Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
Lol I dont think OP ever suggested to make it a mini-game. Even talked about doing it tastefully which I appreciate.

But the game target audience is too young, literally and mentally and the rest are mostly casual people (either dont care to think about or dont want to have to think about- hence so many vanity suggestions abound (at least from forum appearance)). So the idea falls a little flat right there. But I do believe you can adopt a lot of these ideas in raising your chocobo, certainly having emotional screen play and unique screens for couples would be cool, imo.


Like I said to him, I think his idea has substance and place- its just not here.
Just to be clear, I'm not talking about a CS of doing the deed, or some mini-game or some such. I just gave an idea that I haven't seen in an MMO (reasons why are subjective really). Lots of RPGs have some form of raising a family, like Fable, and the Hearthfire expansion for Skyrim.

Admittedly, those games were rated "M" (or the EU equilivent, as far as Skyrim is concerned), and single-player as well. I would be curious as to see the age demographic of FFXIV (and Final Fantasy as a series). Lots of the people who started with FF1 and FF7 to a degree are older now and have families of their own.

People tend to think that "if it's an option then I have to do it". That's not it at all, it's an option, ala optional. If you don't want to get married, then don't. If you don't want kids, then don't. If you don't want to raise a chocobo, then don't.

There's obviously gonna be chocobo raising, but really, that's quite old, and been done to death. If I want to think my character is a chocobo breeder, why is it so taboo to play him as a father? I guess I *COULD* say he's a father, with non-existent children lol.

Really, the point of this suggestion is for SE to do something that hasn't been done (in an MMO as far as I know). Should they risk this when they already have so much to win back? Not really, that's why I said one or two expansions down the road, after ARR has come out and been in the market for a year or two.