Alcohol and other intoxicants.

[quantumsaint]

Many MMORPGS and other offline games allow characters to drink or ingest substances that alter their character's perception of the world around them. Will FFXIV ever allow us to buy a pint at the pub and experience similar effects? Is this something players want, or are you fine with it never being incorporated?

I know this is not a pressing issue and the devs have many things to do before they even consider it, but it is one of the many things that other games incorporate which increases verisimilitude.

Personally, I think intoxicated fisticuffs (once PVP is implemented) would be amusing with inverted controls and blurred vision.

What are your thoughts on the matter, fellow forum dwellers?

[Sothis]

Would never use it myself, but I would absolutely love to watch these, ah, "intoxicated fisticuffs" matches.

[DeadRiser]

Drunk a la GTA IV was the best.

When you took the girl out on a date and both got drunk and ya'll are having a coversation while stumbling all over the sidewalk was hilarious. To this day, I still love to do that xD

[Rau]

This reminds me of that part in .hack//DUSK where Balmung roleplays getting drunk on Sake >.>

[Sephrick]

I remember the devs having commented on this before. It's a ratings thing. Allowing your character to drink will come with a much stiffer rating.

[Ruisu]

I remember the devs having commented on this before. It's a ratings thing. Allowing your character to drink will come with a much stiffer rating.

It's usually packed with a T rating. It's not gonna do much to the game already. I'd like to see alcohol introduced when we get the obligatory SAM class that was already confirmed. It'd be interesting to see alcohol prove to be a superior substitute for food, but it also comes with a drawback. a la WRPGs.

ex. +25 ATT -15 ACC

Stuff like that. Heavy risks, but also beneficial over foods.

[northernsky]

It's usually packed with a T rating. It's not gonna do much to the game already. I'd like to see alcohol introduced when we get the obligatory SAM class that was already confirmed. It'd be interesting to see alcohol prove to be a superior substitute for food, but it also comes with a drawback. a la WRPGs.

ex. +25 ATT -15 ACC

Stuff like that. Heavy risks, but also beneficial over foods.

Don't forget the hangover, -10% vit and def for 20% of the duration of the alcohol buff

[Antipika]

It's usually packed with a T rating. It's not gonna do much to the game already. I'd like to see alcohol introduced when we get the obligatory SAM class that was already confirmed. It'd be interesting to see alcohol prove to be a superior substitute for food, but it also comes with a drawback. a la WRPGs.

ex. +25 ATT -15 ACC

Stuff like that. Heavy risks, but also beneficial over foods.

That's the typical example which could get the game a higher rating, and I'm not only talking about the ESRB, but especially about EU rating. (way easier here to get a PEGI16 instead of PEGI12 here).

The main difference between PEGI and ESRB is that you guys in the US almost never use the "Ao" rating. Only few games have it, most of them being rated Ao because of porn. So everything is being splitted either between "T" or "M". With nothing in between. Hence why certain games can get a "T" even when mentioning alcohol etc.

While in Europe, we do have PEGI12/16 and 18. 18 is widely used for all kind of games. MW3 is PEGI18. Batman is PEGI18 etc.

So games a game like XIV, PEGI12, conveying message like "drink alcohol = gets you more strength" could easily get a PEGI16 rating. And SE do not want that.

[Soukyuu]

I heard in lotro you would collapse and wake up at the end of the world surrounded by highlevel mobs... sounds fun.
And yeah, a rating thing.

[redmage]

The "Drunk" effect in Guild Wars is pretty neat. Seeing the screen distort as well as your character involuntarily spout out nonsense is fun, hehe.

It's a shame this game's rating is preventing stuff like that, even if it's just for fun.