Easy Doze It dev blog

[Naunet]

So Bayohne posted this yesterday.

I really, really want to be happy about this. You have no idea how happy I want to be about it. My happiness will increase if it's truly a toggle like /sit and not just a very brief animation like the normal /doze.

But.

Well, two things.

One: Why restrict it to beds? And, if the wording is to be believed, only beds in FC housing? This is absurd. Make a /sleep emote and let us do it anywhere! Hopefully the wording is just poor and it really is usable in any bed, regardless of whether or not it's in an FC house.

Which brings me to two: That lala is clearly sleeping. The miqo'te on the other hand? "Teehee, look how sexy and fetishized I am whilst I daydream about probably inappropriate things my user wants to do with me!" Seriously. Why can't we just have a /sleep with the same animation you get when falling asleep in an inn room? While I'm sure everyone enjoys playing with emotes, the people who are going to make the most out of animations are roleplayers, so why deliberately create an animation that limits roleplay and/or forces players to severely break immersion by having to use a pose that really doesn't fit the situation, much less their character? A simple laying down animation is neutral and can work for everyone.

I hate this feeling that I'm constantly having to settle for not quite what we should have just because this is pretty much the only pay-to-play MMO out there that isn't WoW. I want to be completely, utterly in love with XIV, and I want to be thrilled over a sleeping emote. But I can't with it like this!

I'm sure folk are gonna call me a whiner, but... this is my honest feedback. I'm sorry.

[Blackweaver]

From the article, it's not an actual sleep emote though. Look at what he describes:

Check out this Lalafell, enjoying a moment of respite after battle.

Or this Miqo'te, who no doubt just enjoyed a relaxing dip in the water!

It's not an actual sleep emote. It is more of a relax one. I suspect the /command was merely a poor choice. They might be better off using /relax for it, since that is what it appears to be. I for one, love how the female miqo'te looks in the pic, as well as the lalafell. I've no problems with the emote personally.

[Alhanelem]

well yes, people are going to call you a whiner, becase it honestly is kind of whiny. all this complaint about an emote? an emote that they're enhancing just for kicks? It's just a neat little extra, we're fortunate they put so much thought into stuff like this.

[Tupsi]

I'm...going to agree with alhanelem lol. It's something they didn't even have to do - Saying it's absurd is why someone would consider you that, it's far from a big problem. I don't know if you know this or not, but many requested this in this VERY SPECIFIC manner since they introduced the Inns and the ability to "sleep".

[KiriA500]

I'm so excited for the Roegadyn one to be disappointing like 99% of our emotes!

It's ok...sexiness comes at a cost.

[Helen]

Aw, the lala sleep is adorable!

[Tahldon]

I'm so excited for the Roegadyn one to be disappointing like 99% of our emotes!

It's ok...sexiness comes at a cost.

If you think the Roes will have a disappointing emote... I don't even want to imagine what kind of things us Elezen men will be doing...


/cry

[Troop86]

Once again another developer living in LALA land. Look around your game, people are bored. You better like leveling different classes (whats the point?). My coil FC doesnt need me to play different classes. Let's try running WPs with a WAR instead of a BRD... so cool.... zzzzz

2.1 better be coming before christmas!

[PArcher]

I'm so excited for the Roegadyn one to be disappointing like 99% of our emotes!

It's ok...sexiness comes at a cost.

Hey, yours aren't nearly as bad as Highlanders'...I feel really bad for our males, especially

[Blackweaver]

well yes, people are going to call you a whiner, becase it honestly is kind of whiny. all this complaint about an emote? an emote that they're enhancing just for kicks? It's just a neat little extra, we're fortunate they put so much thought into stuff like this.

I think if anything, them giving roleplayers something along with the hardcore and non-roleplay crowd, speaks volumes more than world of warcraft. I can't wait to see these emotes in action. I wonder if the female miqo'te sways her legs? Overall, the emote definitely would fit my miqo'te. I can't wait for 2.1, it is getting better and better!