Players should be able to play music in-game!

[SeanVi]

So I've been thinking about it a lot. Since FFXI, we've always had really nice music, and I've always appreciated Naoshi Mizuta's work. Masayoshi Soken's work has made FFXIV a truly wonderful experience. This idea that I'm going to suggest is that players should be able to pick up an instrument too.

How it would work is like this: Players can take out an instrument and play an instrument to accompany the background music, or go out to areas and play songs on their own. Just enjoying the songs that they play.

You would be able to play solo, or go into a party of 8 and pick a variety of instruments like lutes, drums, violins/fiddles, flutes, etc. And people would come to enjoy the music that you and your band are playing, or you can enjoy it just within your own group.

This feature would be great to make use of the /gpose option, and also give fans of the music of FFXIV and FFXI to enjoy as well. It would be used to pass the time and enjoy the company of friends.

Obviously, there will be options of whether or not you would want to listen to music. There would be an option for players in the system settings to listen to bands play, so you're not interrupting an experience for anyone else.

The point of this feature is so that players or friends can have an immersive experience themselves and become part of their environment as well.

I would imagine, that this would require 3 to 5 songs that have their own melodies and harmonies for each instrument. I would refer to Legend of Mana's feature of getting Mana to come closer to you by playing magical instruments.

It's a huge undertaking, of course, but I think it would make the game that much more pleasant.