Name something more immersion breaking than the new ishgard glamour

[Iscah]

It would be cool if the tattoo was like... a separate item that used the wristband slot as a glamour. This way you'd be able to opt out of it in these cases.

It won't work with the way gear pieces go together, unfortunately. Hand gear can only add tattoo designs to halfway up the upper arm (see Republican Signifier gloves) and jewellery probably isn't built to interact in the right way. To get the shoulder tattoo it has to be built into the body piece.

It would definitely be nice if they did more with releasing multiple versions of models when they add things like this. It seems like an easy way to provide even more stuff for people to spend time acquiring, with minimal extra work on their end.

Maybe they were worried it looked too plain without anything on the arms, even though that's probably exactly what people are after.

[Vahlnir]

It won't work with the way gear pieces go together, unfortunately. Hand gear can only add tattoo designs to halfway up the upper arm (see Republican Signifier gloves) and jewellery probably isn't built to interact in the right way. To get the shoulder tattoo it has to be built into the body piece.

It would definitely be nice if they did more with releasing multiple versions of models when they add things like this. It seems like an easy way to provide even more stuff for people to spend time acquiring, with minimal extra work on their end.

Maybe they were worried it looked too plain without anything on the arms, even though that's probably exactly what people are after.

I think the dev team has some trouble understanding that sometimes...less is more.

[Rhus]

sometimes...less is more.

Same thing I tell people who question why I turn up to tank their duty in the platekini

[Genz]

We need a skateboard mount now, for the complete 90's look.

[Vahlnir]

We need a skateboard mount now, for the complete 90's look.

Hoverboard. Gotta keep it fantasy somehow!

Side note, I'd like a hoverboard mount please.

[van_arn]

No, it's not monetization at all. It's the theme, a lot of players can't get over the aesthetic. It took me a couple years or so before I even got into this game in HW. I would have been playing this game well before then otherwise. Other factors include the MSQ, etc., definitely NOT the cash shop though. FFXIV has one of the least in your face cash shops I've seen in a game.

Ding ding ding, this person gets it. The UWU CATGIRL UWU aesthetic is repellant to many people that would otherwise enjoy the game.

Many of these players (and myself over the years) would rather see the Shroud on fire and Limsa's aetheryte plaza turned into a smouldering crater if it meant something cool happened, rather than endless uwu owo.

I'm not joking about the Shroud. I was excited when the Shadowbringers trailer showed a forest on fire. Give me a villain that succeeds in destroying something players hold dear; they've all failed since Bahamut.

[Enkidoh]

Hoverboard. Gotta keep it fantasy somehow!

Side note, I'd like a hoverboard mount please.

Well, to be fair FFVIII had hoverboards... after a fashion (called 'T-Boards'). Zell liked riding them (and had it confiscated by Garden faculty early on in the game as I recall). The FFVII Compilation (specifically Dirge of Cerberus) and FFXII also had similar devices, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch I guess adding them to FFXIV (maybe the Allag made them?).

[Iscah]

Ding ding ding, this person gets it. The UWU CATGIRL UWU aesthetic is repellant to many people that would otherwise enjoy the game.

Oh no, a game has an aesthetic that some people don't like.

They're never going to appeal to everyone, so they don't have any obligation to change what they're doing because some people don't like their chosen style. It's clearly working for them and they're not short of players, considering the crowding issues that are apparently going on the US servers.

What about the people who do like the aesthetic and would be repelled if it were something else?

[Mavrias]

Oh no, a game has an aesthetic that some people don't like.

They're never going to appeal to everyone, so they don't have any obligation to change what they're doing because some people don't like their chosen style. It's clearly working for them and they're not short of players, considering the crowding issues that are apparently going on the US servers.

What about the people who do like the aesthetic and would be repelled if it were something else?

Nobody said that the aesthetic should change? They just pointed out a reason some people have trouble getting into the game. No need to get so defensive.

[Iscah]

Nobody said that the aesthetic should change? They just pointed out a reason some people have trouble getting into the game. No need to get so defensive.

Talking about the aesthetic being "repellant to people who would otherwise enjoy the game" - not to mention wanting the whole thing to burn rather than continue with that aesthetic - sounds a lot like saying they should do something else than what they currently have.