Alcohol and other intoxicants.

[quantumsaint]

Clearly you don't understand the difference between referring to alcohol in subject matter and creating a system where you character actually uses alcohol to create a "desirable" effect in the game (especially one where you're not confined to where you get drunk).

You're assuming the effects would be desirable, as someone else said, give the player gravity status and reduce their accuracy to show that alcohol impairs functionality. You really don't have an argument here, but I'll keep debating if you'd like.

And you asked when did public drunkenness have anything to do with FF? PUBlic. PUBS. NPCs drink in pubs. I illustrated a few points where non-player characters drink in public throughout FF's history. I am full aware of the difference between a reference and a system of being intoxicated (like most other MMOs have). When did it fit with the theme of FF? Let's see, FFIV, FFVI, FFVII, FFVIII, FFX, FFXI, FFXII, FFXIV...