Maybe I'm blind or can't read, but...

[Airget]

Hey gang, there was actually a post from Yoshida that we missed on the 19th that addresses this topic specifically (sorry for the delay in getting it to you all!). I wanted to make sure everyone saw it, and spoke up with their opinions to what Yoshida is discussing.

I would say you could incorporate it into the lore quite easily. When I think of the changes that will be happening with version 2.0 I imagine of the game "Shadowrun" where the whole 2012 thing turns out to be a change in times and magic redeveloping in the world which causes people's appearances to be changed because of this change. So basically people who were once human are now orcs or elves etc.

How this can relate to XIV I would say that if our players still have a connection with crystals then when the resonating change occurs the crystals we are aligned to resonate and cause us to reveal our true selves. While our old selves may have resonated as a male Roegadyn when we open our eyes to this new world we realize that our true form was that of a female Lalafell.

The way you can place it into the game is when you log onto your character you'll be given the message of "A change has occured in Eorzea altering the reality you have percieved. Do you wish to look through the mirror to reveal your true self?"(If you wish to change your character's appearance click yes otherwise click no, this is your only time to change your character so if you choose to continue you will not be given the option again)

Then upon recustomizing your character you could have a little CS showing your old charcater and a crystal leaving his body, at that point your old body becomes an outline of what you use to look like. The crystal then begins to resonate and vibrate until a flash of light appears showing your new form followed by the message.
"Your crystal has awakened your true self to this new world etc etc".


Since I"m guessing the main issue is you don't want people to suddenly just change who they are, you want a reason behind it, so if you're trying to figure out a flavorful way to do it I would suggest something of the above to make it fit into the story lol.

[Nayt]

I definitely want the option to change. Character and name preferably.

Suffice to say, I will be really disappointed if we won't be allowed to. And like some other gent posted before me; Keep "immersion" out of this please

[Kibo]

I don't mind having the ability to change race. I don't see how it's any different from rerolling. Sure, you could say it "ruins the immersion" for role players and lore junkies or whatnot, but well tough luck. It's 2011. Features like appearance change is commonplace these days, if not mandatory for modern MMOs.

If some of you disagree with race change and or appearance change I would really like to know why.

But to be completely honest with you all I'd be perfectly happy with just a barber shop. As long as we get to redo our characters when 2.0 hits of course.

[Nikita]

Total character recustomization with 2.0, including race and gender (if people wish to use it) and then charge 20 dollars for additional alterations with a moderate coooldown.

That seems fair to me!

[PrettyPrincess]

wait...didn't he say he was for it in an interview after he stated this very statement in a previous one?

[Volsung]

Name change, <yes, please> EDIT HERE -> yea just a one time name change, not on a whim type deal.

I will be changing gender when my counterpart gets added lol. Helena doesn't really strike fear as a man xD

[MeowyWowie]

I'm in favor of a one-time complete name/race change at the time of 2.0's release. After that, no more.

Like FFXI before it, FFXIV is a game where you'll typically be playing only one character. As such, your reputation means a lot in this game. If someone ruins their own reputation by ripping off other players or something similar they should live with it, not hide behind new names/characters and be given the chance to do it over and over again.

[Teakwood]

Since this one's on the dev tracker -

I definitely think people should be allowed to race change. Preferably for a small Crysta fee or whatever after the 2.0 free re-customise, so people don't race change every day or something silly like that, and as an extra revenue source for SE. It's one of the cases of 'acceptable breaks from realism' that you frequently find in MMO design; people should be able to change their minds about how they want to present themselves in-game as drastically as they feel is necessary.

Edit: As for name change, maybe give an option to do that once. I wound up making a new character recently on the assumption that race changes would happen but name changes wouldn't; I think freely available name changes could be damaging to the game's community.

[Firon]

Some of you are still miss understanding, everyone will have the option to change race when 2.0 hits. Yoshi is asking should he allow race change at any point during the games life.

[Chopin]

It would be nice for the players who have been playing since launch to have the option to choose the new races. I know if male Miqo'te was available from the beginning I would have picked it!

One thing I would ask though, if we decided to begin character creation again and during the process you decided, actually I prefer my current character to any of these, will we have the option to cancel the process (before confirming anything). So just to confirm I'm not asking for a reverse a week later just during the new creation process something to cancel the current selection to change.