Let us use emotes to dodge gaze attacks

[Shadotterdan]

So one thing I really liked in FFXI was that emotes could be used in some combat situations like avoiding Zantetsuken. Thinking about that, I noticed that we have an emote that closes our eyes for a couple seconds.

Could we have it changed so that using /shut will count as looking away for gaze attacks? Maybe for other emotes that also make you close your eyes?

[Vincenti]

I second this, I think it would be a neat addition.

[Tint]

you actually can use the /comfort emote to dispell the debuff these gremlins in amdapor city throw at your party members (you can't dispell yourself and you have to stay close to the person with the debuff while using the emote).

[The_Last_Dragoon]

As long as it wouldn't be one of the mainstay mechanics and instead be on something fun like a world boss. If they put it into a Duty then it's gonna get stale really fast unless it's completely negligible.

[Shadotterdan]

Well I'm specifically asking for /shut to be an alternate option to turning your character around. Much like how mechanics that penalize you for movement can be avoided by using z to sheathe your weapon to stop auto attacking instead of turning around.

[Vontri]

Why... is pressing S on your keyboard so hard to do? Or down on your controller.

[Tint]

Why... is pressing S on your keyboard so hard to do? Or down on your controller.

no... no it's not hard to do. it's actually easier than using an emote.
however, you should take a look at this topic: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...for-fun-s-sake
we are talking about a funny little gimick. nothing to make the game easier.

[Shadotterdan]

also, not s if you don't like legacy controls, though holding A or D is likewise not exactly hard, but it's something in the game that I think makes perfect sense to put in.