Phial of Fantasia Suggestion

[Jpec07]

I can't think of anywhere else to put this, so here it goes.

There's a problem with the current implementation of the Phial of Fantasia. You can re-customize your appearance only from the character selection menu, and the options to preview what you've picked are very limited. As such, it's happened many times where I've used a Phial of Fantasia to change something about my character, only to be completely dissatisfied after I've gotten into the game and played them for a bit. While I'm happy to give Square Enix another $10, it adds up if I'm being really picky.

Specific examples:

• If I change my character's hairstyle, there's no way to know if it will clip through my glamour until I'm back in the game.
• If I change my character's race, I have no way of knowing what the movement and combat animations are like until I'm in the game.
• If I change my character's voice, I have no idea how that voice is going to sound in the game, because of the 50-60 voice files for each one, only five are available for preview.

So what's the suggestion?

Make it so that whenever you re-customize your character, you can do it again within 24 hours if you're unsatisfied, for up to a week, total.

Are there ways around it right now? Yes, there are. You can start alts with a given appearance to see how they move, and how they sound in combat, and what given glamour pieces look like on them. You can listen to the voice files on external sites to see which ones you like and don't like.

But my feeling is that those extra steps shouldn't be necessary.

Sure, the character customization screen could be enhanced to make all these things possible, but the much easier implementation would be to let you change your appearance again.