Suggestion: Remove "lying down emote restriction"

[Lemuria]

I'd like some more laying down options. Also some different sleep poses. Some of them seem outright silly (see any Miqo'te in a wedding dress lying on a bed). I don't even know how some of them could be considered a dozing pose, since they're clearly not asleep. I want a pose for Lalafell so I can lay down on my tummy, kicking my feet up. Cute, and perfect for lounging on the beach next to my home in Limsa.

The only argument against it is that it could be used for simulating sexual situations. Well, if they wanted to ban anything which could be used for that they'd have to remove half the game. That's before I mention the myriad number of sexual innuendo's present in the game itself through NPC dialogues.

[Eul]

Meh I don't even care if this goes to sexual intercourse, we really need this emote for something like sunbathing on Mist, chilling out near river or some positive way to use this emote.

[Lemuel81]

I actually had to google ERP lol.. Ive been playing MMos for many many years and havent even come across it heh.I can see arguments from both sides. Personally I would like to lay down anywhere. Be nice to lay down under the stars. If some creepy person tried to do any type of sexual roleplay or w/e I would honestly just walk away or report him

[Shikiseki]

why not make a seperate lying down emote that is less suggestive? Like a casual lying down as in not sleeping as /doze is now.

I mean SE could go all out and do something like this...

[Ultear_Milkovich]

I totally support OPs suggestion.

SE please. Not everyone have a house so far. I would like to enjoy a realistic "lay down" emote everywhere under Eorzea s sun .

[Yumi_umi]

Its cuz SE doesn't want ppl to abuse it ofc lel
I blame lalas for spamming emotes.
Next thing u know they r gonna make a gathering then initiate an all out orgy. Not game breaking BUT is annoying when u start to see them flock towards u cuz they know ur a lala hater
But hey 3.0 can make it happen so lets just hope.

[myahele]

I just read an interesting post on Facebook.

It seems SE has an issue with people dancing on corpses and gives warnings to people who do.

I didn't know I was suppose to be courteous to my opponents who beat me with weapons and such.

Is this really a bad thing?

Seems like SE has issues with alot of things. I'm surprised we can still do emotes during PvP.

With that said, it's true that people can be creative with their emotes. For example, a girl once "grinded" on my character while I was waiting for DF queue to pop a few days ago.

[Orspeth]

I say let them have the emote - makes it easier to spot the children I'd want on my blacklist anyway

[NinjaTaru72]

why not make a seperate lying down emote that is less suggestive? Like a casual lying down as in not sleeping as /doze is now.

I mean SE could go all out and do something like this...

Oh god, a /plank emote XD where in XIV can *you* plank.

[Kemiko]

I recall when it was announced that the sleep or /doze emote wouldn't be allowed in Eorzea proper due to the fear of suggestive screenshots and the commotion about it then is much the same as it was now. I believe the very first response picture was two female Miqo'te using the /stretch emote to simulate kissing as an example of what is already in the game. I just find the whole thing hypocritical.

After all, you can already glamour your character to be entirely nude thanks to the Emperor's equipment purchasable in Mor Dhona which I'd like to think is far worse than walking across two characters clipped through each other using the /doze or /sleep emotes. But the surprising thing here is...

I played a MMO called Scarlet Blade (though iirc, it had a different title in its early release but later renamed due to an anime or something) that is an erotic MMORPG by nature (the plot and character models surround the idea of sex and allows your character models to be nude - though no actual sex occurs in the game) and when you compare its innuendo's to the ones found in FFXIV it's surprising to see more of them in FFXIV and how they're more blatant as well. Based on the gear, glamour, innuendo's via the NPCs we come across and their overall reactions to in-world developments, FFXIV is already more adult than Scarlet Blade (just using this MMO as an example) with the only exception being you can't actually cause your character to be truly nude in FFXIV.

tl;dr
The game is adult-orient enough that using /doze to actually lie down somewhere outside of your personal room in a house that you may not even own at no fault of your own should be not restricted.

...Though I'd love the option to toggle off the ability to see character models - but not for reasons of not wanting to see what other people are doing.