Character relationships?

[Oscura]

We do have relationships with the scions, its called friendship.

I'd say it's stretching it to call what we have with the Scions a "friendship."

[EdwinLi]

I'd say it's stretching it to call what we have with the Scions a "friendship."

I always saw it more as a mutual interest type of relationship. After all the WoL only became part of the Scion because of the Echo.

[ArcanoJones]

This is not exclusively an adult game. It is most likely played by younger people from age 10-13. Romances are not appropriate for that age group.

[Mycow8me]

Well, its not romance at all but the whole story with Lyse was a neat feeling of camaraderie. It was a nice change to the lamenting of alphinaud and his angst towards everything.

I think it would be neat to have the adventuring fellow system ffxi had where you can change their personality, weapons, gear, etc...

[FallenArisen0990]

This is not exclusively an adult game. It is most likely played by younger people from age 10-13. Romances are not appropriate for that age group.

Yet two Valentine Events ago, it was about the dude finally telling the Elf chick that he loves her or her finally realizing the dude likes her. It isn't SE's responsibly to worry about people that are under 13, are playing this game. Hell, this game has many implied raped scenarios that you would think it's an M game. Love is always on the mind of Teens, so this perfectly normal for this age group.

[Verius_Nox]

This is not exclusively an adult game. It is most likely played by younger people from age 10-13. Romances are not appropriate for that age group.

What? Almost every Disney movie has some kind of romance going on, and most of those are targeted to 5 year olds and older.

[basketofseals]

They were 16 at the start of ARR, they are 18 now (they are pretty ovbiously not fully grown yet though).

Any source on that? I was under the impression that the entirety of ARR+HW somehow took place in under a year.

[Beckett]

I would love for a series of side quests that would allow you to get more personable with the Scions or other important story NPCs.

I know the devs are mostly against the idea of letting us romance NPCs, MSQ or some characters isolated to a romantic sub-quest series, but having affinity quests with popular NPCs would be great. Just friendship quests.

This sounds like a great compromise. I'd love to interact with more of the characters on a personal level. I feel like a barely even know the Scions, since the only time I interact with them is when we're fighting for the fate of the world.

One of my all time favorite MSQ moments was sparring with Hoary Boulder and Coultenet. There were no grand stakes, it was just friends and allies hanging out and getting to know each other.

[Pomelo]

I wouldn't mind this or some sort of favourite companion, whatever you want to call it.

I definitely would love to know more about some of the characters in the game, even the dead ones, like Moenbryda. Waiting for the inevitable time travel arc where we see everyone when they were younger lol

[Kallera]

I'd be down with path companions that make this possible, not so much npcs that we already know and have plot armor, at least of all those that often order us around.