Character relationships?

[eschaton]

I have a feeling the WoL would settle down into family life about as well as Goku.

LoL! Cooking and dishes! And bad table manners

[Jybril]

The person I want is dead.
*Cries on Haurchefant's grave. Gets frostbite*
Ideally as a Lala, I'd probably end up with Pipin lol.
HE ISN'T AS CUTE AS HAURCHE'S!
His hair does NOTHING for me! ; - ;

[Slevin_Impudicus]

Lyse got my attention when she upgraded her wardrobe, but Y'shtola is the only scion that I would bother rescuing, if I was given a real choice. Having the others indicating a romantic interest would probably make things even more uncomfortable. I would not want Aymeric to get even more creepy. His voice makes me cringe.

Yotsuyu on the other hand... I could work with that.

[Umbeliel]

Krille please o/

[Ametrine]

I'd date Estinien. Like, I'm a touch miffed that he never came forward despite being so central to Ala Mhigo's liberation, sincehe basically deus ex machina'd that cannon to bits so the liberation wasn't annihilated. I hope he pops in in 4.x and just makes his affiliation to the Scions more official.

But that's why I think a series of "friendship" quests is the best happy medium for this. We get more personal content with these NPCs we love, but it doesn't jeopardize future storylines, nor does it hurt the current marriage between players system or the open ended nature of the WoL as a character.

The most high friendship would do is change some dialogue options down the road.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

This topic has been popping up lately...

Many already stated that this idea wouldn't work because the writers will have to keep certain 'married' NPCs alive. The way I see it, if they wanna kill that character, go right ahead. If NPC dies, the player just gotta move on.

I personally wish that the idea could work because:
1) AYMERIC
2) It's comfortable to me (and maybe others) than marrying another player - yes, I have trust issues (and I wants the dress XDD)
3) IT CAN BE OPTIONAL! Players against the idea be like: "this is not a dating stimulator""I'm cheating on my EB partner""the idea is dumb/weird" - no one has a gun to your head saying that you have to do it.

All in all, I support the idea, but I'm not counting on this will actually happen. I kinda see why the dev team are hesitant because some players may get too attached to a certain NPC and if they die, all hell breaks loose and they don't have time for dat. lol

[Ranhansha]

Oh, hell to the no!
Side quests where you get to know important NPCs better -> Good.
Weird and forced shipping with NPCs for weird fetishes -> I cri evrytiem.

[Gun-Cat]

It doesn't need to be an outright relationship or eb. Just let us bond with the NPCs by giving us quests to hang out with them, fully voiced with long cutscenes and descissions we have to take. That way we actually care for them.

Maybe a questchain where we get wasted with Thancred, trying to hit on fair maidens and failing miserably, ending with a scene of our character and him strumbling drunk through the backstreets of Ul'Dah. Could even get it a little more serious with him breaking down because of Minfillia and you having to console him.

Or get a quest from Matoya, telling us to distract Y'shtola from her work, ending up in Gold Saucer, able to do mini games with her. She has such a competetive side that she would maybe give us a run for our money.

Or training with Lyse, or having to mediate some sibling squabbelt between Alphinaude and Alisae or... the possibilities are endless.

I know it would cost money for voice acting and require a lot of work for something that is not a gear threadmil, resulting in sub money, but it would feel so Final Fantasy to actually do stuff with our companions for once that isn't saving the world.

[Ametrine]

GOOD STUFF

YES EXACTLY

Just a fun quest chain that's just hanging out with fellow Scions! CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT MAN

[Roda]

It doesn't need to be an outright relationship or eb. Just let us bond with the NPCs by giving us quests to hang out with them, fully voiced with long cutscenes and descissions we have to take. That way we actually care for them.

Maybe a questchain where we get wasted with Thancred, trying to hit on fair maidens and failing miserably, ending with a scene of our character and him strumbling drunk through the backstreets of Ul'Dah. Could even get it a little more serious with him breaking down because of Minfillia and you having to console him.

Or get a quest from Matoya, telling us to distract Y'shtola from her work, ending up in Gold Saucer, able to do mini games with her. She has such a competetive side that she would maybe give us a run for our money.

Or training with Lyse, or having to mediate some sibling squabbelt between Alphinaude and Alisae or... the possibilities are endless.

I know it would cost money for voice acting and require a lot of work for something that is not a gear threadmil, resulting in sub money, but it would feel so Final Fantasy to actually do stuff with our companions for once that isn't saving the world.

Now this is something I can get behind