Sex appeal ?

[Nuinn]

I disagree, there's lot to feast your eyes on in XIV. Just not oversized (and ridiculous) bouncing boobies. Many NPCs even strut in their underwear if you pay attention. Heck, Lady Minfilia in the storyline quests doesn't have a proper top on her chest. Then there's TONS of textual sexual insinuations, again if you pay attention. Anyone who took a Miqo'te companion will tell you lots of stories how their companion NPC is basically a wh0re Then there's an (almost) strip club in Ul'dah inside the Miners' Guild. A bar, a stage and a Miqo'te dancer in underwear? Try convincing me that it's not a strip club :3

Miqo'te and Roegadyn pretty much cater to 2 big sexual obsessions and SE even tampers, although very carefully with shota in form of Lalafel.

Just cause it's not as obvious and in your face as some other games it appears to be more 'mild', but in fact I dare to say I've witnessed some pretty disturbing scenes and I've read some quite questionable lines in FF titles in general. They just like to sneak it under the radar into your retinas.

[Shunyu]

"I'm not sure about 'sex appeal' but I think more attractive gear would be wonderful. Currently, gear seems a bit bland to me in game, but I'm not looking for outrageous, overthetop, lightsaber, gear either, lol. Simple, but fashionable? I wouldn't look for sex appeal past a coatee for example, that's starting to head too far into it I think. It would be nice if new sets weren't just old sets with added pieces, but something more original and with a bit of flare.

Characters in past final fantasies have some very interesting gear that I don't think is too extravagant, but definitely has a striking look. A few I think of are Ramza, Delita, Zidane, Auron, Blathier, Fran, Fang, and Vanille as a few examples. Most characters from final fantasies (the more detailed ones anyway) are quickly and easily recognizable and partially so because of their detailed gear.

Pretty much all gear from tactics (style wise) I could see fitting into ffxiv and more of an Ishgardian flare. Then when I think of Auron, his outfit reminds me of gear that would be more familiar to Thanalan territory alongside Fang's. Balthier and Zidane with the slight steampunk style would be more common to La Noscean territory, then more savage/wild gear like Vanille or Kimahri smiliar to Black Shroud style. When I mention Fran, that is sex appeal there, but it's also creative and possibly could fit in a gear role for another sort of city. (I think Garlean and dark knight sort of things, for starters.)

I think more over, character customization and allowing you to make your character shine visually will overall interest people to continue developing that character or working towards a new piece, etc. I would even go so far as to say they should allow crafting to make a piece of gear look like one, but have the stats of another, with reasonable consequence. Then people lose that argument of choosing to pick something that looks fashionable over having something that has the stats they want. (Example: The look of a cotton robe with the stats of a vintage, but by crafting it that way you lose both items to make the new one, and then it has a trade count? Like it can only be traded 3 times before it becomes untradeable.)

Anyway, previous Final Fantasies have had serious style/fashion with individual characters and I think they should bring more of that feel into this game alongside more colors, styles, and ways to make your character unique. "

This is exactly what I'm talking about. Sex appeal as in "fashion" not as in, how easily I get aroused. Starting to wonder if this is the eng forum since half he people here don't know how to read. Out of the 10% of people that are actually giving helpful ideas and advice, most everyone else is just complaining. No one wants to read about a bunch of wining American opinions. What they do want to see is something constructive.

[Nuinn]

Well, with jobs we're getting job-specific gear, if I remember that concept art post on Lodestone that featured some pretty fierce looking mage clothes (among others). Also there's quite a bunch of NPCs with unique(ish) looking threads in game right now whose thread's I'd love to steal! (mostly different skins, not the actual 3D models). Hopefully all of that soon.

Perhaps the term used should be 'attractiveness' instead of 'sex appeal'?

More than fashion, I want better character customization, in as near a future as possible. We don't all got to have porcelain waxed skin, some of us would actually like diversity in form of body hair >_> As well as more hairstyles/face hair options. The Highlander Hyur have what? Like, 3 types of hairstyles to chose from? And it's not fun seeing many people with identical face tattoo patterns in only a different colour :x More scars, more birthmarks, more everything :U

And toe-long beards and hair for Lalafels so I don't feel weird when I pet them It'll also make them look like cousin It

P.S. Whatever happened to the barber shop suggestion thread?

[Lienn]

Well, i believe that achievement system might be taking care of the customization part a bit ^^

[Nuinn]

Well, i believe that achievement system might be taking care of the customization part a bit ^^

Oh I hope so! I usually don't like the 'modern' achievement systems unless they give me pretty stuff to put on my character ^^;

[Shunyu]

Well, with jobs we're getting job-specific gear, if I remember that concept art post on Lodestone that featured some pretty fierce looking mage clothes (among others). Also there's quite a bunch of NPCs with unique(ish) looking threads in game right now whose thread's I'd love to steal! (mostly different skins, not the actual 3D models). Hopefully all of that soon.

Perhaps the term used should be 'attractiveness' instead of 'sex appeal'?

More than fashion, I want better character customization, in as near a future as possible. We don't all got to have porcelain waxed skin, some of us would actually like diversity in form of body hair >_> As well as more hairstyles/face hair options. The Highlander Hyur have what? Like, 3 types of hairstyles to chose from? And it's not fun seeing many people with identical face tattoo patterns in only a different colour :x More scars, more birthmarks, more everything :U

And toe-long beards and hair for Lalafels so I don't feel weird when I pet them It'll also make them look like cousin It

P.S. Whatever happened to the barber shop suggestion thread?

I agree that "sex appeal" was probably not a good phrase to use after i started seeing the first few posts. I thought most the people here would be mature enough to handle the word and be able to dive a little deeper into conversation and suggestions, instead of repeatedly peeling the surface skin off.

[Lienn]

IMO the title is still very misleading. If you don't want sex appeal then you should rename it to "Sexier/spicy armors for our girls plz!", making much more sense this way.

[Nuinn]

Not just girls.... Why does everyone immediately think about girls when someone mentions sexy clothes ; ;

[Vyst]

I'm not sure if it's 'sex appeal', but whatever XIII had did it for me. More bold, interesting characters than nudity. Lightning wasn't "sexual", but she was "sexy", if that makes any sense. Characters in XIV are "cutesy."

most the characters are sexy in the game as it is for XIII

[Physic]

sex appeal in NA world doesnt mean porn, it means

immediate appeal or obvious potential to interest or excite others, as by appearance, style, or charm: a house with no sex appeal.

Related Words for : sex appeal
desirability, desirableness, oomph

saying the game needs sex appeal isnt saying it needs porn charachters, it means that he probably is tired of seeing most mages in clothes that look really bland, and dont even have a female shape, or clothes that people can barely tell your charachter is female.

putting the words sexy coat into google i get this img
http://www.viecouture.com/wp-content...trenchcoat.jpg

its definitely feminine, and interesting but it has nothing to do with porn, in fact it covers most of her sexy parts. dont misiniterpert sexiness and intercourse, its not the same thing