New options - we are in 2011!

[Roxy]

Payment options

1-Change your name
2-Change server
3-Change Race

Free options

1-Barber shop ( Can change hairstyle/color in town with gils)
2-Calendar in game to note events for LS
3-pets that walk with you can't attack and can't be attacked just for fun

i would like to see new hair styles , not a copy/paste from FFXI

[Totobi]

Payment options

1-Change your name
2-Change server
3-Change Race

Free options

1-Barber shop ( Can change hairstyle/color in town with gils)
2-Calendar in game to note events for LS
3-pets that walk with you can't attack and can't be attacked just for fun

i would like to see new hair styles , not a copy/paste from FFXI

You should post this up in the suggestion forum!

I agree with this 100%, at the moment, the crysta currency isn't really doing much and it could bring in atleast -some- income on this currently free to play game.

[Roxy]

where is the suggestion forum?

[Rentahamster]

where is the suggestion forum?

This is the suggestion forum. The other forum labeled "Suggestions & Feedback" are for suggestions regarding the improvement of this website itself.

[twoshoes]

so you want wow fluff? go play wowkthx

[Roxy]

so you want wow fluff? go play wowkthx

why not we have it here whats wrong ?

[Rowyne]

so you want wow fluff? go play wowkthx

Actually, these 'fluff' options are a great idea, not only for the players, but for SE. People are more than willing to pay good money for server transfers, name changes, race changes, gender changes, etc. This could be a way for SE to actually make a bit of revenue while they're not charging subscription fees.

Besides, FFXI had server transfers. To not have that option is a step backward.

[Rockne]

so you want wow fluff? go play wowkthx

Hey! WoW has spells! We should scrap those too rite?

RITE?

Just because other games have some ideas, doesn't mean it should be exclusive to them. Some stuff should be universal. These among them.

Also:

I'd pay for a name change, but it should be able to be done for gil, a hefty sum of gil granted. Server changes might have to involve real money though, or Crysta.

Damned Figaro.

[Celyia]

Hey! WoW has spells! We should scrap those too rite?

RITE?

Just because other games have some ideas, doesn't mean it should be exclusive to them. Some stuff should be universal. These among them.

Rockne, you are my hero. :-)

There seems to be a bit of a WoW-phobia around where ideas, no matter how good, can be dismissed offhand simply because WoW or another MMO has done something similar. It comes down to just a simple knee-jerk reaction.

The OP has some excellent suggestions, ones that I think FFXIV could benefit greatly from by implementing. God knows, I - for one - would absolutely love to change my character's hair. >.> (Vanity, thy name is Celyia.)

On another note, I'm not sure where the entire idea of pets arose from in these posts, but I wanted to throw an idea out there. While I don't think the WoW model of non-combat pets would work for FFXIV (and, honestly, I wouldn't want it to), what I would love to see is a non-combat pet along the lines of a path companion.

Imagine a non-combat pet that you actually have emotional interest in. For those of you who played FFXI, consider it along the lines of raising your own chocobo. I think something like this could be very attractive to a lot of players. Mind you, I am not making any suggestion about this being done immediately, but as an alternative to the non-combat pet system some people may be asking for.

[Celtodeno]

There seems to be a bit of a WoW-phobia around where ideas, no matter how good, can be dismissed offhand simply because WoW or another MMO has done something similar. It comes down to just a simple knee-jerk reaction.

HEAR HEAR! Who cares where the idea comes from? If it's good, then do it! It's not like this game is a shining example of the alternative to WoW. Say what you want about of MMO's but having played them gives you a much keener sense of what is missing in this game. As of right now WoW looks like brain surgery compared to FF1,1,1,1,1...