Can we get polygamous eternal bonds?

[ElysiumDragon]

Whilst I'm both polyamorous and fully supportive of this idea, I can understand why the devs would want to avoid adding this into the game. Technically speaking, it'd be weird with how the teleportation thing works, it'd be controversial by gaming standards, and there's be issues with abuse. It's one of those things where I'd be completely fine with it being a feature, but I'm not going to complain if it isn't.

[Duskane]

isnt polygamous that computer pokemon

[Bryan_Weary1]

isnt polygamous that computer pokemon

Adds vote to change the name of Porygon...

[AziraSyuren]

You know what? Sure. Why the fuck not. It can't be more difficult than changing a few lines of code.

There will always be "better" things the devs can do with their time, sure, but it'd be a cool bit a representation at no cost other than an afternoon or two at the workplace.

[HyperSMB]

Lol, this seems like a request straight from an RP guild. Seems harmless enough honestly.

[Fyrebrand]

I want to be able to marry more than one friend

This is exactly why Eternal Bond should not come with any free teleports or gameplay benefits. You're literally calling them a "friend." Do you marry all your friends in real life? You just want more free teleports, that is all this topic is about, and unfortunately I suspect a lot of players are scamming the system purely for this reason.

Eternal Bond should just be an RP-focused event, with no real benefit other than what it means to you: an expression of your devotion to another and a celebration of your love. Whatever form that love takes, who you love, how many people you love, it's all good, so go nuts and do what you want. But if you are only doing it for material gain or some mechanical conveniences, then you're in it for the wrong reasons. It's the exact same thing we see with the Mentor system -- the wrong people are acting as fake "Mentors," because all they want is the crown and the prestige and the ego stroking.

That said, there is nothing wrong with wanting to be able to teleport to a friend, but let's keep this cringey "fake marriage" farce out of the equation. They should just let you pick a person on your Friend List to freely teleport to. Or alternatively, as you group up with and play with friends, you gradually generate consumable teleports. Like, you complete one dungeon with them, you can teleport once to them for free. Something like that, anyway. That way, you can maintain some free teleports to the people that matter to you, but you can't just have infinite free teleports to everyone you know all the time.

[Iscah]

This is exactly why Eternal Bond should not come with any free teleports or gameplay benefits.

I agree, coming from the other end of the viewpoint – I don't want my characters to get married just for the sake of exclusive items, and have no interest in it for RP purposes, so I really wish there was an alternate path to get at least the hairstyles. Even if it was a choice between paying a small amount for a direct unlock vs getting them for free from the ceremony.

Or sell the whole "happily single" pack of hairstyle, outfit and mount for the same price as the ceremony plan that awards them.

[weebtext]

But if you are only doing it for material gain or some mechanical conveniences, then you're in it for the wrong reasons.

There is no wrong reason to EB.

[Skivvy]

This is exactly why Eternal Bond should not come with any free teleports or gameplay benefits. You're literally calling them a "friend." Do you marry all your friends in real life? You just want more free teleports, that is all this topic is about, and unfortunately I suspect a lot of players are scamming the system purely for this reason.

Eternal Bond should just be an RP-focused event, with no real benefit other than what it means to you: an expression of your devotion to another and a celebration of your love. Whatever form that love takes, who you love, how many people you love, it's all good, so go nuts and do what you want. But if you are only doing it for material gain or some mechanical conveniences, then you're in it for the wrong reasons. It's the exact same thing we see with the Mentor system -- the wrong people are acting as fake "Mentors," because all they want is the crown and the prestige and the ego stroking.

That said, there is nothing wrong with wanting to be able to teleport to a friend, but let's keep this cringey "fake marriage" farce out of the equation. They should just let you pick a person on your Friend List to freely teleport to. Or alternatively, as you group up with and play with friends, you gradually generate consumable teleports. Like, you complete one dungeon with them, you can teleport once to them for free. Something like that, anyway. That way, you can maintain some free teleports to the people that matter to you, but you can't just have infinite free teleports to everyone you know all the time.

So we're gatekeeping MMO-weddings now? A couple of friends getting married solely for the items doesn't have any impact on those who are going through with ceremony for RP purposes.

[PercibelTheren]

This is exactly why Eternal Bond should not come with any free teleports or gameplay benefits. You're literally calling them a "friend." Do you marry all your friends in real life? You just want more free teleports, that is all this topic is about, and unfortunately I suspect a lot of players are scamming the system purely for this reason.

Eternal Bond should just be an RP-focused event, with no real benefit other than what it means to you: an expression of your devotion to another and a celebration of your love. Whatever form that love takes, who you love, how many people you love, it's all good, so go nuts and do what you want. But if you are only doing it for material gain or some mechanical conveniences, then you're in it for the wrong reasons. It's the exact same thing we see with the Mentor system -- the wrong people are acting as fake "Mentors," because all they want is the crown and the prestige and the ego stroking.

That said, there is nothing wrong with wanting to be able to teleport to a friend, but let's keep this cringey "fake marriage" farce out of the equation. They should just let you pick a person on your Friend List to freely teleport to. Or alternatively, as you group up with and play with friends, you gradually generate consumable teleports. Like, you complete one dungeon with them, you can teleport once to them for free. Something like that, anyway. That way, you can maintain some free teleports to the people that matter to you, but you can't just have infinite free teleports to everyone you know all the time.

I'm sorry, but your outrage by the concept of people marrying their friends is hilarious to me. Do you think everyone marries for love IRL, too? Because you'd be surprised how many people do it material reasons like green cards or tax benefits. And that's just in certain parts of the world, where it's still a fairly new concept that someone would marry for love anyway. In other parts of the world, marriages are still commonly arranged between families and feelings have absolutely nothing to do with any part of the process.

"Abusing the system" is equally hilarious because you spare what -a thousand gil maybe? - by teleporting with the ring. And it has a long ass cooldown which means you use it maybe once or twice a day. Literally the only time I use mine is when I'm having trouble finding an NPC and my bonded partner knows where they are.

No thanks, not a fan of polygamy.

Cool, good thing nobody is saying you would be forced to eternally bond multiple people if you don't want to.

Polygamy is pretty cringe bro. Also I must refrain from making a Utah joke.

You know it's not just a Mormon thing, right?

Why didn't you just BLU mage it? Die and have her raise you?

Anyway, Polygamy is illegal in most of the United States and Japan (I looked it up.)
I doubt it's coming to game as a 'supported thing.' Like Murder is illegal too and we do it, but it's also frowned upon by NPCs.
They're not going to make a feature that's IRL illegal.

And the fact that it's illegal is stupid. I have a feeling it's a "we don't want to deal with the paperwork of this" thing from the side of the states. Consenting adults should be able to marry whoever they want. If their polygamous marriage has issues, that's on them.

Personally, I don't see a reason not to add the feature at some point, even if it meant only having one ring active at a time or something, so people wouldn't cry about the "unfair advantage" or whatever. It's not a feature I'd ever use , but neither are many other features of the game that many other people enjoy.