OUR VOICE

[Niwashi]

I have a very good idea of what my character would sound like - I don't want her to have a random voice that may not even fit my own mental image of her.

Even if the budget allowed for it, this point is why they can't really add it part way into the game like this. It would be a different matter if the game had started out with voiced player characters. Then that voice would have been part of our image of our character from the outset. But in a game people have been playing for a long time and where we each have different ideas about how our characters should sound, there's no way for SE to match that.

[HyoMinPark]

Even if the budget allowed for it, this point is why they can't really add it part way into the game like this. It would be a different matter if the game had started out with voiced player characters. Then that voice would have been part of our image of our character from the outset. But in a game people have been playing for a long time and where we each have different ideas about how our characters should sound, there's no way for SE to match that.

Late reply, but this wouldn’t apply to me because my characters have existed for years before I even started playing FFXIV (some are even from the early 2000s in terms of how long I’ve had them—though my main character was born around 2011). I know that doesn’t apply to everyone, but for those who have had their characters for a long time, even starting out with voices might conflict with their own mental perceptions.
Even the emote sounds... I spent 2 hours trying to pick the one that sounded the closest to what Hyomin has always sounded like lol

[Katro]

Has there ever been an MMO with a voiced player character? Genuine question, never played or otherwise investigated enough to know. I would expect the broader character customization gets, the less likely voice acting becomes.

Guild wars 2 had voice for pc for each race / gender swtor also had voice for pc as well

[Doozer]

Please no. I really don't think Generic British Guy #8 would sound at all like my character should sound.

EDIT: The only compromise I would accept is if I could have whoever voiced Ilberd. No alternatives.

[Gula]

Please no. I really don't think Generic British Guy #8 would sound at all like my character should sound.

EDIT: The only compromise I would accept is if I could have whoever voiced Ilberd. No alternatives.

Instead of nodding your character says, "SLOPPEH"

[Laphael]

Please hire a general voice actor for male and female player characters its been years we waited everyone agrees its about time we stop nodding and start talking its not so hard to get 1 male 1 female per race and have them read lines the game is surely profitable enough. if a game like swtor can give us a voice then i see no reason a mega giant like square enix cant .

No.
I like my stoically quiet Character.

[Hysterior]

everyone agrees its about time

No.
/10char

[Zorvan]

I'd rather they remove the voice acting they already have. It's completely jarring to go through the game and suddenly someone talks for a few sentences then goes back to silence. It also gives the game an unfinished appearance, as if the devs just chopped dialogue to save VA fees, or just stopped VA altogether in midstride to push the game out. It would have a much more cohesive and professional appearance if all dialogue were either text or voice, not both. And since we know removing VA is much easier, faster, and cheaper, they should just do it and get it over with.

[Iscah]

I'd rather they remove the voice acting they already have. It's completely jarring to go through the game and suddenly someone talks for a few sentences then goes back to silence.

I feel the same way, and actually switched off the voices a while ago. Mostly because I didn't like some of the performances, but I also hated the odd feeling at the start of every cutscene, waiting for the first character to talk, to see whether they would make a sound or not!

[programcanaan]

They've been adding in more personalized responses in cut-scenes for personality. It's up to us to fill that voice with our imagination. Voices for the many WoL/Ds would cost a lot and wouldn't be appreciated by all players. I could just imagine all the threads whining about how they thought their character should sound like this or that.

It's a costly can of worms. imo the no voice allows for more immersion because head-canons and all that.