Quote Originally Posted by AnimaAnimus View Post
Yoshida actually referenced the sliders issue years ago in an interview. I cant remember when/where (tried to find the interview but it was like 5 years ago, ARR was still newish at that time and there was a lot of talk about the limited character creation) but he said they choose to forgo using sliders in character creation beyond height and bust size and went strictly with 1-2-3 options because it would allow players to make ugly characters and pretty characters are what FF is known for, so if they allowed players to set their own parameters and make ugly characters, it would go against the FF brand. So choosing 1 2 3 4 and limited slider ranges when we actually have them, it is.
If that's the reason then it's as absurd as it is horribly boring. Preventing ugly characters? Especially with as ugly as some of the armor in this game is?

Good Lord, what I wouldn't give to not need to jump through hoops to make a fem Miqo or Au Ra who looks *mature* let alone ugly. So many of the combinations you can get to are so pretty and soft and round and girlish (I'm not even sure how else to put it) that it's actually kind of irritating. Viera are the closest I've been able to get to something that matches what I want, but they're so limited I couldn't bring myself to keep playing one.

I never thought of this games customization as being extremely limited, considering I came to it after playing WoW for nearly a decade, but after some of the other games I've played that's really starting to change. Some of the limitations just flat don't make sense, and it's really a shame that we seem to be stuck with what we've got.