/vape emote

[wereotter]

I don't see a /vape emote happening, but I can totally get behind an eating emote of some kind. That doesn't promote anything that would be considered bad. Everyone eats. Conversely, not everyone vapes or smokes.

I mean by that logic, not everyone dances or enjoys dancing, yet we have how many dozen dance emotes?

But on the original point, allowing a smoke emote likely would make a change to the game's rating in some countries, which is probably not something Square wants.

[Vahlnir]

But on the original point, allowing a smoke emote likely would make a change to the game's rating in some countries, which is probably not something Square wants.

Yep, exactly.

[Roda]

I really want that pipe emote idle for my characters.
They could handwave it away with saying there's a smokeable substance in eorzea that doesn't have any horrible side effects.
Or give it some kind of bubble particle effect.

[BiffWellington]

I don't think there's any particular problem with the "promoting bad habits" idea. The game is rated T for, among other things, "use of alcohol/tobacco".

Also, you can buy an ashtray for your house, and it has a lit cigar sitting in it.

[Sigma-Astra]

I don't think there's any particular problem with the "promoting bad habits" idea. The game is rated T for, among other things, "use of alcohol/tobacco".

Also, you can buy an ashtray for your house, and it has a lit cigar sitting in it.

Keep in mind that the "T rating" is for Teens, meaning people age 13 and up who would be playing XIV possibly, and thus not even be of the proper age in real life to do so themselves. Having NPC characters using alcohol and tobacco that you'll likely forget that they even existed as you're going through the MSQ is a farcry from actually promoting your characters in doing it, not to mention making it seem like the habit is a cool thing to do towards those easily susceptible to peer pressure.

The T Rating stands for "may contain cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal use of suggestive themes". The key phrase being "minimal use".

And honestly, we don't need an emote for characters to smoke and stand around Limsa for 6 hours polluting the air.

[Transient_Shadow]

To each their own but I don't think they'll ever do this. Both Vaping and Smoking are detrimental to both the health of the user and those around them (popcorn lung for vaping). As someone who lost a loved one to cancer I would rather they not let players have this emote. NPC's doing something harmful to themselves is one thing but letting players do said action would likely bump the rating up to M.

[BiffWellington]

Keep in mind that the "T rating" is for Teens, meaning people age 13 and up who would be playing XIV possibly, and thus not even be of the proper age in real life to do so themselves. Having NPC characters using alcohol and tobacco that you'll likely forget that they even existed as you're going through the MSQ is a farcry from actually promoting your characters in doing it, not to mention making it seem like the habit is a cool thing to do towards those easily susceptible to peer pressure.

The T Rating stands for "may contain cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal use of suggestive themes". The key phrase being "minimal use".

[Beckett]

As for smoking: I doubt they'll do anything with it because it can be viewed as promoting a bad/unhealthy habit.

I mean, they've already got an ashtray with a lit cigar as a housing item, as well as the Oriental Pipe Box. Hell, in a Carpenter quest you craft an Oriental Pipe Box for a merchant in Kugane, and the whole quest is basically filled with people wanking about how great smoking is.

[TheGrimace]

Gotta have my vape! /griffin

[BiffWellington]

Personally, I don't particularly want an emote for this, but I'm not seeing a reason not to allow it. Maybe they could just put it on the Mogstation and let people who really want it cough up a few bucks for it.

This should also help with concerns about kids pretending to smoke in-game, considering they're not likely to have credit cards to use for buying Mogstation stuff.