Future Character Creation Idea, Animation Swapping

[RitsukoSonoda]

FFXI actually had unique combat and casting animations for each race/gender combo as well. Even the combat stances for weapons varied for each race/gender combo.

The only thing about the whole being the last of new races thing tho... They said that about Au ra as well back after it was added.

Similarly they said they wouldn't add a job again outside of an expansion after they did NIN but we got BLU later mid cycle as a limited job.

So essentially I would take it as "we currently do not have plans" response or statement.

As for sharing or swapping animations/emotes. There's really only a few I think would fit doing so such as sitting/standing poses or the idle weapon drawn poses.

[SilverObi]

FFXI actually had unique combat and casting animations for each race/gender combo as well. Even the combat stances for weapons varied for each race/gender combo.

I miss this attention to detail so so much! We seriously need this back, it's not out of their capability.

Elder Scrolls Online sort of does this. You can set 'personalities' which adjust the animations of certain emotes as well as running and walking animations.

I think it'd be a great addition to FFXIV.

That does sound like a neat idea and is also something that isn't too complicated to implement, at least over time. How many variants does ESO offer and exactly how detailed is it?

[Xirean]

I'm all for more animations shared or made available. Ideally I'd like to be able to set animations of my choosing on a roulette. I enjoy seeing different standing poses and would love more especially for walking/running. Also being able to switch between some of the male and female class specific poses and dances would be very welcome. The sundrop dance is a very good example of one side just having it better.