Smoking emote.

[Tlamila]

Only bad guys smoke? I think some people missed the Carpenter quests, when you're asked to craft some forniture for a bar that you think would attract more clients, and you decide to craft some forniture for smoking, and everybody praises you for it, including Beatin. But I guess we're the bad guys and so is Beatin and so the people of Kugane who love it and who smoke the pipe the whole time?

And yes, drinking is as bad as smoking, but nobody seems to have a problem with drinking emotes.

I hate smoking in real life, but I'd be all for a pipe smoking emote in game. Our character does way worse things on a daily basis, as mentioned by others already.

[Metsonm]

Yoshi's already talked about this and how there's a difference between showing something and allowing the player to actively do something. It's why they were allowed to have Raubahn's arm get cut off, but weren't allowed to cut off the Rathalos tail.

If they gave us a button that just let us smoke the rating would probably have to be redone.

[Edax]

If they gave us a button that just let us smoke the rating would probably have to be redone.

The ERSB rating already mentions "use of Tobacco", nothing would change.

[Metsonm]

There's more than one ratings board. And some weigh player use heavier than just depiction.

Edit: for example, Pegi would probably bump it from a 16 to an 18.



I'm not sure how the Japan Cero would react, but Yoshi specifically mentioned coming to blows with them over other aspects.

[Tlamila]

There's more than one ratings board. And some weigh player use heavier than just depiction.

Edit: for example, Pegi would probably bump it from a 16 to an 18.



I'm not sure how the Japan Cero would react, but Yoshi specifically mentioned coming to blows with them over other aspects.

But it says that PEGI16 includes tobacco etc.
And we already have a drinking emote, and that's precisely under the same PEGI category (reasonably so).

[Metsonm]

All I'm doing is just repeating the exact same arguments Yoshi himself gave the last time this came up: that it's possible, but age ratings don't play nicely with it. I'm going to trust the guy who's entire job it is to manage this sort of stuff, tbh.

[Reinha]

Did... Did you just literally call cutting yourself and smoking a pipe equivalent? That's actually just insulting.

Describing what I said is not an argument against it. How offended you feel isn't either.

[LolitaBansheeMeru]

All I'm doing is just repeating the exact same arguments Yoshi himself gave the last time this came up: that it's possible, but age ratings don't play nicely with it. I'm going to trust the guy who's entire job it is to manage this sort of stuff, tbh.

I wouldn't if he believes that he's either an idiot or brainwashed. The age rating is targeted to teens which are fully aware of smoking hell most of them play games its flat out thrown in peoples faces.. Beside the rating on the game already PERMITS sexual content/drinking and tobacco use... Upon enter the game it already tells you its rated for that content.

[Mavrias]

Describing what I said is not an argument against it. How offended you feel isn't either.

If you think smoking and self mutilation/ suicidal actions are the same i don't have anything to argue with you about. There's just something wrong with you. You're taking your anti-smoking stance a tad far. Smoking any sort of substance is not akin to self mutilation or suicide. You really need to not make comparisons to things you clearly know nothing about/ haven't seen someone go through.

[SamRF]

If you think smoking and self mutilation/ suicidal actions are the same i don't have anything to argue with you about. There's just something wrong with you. You're taking your anti-smoking stance a tad far. Smoking any sort of substance is not akin to self mutilation or suicide. You really need to not make comparisons to things you clearly know nothing about/ haven't seen someone go through.

I've known multiple people (myself included) who have gone through suicidal self harm and I'm sure they wouldn't give 2 damns about what that user posted. Don't look for outrage where there's none.