Is it okay to use another player's character 'fantasia' as your own without asking?

[Makeda]

So my question is simple, what are your opinions on players wanting to use someone else's fantasia without asking?

https://www.strawpoll.me/15490981

Um... lolwut?

I mean seriously... the character creation tool really doesn't have that many options in this game. The only part of it with good selection is the skin tone - and most of you folks seem to stick to the same narrow band there anyway...

But if you disregard skin tone, with the rest of tools people are going to be bound to copy each other unless they actively try not to... and even then some will be stuck with no option but to repeat what someone else is using...

So I find the entire question a bit absurd.

[Bellsong]

Never happened to me and personally I wouldn't be to bothered with it because I'm fabulous and if other people wanna copy and be fab then more power to em~

[MuseTraveller]

Personally, I don't care, but I can see it as rude if done intentionally without asking.
I had a funny moment where I changed my character's hair color and style after a year and half of playing and same day I bumped at a lala with exact same hair style, color and highlights. I found it amusing lol

[Jandor]

I saw a mooncat with solid black eyes, I thought it looked much cooler than my own eye colour so I used my fantasia on it.
That's about the extent of my copying others I think.

lol, it's kind of odd thinking about it. I want people to think my character looks cool, but I don't want them to like it so much the try and copy me .

[Tempest222]

Character creation doesn’t have that many options so it’s bound to happen whether or not someone is intentionally doing it or not. Honestly, everyone who shares the same face and same general skin tone are already pretty close to being clones. You can’t really change facial features within a face preset enough to really make a unique face, and many skin tones probably come out looking about the same once you are in game and not directly comparing tones side by side in the CC.

I feel like I see many characters on a daily basis that look essentially the same. I say just go with whatever design makes you happy to play your character and don’t sweat it.

That said, while I don’t think it’s “wrong” to copy anyone’s look and personally wouldn’t care at all if I saw a clone of my character running around, I feel it would be kind of awkward to Fantasia into the look of a friend/someone you actually see and hang out with in game. If it’s a complete stranger you saw on the fly one day then whatever nothing to worry about.

[duvvvv]

inspiration is cool, I remember when HW was about to launch and the benchmark was up, I saw posts on how to make the Au Ra umbral ring more "attractive" for certain eye colors; I wasn't creative enough to realize the possibility of such so when I fantasia'd to Au Ra, I based the eye color on that idea.
some stories here about people who straight up tells you they had fantasia'd to look exactly like you is creepy IMHO. I know this is "just a video game" but given that it's an RPG and people do get attached to their character to a certain degree (personally I see it as an extension of my online self), it's like telling the other player you don't put value in self-identity. there is a reason why glamour plays a big part in this game.
apart from that, there's the age-old "poser scam" in MMOs where a new player would pretend to be an alt of another, and would ask to join the guild etc. then eventually this "alt" would have stolen people's stuff. I'd be wary if I know anyone like this.

[ko_]

The actual CC is so limited that the only way to REALLY stand out is by your glamour I feel. It's what you wear that sets you apart from everyone else. and if you're odd like me... no female ava wears baggy anything cause that's not sexy xD so win win? Tho to be serious it's so limited it's more odd when you don't run into a clone.

[Alleo]

Honestly with the small amount of faces (and with the Au Ra you even have the horn+ face combination) its not that surprising to even have twins in this game. Heck I saw at least a handful of really similar faces in this forum and mistook them for my character. It might be a bit strange on having a copy but I dont really care much. The only part where it would get a bit strange for me would be them even having the same glamour and/or name. Otherwise it would be fine for me.

[Rhus]

I'm a little at fault for this in some respect. Stared as a while skinned Miqo with pink hair but once I began playing the game I noticed that literally every Miqo you come across in this game is almost pale white skinned with pink hair. Once I noticed this I also noticed someone with a darker skin tone and thought their Miqo looked really pretty. So I used my free fantasia changed to a darker skin tone and went with Blue hair and green highlights and overall, it feels pretty unique. Certainly haven't come across many with the same style and even had comments from people about how it's nice to see a Miqo that isn't ghostly white with white or pink hair. Persoally though blue is my favourite colour So you'll see me with blue hair, blue glam riding my blue shiva pony, too much blue? NEVAR!

[Leadleaf]

I had a friend blatantly mimick my character design and then would put on furry costumes to events. I post stupid memes of said friend constantly anyway so I didn't care.