Marriage and Fantasia

[Tharian]

So I get married and then use a Fantasia to change my sex.

Will the marriage(and its perks) still be valid?

This is an incredibly valid question. Especially since it appears that marriage is slated for release sometime around 2.4, and Fantasia Potions are rumored to be being added to the Mog Station Optional Services Shop sometime this or next month. So since it is clearly confirmed that Fantasia Potions are going to be available to mass purchase, and even if they are not, since they are available as a one time perk to everyone who has had a subscription for, what is it? 60 days? Then the question really should be asked, what is stopping someone from creating a Male character with a female name, getting that character married to a female character, and then using their Fantasia to change said characters gender to Female once the marriage is in effect? Will the Marriage be invalidated upon the use of a Fantasia?

I could care less if they have gay marriage or not honestly. As I said I see no reason for marriage at all. This is a game and most people only make time for doing things in game like raids, missions and quests. When do you honestly have time to make a personal enough connection to want to marry another player? If you say well we are together in real life then sack up and get married in real life, if you're already married in real life great, but this is a game leave it as one and keep the extra drama away from it.

Way to suck the fun out of the marriage mechanics of various other games.

So long as the Marriage Mechanic doesn't include Shared Inventory Space then everything is fine and dandy.

[ZyloSladek]

So long as the Marriage Mechanic doesn't include Shared Inventory Space then everything is fine and dandy.

Probably no shared inventory space. However, if you get divorced you need to pay a fixed amount per month to the lower income person until they get remarried.

[Dijana]

Im going to assume that the rings will be gender locked. So a male character for example could marry then use fantasia to change to female and wouldnt be able to equip the ring anymore. Whether the couple are still married or not is another matter, being that we've only heard that dropping the ring will divorce you. Could be entirely possible that the only thing that signifies you as being married is having that ring and it's simply a unique item which is what keeps you from marrying again. We dont know anything else about the marriage system beyond that but I doubt there will be any kind of perks. Maybe marrying/attending a wedding will give you an achievement for the chocobo or something, or it could be its own thing.

Its entirely possible they might do the system like in XI too. Technically they didnt have same-sex marriage in that game either, but you were still able to get the rings and buy all the wedding items and set up your own player-made wedding, you just didnt get the GM running it. Who knows, they might allow the fantasia switch then a trade in for the ring to get a gender appropriate one as a workaround for it.

[Fawkes]

So I get married and then use a Fantasia to change my sex.

Will the marriage(and its perks) still be valid?

What perks?

[Ato_Touji]

I think everyone is forgetting something purely simple:

If SE puts in Marriages and you don't like it? You really truly don't have to "touch" it. Avoid it and let the other players have their fun.

[Andres_Lonegrief]

SE is surely aware that peole might use fantasia to get around the marriage restriction. It's likely that once u change sex your marriage is "erased" and the ring linked to it will just disappear...

[Feyniphia]

So I get married and then use a Fantasia to change my sex.

Will the marriage(and its perks) still be valid?

Shouldnt be valid, as I'm pretty sure the game will check the gender of your character and your partner. (Assiming Male & Female marriage only) If this is not the case, should still be valid.

[cloverkitty]

If Marriage ends up being like FFXI (which would be the best way). There is very large cost to get married in game.
In the end you end up with a ring for the male and female.
It had no stats or use, provided no benefits other than the fact that it stated who it was aligned with.

There were no perks, no special benefits other than the ceremony itself and the fireworks you could purchase.

Since there are no bazaars, you would have to glamour it or wear it in order to display it.

Most likely if a sex was changed, the ring would just be inaccessible, it may not be in the gender swappable gear coming soon. This is an in game marriage system between a couple of people. I don't see why the vocal minority is making such a big deal out of it. The only storm I am seeing caused is by a select few in the vocal minority. Just let it continue as it is see how it goes and understand there probably will not be any perks assuming they follow typical SE history.

Several years ago when IRL same sex marriage was a discussion. I was of the attitude of if you want to get married do so, I don't see any reason to stop them.
Over time though it has been so shoved down my throat including this game, i am starting to just want the idea of same sex marriage to go away.
These vocal minority groups that continuously work to jam this down our throat is driving the supporters or indifferent to want to ban any support for it just to make it go away. The 1 million threads anytime any discussion about it comes up, with regards to the subject is getting annoying and causing my support to wane.

SE has stated at this time it be male/female only. It may be considered in the future who knows. However if it is continuously pushed like this all the time then I would rather it just remain male/female out of spite if nothing else.

I doubt this will end I don't even know why I replied to this thread but consider this my last on the subject, I will just skip over them in the future and if asked to vote, may vote based on how annoying all these threads are becoming.

[kidvideo]

SE has stated at this time it be male/female only. It may be considered in the future who knows. However if it is continuously pushed like this all the time then I would rather it just remain male/female out of spite if nothing else.

I doubt this will end I don't even know why I replied to this thread but consider this my last on the subject, I will just skip over them in the future and if asked to vote, may vote based on how annoying all these threads are becoming.

Wow... just wow!
Allow me to translate what you just said: "Don't talk about it & MAYBE you'll get what you want eventually. More importantly, don't annoy me with your requests or I'll vote against them out of spite, rather than on the merits of fairness & equality."

[BloodPact]

Wow... just wow!
Allow me to translate what you just said: "Don't talk about it & MAYBE you'll get what you want eventually. More importantly, don't annoy me with your requests or I'll vote against them out of spite, rather than on the merits of fairness & equality."

Way to "paraphrase". He never said to not talk about it. He said he's tired of the dozens (and I'm being generous with dozens) of threads that have been created with nothing but crying about it.
Have you ever watched several videos on Youtube in the same day? Don't you hate it when the same commercial is shoved down your throat every single freaking video you watch? Same thing here. Just look at the threads right now, there's like 3 threads about this. The normal way would be to head over to the SUGGESTIONS part of the forum and formulate a nicely put letter with why you think it would be good to consider your approach. Then maybe, create 1 <--- thread in here asking people that share your view to do the same. Instead? A bunch of tantrums, each creating a thread for attention. It is what it is.