Smoking emote.

[Awha]

Do you want it just so you can fight Ramuh, stand in Judgment Bolt, and say “thanks, I needed a light?”

Because that’s going a long way for a joke and is exactly why I want this now that I typed it out, please make it happen, SE

Sanji flex moments.

[Esmoire]

Smoking, the way a lot of people do it these days, is not very romantic or appealing.

On the other hand, I think pipes are part of the classical fantasy aesthetic. Like, if you asked me to think of a hundred things I think of when I think of fantasy, somewhere on that list is Gandalf smoking his pipe, making cute little images with the puffs of smoke. Not necessary to feel immersed, but definitely in place. I'd like an animation where we can at least hold the pipe like some NPCs do.

At least a bubble pipe could be fun.

Edit - Ah, looks like I took a screenshot. Here is an example of the NPC graphic, found west of Fallgourd Float.



And through a scarf, no less. What a champ.

[Bright-Flower]

Not a fan of it, but as long as it wasn't something like blowing clouds of smoke at other characters I'd be fine with it.

[Mavrias]

I could imagine it fitting other games but FFXIV has an overall aesthetic that's colorful and family friendly. Emotes that perform self harm on our characters would seem off.

Except for all the death, war, alcohol, drug use, the strip club in eulmore, human trafficking, child soldiers, prostitution, the npcs who can be already seen smoking.

Yeah. Totally family friendly.

[Kobalos]

Personally, I am not a fan.... others might disagree, but it is a very unhealthy habit that I consider disgusting.... and while this is not a real world, I do think that it could be "glamorizing" it for younger players. I'm not trying to judge, I was a smoker for many years.

Despite the fact we kill hundreds if not thousands of people, dance in a strip club and there's a drinking emote so eh a smoking emote would not bother me especially as Yotsuyu is seen smoking a pipe and one of the housing items you can get is an ornamental smoking pipe

[Hazama999]

You don't realize how many people smoke in MMOs until you get on voice with a good deal of 'em. Bad habit. It's true.

That said, if they wanna include an emote, I wouldn't be opposed to it.

[Melichoir]

Personally, I am not a fan.... others might disagree, but it is a very unhealthy habit that I consider disgusting.... and while this is not a real world, I do think that it could be "glamorizing" it for younger players. I'm not trying to judge, I was a smoker for many years.

I guess were also glamourizing the idea of going on quests and murdering gods too. Or I guess if were gonna get more down to things, there is the toast emote, along with the concept the game encourages you to take performance enhancing drugs for boss fights.

My flippant comment aside, games are not here to rear children. Thats for parents to do. And it's not glamourizing to kids. That was a bs concept from the 90s. More kids ended up getting on drugs because PSA programs like DARE and SANE than they did cause they saw a movie character once in a great while light up. The simple fact is some people smoke. In a game that does seem to on some basic level encourage our characters to be, you know, characters, allowing them to smoke would make sense since it is an in world thing IF that is in character for your character. I would be for it. More emotes for more people, even if you dont like it personally. Hell, I dont smoke personally, but I could see my character smoking socially as part of her thing.

Chances of them adding it though? Slim to none unfortunately.

[Vahlnir]

Except for all the death, war, alcohol, drug use, the strip club in eulmore, human trafficking, child soldiers, prostitution, the npcs who can be already seen smoking.

Yeah. Totally family friendly.

lol...yeah, the game isn't what I would call family friendly in every aspect, but by MMO standards it is still pretty tame. It just has a few dark elements.

[Gula]

I'd like this, but I know why it wouldn't be added.

There are children that play this game after all. T for Teen, but I consider teens children. Public health and wellness is taken differently in different countries and in the States, there are anti-smoking ads everywhere from billboards to radio. Glamorizing smoking is not good, and while not the intent- it's impressionable.

Also, many NPCs aren't smoking fogweed, but Somnus since it can be taken at the pipe. You can RP your WoL doing the drugs, but Japan sure as heck isn't going to instill that.

Except for all the death, war, alcohol, drug use, the strip club in eulmore, human trafficking, child soldiers, prostitution, the npcs who can be already seen smoking.

Yeah. Totally family friendly.

Those are from antagonists and people you're guided to be against though. WoL isn't carrying off children to serve as Buduga soldiers.

[Canadane]

On a technical level, the animation for such an emote actually already exists in the codebase; a fairly major NPC in the Stormblood storylines has and smokes a pipe.

We've had smoking NPCs since as early as ARR. Can't recall any in 1.0 but yeah we've had them forever.