Please consider adding additional character creation options in response to feedback

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I’m very in support of this, and I think anyone should be. I expect the usual contrarians to come in here and troll but this really is something everyone should be wanting. The recent graphics update was a clear effort to update the game and improve its longevity 10 years later. Improving the character creator with more variety makes sense when then original was sparse and limited for an MMO even back then. This game still has makeup permanently baked in to many of its faces instead of being a selection.

I feel like providing everyone with a fantasia, while generous, never made sense as a solution since those who are upset that their characters look different wont have that resolved by going back into the limited character creator. I myself still have my free fantasia from back when I first started playing. I loved my character too much to ever use it. There are so few options anyway, and all of them vary only slightly from each other. For an actual solution, that needs to change.

And if there’s technical or hardware limitations preventing the team from expanding the character creator with more control, please find a way regardless. I’m sure all the changes we’ve seen in Dawntrail might have been considered unthinkable and impossible previously but I believe the devs can find a way like they’ve done for everything else so far. I really just want my face to regain some of its original feel, but I’d like an expanded CC too so everyone can be happy and have a character they enjoy.

Personally the impact of the graphics update and the disconnect of the personal attachment I had to my character have made me completely lose interest in playing Dawntrail and hoping for anything to be done now that the expansion has launched feels like a long shot, but Yoshi P once said something to the effect of "if the players are complaining, it means they still care" which I hope is what the amount of feedback regarding the updated character appearances is received with.

I also have lost my enthusiasm to play now that the main character of my story looks like a different person to me who has been looking at the face for years. I’ve considered seeking a refund for Dawntrail but I don’t want to accept that I’m no longer enjoying the game I’ve put so much time into for so long. I’ve given it an honest try, I’ve told myself I can get used to some of the new facial features, but I didn’t even feel motivated to do any MSQ the whole weekend. I realized that my attachment to my character was the main driving force behind me enjoying the game and feeling like a part of the story. FFXIV has been a game I would spend hours in just enjoying being in the world. I feel I’ve lost that sense of connection, so I don’t see it as a game I’m likely to pay monthly for any longer once I’m through Dawntrail. I don’t want that to be the case but I don’t really have a say in how I feel. I hope we see more changes. I wish this graphical update had gone better.

[Cai]

I’m very in support of this, and I think anyone should be. I expect the usual contrarians to come in here and troll but this really is something everyone should be wanting. The recent graphics update was a clear effort to update the game and improve its longevity 10 years later. Improving the character creator with more variety makes sense when then original was sparse and limited for an MMO even back then. This game still has makeup permanently baked in to many of its faces instead of being a selection.

Completely agree. And I'm sorry you've lost your enthusiasm for the game too, it's a really bad feeling after all this time.