Yoshi Interview at PGS

[SaitoHikari]

However, since I think this is more of a request for more available customization options within the categories currently available, we'd like to add more options based on your feedback!"

Well, that pretty much changes the context of the answer entirely, like, damn. People were only really asking for more face options anyway.

[bass9020]

"Q: I'd like you to increase the number of character face options available!
Yoshida: There's currently no plan to increase the range of option categories available. This is partly because players expect a certain "FF quality" to characters in the game and giving too wide a range of options might compromise that by allowing players to create characters that don't fit into a Final Fantasy setting. This is something that is important to many people. Also, if you broaden the range of options there's a risk that it could impact gameplay as the data sent and received per character increases upon loading a new area.
However, since I think this is more of a request for more available customization options within the categories currently available, we'd like to add more options based on your feedback!"

Our feedback that we have been asking, suggesting, theorizing for how long now? Its the same response everytime, they ask for our feedback and we give it but then get generic or overly complicated responses to what is asked for. Same old song and dance!

[Fyce]

Our feedback that we have been asking, suggesting, theorizing for how long now? Its the same response everytime, they ask for our feedback and we give it but then get generic or overly complicated responses to what is asked for. Same old song and dance!

Some people ask for butt sliders, others for facial/body sliders ("Black Desert does it so FFXIV should do too!"), some ask for new hairstyles, some for new "options" (without going in much detail)...

Feedback is all over the place, so when Yoshi-P is asked a question about character customization, he tries to answer it with as much details and argumentation as he can within the short timespan he has to answer.
For this current question, the answer is: "We can't add new categories or sliders everywhere because of technical limitation, but we can increase the number of items in an already existing category (such as hairstyles). Please give us some clear feedback of what you want".

So, instead of saying "we want more of everything!", players should start to actually give precise ideas in a structured way with other people upvoting said feedback.

[Skivvy]

Some people ask for butt sliders, others for facial/body sliders ("Black Desert does it so FFXIV should do too!"), some ask for new hairstyles, some for new "options" (without going in much detail)...

Feedback is all over the place, so when Yoshi-P is asked a question about character customization, he tries to answer it with as much details and argumentation as he can within the short timespan he has to answer.
For this current question, the answer is: "We can't add new categories or sliders everywhere because of technical limitation, but we can increase the number of items in an already existing category (such as hairstyles). Please give us some clear feedback of what you want".

So, instead of saying "we want more of everything!", players should start to actually give precise ideas in a structured way with other people upvoting said feedback.

I will ask this until I'm blue in the face, but they could just unlock all features that are currently tied to specific faces within a race. That alone would give all races an option of ~24 eyes, 24 noses, 20 eyebrows, 24 mouths, 4 face shapes, etc. We could have far more unique looking characters, and all of the options are already in the game.

[Iromi]

I am glad they are changing up the glamour system I really hope I can wear some of the tank outfits on my Summoner, mainly the Stormblood PVP body..I love it so much ;~;

[dinnertime]

However, since I think this is more of a request for more available customization options within the categories currently available, we'd like to add more options based on your feedback!"

So...basically they can add more face types and facial feature options? Well that's fine.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

So...basically they can add more face types and facial feature options? Well that's fine.

Basically. What they are saying is they can't add more categories, not options.

[Cidel]

Okay, well then it sounded like a potential misunderstanding if the actual translation is more along the lines of "we can't add new sliders/ categories to customize, but we can expand on new faces/hair/etc." So maybe what they're referring to are any vague "more character customization!" requests. I can fully understand if they don't want to add new separate categories/sliders if they're concerned about players "inventing" their own new races and/or proportions with added customization options.

But yeah, people have been asking for more faces and the like for what seems like years. What feedback have they not been getting?... What feedback have they actually been getting instead?

[xxvaynxx]

Balmung is going to need like 15 wards.

[Skivvy]

Balmung is going to need like 15 wards.

And a new rule that you only get one house per account.