Barber Shop

[Arasiel]

Hello everyone its Aethelmar Stoutheart of Besaid!

We all know the game is built around having one character that can "Do It All". You swap weapons you swap classes. Now with the Job System on the horizon some people like to have a character tiered towards a certain class with a certain look.

Example: I have a friend who is a Zell Dincht fan (FF8). He played a Midland Hyur with Blonde Fohawk and a Tattoo on his face. Now lets say Paladin becomes available to unlock. Someone who feels a RP attachment to a character might not want to be a Paladin in full White Platemail with a Fohawk and a Tat..

Solution: A customization NPC in every major city. The name could obviously be changed. For now lets just call it, "Barber Shop". You character's height and face would be locked but at this shop you can change hair (color as well) and characteristics.

What this does is allow someone to take that one character and changed their appearance to suit what they are currently wanting to play.

[setebos]

from what i remember this was originally in the plans from past interviews. Lets hope this feature still gets added and not forgotten about with all the other changes being made.

[Arasiel]

from what i remember this was originally in the plans from past interviews. Lets hope this feature still gets added and not forgotten about with all the other changes being made.

Hmm I didn't see anything. I sifted through Current Development and didn't notice them working on it. But I agree it would build on a system they are working with.

[Zenaku]

I remember yoshi-p saying that he going to add it but it's in the back line of what the dev doing so it may not be release for sometime.

Also i wonder if they ever going to add the linkshell building they said was going to come put like 3 month of this year with tanaka was running iguess it no longer being release ; ;

[Gennosuke]

Great idea, i definitely encourage such a feature.
It actually makes it more realistic as an rpg, as time progresses and events change, look of a character should also change to reflect that. Not to mention people who just plain get bored of their look and really like a change.

Also on that topic, I think we really need more customizations added as well. Much more hairstyles and colors and facial features.
As it stands now, we have too many similar appearances all over the game. Would be much nicer to have the ability to make a char completely unique and that can only be done through deep customization. It would be cool for eg. to be able to do a samurai hairstyle to suit the job when it comes. Many games offer deep customization, this is especially important for an mmo to give each player a sense of uniqueness and identity.

[Nuinn]

I'd love seeing a feature like this, and there's lots of possibilities to make it fun too. For example, they could implement quests for style books and you couldn't get certain cuts or dyes before you got the book. The more unique styles could come as rewards from dungeons even, or companies related quests....

[NefarioCall]

It is simple ideas like this that will lift FFXIV above the competition.

[MattyWS]

Example: I have a friend who is a Zell Dincht fan (FF8). He played a Midland Hyur with Blonde Fohawk and a Tattoo on his face. Now lets say Paladin becomes available to unlock. Someone who feels a RP attachment to a character might not want to be a Paladin in full White Platemail with a Fohawk and a Tat...

Was it me/???

my character is pimped with the real tattoo, and I had the Zell dincht name during beta but wasn't allowed it in official release. I play PUG and look like this http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/atta...1&d=1295488793

[alexi14]

I think characters shoot look like their stats, and battles! Maybe a lvl 50 with lots of STR would be like totally strong, and a lvl 1 with 0 STR is like skinny and small

Maybe after each series of quests is completed, you get a cool hair style or even look. maybe your body is like covered in tatoos for one, or maybe you have like super long hair after another... idk.. i want longer hair!

[Gennosuke]

I think characters shoot look like their stats, and battles! Maybe a lvl 50 with lots of STR would be like totally strong, and a lvl 1 with 0 STR is like skinny and small

Maybe after each series of quests is completed, you get a cool hair style or even look. maybe your body is like covered in tatoos for one, or maybe you have like super long hair after another... idk.. i want longer hair!

that's a nice idea as well, would be great for physique to change as well, it will just make the game much more enjoyable and fun. Small things like this will lift the game up above others as someone mentioned before.

Also the idea as mentioned above of having quests isn't bad either, that way you'll have to work for it, doing specific quests to able to change to a specific appearance.

Many ideas out there to make it more fun and lively. Let's keep pumping ideas =)