Quote Originally Posted by Puremallace View Post
1. Voice acting. It is seriously lacking. Some of your FF14 players are actual voice actors and will probably do this for free. Just add it already.
I agree voice acting would improve things but this is not a simple fix. It's not simply a case of get a bunch of people to say some lines, record it and slap it into the game. Voice actors do several takes of lines to get it right under the guidance of a director. This is actually very time consuming. Never mind the challenges of doing this remotely due to the pandemic. You would need to make sure the voice actors have excellent recording equipment of their own.

I also don't like how you're advocating for people to do this for free. People should get paid for their work especially if it's done for a huge name like SE. And please no one give the "exposure!" argument. Exposure doesn't pay the bills. And it would be plainly bad pr if SE took advantage of fans to get them to do professional work for no money. It would actually look better on a resumé if the voice actors were paid to do their work instead of volunteering for free. By being paid it would show that SE value their talent and that on its own would say a lot about the voice actor.