I wonder if the 14 graphics engine can do something like this.

[Krojack]

A sheer see through look for gear. I would love something similar to the Saber Nero Claudius look for gear.

[SaberMaxwell]

Yes, several people I've seen using mods have sheer see-through effects on them, so the engine is capable of it.

[Enla]

It's capable and modders have already put items into the game that function like that. See through material isn't really that taxing to implement, it's just a matter of whether or not SE wants to or not.

[alimdia]

It's capable and modders have already put items into the game that function like that. See through material isn't really that taxing to implement, it's just a matter of whether or not SE wants to or not.

It'd probably get the same excuse we get as to why our character toes are blocky, sometimes inexistent, or why we don't have bare feet, even though modders fixed that a long time ago.

[Enla]

It'd probably get the same excuse we get as to why our character toes are blocky, sometimes inexistent, or why we don't have bare feet, even though modders fixed that a long time ago.

Or our sausage fingers... I want fingers that don't look like dubious meat products SE.

China would like to chime in here perhaps? I have never heard of a game company completely reworking graphics and stories cause they want to sell in the American or European market. It may have happened once or twice, but again, I think everything in between Japan and Europe would likely be more the culprit of any ethics dept.

It did happen back during the 4kids days and with the properties they bought from Japan if they had any video game equivalents, Yu-Gi-Oh for example, but the worst we have these days is Tokyo Mirage sessions which did get censored graphically though I'm fairly sure the story stayed the same. All in all though no one is going to be offended by sheer clothing so long as it isn't being used to flash nudity at the player - and that would likely get a higher rating from CERO in Japan as well.

[Rasikko]

Or our sausage fingers... I want fingers that don't look like dubious meat products SE.

We had higher resolution models in 1.0.. but well you know what happened there.

[CookiesNCreams]

Square Enix has an ethics department. They go through things in products they develop that seem unethical or not, and depending on what they look like, they tell them to change it. Reason for an ethics department is because buyers in the west tend to be offended by things the most. So, in other words, most likely never going to happen.

[AnimaAnimus]

Reason for an ethics department is because buyers in the west tend to be offended by things the most.

China would like to chime in here perhaps? I have never heard of a game company completely reworking graphics and stories cause they want to sell in the American or European market. It may have happened once or twice, but again, I think everything in between Japan and Europe would likely be more the culprit of any ethics dept.

[Fhaerron]

China would like to chime in here perhaps? I have never heard of a game company completely reworking graphics and stories cause they want to sell in the American or European market. It may have happened once or twice, but again, I think everything in between Japan and Europe would likely be more the culprit of any ethics dept.

Doesn't China have a different build?
And that also being the reason we (EU, NA, JAP) can't play on the Chinese servers, and also the same for Korea?

Back in WoW China had a different build, it's one of the reason they were a few expansions behind since they had such a different version of the game. IIRC even the "deaths" where different, like in the 'normal' version you would leave a corpse (skelet) when you die but in China the corpses were removed and there was just a small gravestone instead.

[Niwashi]

China would like to chime in here perhaps?

The game isn't sold in China, at least not SE's version of it.

Doesn't China have a different build?

Yes. The Chinese version of FFXIV is produced and run by Shanda Games. They license SE's game software to use as their starting point, but then they modify it to suit a Chinese audience, not only by translating the game, but by adding, removing, or changing items, enemies, and some parts of the storylines. If they have an issue with an outfit, they simply wouldn't include it when building their remake.