Dances and other emotes in 2.0/ARR

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Please no.

Vana'diel, the world of FFXI (for the 3 people in here who may not know that lol), felt like a unique and believable world because for the most part, "real life" was kept out of it. SE took the world seriously and did everything they could to make "visiting" there feel like stepping foot into a truly unique alien world.

The pop culture references already in FFXIV 1.0 seem out of place and kind of forced (to me). The reason they seem to work in other MMOs (WoW most notably) is that Blizzard (and other devs) gave up any illusion of that game world being internally consistent or immersive. The game basically became one big "nod and wink" to pop culture and, hence, lost any sense of having its own unique identity.

I would much rather see SE create dances for FFXIV that reflect the culture and history of each race, giving them more depth and identity. Or, as in the case of the Dancer job, dances that reflect that specific job's history, etc.

Using real-world dances instead would not only strip the races of any such identity, it would cheapen the "alternate reality" feeling of Eorzea.

Let the cutesy "games" like WoW and others drown themselves in pop culture references. Let Eorzea and the overall world of FFXIV maintain the integrity of being its own reality with its own cultures and references.