Request: Please update the character creator!

[SomeRandomHuman]

Pretty sure FF14 has fallen behind in character customization compared to other MMOs.

There's MMOs older than xiv that have better character creation like Aion which is is like... 12-13ish years old. I get the engines were different but with the PS5 version on the horizon they're almost fatally lacking compared to most of the competition. Yes WoW creation is kinda meh and they're the biggest competitor, but look at the big ones after WoW: Guild Wars 2, Elder Scroll Online, Blade & Soul, and Black Desert to name a few.

With the limitations they love to tell us about they might as well just re-make XIV from the ground up on a much more modern and durable engine. I'm not saying crank up the graphics to 1.0 levels but you know what I mean. Just better infrastructure across the board making what they deem "difficult" significantly easier.

[StriderShinryu]

Absolutely in agreement. While it's true that there's some things that would take a lot of extra work outside of the character creator (like a bigger range of body sizes, sliders, etc.) there are definitely a lot of things on this list that would/should be possible without actually changing the character and gear models and animations in the game as a whole. If we're not going to be getting better, updated models or new races/genders then the least they can do is open up more customization options for the races and gender types we do have.

[CodeAscalon]

As a Hrothgar and for all other races I second this so hard. Having to buy a fantasia everytime is so heavy on the wallet... I know this has been a topic from the release of the new races but my hopes lie with the new expansion D:

[AnnRam]

Maybe in their next FF MMO. The character creator its from 2011 and I don't think they will updated it because that means touch every model/gear/long hair not clipping etc.

[SomeRandomHuman]

Maybe in their next FF MMO. The character creator its from 2011 and I don't think they will updated it because that means touch every model/gear/long hair not clipping etc.

SE hasn't cared about avoiding clipping all that much. Look at all the long and/or longish styles we have. The jesus hair males have clips with basically everything, and some of the ponytails we have clip into collars.

[Hyperia]

I believe the reason why they do no add more options is network bandwidth limitations between the servers. Even if they get more bandwidth in the future I have a feeling that cross datacenter parties will get priority.

[DarkMasamune]

100% agreed. If there's something I love in a game, it's character customization. The more, the better !

[Raikai]

A few things I can add to the OP:

- More face options across the board. Most of the races only have FOUR... And with the smaller options (mouth, nose,etc) making little to no impact, you end up with the same face as most of the people out there;

- Fix the consistency in Facial Features: For example... makes no sense that Miqo male side-eye tattoo is optional on the Face 01, but permanent on Face 04;

- Face and lip color there's either Light or Dark options, but the former is too faded and the latter is too muddy. Add a third "Vibrant" option with the colors actually standing out;

- The hair color wheel is "deceptively" big. In the end there are not a lot of hue variations (rows) so the color spectrum is a bit limited. For example, there's no way to have a vibrant ginger hairstyle, because such hue is not there;

- Add a special "blind" eye option;


And above all, upscale the resolution of the bloody textures! I honestly can't believe they plan to release the PS5 client with those. Funny enough, none of the footage shown a while ago had close ups of anything. I can even imagine the visual impact that will be to see Hien's blurry outfit, or some haristyle in a close up.

[HeyMcFly]

Pretty sure FF14 has fallen behind in character customization compared to other MMOs.

absolutely agree- ty for posting ^^

[SturmChurro]

There's MMOs older than xiv that have better character creation like Aion which is is like... 12-13ish years old. I get the engines were different but with the PS5 version on the horizon they're almost fatally lacking compared to most of the competition. Yes WoW creation is kinda meh and they're the biggest competitor, but look at the big ones after WoW: Guild Wars 2, Elder Scroll Online, Blade & Soul, and Black Desert to name a few.

With the limitations they love to tell us about they might as well just re-make XIV from the ground up on a much more modern and durable engine. I'm not saying crank up the graphics to 1.0 levels but you know what I mean. Just better infrastructure across the board making what they deem "difficult" significantly easier.

Much of the "further customization" is also locked behind cash shops; it is specifically designed to be sold to you. GW2 has most (if not all?) of the nice, or non-generic options as something you have to pay extra to receive, ESO uses many of the "options" as padding for their lootboxes. Black Desert has an expansive creator, yes, but (all?) outfit options are sold through the cash shop, or bought then player sold through marketboard auction - so good luck looking half decent in the end, also most outfits are skimpy (for the purpose of being sold). Things like Black Desert have too many creation options, or rather morph options, anyway. I like that SE has a general idea of what they want their world too look like, and don't allow players to have horrific creatures running around, like something out of Ark for example.

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