinks this is a bad idea...

[AmalahRose]

Yeah, if he can remove our scars and give us new ones I don't see why we can't have fake tan and contact lenses.

[Enthy]

I too would like to be able to change skin color through the Aesthetician.

I think it would encourage people to pick some of the more unique skin tones that are rarely used. (dark red-tan, gray, blue etc)

I also would like to see the option to change eye color.

[kidvideo]

Many Hair Colors don't go with many Skin Colors.

Altering your character's race, appearance, etc should have been made available Aesthetician. But people wanted to pay real money in a cash shop, so... they got it.

/smh

[Felis]

I agree. We could spend all day in the sun and get a tan in real life, so this kind of option should be available in the Aesthetician. (never heard of tanning beds?)

how would a Seawolf Roegadyn go from green to blue with sunlight?
Or a Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te from grey blue to white?

[Shioban]

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.

You're missing the point.

Please point out where your average Eorzean citizen has access to this technology.

They just don't. Eorzeans are simple people.


Ignoring all that, from a development point of view, the only thing they're changing is possibly adding in eye-colour adjustments, when skin was last mentioned they declined as it simply wouldn't be feasable, especially with purchasable Fantasias on the horizon.


I'm not saying it's a bad or good idea, I'm saying from a lore and business stand-point they will never add this.

Altering your character's race, appearance, etc should have been made available Aesthetician. But people wanted to pay real money in a cash shop, so... they got it.

/smh

Nope.

Every MMO offers this service, it's a basic practice.

[Lemuria]

^and replacing tattoos on our face so easily makes sense lore-wise too. So does equipping on a tattoo from armor.

Actually, yes they do. Not all tattoos are permanent and there are dozens of cultures who use their own 'tattoos' and change them based on status or age.

Besides which, the tattoos in FFXIV look more like face or body paint than an actual tattoo.

[Felis]

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)

Every 1.0 character have a free redesign available at launch without Fantasia.
first free Fantasia came from the veteran bonus
second free fantasia got also registered to every 1.0 account as a bonus item because there were some problems with the character redesign at launch.

But it would be cool if we can dye our skin. I would use metalic gold on my character ^^

[Demeos]

I think the skin color should remain in the realm of Phials.

...Now on the other hand, I DO think that Miqo'te tail "styles" should be an aesthetician option. Not the length, just the style. It just another hair option where a species has visible hair on more than just the top of their heads.